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Phillips Collection’s new ‘Miró and the United States’ exhibit focuses on transatlantic cultural exchange rather than conflict

The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., has opened a new exhibition titled 'Miró and the United States,' curated by Elsa Smithgall. The show features 75 works by Joan Miró alongside pieces by more than 30 other artists, including Alexander Calder, Rufino Tamayo, and Arshile Gorky. Rather than framing the relationship as a cultural clash between European modernism and American art, the exhibition emphasizes transatlantic artistic exchange during the mid-20th century, particularly in the shadow of World War II and the Spanish Civil War. Key works include Miró's 'Constellations' series and 'Still Life with Old Shoe' (1937), which are presented in dialogue with American contemporaries who responded to his visual language.

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MUUS Collection Acquires Todd Webb Archive, Expanding Its Story of 20th-Century American Photography

MUUS Collection has acquired the archive of American photographer Todd Webb (1905–2000), adding approximately 15,000 prints, 50,000 negatives, ephemera, and his extensive journal to its holdings. Webb is known for his evocative postwar images of New York and Paris, as well as his travels across the American West, Great Britain, New Guinea, and Africa. The archive documents his relationships with key figures such as Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Walker Evans, and Berenice Abbott, and will join works by Rosalind Fox Solomon, Larry Fink, and Deborah Turbeville in the collection.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 13, 2026 visibility 33 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

Sarah Lucas Unveils VENUS VICTORIA at the New Museum’s Bowery Plaza

The New Museum has unveiled "VENUS VICTORIA," a new public sculpture by British artist Sarah Lucas, inaugurating the museum's outdoor plaza at the junction of Bowery and Prince Street in downtown Manhattan. The sculpture, which features Lucas's signature Bunny figure seated atop a giant washing machine, was selected by an all-artist jury including Teresita Fernández, Joan Jonas, Julie Mehretu, Cindy Sherman, and Kiki Smith. It opens on May 12, 2026, and will remain on view for two years as the first of five commissions dedicated to public sculpture by women artists.

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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Spring Exhibitions in New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is unveiling renewed galleries and special exhibitions for spring 2026, including a reinstallation of its American Wing and exhibitions focused on Renaissance portraiture and contemporary responses to classical themes. The museum, which houses over 1.6 million artworks spanning five thousand years, is highlighted as a key destination for US travelers planning summer visits, with May weather ideal for exploring both the museum and nearby Central Park.

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Archie Rand On the Irreducibility of Painting in a Post-Digital Age

Archie Rand, now in his late 70s, recently held his first extensive solo show in years at Jarvis Art in New York, featuring his new body of work titled "Heads." The exhibition reclaims painting's primordial function, emphasizing the connection between brain and hands, imagination and reality. Rand, who emerged from the downtown New York scene in the late 1970s and early '80s, has witnessed the full postwar evolution of American art. His career includes a pivotal synagogue mural commission that led to backlash from the Orthodox community and a break with critic Clement Greenberg, pushing him toward representational forms. He found allies in figures like Philip Guston and John Ashbery, and after his wife's death ten years ago, began reflecting on mortality and childhood influences.

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The Cape Ann Museum’s Newest Exhibition, Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea, Coincides With the Reopening of the Museum’s Main Campus

The Cape Ann Museum has opened a landmark exhibition titled "Avery, Gottlieb & Rothko: By the Sea," featuring 82 works by Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, and Mark Rothko. The show explores the artists' formative summers on Cape Ann in the 1930s and '40s, where they escaped New York City and developed a deep artistic camaraderie. The exhibition coincides with the reopening of the museum's main campus after 20 months of renovations, and will travel to The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. in October—the first time a Cape Ann Museum-organized exhibition tours to a national museum.

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Exhibition explores revolutionary artists the Scottish Colourists in a new light

A major exhibition opening at The Arc Gallery in Winchester places the Scottish Colourists—SJ Peploe, JD Fergusson, GL Hunter, and FCB Cadell—in dialogue with their European and UK contemporaries for the first time. Running until September, the show features 70 artworks including André Derain's *The Pool of London* (1906) on loan from the Tate, alongside works by Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, Walter Sickert, Augustus John, and Roderic O'Connor. The exhibition is presented by Hampshire Cultural Trust in partnership with the Fleming Collection and explores the international "colour revolution" from 1905 to 1914, examining influences of Cubism and Vorticism.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 11, 2026 visibility 27 link 13 artists, 2 galleries

