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The FOG Design and Art Fair celebrated its 10th anniversary with a buoyant 2024 edition at San Francisco's Fort Mason Center, opening January 18. The fair saw brisk sales, including a Jim Hodges canvas sold for $115,000 at Gladstone Gallery and multiple works by Anicka Yi, Yayoi Kusama, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Ruth Asawa at David Zwirner. Tina Kim Gallery sold works by South Korean artists Kim Tschang-Yeul and Ha Chong-Hyun, as well as two Pacita Abad pieces, with one fetching $200,000 to $250,000. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) acquired several works for its permanent collection via the FOG Forum Fund, including pieces by Maria Pergay, Duyi Han, and Katie Stout.

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Artist Ming Wong has created a new video installation titled "Dance of the Sun on the Water / Saltatio Solis in Aqua," currently on view at the National Gallery in London. The work reimagines the figure of Saint Sebastian, drawing inspiration from the museum's collection of classical paintings, including a 1475 altarpiece by Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo, as well as Derek Jarman's 1976 queer film "Sebastiane." Wong, the fifth artist selected for the National Gallery's Modern and Contemporary program, completed the piece during a one-year residency, exploring how the martyr's image has evolved across centuries and what it means in contemporary times.

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Canada's Art Gallery of Hamilton gets federal funding for expansion that will double its exhibition space

The Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) in Ontario, Canada, announced on January 20 that it has received nearly C$1 million ($684,000) in federal funding from the Canadian Heritage Cultural Spaces Fund for a major expansion. The project will add a 745-square-meter gallery, increasing exhibition space by 70%, and is expected to attract up to 300,000 visitors annually. AGH President and CEO Shelley Falconer stated the funding will launch the first phase, including hiring an architectural firm and creating schematic drawings for a new Main Street entrance and a gallery dedicated to Hamilton's industrial history. The gallery is also exploring adding affordable housing for creative workers in partnership with City Housing Hamilton.

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Tend Space Art Center showcases new exhibit: 'Caretaker'

Tend Space Art Center in Chauncey, Ohio, has opened a new group exhibition titled 'Caretaker,' featuring works by five artists—Chloe Sampson, Zelda Thayer-Hansen, Ellie Dale, Julia Weber, and Isabella DeRose—all of whom attended Ohio University for their undergraduate degrees. Curated by Selena 'Len' Loomis, who also runs the campus galleries at OU’s School of Art and Design, the show explores themes of personal growth, self-care, and responsibility to others. The exhibition includes ceramics, sculpture, and performance-based photography, and is on display until Saturday at 48 Converse Street.

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Kimball Art Center’s new exhibit features artist with ties to the Sundance Film Festival

The Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, has opened two new exhibitions, “Returning To Wonder” and “All Sketches Wish To Be Real,” featuring international and local artists. Among the featured artists is Alexandra Fuller, a multidisciplinary artist whose work includes cyanotypes of wildlife and who has ties to the Sundance Film Festival—her short film “Sister Wife” was accepted at the 2009 festival. The exhibitions also include works by Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, American artist Lia Halloran, and Utah-based artist Antra Sinha. The center will host a series of public programs, including artist talks, workshops, and a book discussion, to engage the local community.

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Icons of American art arrive at the OSU Museum of Art

The OSU Museum of Art at Oklahoma State University has opened "Guild Hall: An Adventure in the Arts," an exhibition featuring works borrowed from the Guild Hall Museum in East Hampton, New York. The show includes iconic American artists such as Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, and Miriam Schapiro, spanning 126 years of artistic production across portraits, landscapes, photography, prints, sculpture, and abstract paintings. The exhibition runs from January 20 to May 16, 2026, with a reception on March 5.

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Singapore cements its role as a hub for art—and artists—in Southeast Asia

Singapore is solidifying its position as a central hub for Southeast Asian art, supported by government initiatives, established institutions like the National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Art Museum, and major events such as Art SG, the Singapore Biennale, and Singapore Art Week. While other regional hubs like Jakarta, Bangkok, and Manila are growing, Singapore uniquely fosters a pan-Southeast Asian focus, attracting collectors and artists from across the region. However, recent closures of smaller independent spaces like Sàn Art in Saigon and Your Mother Gallery in Singapore, along with the absorption of S.E.A. Focus into Art SG, have impacted the independent scene, though new venues such as Bangkok Kunst-halle and Vũ Dân Tân Museum offer fresh opportunities.

