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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 25, 2026 visibility 17 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Shiva Zahed's Istanbul gallery opens new platform for Iranian contemporary art

Shiva Zahed, an Iranian collector and former physician, has opened a new gallery in Istanbul's Pera district dedicated to Iranian contemporary art. The gallery launched with the exhibition "echos," featuring works by Shaqayeq Arabi and Fereydoun Ave, which was extended through May 10 due to strong interest. Zahed frames the space as an active platform to reposition Iranian artists within a global context, rather than a conventional exhibition venue.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 26 link 10 artists, 1 gallery

‘Studio Iron’ to Launch at Saatchi Yates, Blurring the Boundaries Between Art and Design

Saatchi Yates is partnering with creative director and makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench to launch Studio Iron, a new design gallery whose inaugural exhibition opens April 30 and runs through June 7, 2026. The show presents a dense, post-industrial landscape dominated by steel and iron, featuring works by artists including Jannis Kounellis, Paul McCarthy, Jordan Wolfson, Anne Imhof, Marina Abramovic, Nico Vascellari, and others. Furniture, sculpture, installation, and painting collide in a space that resists categorization, hovering between function and non-function, utility and image.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 14 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

Exhibition | 'The Shape of Summer: From Boudin to Wesselmann' at Bailly Gallery, Bailly Gallery Paris, France

Bailly Gallery in Paris is presenting an exhibition titled 'The Shape of Summer: From Boudin to Wesselmann,' featuring works that explore the theme of summer from the 19th century to the present. The show spans artists from Eugène Boudin to Tom Wesselmann, highlighting the evolution of summer imagery in art.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 24 link 21 artists, 1 gallery

A Guide To May 2026 Photography Festivals & Exhibitions

A diverse array of international photography festivals and exhibitions are scheduled for May 2026. Key events include Bieler Fototage in Switzerland, focusing on vulnerability as a social condition; Photo London, which is relocating to the Olympia and introducing new curated sections; Hard Copy New York at the ICP, exploring photocopied imagery; Fotofestival Lenzburg, an open-air exhibition in Switzerland; and several other events across Europe and the US.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 14 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

'Come Closer' at Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong on 15 May–5 Jul 2026

Tang Contemporary Art in Hong Kong is presenting the exhibition 'Come Closer,' featuring works by artists Arik Levy and Zoé Ouvrier from May 15 to July 5, 2026. The show explores themes of intimacy, vulnerability, and the relational space between viewer and artwork, inviting audiences to engage deeply with pieces that address memory, the body, and identity.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 21, 2026 visibility 20 link 11 artists, 1 gallery

'To Paint Is To Love Again' at Crèvecoeur, Paris–Cascades, France on 9 Apr–27 May 2026

The group exhibition 'To Paint Is To Love Again' at Crèvecoeur gallery in Paris explores the theme of artistic freedom, play, and a childlike approach to creation. The article examines this through the lens of Henry Miller's writings on painting, the influence of Jean Dubuffet's Art Brut, and the practices of contemporary artists Whitney Clafin, Sadie Benning, and Françoise Lapeyre, who incorporate found objects, toys, and a 'Sunday painter' ethos into their work.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 20, 2026 visibility 11 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Karl Ullger in Berlin exhibition with artist collective Cane-Yo

Artist Karl Ullger is participating in a group exhibition titled 'Running with Scissors' at Anders Galerie in Berlin. The show features over 40 artists from the global online collective Cane-Yo, including six of Ullger's figurative oil paintings, three of which are new works created specifically for the event.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 20, 2026 visibility 17 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

The Architecture of the Void Explores Modern Indian Art at Gallery Dotwalk, New Delhi

Gallery Dotwalk in New Delhi has opened its second exhibition, 'The Architecture of the Void: Lines on a Postcolonial Skeleton,' featuring works on paper by leading modern Indian artists. The show, which runs until May 30, 2026, highlights drawings, watercolors, and etchings from a generation of artists processing India's post-Independence and Partition era.