All New for 2026: The Greatest Exhibitions in Greater Philadelphia

Greater Philadelphia is launching a year-long Semiquincentennial celebration in 2026, featuring a series of major exhibitions across the region. Highlights include "A Nation of Artists" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the "What Now" festival by ArtPhilly, and "Bells Across PA," a statewide display of painted Liberty Bell replicas. Other notable shows include the Museum of the American Revolution's "The Declaration's Journey," The Franklin Institute's immersive theme park exhibit, The Academy of Natural Sciences' Indigenous re-examination of its Lewis and Clark collection, and the Independence Seaport Museum's look at early American commerce. The Clay Studio presents "Radical Americana" across 20 sites, the National Liberty Museum opens three exhibitions on the First Amendment, and a new show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art explores monuments, curated by Paul Farber.

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‘Anchors of Light’ reframes 30 years of MOCA North Miami

The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami (MOCA) celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new exhibition, “Anchors of Light,” which opened on April 15. Curated by Miami native Catherine Camargo, founder of Queue Gallery, the show features nearly 50 artists from the museum’s collection, including historical figures like Robert Rauschenberg and Claes Oldenburg, past retrospective subjects such as Maryan S. Maryan and Edouard Duval-Carrie, and local favorites Purvis Young and Pepe Mar. The exhibition includes a video corridor for multiple video works, addressing space constraints, and highlights Camargo’s preference for dark, muted colors and unconventional materials, exemplified by Will Boone’s painting “Widowmaker.”

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The Museo Casa Natal Picasso rescues Marisol Escobar, the forgotten queen of pop art

The Museo Casa Natal Picasso in Málaga, Spain, has opened the exhibition "Ni Musas Ni Modelos" (Neither Muses Nor Models), which seeks to reclaim the legacy of Marisol Escobar, a Venezuelan-born pop artist who rose to fame in the 1960s but later fell into obscurity. The show features over forty works by Escobar—including her piece "Saco La Lengua" (I Stick Out My Tongue)—alongside works by thirty other artists such as Dorothea Tanning and Helen Frankenthaler, aiming to correct the historical sidelining of female artists.

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Alan Saret, whose wire sculpture took from minimalism, 1944–2026,

Alan Saret, the American artist renowned for his pioneering wire sculptures that offered a fluid counterpoint to rigid minimalism, has died at age 82. Saret began working with chicken wire in the 1960s, twisting and interlacing it into cascading, flexible forms. His breakthrough came in 1966 after studying architecture at Cornell University and under Robert Morris at Hunter College. He debuted solo at Bykert Gallery in 1968 and was included in landmark group shows such as 'Nine in a Warehouse' at Leo Castelli Gallery and 'Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form' at Kunsthalle Bern. A spiritual sojourn in India from 1971 to 1974 deepened his practice, leading to vast organic wire works.

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Art Dubai Marks 20 Years with Special Edition Focused on Collaboration and Cultural Exchange – Friday, 15-17 May 2026.

Art Dubai returns to Madinat Jumeirah from 15–17 May 2026 for a special 20th-edition programme that reflects on the fair's evolution and reaffirms Dubai's role as a global cultural hub. Presented in partnership with A.R.M. Holding and Dubai Culture, the fair features approximately 75 presentations from commercial galleries, institutional partners, and cultural initiatives, with around 60% of participating galleries drawn from the region. Highlights include the Made Forward presentation from Dubai Collection, the 20th edition of the Global Art Forum titled 'Before and After Everything', and an exhibition of modern Arab art from the Barjeel Art Foundation. The fair also introduces an innovative risk-sharing model where booth costs are payable based on sales performance, and entry is free for all visitors.

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ALFREDO JAAR INDUCTED INTO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS

Galerie Lelong, New York has announced that artist Alfredo Jaar has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, formally joining the Department of Art at a ceremony on May 20, 2026. Jaar, born in Santiago, Chile in 1956, is recognized for his innovative work across photography, film, installation, and new media, examining socio-political issues and the ethics of representation over more than four decades.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 1, 2026 visibility 9 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

VILLA PILAR A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN WORK BY LEONORA CARRINGTON PAINTED DURING HER HOSPITALIZATION IN SPAIN COMES TO LIGHT

Faro Santander, a new art center in Santander, Spain, will present "Leonora Carrington: el surrealismo sintomático" starting September 8, 2026. The exhibition is the first to focus exclusively on the artwork Carrington produced during her 1940–1941 hospitalization at Dr. Morales's sanatorium. It unveils a previously unknown oil painting, "Villa Pilar," which Carrington gave to her physician upon leaving and which has remained in the Morales family for decades. The show also brings together drawings from her sketchbooks, many scattered across collections, and pairs "Villa Pilar" with the emblematic canvas "Down Below" for the first time in the city where both were created.

