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“From the Artist’s Studio: Alexi Torres” Solo Exhibition

The Alpharetta Arts Center is set to host a solo exhibition titled “From the Artist’s Studio: Alexi Torres,” running from March 4 through April 18. Organized by Arts Alpharetta in partnership with Alpharetta Arts & Culture, the show features the work of the Cuban-born, Atlanta-based artist known for his intricate style that explores the relationship between humanity and the natural world. The exhibition will showcase a diverse range of media and genres, offering a comprehensive look at Torres's contemporary practice.

HUB-Robeson Galleries to host exhibition by Jamaican-born interdisciplinary artist

The HUB-Robeson Galleries at Penn State University will host a solo exhibition by Jamaican-born interdisciplinary artist Krystle Lemonias titled "Puss an dawg nuh ave di same luck." Running from March 5 through July 19 in Art Alley, the showcase features textile-based installations and mixed-media works that utilize repurposed materials, such as baby clothes, to explore the intersections of labor, identity, and the Black diaspora.

Bridge Street Studios mark 30 years with anniversary exhibition

Bridge Street Studios, a cornerstone of the Dundalk arts community, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a special group exhibition titled "The things that matter most are the things that can’t be seen." Hosted at the Basement Gallery in An Táin Arts Centre, the show features works from current studio members including Orlaith Cullinane, Rachel Tinneswood, and Sarah McKenna, among others.

Quietly Made: TWAC’s First Collective Exhibition features Three Artists

The Woodlands Arts Council (TWAC) is presenting its first collective exhibition, titled 'Quietly Made,' from February 10 to April 30, 2026. The show features three women artists—Jennifer Claussen, Jodi Walsh, and Brenda J. Bunten-Schloesser—who work with clay, fiber, and salvaged natural materials, emphasizing slow, tactile processes.

World Cup art initiatives go for goal in Mexico City

Mexico City is launching a major cultural initiative ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including over 1,000 murals painted across the city inspired by Mesoamerican ball games, renovations at 12 museums and 46 archaeological sites, and the opening of a new Indigenous textile museum. The Museo Jumex will host the exhibition "Football & Art. A Shared Emotion" curated by Guillermo Santamarina, featuring a participatory installation by the Mexican collective Tercerunquinto using recycled Estadio Azteca seats.

Colorado South Asian artist collective celebrates first anniversary in Evergreen

The Colorado South Asian Artists Group, founded by artist Bala Thiagarajan, is celebrating its first anniversary with its second exhibition, "Grounded," on view at the Center for the Arts Evergreen. The collective, which began with six members, has grown to nearly 50 artists of Indian, Pakistani, Nepali, and Indo-Caribbean descent, aiming to increase the visibility and community of South Asian artists in a region where they have felt excluded.

Visit these four amazing (and free) new art exhibits in downtown St. Pete

Four new free art exhibits have opened at the Morean Arts Center in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. The shows include Rebecca Sexton Larson's solo exhibition "Where Leaves Remember," featuring soft paintings and hand-colored photographs; "Day Dreams," a collaboration with SARTQ Artist Collective exploring dream imagery; "A Journey Through My Imagination," a juried exhibition by the National Association of Women Artists; and the Morean Center for Clay's Artist in Residence program show. The first three exhibits run through March 26, while the clay residency show closes February 16.

ARTS at King Street Station 2026 Exhibition Calendar

The ARTS at King Street Station in Seattle has announced its 2026 exhibition calendar, featuring a diverse lineup of 13 shows from November 2025 through February 2027. Highlights include "Welcome to Paradise: ¡Viva Puerto Rico Libre!" by Jo Cosme, which critiques colonial narratives of Puerto Rico; "Living and Loving Under the Carceral State" by Alison Bremner; a South Indian kolam exhibition by Anuradha Samrat; and "Tết In Diaspora" by Nhi Vo celebrating Vietnamese New Year. Other exhibitions explore Afrofuturism, Black figuration, animation, augmented reality, the legacy of Black Arts West Theater, and themes of mothering and gender-based violence.

