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National Air and Space Museum Announces Robert Rauschenberg Exhibition Will Open in July 2026

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has announced that its newly renovated Flight and the Arts Center will open on July 1, 2026, with two inaugural exhibitions: “The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the Art of Flight” and “The Art of Air and Space: Interpretations of Flight.” The Rauschenberg exhibition, timed to the artist’s centennial, will present 30 of his artworks related to flight, including the monumental lithograph “Sky Garden (Stoned Moon)” (1969), and will run for one year. The exhibition is curated by Carolyn Russo and features loans from the Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

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The biggest international museum openings in 2026

A roundup of major international museum openings scheduled for 2026 highlights new institutions and expansions across the US, Europe, and the Middle East. Notable projects include the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi, Kanal in Brussels, the relocated Memphis Art Museum, LACMA's David Geffen Galleries, and the Design Museum Gent in Belgium, among others.

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Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibit Explores the Artistry of Iconic Satire Publication MAD Magazine

The Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) has opened "What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine," an exhibition exploring the seven-decade history and artistic impact of the iconic satirical publication. Originating from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the show features over 150 pieces, including original artwork from MAD artists, process drawings, and a spoof of Norman Rockwell's "Triple Self-Portrait" by Richard Williams placed alongside the original. The exhibition, curated by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett and Steve Brodner, runs through March 1 and was brought to CAM after director Cameron Kitchin visited the Rockwell Museum. Emily Agricola Holtrop, CAM's director of learning & interpretation, served as onsite curator.

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The eight hotly awaited art-venue openings we are most looking forward to in 2026

The article previews eight major art-venue openings expected in 2026, including the long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi on Saadiyat Island, Cardiff's first contemporary art museum (AMOCA), the V&A East Museum in London, the revived Palais de Danse studio of Barbara Hepworth in St Ives, and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles. It also notes the uncertain status of the Museum of West African Art in Benin City amid political disputes. These projects range from vast new museums and subterranean expansions to restored artist studios, many delayed by funding, planning, or construction challenges.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 19, 2025 visibility 17 link 3 artists

New Exhibition Reflects on “MAD” Magazine at the CAM

The Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) will host "What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine," a traveling exhibition from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, opening November 21. The show traces MAD's evolution from a satirical comic book launched in 1952 to a magazine format adopted in 1955 after clashes with the Comics Code Authority, featuring original covers, illustrations, interactive galleries, and thematic sections on mascot Alfred E. Newman, fold-ins, Spy vs. Spy, and spoofs of famous artworks.

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A new hope: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art sets September 2026 opening date

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has announced its opening date of September 22, 2026, more than a decade after the project was first conceived by filmmaker George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson. The museum, which moved from San Francisco to Chicago before settling in Los Angeles's Exposition Park, has grown from a $700 million budget to a reported $1 billion and will house over 40,000 works across 100,000 square feet of exhibition space. The collection spans ancient artifacts, canonical artists like Frida Kahlo and John Singer Sargent, comic book legends such as Jack Kirby and Alison Bechdel, photography by Gordon Parks and Dorothea Lange, and the Lucas Archives of film memorabilia.

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Arts Playlist: Delaware Art Museum's 'Imprinted: Illustrating Race'

The Delaware Art Museum has opened 'Imprinted: Illustrating Race,' an exhibition co-curated by University of Delaware professor Robyn Phillips-Pendleton that examines how race and identity have been depicted in popular illustration over more than a century. The show, which previously ran at the Norman Rockwell Museum, features works from books, magazines, advertising, trade cards, posters, and even a cookie jar, tracing the evolution of racial representation in American visual culture. It includes a notable shift by Norman Rockwell, who after decades of depicting predominantly white family scenes for the Saturday Evening Post, turned to socially relevant topics like civil rights in the 1950s.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 3, 2025 visibility 17 link 5 artists

Delaware Art Museum Presents Imprinted: Illustrating Race

The Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) will present "Imprinted: Illustrating Race," an exhibition assembled by the Norman Rockwell Museum and co-curated by Robyn Phillips-Pendleton of the University of Delaware. Opening October 18, 2025, the show features over 200 works originally commissioned for newspapers, magazines, books, trade cards, posters, packaging, and advertising, tracing how illustration reflected and shaped perceptions of race in the United States from the 19th century onward. It places Norman Rockwell’s Civil Rights–era images alongside works by artists such as Faith Ringgold, Emory Douglas, Howard Pyle, and Loveis Wise, highlighting both harmful racial stereotypes and the efforts of artists and publishers who used illustration to challenge those narratives.