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Portraiture and Design at Guild Hall

Guild Hall in East Hampton is opening two exhibitions on Sunday: “Jason Bard Yarmosky: Time Has Many Faces,” a decade-long series of meticulously rendered portraits focusing on the artist’s aging grandparents, and “Liberty Labs: A Decade of Design,” featuring furniture, lighting, and objects by 33 current and former members of the Liberty Labs Foundation design collective. The portraits blend 17th- and 18th-century painting techniques with contemporary, often playful imagery, while the design show highlights collaborative experimentation. Museum director Melanie Crader, who curated both shows, notes that the artists share Brooklyn bases and East End ties.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 19, 2026 visibility 1 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

Pence Gallery unveils new exhibit

The Pence Gallery in Davis, California, will host a new exhibition titled “Worn” from January 9 to February 8, 2026, in its Learning Center Gallery. The show features works by local and regional artists that explore the relationship between clothing, fabric, identity, and memory. Curated by Katharine Schultz, the exhibition includes a range of media such as fiber art, painting, sculpture, and photography, with a standout piece by Yi-Chuan Chen titled “Souvenir 4,” made from the artist’s own hair. The gallery, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, issued a public call for submissions in fall 2025 to encourage broad participation and accessibility.

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Gallery 121 celebrates Indigenous artists in new exhibition

Gallery 121 in Belleville, Ontario, opened a new Indigenous art exhibition on January 19, 2026, featuring nine Haudenosaunee artists including David R. Maracle, Rebecca Maracle, Janice Brant, and others. The month-long show, running until February 7, opened with a smudging ceremony and musical performance by Maracle, and includes works by Gallery 121 member artists. The exhibition continues the gallery's annual tradition of showcasing Indigenous artists from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory since 2014.

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Alfa Art Gallery presents "Reflections of the Living World"

Alfa Art Gallery in New Brunswick, New Jersey, presents "Reflections of the Living World," its Winter 2026 Photography Exhibition running from January 20 to March 21, 2026. The free exhibition features thirteen artists—including Alan Chimacoff, Arik Gorban, Barry Rosenthal, and Jeremy Dennis—whose works explore perception, memory, and storytelling through contemporary photography. The show is available both in-person and virtually, with opening receptions on January 30 and February 6.

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Exeter artists turn away from traditional landscapes in bold new exhibition

A new exhibition titled 'Not A Pretty Landscape' opens at Kaleider Studios in Exeter from January 31 to February 1, featuring 15 artists who present contemporary and unconventional views of the South West, deliberately avoiding traditional coastal and rural landscapes. Curated by Exeter-based artist Claire Le Day, the show emerged from an open call with no rules or experience requirements, only the condition that no pretty landscapes be submitted. Artists keep 100% of their profits, and most will be present to meet visitors and manage sales. Featured artists include Jo Beer, whose portraits have been recognized by the National Portrait Gallery and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

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Santa Maria’s Betteravia Gallery seeking art submissions

The Santa Barbara County Office of Arts and Culture, in partnership with the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, has announced an open call for local artists to submit works for "Post-Wild: Nature in the 21st Century," a juried exhibition at the Betteravia Art Gallery in Santa Maria. The online submission window runs from January 19 to February 15, 2026, with no application fee; selected artists will be notified in early March, and a public opening reception is scheduled for May 21. The exhibition seeks small-format works across mediums—including traditional and digital art, photography, and conceptual pieces—that address themes of environmental change, urbanization, and human impact on natural spaces.

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Festivals and local art: Museum of Goa showcases three exhibitions

The Museum of Goa is presenting three new exhibitions that highlight local art and cultural festivals. The shows feature works by regional artists, exploring themes of tradition, community, and contemporary expression through various media.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 17, 2026 visibility 1 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Gamers to perform live alongside musicians about technology in Ilford

Spanish artist Robert Cervera presents 'Hiddenware,' an exhibition at SPACE Ilford on January 31 that blends gaming, sound, and visual art. Three local gamers will perform live video game sessions accompanied by musicians playing a custom instrument made from PC liquid cooling tubes, creating real-time soundtracks based on the gameplay. The event runs from 4pm to 7pm, with a live stream on Twitch, and the exhibition remains open until April.