We’ve Been at the Tapestry Studio Since the 90s

An exhibition titled "We’ve Been at the Tapestry Studio Since the 90s" has opened at Salt Beyoğlu in Istanbul, exploring the unique pedagogical and artistic approach of the Tapestry Studio at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSÜ). Founded in 1976–77 by painter and academic Zekai Ormancı, the studio combined carpet weaving education with contemporary art, fostering a collaborative "learning together" model. In 1992, visual artist and academic Gülçin Aksoy joined as an assistant, transforming the space into a hub of creative dissent and interdisciplinary exchange that spilled into Istanbul's broader contemporary art scene during the 2000s.

‘Colourful Dialogues’: An art exhibition by Gwarniċ

Gwarniċ presents 'Colourful Dialogues', a collective exhibition opening on 7 January 2026 at Bizzilla Art Space in Floriana, Malta, running through 27 January. The show brings together local and international artists—including Kevin Sciberras, Antje Flauss, Chris Saliba, Teo Burki, Rosette Bonello, Irakli Chikovani, and Sopho Simonishvili—to explore colour as a universal visual language that connects cultures and artistic approaches. The exhibition marks Gwarniċ's transition from digital and site-specific curation to a fully realized physical exhibition.

MACLA, Montalvo Arts Center partner on new exhibition in San Jose

A new exhibition titled “From Their Hands to Ours” has opened at MACLA’s downtown San Jose gallery, running from December 5 through March 8. The show is a collaboration between MACLA and the Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga, co-curated by Alyssarhaye Graciano and Olivia Esparza. It features works by artists rafa esparza, Estefania Ajcip, Miguel Arzabe, Edra Soto, and Arleene Correa Valencia, with a notable installation by rafa esparza that includes an adobe floor made from mud, straw, and manure, incorporating the artist’s own shoes. Each piece explores themes of identity, place, and ancestral heritage, drawing on traditions such as Chicano adobe-making, Puerto Rican fences, and Bolivian textile art.

‘People didn’t believe it was real’: Indigenous artists push to shut the Everglades migrant-detention facility Alligator Alcatraz

Miccosukee and Seminole artists, culture-bearers, and youth organizers are protesting the opening of a migrant-detention facility nicknamed Alligator Alcatraz at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida. In July, a communal action coordinated with the collective Unidos Immokalee included ceremony, dance, sign-making, and distribution of supplies, with participants like Kendal Osceola and Maeanna Osceola speaking out against the facility, which they see as colonial violence on ancestral lands. The facility, run by Florida’s Division of Emergency Management in partnership with the US Department of Homeland Security, opened on 3 July and has faced legal challenges, including a temporary halt to construction by a federal judge in August, though a September appeals panel stayed the shutdown order.

We've brought a new fine art gallery to Sunderland city centre to celebrate local creativity

A collective of 26 local artists has opened a new fine art gallery called Twenty-Four North East in Sunderland city centre, transforming the former Sweet Home Alabama shop on Fawcett Street. The gallery launched with a busy opening night attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Sunderland, featuring works ranging from screw art by Darren Timby to SAFC fan scenes by Chris Cummings and pieces by Dr Ron Lawson, creator of the Molly sculpture. The gallery operates Tuesday to Saturday, selling original fine art from £90, prints, and cards, and plans to host workshops.

Richmond Artists Unite for ‘Fall of Freedom’ at Antennae Gallery

Richmond artists have come together for a group exhibition titled 'Fall of Freedom' at Antennae Gallery. The show features works by multiple local artists responding to themes of political and social change, reflecting on the concept of freedom in contemporary America. The exhibition is organized as a collective response to current events, with participating artists contributing paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works that explore loss, resistance, and resilience.

Artist studios in Kyiv damaged by Russian drone strike for second time

A Russian drone strike on November 14 damaged the studios of Nahirna22, a collective of young artists based at the Kyiv Institute of Automation, for the second time in three months. The attack, which killed six people in Kyiv, shattered wooden windows and left studios covered in glass and rubble, though plastic windows installed after a previous strike in August survived. Co-founder Marta Nyrkova expressed uncertainty about whether the building can be repaired, while the collective plans a fundraising event and a sale of works in Berlin.

