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New York Galleries: Openings and Closings (02/02-02/08)

A flurry of gallery activity is scheduled for the week of February 2-8, 2026, in New York City. Numerous exhibitions are opening, including "Interstice: Whirled Music" at Kiang Malingue, "Everything She Touches" by Alix Vernet at Eric Firestone Gallery, and "Anima" by Felipe Baeza at Print Center New York. Concurrently, many shows are in their final days, such as "A Retrospective by Ruth Asawa" at the Museum of Modern Art, "FDR Drive Musel, 1984" by Keith Haring at Martos Gallery, and "West Coast Women of Abstract Expressionism" at Berry Campbell.

Venice Biennale: South African pavilion scandal, Marian Goodman remembered, Paul Cezanne in Basel—podcast

South Africa's culture minister, Gayton McKenzie, has cancelled the country's planned pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale, a project by artist Gabrielle Goliath and curator Ingrid Masondo. The artist and curator are fighting the decision, appealing to the nation's president and filing a case with the high court.

The best Denver art exhibits of 2025 (including four you can still see)

The article recaps the most memorable Denver art exhibitions of 2025, highlighting five standout shows from Front Range galleries and museums. Featured exhibits include Kent Monkman's provocative retrospective "History is Painted by the Victors" at the Denver Art Museum, Bruce Price's "Harmonious Dissonance" at Redline Art Center, Black Cube Nomadic Museum's tenth-anniversary show "What We Hold On To," the textile group exhibition "Rosas y Revelaciones" at Museo de las Américas, and Melissa Furness's mid-career retrospective "Embedded" at the Arvada Center. Several of these exhibits remain on view through early January 2026.

Central Texas Museum Exhibitions Opening in Spring 2026

Central Texas museums and arts organizations, including the Blanton Museum of Art, the Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the San Antonio Museum of Art, and The Contemporary at Blue Star, have announced a slate of spring 2026 exhibitions. Highlights include the Georgetown Art Center's four-show season featuring Print Austin (a salon-style invitational for juried-exhibition rejects), Neo Geo: Geometry and Color by Larry Akers and Janet Brooks, Chris Ireland's photo-based Dead Letter Office, and Seeing Double – Two Views of Texas. The Blanton will present Contemporary Project 16: Tammy Nguyen (January 17–September 20), American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection (March 8–August 2), and Run the Code: Data-Driven Art Decoded, a collaboration with the Thoma Foundation showcasing digital and AI-generated works by artists like Jenny Holzer.

Wes Anderson Brings Joseph Cornell’s Studio to Life

Filmmaker Wes Anderson and Gagosian curator Jasper Sharp have recreated Joseph Cornell's basement studio from his home on Utopia Parkway in Queens, New York, at Gagosian Gallery's Paris location. The exhibition, titled "The House on Utopia Parkway: Joseph Cornell's Studio Re-Created by Wes Anderson," features over 300 original objects collected by Cornell, alongside his iconic shadow boxes and collages. It runs through March 14 and is free to the public, displayed behind the gallery's storefront windows.

On View: 'Jacob Lawrence: African American Modernist' at Kunsthal KAdE is First Retrospective of Celebrated Artist in Europe

Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, Netherlands, is hosting 'Jacob Lawrence: African American Modernist,' the first European retrospective of the American artist Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000). The exhibition spans his six-decade career from the 1930s, featuring 70 paintings, 25 drawings, and 75 prints, along with photographs and archival materials. It includes works from his celebrated series on the Great Migration, Builders, World War II, and historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Toussaint L'Ouverture, as well as new works by contemporary artists Barbara Earl Thomas and Nina Chanel Abney inspired by Lawrence.

10 Galleries That Had a Breakout Year in 2025

The article highlights 10 galleries that achieved significant growth and recognition in 2025, despite a challenging market environment marked by tariffs and trade uncertainty. Featured galleries include Tokyo's CON__, which gained global visibility through standout presentations at Frieze Seoul and NADA New York; Munich and New York-based LOHAUS SOMINSKY, which debuted at Art Basel Miami Beach and opened a Tribeca outpost; and Chicago's Hans Goodrich, which quickly established itself with a cross-generational exhibition program and international fair appearances.