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Monet Paintings Hidden for 100 Years Resurface at an Auction in Paris

Two paintings by Claude Monet, hidden from public view for over a century, have resurfaced and been sold at Sotheby’s Paris. The works—*Les Îles de Port-Villez* (1883) and *Vétheuil, effet du matin* (1901)—represent distinct phases of Monet’s career, with the latter setting a record for a Monet sold at auction in France, fetching more than $12 million.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 7, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 26 link 1 artist

Verdy 'I Believe in Me' Exhibition at LOTTE Museum of Art Seoul

Osaka-born graphic artist VERDY will debut his first solo museum exhibition, 'I Believe in Me,' at the LOTTE Museum of Art in Seoul from April 24 to July 19, 2026. The show features over 250 works, including crayon drawings, large-scale sculptures, and neon installations, exploring his signature aesthetic rooted in punk, skateboarding, and Japan's '90s Urahara scene. Divided into four sections, the exhibition traces the evolution of his characters and typography from graphic design into immersive physical forms, with highlights including the recurring character Vick and pandemic-era figure Visty.

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trending_up market schedule Apr 23, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 42 link 71 artists

KAWS | Untitled (KAWS X Mocad) (2019)

Bidding has concluded for KAWS's 2019 screenprint, *Untitled (KAWS X Mocad)*, a limited-edition work produced for the artist's solo exhibition "Alone Again" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. The work was offered through Palm Beach Modern Auctions, with detailed condition reports and terms available to prospective bidders.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 12, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 17 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Art Gallery of Swan Hill Opens Three Powerful First Nations Exhibition

The Art Gallery of Swan Hill in Victoria, Australia, will open three significant First Nations exhibitions on 29 May 2026. The shows are: 'JXSH MVIR: Forever I Live', the first major solo retrospective of the late Yorta Yorta, Gunditjmara and Barkindji artist Josh Muir, co-curated by his partner and mother; 'Gulgawarnigu | Thinking of Someone. Something', a touring digital portrait and landscape exhibition by young Indigenous artists from Roebourne, Western Australia, developed through a partnership with NEO-Learning and Big hART; and 'Big Place', a new exhibition drawn from the gallery's permanent collection featuring works from Western Australia, the Northern Territory, the Tiwi Islands and South Australia.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 19, 2026 link 6 artists, 5 galleries

A Singaporean Gallery Lands In The Heart Of Paris

Cuturi Gallery, founded by Spanish gallerist Kevin Troyano Cuturi, has opened its first European space in Paris's Domaine National du Palais-Royal, following its original establishment in Singapore in 2019. The gallery occupies the former boutique of legendary couture dealer Didier Ludot and launched in March with a group show. Its forthcoming exhibition, "Arbres de la Forêt, Vous Connaissez Notre Âme" (May 28 to September 26, 2026), is a solo presentation for French artist-designer Hubert Le Gall, curated by Bruno Gaudichon. The project extends to Villa Noël in Provence, which will serve as a second exhibition space for large-scale outdoor sculptures.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 19, 2026 visibility 1 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

California Light and Space (The 21st Century Version) (OPENING RECEPTION)

David Zwirner gallery in Los Angeles is presenting "California Light and Space (The 21st Century Version)," a group exhibition organized by curator Helen Molesworth. Running through August 1 at the gallery's 606 N Western Avenue location, the show features contemporary artists from LA's diverse arts scene, exploring how the city's unique geography—its light, space, and basin topography—shapes their work. The exhibition draws a parallel to the Light and Space movement of the 1960s and 1970s, but focuses on a younger generation working across various media.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 19, 2026 visibility 2 link 5 artists

SHE: Exhibition of street art at Rome gallery

Rosso20sette arte contemporanea in Rome is hosting a group exhibition titled 'SHE Street (Art) – Her (Art) – Exhibition,' featuring six internationally acclaimed female street artists: Swoon, Faith XLVII, Sandra Chevrier, Jacoba Niepoort, Handiedan, and Patrícia Mariano. Curated by Giorgio Silvestrelli, the show presents works on paper and canvas, some never previously exhibited and others created specifically for the occasion. The exhibition runs until 10 July at the gallery on Via del Sudario 39.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 19, 2026 visibility 1 link 1 artist

UMich art museum glorifies left-wing protests

A new exhibition at the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) titled “American Sampler: The Art, Language and Legacy of Protest” features posters, pamphlets, and video from 1960s and ‘70s left-wing protest movements, including the Black Panthers, Vietnam War protesters, and the anarchist Yippies. Guest curator Julie Ault organized the show using materials from U-M’s Labadie Collection, which holds radical literature. Conservative commentator Bobby Mars, writing for the Michigan Enjoyer, criticizes the exhibit for allegedly glorifying violence and anti-American sentiment, arguing that the museum’s framing encourages today’s students to protest against the government.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 18, 2026 visibility 2 link 5 artists