‘Proof that life goes on’: meet some of the people working to rescue—and re-energise—Ukrainian culture

Ukrainian cultural institutions and artists are actively restoring and creating art despite ongoing Russian attacks targeting the country's cultural identity. The Nahirna 22 arts collective in Kyiv, which runs 30 artist studios, was hit by air strikes in August that killed at least 23 people, damaging studios and forcing relocations. Meanwhile, the Mykhailo Boychuk State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design in Kyiv, named after a Modernist executed in 1937, was struck by a Russian missile in 2024. Contractors in July 2025 recovered surviving works from the academy's archives, including paintings, textiles, ceramics, and student pieces, with support from UNESCO, the Japanese government, and Ukraine's culture ministry. A new conservation training program and exhibitions like Body/Fragility demonstrate ongoing cultural resilience.

Wilton Library Presents Art Exhibition Featuring Annual Show of Works by Weir Farm Artist Collective

Wilton Library in Connecticut will host "Weir Inspired: The Annual Show of the Weir Farm Artist Collective" from November 7 to December 31, featuring works by over 30 local artists. The opening reception on November 7 is free and open to the public, with a majority of works available for purchase and a portion of proceeds benefiting the library.

New Asian Art Museum exhibition brings joy and glitter to San Francisco

The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco has opened a new exhibition titled "Rave into the Future: Art in Motion," which transforms the gallery into an immersive rave-like experience featuring a copper dance floor, live DJ sets, robot Roombas swirling glitter, and nine distinct "stages" representing the lifecycle of a rave. Curated by Naz Cuguoğlu, the show brings together queer and women artists of West Asian heritage from the Bay Area, New York, and Europe, and will run through January 16.

‘Heart of WeHo’ Art Exhibition Celebrates the City of West Hollywood at 40

The City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division will host an artist reception on October 24 for 'Heart of WeHo,' a new group exhibition celebrating the city’s 40th anniversary. Featuring 27 local artists, the show presents paintings, photography, sculpture, and mixed media that depict West Hollywood’s landmarks, history, and everyday spaces—from iconic nightlife and architecture to quieter corners and imagined futures. The exhibition is on view at the West Hollywood Library through May 2026.

A new open-air art gallery is being created at 8 Marvila, and you can watch the murals being created live

A new open-air urban art gallery called "Walls That Matter – 8 Take Over" is being created at 8 Marvila in Lisbon, Portugal. The project, curated and produced by Because Art Matters, features murals by artists including RAM, Mário Belém, Gonçalo MAR, Jacqueline de Montaigne, L7 Matrix, Patrícia Mariano, Rita Ravasco, Arm Collective, Binau, Burry, and Buermans. The murals are being painted live from October through November, allowing visitors to watch the artworks come to life in real time. The gallery is free and open to the public at Praça David Leandro da Silva 8, with extended hours on weekends.

Art exhibit honors Maine’s Deaf community, victims of Lewiston shootings - Portland Press Herald

An exhibition titled “Unspoken Resilience: Healing from the Lewiston Shooting Two Years In” is on view at the University of New England Art Gallery in Portland, Maine. Co-curated by Michelle Ames and Meryl Troop, the show features work by deaf artists and craftspeople alongside color photographs of Lewiston by Michael Kolster. It was created in response to the October 2023 mass shooting at Schemengees Bar & Grille in Lewiston, which killed 18 people, four of whom were deaf. Ames, co-director of deaf services at Disability Rights Maine, was frustrated by the lack of ASL interpreters in media coverage and helped organize community support. The exhibition includes pieces that explore Deaf culture, healing, and the concept of De’VIA (Deaf View/Image Art), a term defined in 1989 by deaf artists to express the Deaf experience through high contrast, intense colors, and symbolic imagery.

‘When you’re working with clay, you’re working with the earth’: Studio’s new exhibition offers ‘Clay as Care’

The Clay Studio in Philadelphia has opened a new exhibition titled "Clay as Care: Ceramic Art and Wellbeing," which explores the therapeutic and restorative benefits of working with ceramics. The show features four artists—Adebunmi Gbadebo, Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Ehren Tool, and Maia Chao—each using clay to address personal healing journeys, from fertility struggles to military trauma. The exhibition includes interactive elements like communal clay for visitors and is part of a research project in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Center for Neuroaesthetics, Jefferson University Art Therapy Department, and Drexel University Art Psychotherapy team, collecting data on the show's impact on wellness.