Artist Olafur Eliasson brings the outside world thrillingly to life inside the art gallery

Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson's major survey exhibition 'Presence' has opened at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane, Australia. Curated by Geraldine Kirrihi Barlow, the show synthesizes three decades of Eliasson's immersive installations, photography, and sculpture, including iconic works like 'Riverbed' (2014) and 'The cubic structural evolution project' (2004), both from QAGOMA's permanent collection. A spectacular new installation also titled 'Presence' features a pulsing artificial sun using mirrors and monofrequency light to create an illusion of infinite space.

Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition ‘Presence’ challenges visitors’ senses and perception

A new Olafur Eliasson exhibition, 'Olafur Eliasson: Presence,' opens December 6, 2025, at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) and runs through July 12, 2026. The immersive show transforms GOMA’s ground floor with multi-sensory installations spanning over three decades of the artist’s career, including early works like 'Beauty' (1993) and 'Riverbed' (2014), alongside new commissions such as the large-scale 'Presence 2025' and the magnetic sculpture 'Lost compass' (2013). Visitors are invited to become co-creators, navigating environments that play with light, mist, mirrors, and even a LEGO city.

The Best New York City Exhibitions of 2025

Hyperallergic's staff and contributors present their picks for the best New York City exhibitions of 2025, highlighting a year marked by major museum reopenings, including the Studio Museum in Harlem after a seven-year hiatus and the Frick's expansion. Notable shows include Amy Sherald's 'American Sublime' at the Whitney Museum, Rashid Johnson at the Guggenheim, Wifredo Lam at MoMA, and surveys of Indigenous design at the Ford Foundation Gallery, Seydou Keïta at the Brooklyn Museum, and hometown heroes like Jack Whitten at MoMA and Coco Fusco at El Museo del Barrio. The list also features Saya Woolfalk at the Museum of Arts and Design, Nayland Blake at Matthew Marks Gallery, and Ben Shahn at the Jewish Museum.

Nightlife scenes and local lore abound at Nada Miami's busy opening

At the VIP preview of Nada Miami, dealers reported brisk sales of paintings, with galleries like Hawkins Headquarters, Shrine, Burnaway, the Locker Room, and Baker—Hall showing works by artists including Jackson Markovic, Angela China, Alex Hutton, Clare Torina, Eric Diehl, and Thomas Bils. Nightlife themes were prominent, with Markovic's fluorescent nightclub photographs and Raffi Kalenderian's painting of Mac's Club Deuce dive bar. The Pérez Art Museum Miami acquired works by Bils, Sheroanawe Hakihiiwe, and Pallavi Sen through its Nada Acquisition Gift programme.

December Book Bag: from a photographic record of a lost nightclub to the tale of an accidental art heist

This article presents a roundup of four new art-related book releases for December. It covers Liz Johnson Artur's photographic monograph 'PDA' documenting a queer Black club night in London from 2011 to 2021; a survey of William Nicholson's career edited by Simon Martin, accompanying an exhibition at Pallant House Gallery; a monograph on Sandy Skoglund's surreal installations tied to a show at the McNay Art Museum; and Whit Rummel and Noah Charney's true-crime memoir 'The Accidental Picasso Thief' about a stolen Picasso painting that ended up in a forklift operator's home.

Here’s Your Guide to the 13 Must-See Gallery and Museum Shows in Miami This Week

CULTURED magazine has published a guide to 13 must-see gallery and museum shows in Miami this week, highlighting exhibitions across the city during Art Basel Miami Beach. Featured shows include Studio Lenca's first solo show in Miami at David Castillo Gallery, Jeffrey Deitch's pop-up exhibition in the Miami Design District, Aneta Grzeszykowska's "DISORDER" at Voloshyn Gallery, a posthumous survey of Richard Hunt at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, Woody De Othello's hometown museum solo at Pérez Art Museum Miami, Shayla Marshall's installation at a Walgreens storefront organized by the Bass and Bakehouse Art Complex, and Lawrence Lek's "NOX Pavilion" at the Bass, among others.