Museum exhibitions to coffeehouse chats: How to celebrate America 250 this summer

The article outlines various events and exhibitions in Washington, D.C., celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States this summer. Highlights include the "In Pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Happiness" exhibit at the National Museum of American History, featuring 250 objects from 1776 to the present; a Gen-Z-focused coffeehouse chat at Tudor Place; exhibitions at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, including "Ms. Americana" and "Burnished: Pueblo Pottery"; and the Spirit of America Festival at the National Archives, showcasing rare documents.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 16, 2026 visibility 8 link 6 artists

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Unveils Its Fashion Galleries, Highlighting Fashion’s Place in Museums

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled the new Condé M. Nast Galleries, a nearly 12,000-square-foot suite of exhibition spaces designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm Peterson Rich Office. Located adjacent to the museum's Great Hall, the galleries relocate fashion exhibitions from a previously tucked-away basement space to one of the museum's most visible and architecturally significant locations. The new spaces debuted with "Costume Art," an exhibition organized by The Costume Institute and curated by Andrew Bolton, which places roughly 200 garments and accessories in dialogue with 200 artworks from the museum's collection, exploring themes such as "The Classical Body," "The Aging Body," and "The Disabled Body." The design, by architects Miriam Peterson and Nathan Rich, uses a restrained material palette of grey marmorino plaster and oak doors framed by limestone arches to create permanent-feeling yet flexible spaces that harmonize with the museum's historic Beaux-Arts architecture.

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article local schedule May 15, 2026 visibility 9 link 3 artists

Racine Art Museum announces sizzling slate of summer events

The Racine Art Museum (RAM) and its Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts campus have announced a packed schedule of summer events for 2026, including new programs like the Twilight Garden Series, which combines cocktails, creativity, and themed activities. Highlights include Free First Friday, a Master Workshop with artist Liandra Skenandore on black ash plaiting, Kids Day inspired by the Handcrafted exhibition, and City Movie Night featuring a screening of Lilo & Stitch (2025). Wustum also offers one of Wisconsin's largest museum-based studio arts programs with over 60 class options in ceramics, drawing, glass, fiber, jewelry, painting, and paper arts.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 15, 2026 visibility 8 link 3 artists

Generations A Solo Exhibition by Julie Torres May 15 – July 11, 2026

Julie Miller Torres, a Tallahassee native and Maclay School graduate now based in Atlanta, is presenting a solo exhibition titled "Generations" at the Gadsden Arts Center & Museum in Quincy, Florida, from May 15 to July 11, 2026. The exhibition showcases her signature works—woven screenprints and paper quilts—that blend everyday materials like crochet and weaving with themes of freedom and empowerment. One of her most recognized pieces, "Super Diva," a portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, is part of the permanent collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Torres holds degrees from the University of Florida, the University of Miami, and the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and her work appears in major collections including Delta Airlines, the Ritz-Carlton, SCAD, and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation.

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Stark Museum of Art to present America 250 exhibition

The Stark Museum of Art in Orange, Texas, will present a new exhibition titled "America 250: Three Presidents - Lincoln, Grant, and Garfield" to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States. The show features three watercolor paintings by Taos artist Oscar E. Berninghaus, each depicting a formative moment from the early lives of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and James Garfield, highlighting their humble beginnings and aspirations. The exhibition runs from May 16 to December 23, 2025, as part of the broader America 250 and SETX 250 celebrations across Southeast Texas.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 15, 2026 visibility 8 link 4 artists

The Picasso of India: Amrita Sher-Gil exhibit opens in Drents Museum

The Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, has opened a major exhibition of works by Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941), the Hungarian-Indian painter often called the Picasso of India. Titled “Europe is Picasso’s, India is Mine,” the show features nearly 50 paintings and drawings on loan from the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, marking the first-ever Sher-Gil exhibition in the Netherlands and the first in Europe in nearly two decades. Originally scheduled for March, the opening was delayed due to geopolitical tensions linked to the war in Iran, which postponed the transport of the artworks. The museum worked for six years to secure the loan, and 23 Dutch museums stepped in to create an alternative exhibition during the delay.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 15, 2026 visibility 9 link 3 artists

Without Childhood Photos, A Haitian American Artist Spends A Decade Imagining Her Family Archive

Artist Widline Cadet, who was separated from her mother for six years as a child during her family's emigration from Haiti to New York, has spent nearly a decade creating a multi-generational "living archive" of photographs, video, sound, and sculpture. The archive fills the gaps left by scarce family photographs and fading memories, exploring the diasporic experience and the elusiveness of memory. The largest presentation of this work is currently on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum in the exhibition "Currents 40: Widline Cadet."