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$3.7 million Cecily Brown painting to lead upcoming Christie’s London sale.

Cecily Brown's painting *The Haunter* (2010) will lead Christie's Post-War to Present sale in London on June 25th, with an estimate of £2.2 million–£2.8 million ($2.95 million–$3.76 million). The work has been held in the same private collection since 2011. The auction coincides with a major exhibition of Brown's work at London's Serpentine Galleries. In November 2025, a new auction record was set for Brown when her painting *High Society* (1997–98) sold for a higher sum.

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Paul Thek at Pace Gallery

Pace Gallery is presenting an exhibition of works by Paul Thek, the influential but often overlooked American artist known for his provocative sculptures and installations that blend the sacred and the profane. The show brings together pieces from different periods of his career, including his famous "Technological Reliquaries"—glass cases containing wax casts of body parts—alongside drawings and other works that explore themes of mortality, spirituality, and the human condition.

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Ornament & Information at Chicago Cultural Center

The Chicago Cultural Center is presenting 'Ornament & Information,' an exhibition featuring 62 images and no videos, as documented by Contemporary Art Daily. The show explores the interplay between decorative ornamentation and informational content in contemporary art, though specific artists, dates, and curatorial details are not provided in the available text.

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Audain Art Museum Celebrates Takao Tanabe's Centennial with Landmark Retrospective

The Audain Art Museum is opening "Takao Tanabe 100: Inside Passage," a landmark retrospective celebrating the 100th birthday of Canadian painter Takao Tanabe on September 16, 2026. The exhibition features over fifty works spanning six decades, including his iconic coastal and prairie landscapes as well as lesser-known series like the "White Paintings" and "Emperor" paintings. Co-organized with the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the show will travel to Ottawa and Victoria through 2027.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 27, 2026 visibility 11 link 7 artists

‘BlowUp Jubilee’ Celebrates Inflatable Public Art in the Center of The Hague

BlowUp Jubilee, the sixth edition of The Hague's BlowUp Art event, has opened in the Dutch city, featuring 20 inflatable public art installations curated by Mary Hessing. The exhibition takes place at Madurodam and other locations around The Hague, with works by returning artists including Steve Messam, Eugenie Boon, John Körmeling, Sigrid Calon, and Yamuna Forzani. The sculptures interact with historic monuments and buildings, playing with scale, color, and form—such as a giant pink chair that is actually small and a green passageway installation.

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Bubbles, Algae, and Plastics Go Haute Couture in ‘Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses’

The Brooklyn Museum is opening a new edition of 'Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses,' building on a 2023 retrospective at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. The exhibition features over 140 haute couture designs by Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen, known for merging high-tech materials like laser-cut Plexiglas with biological elements such as glowing algae and plastic bubbles. It includes recent collections like 'Sympoiesis' and works by artists including Kenny Nguyen, Wim Delvoye, and Tara Donovan, alongside a soundscape by Salvador Breed. The show runs from May 16 to December 6.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 3, 2026 visibility 9 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

“Eva Hesse, Lukas Heerich, Rindon Johnson” at max goelitz, Munich

Max Goelitz gallery in Munich is hosting an exhibition titled “Eva Hesse, Lukas Heerich, Rindon Johnson,” organized in collaboration with Hauser & Wirth for the Various Others 2026 event. The show pairs contemporary works by Lukas Heerich and Rindon Johnson with selected early works on paper and a painting by Eva Hesse, highlighting intergenerational dialogue around material experimentation.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 26, 2026 visibility 11 link 3 artists

Som Supaparinya “Mo num en ts” at Museion, Bolzano

Museion in Bolzano presents "Mo num en ts" (2025), a film by Thai artist Som Supaparinya that combines historical research and fieldwork. The work was produced through the Han Nefkens Foundation – Southeast Asian Video Art Production Grant 2024, dedicated to the memory of artist Dinh Q. Lê.