Jorge Pérez donates more than 80 photographs to the Pérez Art Museum Miami

Jorge M. Pérez, the Miami-based real estate developer and art collector, has donated more than 80 photographic works to the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM). The donation includes pieces by artists such as Thomas Ruff, Ana Mendieta, Cindy Sherman, Isaac Julien, Candida Höfer, Vik Muniz, Tania Bruguera, Renata Lucas, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, and Wolfgang Tillmans. The works are currently on view in the museum's exhibition "Language and Image: Conceptual and Performance-Based Photography from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection" through January 11. Museum director Franklin Sirmans noted that photography has been integral to PAMM's collection since 1996 and that the donation strengthens the museum's holdings in conceptual and performance-based photography, including the Düsseldorf School.

16 New Auction Records Set in November 2025

New York's fall auction week in November 2025 saw major houses Sotheby's, Christie's, and Phillips collectively bring in over $2 billion, signaling renewed market confidence after an uneven spring. The top lot was Gustav Klimt's *Portrait of Elizabeth Lederer* (ca. 1914–16), which sold for $236.36 million at Sotheby's—the second-highest price ever paid at auction and a new record for the artist. Other notable records included Frida Kahlo's *El sueño (La cama)* (1940), which became the most expensive artwork by a woman artist sold at auction, fetching $54.66 million. In total, 16 new artist auction records were set during the week.

Acquisitions round-up: an ‘exceptionally rare’ portrait of an enslaved person and two large-scale donations

The article reports on three major acquisitions and donations in the art world. The Mississippi Museum of Art and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art jointly acquired an 'exceptionally rare' portrait of Frederick, an enslaved person in pre-emancipation Mississippi, painted around 1840 by C.R. Parker. The portrait sold for $508,750 at Neal Auction Company. Separately, entrepreneur and collector Hermann Gerlinger donated 42 works by the German Expressionist group Die Brücke to Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, including a marriage portrait by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Additionally, the family of late Korean artist Suki Seokyeong Kang donated around 400 of her works to Ewha Womans University in Seoul, where she studied and taught.

Uman’s kaleidoscopic journeys

The article profiles Somali-born, self-taught artist Uman, whose vibrant, pattern-filled paintings are currently the subject of her first institutional solo exhibition, 'Uman: After all the things…', at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The show, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, features works like *Zam Zam Bom Bom* (2023) and *Melancholia in a Fall Breeze* (2025), alongside a large-scale mural and a sculptural streetlamp. The article also reveals Uman's plan to relocate from upstate New York to the south of France next spring, marking the end of a 20-year chapter in her adopted home.

Hmm, what shall we see at Paris Photo 2025?

Paris Photo 2025, the 28th edition of the international photography fair, returns to the Grand Palais from 13-16 November, hosting 179 galleries from 33 countries. Artistic director Anna Planas emphasizes a program spanning photography's full history, from 19th-century works to contemporary digital and blockchain-based pieces. Highlights include a solo installation by Hasselblad Award winner Sophie Ristelhueber, a darkroom demonstration by photographer Renato D'Agostin, and the 'Emergence' sector featuring Prix Maison Ruinart winner Marine Lanier. The fair also offers conversations, performances, and book signings with artists like Todd Hido and Wolfgang Tillmans, plus an exhibition of Latin American photography from the Estrellita B Brodsky collection.

Five must-visit exhibitions during Art Week Tokyo

Art Week Tokyo is underway, and this article highlights five must-see exhibitions across the city. Featured shows include Phung-Tien Phan's debut solo exhibition in Japan at Misako & Rosen, where she presents fabric-wrapped sculptures made from found objects; ChimPom from Smappa! Group's environmental-themed show "A Hole Within a Hole Within a Hole" at Anomaly; the group exhibition "The Clearing" at space Un, organized by curator Ekow Eshun, featuring five emerging African diaspora artists; the "Jam Session" pairing new works by Chikako Yamashiro and Lieko Shiga with the Ishibashi Foundation Collection at Artizon Museum; and Eiki Mori's photographic series "Moonbow Flags" at Ken Nakahashi gallery.