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Visual art and live performances converge at CHAMP gallery exhibition opening | News

CHAMP gallery in Grass Valley, California, opened a new exhibition titled "Convergence" that blends visual art with live performances. The opening featured works by local artists alongside dance, music, and spoken word performances, creating an immersive experience for attendees. The exhibition aims to break down traditional boundaries between artistic disciplines.

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A time capsule designed by British architect Norman Foster has been buried in Washington D.C. to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. The titanium box features 13 facets and stars representing the original colonies, and contains letters from King Charles III and President Donald Trump, along with soil from George Washington's ancestral home. It was presented by Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin and U.K. officials to the U.S. Department of Interior, and is not to be opened until July 4, 2276.

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Peruvian artist Antonio Paucar has won the 11th Artes Mundi Award, receiving £40,000 to support his performance, sculpture, and video practice rooted in Andean culture and his Peruvian heritage. The award ceremony took place on January 15 at Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum in Cardiff, where a group exhibition of the six shortlisted artists runs through March 1. Paucar plans to use the prize money to convert his family's ancestral adobe home in the central highlands of Peru into a combined museum and art school, addressing the lack of such institutions in the region.

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The Joan Mitchell Foundation has announced the 31 artists selected for its 2026 residency program at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. The residencies, lasting six or 14 weeks across three seasons, will host no more than nine artists at a time, beginning February 2. The cohort includes 17 local New Orleans artists and participants from cities such as New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta, ranging in age from 27 to 75. Notable participants include Edra Soto, who also won a United States Artists Fellowship, and two leaders of New Orleans’s Black Masking Indian tradition, Kelly Pearson Boles and Efrem Z. Boles. The selection was made by a jury of artists, curators, and academics.

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Your guide to the best events of SF Art Week

SF Art Week returns with a packed schedule of events across San Francisco, including the Recology Artist in Residence exhibition featuring work made from materials sourced at the city's recycling center, a mural painting and unveiling by eL Seed in collaboration with incarcerated artists at San Quentin, and the launch of ICA SF's nomadic model with exhibitions by Tara Donovan and Lily Kwong at the Transamerica Pyramid Center. Other highlights include gallery openings at Paul Thiebaud Gallery, frame-making demonstrations at Aedicule, a new art fair at the Fairmont Hotel, and a curator-led tour at SHACK15, alongside workshops, a rave-themed reception at the Asian Art Museum, and a conversation between artist Lava Thomas and curator Key Jo Lee at MoAD.

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‘Melodies of the Diaspora’ art exhibition celebrates Black History Month | City of Bellevue

The City of Bellevue, in partnership with MG2, Onyx Fine Arts Collective, and Elevate, presents 'Melodies of the Diaspora: Celebrating 100 Years of Black History Month,' an exhibition featuring works by Pacific Northwest Black artists. The show runs throughout February at Bellevue Arts Museum and Bellevue City Hall, with an opening reception on Feb. 1. Curated by Jay Taylor, Fancy Vargas, and Jerry Lee, the exhibit includes paintings, photography, sculptures, textiles, and fashion, offering a chronological journey of Black art.

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Memorial art exhibition honors Ruthie Akuchie during Black History Month

The Mansfield Public Art Commission, in partnership with the Mansfield Richland County Public Library, is presenting a memorial art exhibition honoring the life and work of Ruthie Akuchie, a beloved local artist. A dedication event will be held on February 5 at the Main Library in Mansfield, Ohio, and the exhibition will remain on display through February and March as part of Black History Month celebrations. Akuchie, whose art explored identity, emotion, and lived experience, was also a musician and missionary; her work continues to tell stories of resilience and cultural pride after her untimely death last year.

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What If… Exhibition Opens at Swan Hill Studios, Shrewsbury

Installation artist Julia Rogers presents a new exhibition titled "What If…" at Swan Hill Studios in Shrewsbury, running from 22 January to 2 February 2026. The show draws inspiration from Rogers's lifelong habit of collecting lucky pennies, using this simple ritual as a lens to explore how meaning is formed and reinforced in everyday life. The exhibition opens with a private view on 22 January and is free to attend, with the artist present throughout the week.