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NEXT in the Gallery: October arts are all about play

October arts in Pittsburgh focus on play and legacy, with several gallery openings and retrospectives. GalleriE CHIZ hosts "Celebrating the Art and Life of Ellen Chisdes Neuberg" on Oct. 3, showcasing the late artist and gallery owner's bold Abstract Expressionist works. The Pittsburgh Glass Center presents "Idea Furnace Retrospective" (Oct. 3, 2025–Jan. 19, 2026), featuring alumni like Renee Cox and Alisha Wormsley. James Wodarek's "Industria Nova" at Atithi Studios reimagines industrial forms, while the Cooley Gallery pairs "Felt-Occurrence" with "Continuing a Legacy of Classical Painting," linking three generations of American landscape artists from Frank DuMond to James Sulkowski.

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New Frida Kahlo museum, focused on the artist's youth and family life, opens in Mexico City

A new museum dedicated to Frida Kahlo, Museo Casa Kahlo, opened on 27 September in Mexico City's Coyoacán neighborhood, a five-minute walk from the iconic Casa Azul. Housed in the historic Kahlo family home acquired in 1930 and passed down through generations, the museum draws on the private archive of Isolda Kahlo, Cristina Kahlo's daughter, which includes letters, everyday objects, and personal effects. The intimate space focuses on Kahlo's youth and family life, featuring immersive audiovisual elements, a re-created darkroom of her father Guillermo, and a basement studio where Kahlo once painted. A notable highlight is a recently uncovered mixed-media mural from around 1949, hidden for years under white paint.

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What Does It Feel Like to Be Called an Emerging Artist at 72? Ask Takako Yamaguchi

Takako Yamaguchi, a 72-year-old Japanese-born artist based in Los Angeles, is experiencing a career resurgence with a new series of seascapes featured in a 2023 show at Ortuzar and the 2024 Whitney Biennial. She is set to receive her first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles at MOCA's Grand Avenue space starting June 29, where she will present 10 new works. In an interview with CULTURED, Yamaguchi discusses her ambivalent relationship with the sea, her process of drawing inspiration from other artists' seascapes rather than nature itself, and her identity as an outsider who has lived most of her life in the U.S. while retaining Japanese citizenship.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 8, 2025 visibility 21 link 14 artists, 1 gallery

New Manhattan gallery slips into historic property

Slip House, a new Manhattan gallery co-founded by Ingrid Lundgren and Marissa Dembkoski, has opened in a historic carriage house on East 5th Street. Its inaugural group exhibition, "As if a line" (9 May–14 June), features a cross-generational lineup of painters including Jack Whitten, Claude Viallat, and emerging talents like Lizzy Gabay and Alix Vernet. The show was organized with former Sprüth Magers director Jessica Draper, and the space also includes lamps by ceramicist Gordon Moore on consignment. The building, built in the 1880s, once belonged to fashion designer and artist Charles Kritsky, who allegedly had Jean-Michel Basquiat contribute to its penny mosaic facade.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 1, 2026 visibility 30 link 24 artists

Thomas Hart Benton, Jessie Wlicox Smith announced for shows at Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, co-founded by filmmaker George Lucas and businesswoman Mellody Hobson, has announced its inaugural exhibitions. The ambitious survey will feature over 1,200 works from a founding collection of more than 40,000 objects, including pieces by Thomas Hart Benton and Jessie Wilcox Smith. The museum is housed in a 300,000-square-foot building designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects with Stantec.

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neuehouse files bankruptcy shutters locations

NeueHouse, a high-end coworking space known for hosting art events, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate its assets and closed all its locations on September 5. The company cited legacy liabilities as the reason for its demise, though specific debts remain unclear. NeueHouse had locations in New York, Hollywood, and Venice Beach, and was a hub for the art, fashion, media, and entertainment industries, cohosting events with ARTnews sister publication Art in America and Artnet.

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article local schedule May 21, 2026 visibility 4 link 7 artists, 2 galleries

Art Exhibit 'Color in Motion' by Lucy C. Pierpont at Shutter Speed Through June 13

The Art Gallery at Shutter Speed Photo in Middlebury, Connecticut, is hosting an exhibit titled "Color in Motion" by artist Lucy C. Pierpont, on display through June 13. Pierpont, a Middlebury native now living in Woodbury, has a background in marketing and graphic design and has shown her work at numerous local venues including the Mattatuck Museum, Hartwick College, and the Kent Memorial Library.