Out of the wrapper and into the gallery: the art of chocolate

Artist Anya Gallaccio discusses her use of chocolate as an art material, tracing her first experiments in 1992 at Rodolphe Janssen gallery in Brussels, where she commissioned chocolate guns, and her 1994 solo show "Brown on White" at Galerie Krinzinger in Vienna, where she painted gallery walls with melted couverture chocolate. The work invited visceral audience reactions, including licking the walls, and engaged with themes of desire, decay, and the colonial and class histories of chocolate consumption.

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This November

This article highlights ten art shows to see in Los Angeles this November, featuring a diverse range of exhibitions. Key shows include Kathleen Ryan's bejeweled rotten fruit, Puppies Puppies's homage to freedom flags, and TJ Shin's bird songs. Historical perspectives are offered through a survey of prints by Robert Rauschenberg at Gemini G.E.L., rarely seen works by Mexican muralist Alfredo Ramos Martínez at Scripps College, and a tribute to the Brockman Gallery at the Vincent Price Art Museum. The two-venue exhibition 'Monuments' investigates how art reflects national narratives, while Puppies Puppies's dual shows use color and text to address contemporary liberation struggles.

Everyone’s a winner, baby: prizes abound during Frieze London

During Frieze London, multiple acquisition prizes and awards were announced, including the Tate Frieze Fund (supported by a private patron) which purchased works by Lubna Chowdhary and Barbara Walker for £150,000. The inaugural Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation Prize was awarded to Alex Margo Arden, while the Arts Council Frieze Acquisitions Fund grew to £90,000, acquiring works by Sarah Ball, Olu Ogunnnaike, Vanessa Raw, and Liorah Tchiprout. Other acquisitions included works by Michael Landy and Shaquelle Whyte for the Walker Art Gallery, and the Camden Art Centre Emerging Artist Prize went to Bogdan Ablozhnyy. Offsite, the Circa 2025 prize was won by Adham Faramawy for a film addressing the migration crisis.

Dublin Gallery Weekend puts art at the heart of the city

Dublin Gallery Weekend 2025 will take place from 6–9 November, transforming the city into a canvas with over 40 galleries, cultural institutions, and artist studios participating. The program features more than 100 Irish contemporary artists, including solo exhibitions by Isabel Nolan at Kerlin Gallery, Corban Walker at Soloman Fine Art, Geraldine O’Neill at Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, and Patrick Graham at Hillsboro Fine Art. International highlights include Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña’s first Irish solo show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and a cross-cultural printmaking project responding to Lafcadio Hearn’s ghost stories at SO Fine Art Editions. The weekend offers over 60 free events, including studio tours, talks, workshops, and late-night socials.

16 Hidden Art Gems You Can Visit for Free During Open House New York

Open House New York returns for 2025 from October 17 to 19, offering free or low-cost access to over 340 venues across all five boroughs, including architectural landmarks, cultural institutions, and hidden spaces not normally open to the public. Highlights include the filtration system at Astoria Pool, behind-the-scenes tours of a Goodwill in Brooklyn, a passive house in Harlem, and art-focused sites such as MTA Arts and Design subway tours, the Whitney Museum's flood mitigation system by Renzo Piano, and the Morbid Anatomy Museum. The event features 164 drop-in venues and 178 ticketed sites at $7 per person, with tickets released on October 3.