‘People power will overcome’: photographer in Gaza aid flotilla calls on arts workers to show solidarity

Dozens of arts and media professionals have set sail for Gaza aboard a flotilla called the Thousand Madleens, led by Bangladeshi photographer and curator Shahidul Alam. The group departed Otranto, Italy on 1 October and is currently in international waters, expecting to be apprehended by Israeli forces. Alam is traveling on the Conscience, the largest private vessel attempting to break the siege since October 2023, carrying 92 civilians from 26 countries, mostly medics and arts workers. The mission aims to challenge the legality of the siege and demonstrate solidarity with Palestinian journalists and medics, who Alam says have been specifically targeted by Israel.

Jodhpur turns into an open air art gallery this week

Jodhpur Arts Week, inaugurated on 1 October 2025, transforms the historic city of Jodhpur into an open-air art gallery for the first time. Founded by Sana Rezwan and curated by the Public Arts Trust of India (PATI), the week-long festival features exhibitions, installations, panel discussions, and workshops across iconic sites such as Toorji Ka Jhalra, Ghanta Ghar, Mandore Gardens, and heritage hotels like Daspan House and Khaas Bagh. Highlights include a video projection by Raqs Media Collective, a neon installation by Chila Kumari Singh Burman, and works by artists Gaspard Combes, Richa Arya, Jenjum Gadi, Awdhesh Tamrakar, and others, blending contemporary art with Rajasthan's traditional crafts.

Creating positivity out of toxicity

Artists from Good Bank Gallery in McLaren Vale are collaborating with The Wild South on a series of events called TOXIC SURF (Mid Coast) as part of South Australia's Nature Festival. The program includes workshops, exhibitions, a lantern parade, film screenings, and a choir performance, all aimed at addressing the ecological crisis caused by the harmful algal bloom Karenia Mikimotoi along the state's coastline. Community members can participate in ocean lantern-making workshops, a roving lantern performance, a community art exhibition, and an art and eco-resilience workshop, with contributions from local artists, Ngarrindjeri elders, and environmental groups.

Giant spider on Belfry tower heralds opening weekend of Brusk art gallery in Bruges

A giant spider sculpture by Compagnie La Machine, titled *La Grande Araignée*, has been installed on the Belfry of Bruges to herald the opening weekend of the new Brusk art gallery. The weekend festivities also include a highline act by Belgian collective Lyapunov, a tightrope walk between the Belfry and the Church of Our Lady, and a tape art installation by Numen/For Use inside the gallery. The public can explore the building before its official opening in May 2026.

Im Youngzoo wins Frieze Seoul Artist Award

Multimedia artist Im Youngzoo has won the Frieze Seoul Artist Award 2025, creating a new commission titled "Calming Signal" for this year's edition of the fair. The three-channel video installation explores how humans use learned and repeated gestures during times of collective unease, drawing inspiration from Norwegian dog trainer Turid Rugaas's concept of calming signals—instinctual behaviors animals use to de-escalate conflict. Im, born in 1982, works across video, installation, performance, and virtual reality, and has also been shortlisted for the 2025 Korea Artist Prize, with her work currently on view at MMCA Seoul.

In Milwaukee, Four Artists Unravel Trauma to Move Toward Collective Wellness

An exhibition titled 'No One Knows All It Takes' opens at the Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee, featuring four artists—Bryana Bibbs, Raoul Deal, Maria Gaspar, and Swoon—who use their work to address concealed trauma and its connection to collective wellness. Curated by Colossal, the show includes Bibbs’ weavings made while caring for her dying grandparents, Deal’s portraits and sculptures exploring immigration, Swoon’s installation confronting her mother’s addiction, and Gaspar’s interactive series on incarceration in Wisconsin.

Central Coast artists share ideas in Cuesta art exhibition

The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College hosted a closing ceremony for its latest exhibition, “High Tide,” on August 14. The event featured live jazz music, driftwood sculptures, and refreshments, showcasing works by over 60 local Central Coast artists. Artists were invited to nominate fellow creatives, resulting in a diverse display of paintings, ceramics, assemblage, digital media, and photographs. Coordinator Tim Stark described the exhibition as a reflection of the region's creative ecosystem, built on mutual trust and recognition among artists.

Studio 616 NYC and vignette open group exhibition ‘Harvest: The Art of Standing Together’

Studio 616 NYC and vignette have opened a group exhibition titled 'Harvest: The Art of Standing Together' in New York City. The show brings together multiple artists to explore themes of community, collaboration, and collective resilience through their works.