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Jack Goldstein “Pictures, Sounds and Movies” at Kunst Museum Winterthur

Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), a Canadian-born artist and CalArts graduate, is the subject of the exhibition "Pictures, Sounds and Movies" at Kunst Museum Winterthur. The show highlights his role in the Pictures Generation, a group that in the 1970s rejected traditional art forms by appropriating images from advertising, television, and popular culture, while Goldstein also explored the autonomy of Minimal Art objects.

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Julia Heyward “Miracles in Reverse” at Kunstverein Nürnberg

Kunstverein Nürnberg – Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft is presenting "Miracles in Reverse," the first institutional solo exhibition in Europe by American artist Julia Heyward (born 1949). Heyward was a central figure in New York's downtown art scene during the 1970s and 1980s, and her work anticipated major developments in art history. The exhibition showcases her distinctive practice developed over five decades.

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Jeff Koons's New York | Art Nerd

Jeff Koons maintains a complex and ubiquitous presence in New York City, characterized by a tension between high-art prestige and pop-culture spectacle. From the permanent installation of 'Balloon Flower (Red)' at the World Trade Center to massive temporary topiary projects like 'Split-Rocker' at Rockefeller Center, Koons’s polished steel and floral works have become landmarks within the city's commercial and transit hubs. These public installations offer a rare opportunity for the public to engage with his record-breaking art outside of traditional gallery settings.

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Desire, Deferred: Eroticism in Southeast Asian Art

The National Gallery Singapore has opened "Passion is Volcanic: Desire in Southeast Asian Art," its first R18 exhibition, running from April 24 to August 30, 2026. The show explores eroticism in Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art, drawing inspiration from Nanyang school artist Liu Kang's 1953 essay on Bali. It features works from Singapore's national collection and the region, including Liu Kang's "Scene in Bali" (1953), Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook's video "I'm Living" (2002), and a 14th-15th century tantric Buddhist statue. The exhibition is divided into three sections—"Asian Mythos and Ritual," "Conventions of the Erotic," and "Public Arenas/Private Interiors"—and is restricted to audiences over 18 due to Singapore's media regulations, with photography prohibited.

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Kulapat Yantrasast to Helm 2027 Bukhara Biennial

The Bukhara Biennial has appointed Kulapat Yantrasast as artistic director for its second edition, scheduled to run from September 3 to November 21, 2027. Yantrasast, a Bangkok-born architect trained under Tadao Ando and founder of WHY Architecture, brings experience from projects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Louvre, and Milan Design Week 2026, where he collaborated with the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF) on the exhibition "When Apricots Blossom." The inaugural 2025 edition, founded by ACDF chairperson Gayane Umerova and curated by Diana Campbell, drew approximately 1.8 million visitors and featured artists including Antony Gormley, Marina Perez Simão, and Subodh Gupta.

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French Artists Call for Boycott of Centre Pompidou Hanwha

More than 100 French artists, researchers, and art professionals have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of Centre Pompidou Hanwha in Seoul, a joint initiative between Centre Pompidou and the Hanwha Foundation of Culture set to open June 4. The protest targets Hanwha Group's ties to Israeli defense contractors Elbit Systems and Elta Systems, which supply arms to the Israel Defense Forces, with signatories denouncing the project as "art-washing" and demanding an end to the collaboration.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 21, 2026 visibility 14 link 2 artists

Art Basel Qatar Announces Artistic Director and Theme for 2027 Edition

Art Basel Qatar has appointed Iraqi curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi as artistic director for its second edition, scheduled for January 28–30, 2027, in Doha. The fair will be themed “between / بين,” exploring states of betweenness and fluid cultural encounters, and will feature a scaled-up Special Projects sector with large-scale, site-specific works, alongside solo gallery presentations. Al-Khudhairi, a specialist in modern and contemporary Arab art, previously served as founding director of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha and held curatorial roles at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.

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Two of the Biggest Names in American Patronage Have Kept Their Homes Private—Until Now

Glenn and Amanda Fuhrman, prominent American philanthropists and art collectors, have opened their private Hamptons home to the public for the first time through a new Phaidon book, *Collecting Contemporaries: The Fuhrman Collection*. The volume reveals their extensive collection of works by artists such as Simone Leigh, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, and Amoako Boafo, displayed across their Sagaponack property, which also features outdoor sculptures by Roxy Paine and Elmgreen & Dragset. Glenn Fuhrman, founder of the FLAG Art Foundation and a board member at MoMA and Tate, discusses the discomfort of losing privacy but acknowledges the practical need to eventually sell or donate pieces as he ages.

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