A Ballet Based on the Life of Josephine Baker Opens the Fall Season at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, and Other News

The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées opened its fall season with *Josephine*, a ballet by Germaine Acogny based on the life of Josephine Baker, tracing her 1925 Paris debut, activism in the French Resistance, and civil rights advocacy. Costumes by Chanel's specialty atelier Paloma feature in the solo performance, which is paired with Pina Bausch's *The Rite of Spring*. In other news, London's National Gallery announced a new wing under its Project Domani initiative, funded by $502 million in private donations including record pledges from the families of Michael Moritz and Julia Rausing, set to open in the early 2030s. Phillips will auction a juvenile triceratops skeleton nicknamed "Cera" in its November modern and contemporary art sale, with a presale estimate of $2.5–3.5 million. Kelly Reichardt's art heist film *The Mastermind* will screen at the New York Film Festival, and Thomas Heatherwick discussed his role as general director of the Seoul Architecture Biennale.

Director of Contemporary Istanbul urges Turkish art to remain ‘radical and clever’ in face of political tension

Contemporary Istanbul (CI) opened its 20th anniversary edition at the Tersane Istanbul complex, a restored Ottoman shipyard, bringing together 51 galleries from 16 countries. The fair coincided with the Istanbul Biennial, drawing a larger crowd of collectors and museum groups than the previous year. Works by leading Turkish artists such as Nil Yalter, Güneş Terkol, and Azade Köker were on view, with prices ranging from €1,000 for emerging artists to over €2m for a James Rosenquist painting. Despite high spirits, the fair unfolded against a backdrop of political tension following the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, ongoing protests, and increasing censorship. Galleries displayed politically and socially engaged works, including Rasim Aksan's homoerotic triptych and Fatoş İrwen's prison-made fabric piece, while collectors sought discounts amid Turkey's high inflation and economic volatility.

12 art exhibits to explore this fall

Greater Boston's fall art exhibitions feature a range of shows that reflect on social issues and artistic traditions. Notable exhibits include Jean Shin's "Fabricated Imaginaries: Crafting Art" at the Rose Art Museum, which explores textile consumption and Asian stereotypes; "Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black" at Harvard Art Museums, showcasing monochromatic works; "Andrew Gn: Fashioning the World" at the Peabody Essex Museum, highlighting the designer's blend of Eastern and Western aesthetics; and "List Projects 33: Every Ocean Hughes" at MIT List Visual Arts Center, examining the process of dying through video installation.

“Making Their Mark” exhibition celebrating women in art comes to the Kemper Art Museum

The Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis will host "Making Their Mark," an exhibition of 68 works by women artists from the collection of Komal Shah and the Shah Garg Foundation. Running from September 12 to January 5, 2026, it is the museum's largest-ever exhibition and its third stop after New York and Berkeley. Curated by Cecilia Alemani and Sabine Eckmann, the show features artists including Joan Mitchell, Howardena Pindell, Charline von Heyl, Judy Chicago, and Suzanne Jackson, organized under themes like "Painting is Technology" and "Luminous Abstraction."

20 Fall Art Excursions Outside New York City

This article is a guide to 20 fall art excursions outside New York City, highlighting exhibitions in Upstate New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Featured shows include the 'Trees Never End and Houses Never End Biennial Exhibition' at Sky High Farm in Germantown, Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez's 'Dream Map and Cornucopia' at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, and 'All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group' at the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College. Other notable stops include Jeffrey Gibson's exhibition at MASS MoCA, Kiyan Williams's installations at Art Omi, and 'Human Marks: Tattooing in Contemporary Art' at the Joseloff Gallery in Connecticut.

Salman Toor to See First Solo Show in Europe Next Year

The Courtauld Gallery in London has announced its 2026 programme, headlined by Pakistani-born, New York-based painter Salman Toor's first solo exhibition in Europe. Titled "Someone Like You," the show will feature around 20 of Toor's emblematic canvases, including "The Bar on East 13th" (2019), which directly references Édouard Manet's "A Bar at the Folies-Bergère" (1882) from the Courtauld's collection. The exhibition will also include a selection of Toor's works on paper, such as "Fag Puddle in Vitrine" (2021), recently acquired by the museum. Toor's profile has risen sharply over the past five years as his intimate paintings of queer, South Asian men have resonated with institutions and the art market.