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Gallery Time & Space brings a vast exhibition to Venkatappa Art Gallery

Gallery Time & Space has unveiled 'Continuum: Artists Across Time and Space' at Venkatappa Art Gallery in Bengaluru, a large-scale exhibition featuring over 50 artists in a group show alongside solo presentations by SG Vasudev and Asit Poddar. The group exhibition explores metaphysical themes of consciousness, light, and love, bridging past and present through diverse mediums including cyanotypes, stoneware ceramics, and oil on canvas. Curator Renu George selected artists from the gallery's roster, highlighting both established and emerging talents.

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Dazed Club callout! Apply to bring your exhibition project to life

Dazed Club has partnered with The Gallery at Hackney Downs Studios to offer an aspiring curator the chance to stage an exhibition in East London for three weeks starting 12 March. The selected curator will receive a £1,000 fee, a £2,000 production budget, and support from the Dazed team, including a private view. Applications are open via the Dazed Club app until 10am on 29 January.

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The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has announced an $11.5 million permanent sculpture garden, funded by a €60 million donation from the Don Quixote Foundation. Designed by Foster + Partners and landscape architect Piet Blanckaert, the garden will transform three areas of the museum grounds into a permanent display of Modern and contemporary sculpture, featuring works by Alberto Giacometti, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, and Roni Horn. Three existing pavilions will be converted into exhibition spaces, and the garden is slated to open later this year, pending local council approval.

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Wavelength Space's "Glimmer & Shine" Exhibition Open Call Deadline Extended

Wavelength Space art gallery in Chattanooga, Tennessee, has extended the deadline to January 28 for its open call exhibition "Glimmer & Shine," celebrating Women’s History Month in March 2026. Sponsored by the Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), the exhibition invites artists to explore themes of radiance, reflection, and resilience through works that engage with light as both phenomenon and metaphor. The show is guest-juried by artist Ayo Janeen Jackson and is open to all U.S. residents, with free entry for UTC students and faculty and a $30 fee for others.

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Solo art exhibition, Rudy Ramirez: A retrospective, 1969-present

The San Bernardino County Museum (SBCM) presents "Rudy C. Ramirez: A Retrospective, 1969–The Present," the first comprehensive survey of local Latino artist Rudy C. Ramirez, a Vietnam veteran. Running from January 17 to April 12, 2026, the exhibition features over 70 works spanning more than 50 years, showcasing his diverse styles and media, including influences from his time as a sign painter for the U.S. Air Force and his leadership in the Inland Empire Latino Art Association. The show was curated with his daughter Annette Ramirez, granddaughter Carina Lizarde, and museum educator Erica Watkins.

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The Phoenix and Hesterly Black galleries host art openings Jan. 16 & 23

The Phoenix Gallery and Music Hall in Burlington, Vermont, will host the exhibition “Sensual Turns” opening January 23, with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The show features new work by guest curator and featured artist Elizabeth Powell, alongside pieces by artists Jenny Kemp and Bonnie Morano. Powell, a painter and printmaker, holds an MA and MFA from the University of Iowa and has exhibited at Kishka Gallery and Hexum Gallery. Morano, based in Brooklyn, earned an MFA from Hunter College and has been selected for the XL Catlin Artist Prize. Kemp, a 2015 NYFA Fellowship recipient, has shown work nationally and internationally.

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Bolton artists invited to show their work at Bolton Museum

Bolton Museum is inviting local artists to submit their work for the Open Art Exhibition, with submissions due on January 29, 2026, at Bolton Library. Three prizes are on offer: the Young Artist award (ages 16–25, sponsored by Bolton at Home), the Visitors’ Choice award (sponsored by Bromley Art Supplies), and the Winners Prize (sponsored by the Library and Museum service). The judging panel includes Amy Brunn, Professor Kirsty Fairclough, David Gledhill, and the Manchester Young People’s Panel. All mediums except installations and live performances are accepted, and entrants must be aged 16 or over and live, work, or study in Bolton.

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