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Rollstone Bank commits $100K to Fitchburg Art Museum

Rollstone Bank & Trust has committed $100,000 to sponsor free admission at the Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) through 2029, the final year of the museum's Centennial celebration. The gift eliminates all admission fees, replacing previous categorical free programs with universal access, and is expected to significantly increase the museum's annual attendance of 14,000 visitors.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 14, 2026 visibility 7 link 7 artists

Taos Art Museum The pull of the landscape

The Taos Art Museum has opened a new exhibition titled “Land, Legacy, and Perspective: Landscapes of Northern New Mexico” on May 12, 2026, in the Janis and Roy Coffee Gallery. Featuring 30 works from the museum’s permanent collection and select loans from private collections, the show includes paintings and works on paper by artists such as Ernest L. Blumenschein, Leon Gaspard, Gene Kloss, Barbara Latham, Joseph Henry Sharp, Victor Higgins, and E. Martin Hennings. Spanning the early to mid-20th century, the exhibition captures scenes of Taos Pueblo, adobe villages, Black Mesa, snowy mountain passes, and aspen groves in various media.

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3 to See: Ballet at Kravis; Conservation cinema; Boca Museum of Art

The Palm Beach County Cultural Council highlights three deals for MOSAIC (Month of Shows, Art, Ideas and Culture) in The Palm Beaches. Ballet Palm Beach presents 'Giselle' at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, Audubon Everglades hosts 'Flyway: A Conservation Cinema Series' at Lake Worth Playhouse, and the Boca Raton Museum of Art offers buy-one-get-one-free admission throughout May.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 14, 2026 visibility 9 link 2 artists

Artist Yeesookyung Reimagines Works Through AI in Seoul-Jeju Exhibition

Artist Yeesookyung, known for her "Translated Vase" series that repairs broken ceramics with gold, has created new AI-driven video works for the exhibition "Fail Better," jointly held at Forum & Space in Seoul and Vido Gallery in Jeju through June 13. The two-person show, curated by Kim Yoon-kyung, also features media artist Yangachi and includes works like "Moonlight Crown," which uses real-time GPS and weather data to generate ever-changing forms, and "Oh, Rose!," a digitally bred rose series produced through an AI generative system.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 13, 2026 visibility 8 link 4 artists

Women in the American Glass Studio at Corning Museum of Glass

The Corning Museum of Glass will open a new exhibition titled "Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio" on May 16, 2026, as part of its 75th anniversary celebration. This is the first survey exhibition focused on women artists working in glass during the American Studio Glass Movement from the 1960s through the late 1970s, featuring over 200 objects by artists including Claire Falkenstein, Audrey Handler, Margie Jervis, Susie Krasnican, Kathleen Mulcahy, Ginny Ruffner, Ruth Tamura, and Toots Zynsky.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 13, 2026 visibility 17 link 1 artist

Venice exhibition rethinks curating and creativity in the AI era

A new exhibition titled *Metamorphosis: Beyond the Real. Searching for Victoria Lu – When Humans and AI Think Together, the Story Begins* has opened at Ca' Foscari Esposizioni in Venice, running parallel to the 2026 Venice Biennale. The show centers on Victoria Lu, a pioneering Chinese curator whose five-decade career helped shape contemporary Asian art. It features archival materials, AI-generated works, and collaborative experiments exploring the intersection of human creativity and artificial intelligence.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 12, 2026 visibility 10 link 3 artists

Sacramental Value: “The Holy Sepulcher” at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is hosting "The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem," a rare exhibition of sacred objects from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Curated by Xavier F. Salomon, the show features ornate metalwork, textiles, and vestments dating from the 16th to 18th centuries, drawn from the Terra Sancta Museum's collection and traveling to only two U.S. venues. The exhibition includes pieces such as a gilt silver reliquary from 1628-29 and a gold crucifix from 1756, displayed in low lighting to evoke a candlelit church atmosphere.

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