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Lucas Museum Unveils `Star Wars’ Exhibition Details

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has announced details for its inaugural exhibition "Star Wars in Motion," set to open on September 22. The show will feature props, costumes, and vehicle designs from the first six Star Wars films, including Luke's Landspeeder and General Grievous' Wheel Bike, as part of a broader lineup of about 20 inaugural exhibitions spanning visual storytelling from ancient art to modern film. The 300,000-square-foot museum, founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, will display over 1,200 artworks across 100,000 square feet of gallery space, with additional galleries dedicated to comic art, manga, children's literature, and works by artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Beatrix Potter, Jack Kirby, Alison Bechdel, Frank Frazetta, Norman Rockwell, Diego Rivera, Dorothea Lange, and Gordon Parks.

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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Sets Its First Star Wars Exhibit

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has announced its first Star Wars-themed exhibition, titled *Star Wars in Motion*, which will focus on vehicles and transportation from the first six films of George Lucas's saga. The installation is part of the museum's inaugural *Cinema* exhibition, one of over thirty presentations opening on September 22, curated by Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson from the museum's founding collection.

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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Unveils Inaugural Cinema Exhibition ‘Star Wars in Motion’

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, set to open in Los Angeles on September 22, 2026, has announced its inaugural cinema exhibition titled 'Star Wars in Motion.' The exhibition will feature vehicle designs, props, costumes, and illustrations from the first six films of George Lucas's saga, including Luke's Landspeeder and General Grievous' Wheel Bike. It is one of over 30 installations opening with the museum, which also includes exhibitions on architecture, American life by Thomas Hart Benton, American and European comics, and works by illustrators such as Jessie Willcox Smith, Frank Frazetta, and Norman Rockwell.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 5, 2026 visibility 34 link 31 artists

Art News: A Preview Of The Lucas Museum Of Narrative Art and A Roberta Flack Auction at Julien’s

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a 300,000-square-foot institution designed by Ma Yansong of MAD Architects with Stantec, will open in Los Angeles' Exposition Park on September 22. The 11-acre campus includes a park by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA and will feature over 1,200 objects across 30 galleries, showcasing narrative art from ancient sculptures to modern cinema, drawn from the museum's founding collection. Separately, Julien's Auctions will host "Roberta Flack: Style, Art & Music," a no-reserve auction celebrating the singer's life and cultural impact, including her Bösendorfer Imperial Concert Grand Piano.

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Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts Adds ‘Star Wars in Motion’ Exhibit to Opening Lineup

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has announced a new exhibition titled "Star Wars in Motion" as part of its inaugural lineup, set to open on September 22, 2026, in Los Angeles's Exposition Park. The showcase will feature vehicle designs, props, costumes, and illustrations from the first six Star Wars films, including iconic items like Luke's Landspeeder and General Grievous's Wheel Bike. The museum, co-founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, will open with over 30 exhibitions and more than 1,200 objects spanning visual storytelling from ancient sculptures to modern cinema.

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Lucas Museum Announces "Star Wars in Motion" Inaugural Exhibition as Founding Members Can Now Sign Up

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, set to open in Los Angeles on September 22, has announced its inaugural Cinema Exhibition will be "Star Wars in Motion," focusing on vehicle designs, props, costumes, and illustrations from the first six Star Wars films. The museum is now accepting founding member sign-ups at LucasMuseum.org, with four membership tiers ranging from $140 to $600, offering benefits such as priority access, preview events, limited-edition products, and lifetime recognition as a Founding Member. Founding memberships last one year from the museum's opening through September 2027.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 25 link 19 artists

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Announces First Exhibitions Curated by George Lucas

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, set to open on September 22, 2026, in Los Angeles's Exposition Park, has announced its inaugural exhibition schedule curated by George Lucas. The museum will showcase a wide range of narrative art, from Americana works by Thomas Hart Benton and Norman Rockwell to documentary photography by Gordon Parks, Dorothea Lange, and Robert Capa, as well as public murals by Diego Rivera and Judith F. Baca. The collection also includes production designs, props, and costumes from the Lucas Archives, alongside illustrations by Frank Frazetta, Maxfield Parrish, and N.C. Wyeth, children's literature art by Beatrix Potter and Jacob Lawrence, and comics and manga by Jack Kirby, Alison Bechdel, and Mœbius.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 13, 2025 visibility 14 link 11 artists

MAD's lucas museum of narrative art in los angeles prepares for september 2026 opening

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles's Exposition Park has announced its public opening for September 22, 2026. Designed by MAD (Ma Yansong), the futuristic building features a sculptural canopy with over 1,500 fiberglass-reinforced polymer panels, a 56-meter central archway, and a four-story elliptical oculus. Co-founded by filmmaker George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum will house 9,290 square meters of galleries drawing from a collection of more than 40,000 works spanning classic illustration, muralism, comic art, science fiction imagery, and cinematic artifacts. Landscape architect Mia Lehrer is transforming surrounding parking lots into a shaded public oasis with over 200 trees. Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the former CEO, left her post in April 2025 as the museum restructured, splitting the roles of director and CEO, with Lucas steering artistic content.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 30, 2025 visibility 15 link 9 artists

George Lucas reveals new details of Los Angeles museum at Comic-Con panel

George Lucas made his first-ever appearance at Comic-Con on July 27 to reveal new details about the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, a $1 billion institution set to open next year in Los Angeles. The panel, moderated by Queen Latifah and featuring Guillermo del Toro and Doug Chiang, included a video narrated by Samuel L. Jackson showcasing the 300,000 sq. ft building designed by Ma Yansong, along with highlights from Lucas and Mellody Hobson's collection of 40,000 objects, ranging from comic art to works by Frida Kahlo and Norman Rockwell.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 2, 2025 visibility 19 link 9 artists

This NY Art Exhibit Is Inspired by Lana Del Rey

Curator Eden Deering has organized a group exhibition titled “Hope is a dangerous thing” at P·P·O·W Gallery in New York, inspired by the final track of Lana Del Rey’s 2019 album *Norman F-cking Rockwell!*. The show features artists Kyle Dunn, Raque Ford, Paul Kopkau, Diane Severin Nguyen, Kayode Ojo, Marianna Simnett, and Robin F. Williams, who were encouraged to channel their most exaggerated, ambitious, and passionate selves. On view until July 11, the exhibition blends camp humor with emotive paintings, installations, and videos, exploring themes of vulnerability, performance, and the tension between genuine emotion and theatrical self-invention.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 8 link 4 artists

'So Happy You Came' new paintings by Diana Young

Diana Young, a nearly 90-year-old artist who has been painting for over 80 years, presents her new exhibition "So Happy You Came" at Gold/Smith Gallery in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, from June 18 to July 21. The show features her latest works in acrylic and tempera, which emphasize motion, line, and dynamic interlocking shapes rather than realism, inspired by outdoor locations and her profound sense of place. A reception will be held on June 21.

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Lucas Museum unveils inaugural exhibitions curated by George Lucas himself

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles will open to the public on September 22, 2026, with about 20 inaugural exhibitions curated by George Lucas himself across more than 30 galleries. The $1-billion, 300,000-square-foot museum in Exposition Park, designed by Ma Yansong of Mad Architects, will display over 1,200 objects from Lucas's collection of more than 40,000 works, including manga, comics, children's illustrations, and narrative art by artists such as Norman Rockwell, Beatrix Potter, and Dorothea Lange, with only one exhibition focused on "Star Wars" memorabilia.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 16 link 3 artists

L.A.'s $1 Billion Lucas Museum Has Revealed Inaugural Exhibitions For This Year's Opening — Curated By George Lucas Himself

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has announced its 18 inaugural exhibitions ahead of its September 22, 2026 opening. The $1 billion, 100,000-square-foot museum in Exposition Park will feature 32 galleries curated personally by George Lucas, including a dedicated Cinema space showcasing the Lucas Archives with original concept art, costumes, and props from Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Unlike traditional museums, the exhibitions are organized by emotion and storytelling themes such as Adventure, Childhood, Fantasy, and Romance, rather than by time period or artist.

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article local schedule Jul 25, 2025 visibility 11 link 3 artists

Miniature art exhibit finds permanent home in downtown Provo

A miniature art exhibit called The Tiny Art Show, created by BYU alumna McKay Lenker Bayer in 2018, has found a permanent home in downtown Provo, Utah. The interactive exhibit is housed in a former stairwell between the Black Sheep Cafe and Rockwell Ice Cream on University Avenue, and is open every Saturday from 5-8 p.m. Visitors crawl inside to view tiny artworks, with the current installation featuring detailed insect paintings by local artist Nicole Parish, who uses specimens from her personal collection as reference. The gallery rotates exhibits monthly and offers tiny booklets explaining each piece.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 17, 2025 visibility 10 link 2 artists

Mystic Seaport Museum exhibition chronicles whale oil industry's far-reaching impact

The Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut has opened a new exhibition titled "Monstrous: Whaling and Its Colossal Impact," which explores the deep connection between the US whaling industry and capitalism. Featuring objects from the museum's permanent collection—including 19th-century photographs, blubber hooks, ship models, captain's logbooks, a sperm whale jawbone, a jar of blue whale fetuses, and whale oil products—the show illustrates how whale oil lit lamps and greased machines for over a century. A giant scratchboard mural by contemporary artist Jos Sances, titled "Or, The Whale" (2019-20), dominates the space, while references to Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" permeate the exhibition, which also includes a copy of a 1930 illustrated three-volume edition.

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