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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 25, 2026 visibility 4 link 2 artists

Upcoming Exhibitions

Bellarmine Hall Galleries at Fairfield University Art Museum will host an exhibition from September 18 to December 12, 2026, exploring 'Egyptomania'—the 19th-century European fascination with ancient Egyptian art and culture. The show features paintings, prints, photographs, and decorative art from the early 19th century to the present, including works like Charles-Théodore Frère's *Along the Nile* (ca. 1870). Curated by Megan Paqua, the exhibition examines how Egyptian symbols and motifs were adopted, exoticized, and commercialized, often erasing the ancient Egyptian people themselves. It aims to contrast simplified or stereotypical narratives with current archaeological understanding.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 18, 2026 visibility 1 link 1 artist

The unfinished gaze

Artist Lawrence Buttigieg's exhibition 'Desire & its Excess' is on view at Spazju Kreattiv in Valletta until March 1, curated by Gloria Lauri-Lucente. The show brings together painting, box-assemblage, and film to explore desire as an embodied, relational force that resists closure, focusing on the reciprocal exchange between artist and female subject within the studio space.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 17, 2026 visibility 2 link 1 artist

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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BRICK Studio features "Temporal: Deception" art exhibition by two artists

An art exhibition titled “Temporal: Deception” is being held at BRICK Studio in Yangon, Myanmar, from December 25 to 29, 2025. The show features works by two artists, Win Myint Oo and Sithu, who explore the concept of time through different perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. Win Myint Oo presents three collage pieces—'Time Consumes Time', 'Time Consumes Man', and a third untitled work—that examine themes of impermanence, the cycle of Samsara, and the relationship between body, machinery, and soul, accompanied by poetry from Nwe Oo Hlaing.

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Comment | Dave the Potter finally becomes a complete artist

David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was an enslaved African American ceramicist and poet in 19th-century South Carolina who inscribed his stoneware jars with defiant poetry at a time when teaching enslaved people to read or write was a crime. The article argues that despite his recognized genius, Drake was not fully an artist during his lifetime because he was denied the fundamental right to own, control, and benefit from his creations—a right the Berne Convention calls 'inalienable.' Only recently, after the Museum of Fine Arts Boston returned two of his jars to his heirs, has Drake begun to receive the full recognition and economic justice that define true artistic status.

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article policy schedule Dec 18, 2025 visibility 4 link 2 artists

Brutalist home of England's first National Black Art Convention saved from demolition

The University of Wolverhampton’s School of Art building, an eight-story Brutalist landmark completed in 1969, has been granted Grade II listed status by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, saving it from demolition. The building hosted the first National Black Art Convention in 1982, a pivotal event in the British Black arts movement, and is closely tied to the Blk Art Group, whose founding members include Keith Piper, Marlene Smith, and Claudette Johnson. The listing follows a campaign against the university's redevelopment plans, supported by a petition with over 6,600 signatures.

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article local schedule Dec 16, 2025 visibility 2 link 1 artist

NMAT students, faculty, represent campus in Richmond exhibition

Indiana University Kokomo faculty, students, and alumni were well represented at the 127th Annual Exhibition by Indiana and Ohio Artists at the Richmond Art Museum. Minda Douglas, associate professor of fine art, won the Kevin McCurdy and Lisa Caiazzo Purchase Award for her print “Monarch Watch.” Anna Marcum, a recent BFA graduate, received the Johnson Family Merit Award for her self-portrait and had another painting selected. Aaron Pickens, associate professor of fine art and new media, had two oil paintings juried into the show, and junior Zoe Callender had her painting “Market Fish” selected. The exhibition runs through January 10, 2026.

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Paphos art exhibition cancelled after parties lash out over religious imagery

An art exhibition by Cypriot painter George Gavriel in Paphos was cancelled a day after its opening following public outcry over religious imagery. The show, titled “Antisystemic Art,” included paintings of Orthodox icon-style figures such as Christ and the Virgin Mary placed in explicit secular and sexually suggestive contexts. Political parties DISY and ELAM condemned the works as blasphemous, while the Blue Iris Gallery issued an apology and shut down the exhibition to avoid further unrest.

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person people schedule Nov 27, 2025 visibility 2 link 1 artist

June Leaf Made Art Like a Mad Scientist, a Dancer, an Aviator and an Archer

The New York Times profiles artist June Leaf, whose multidisciplinary practice blended elements of science, dance, aviation, and archery. The article explores her unconventional approach to art-making, which defied easy categorization and drew from a wide range of influences and techniques.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 15, 2025 visibility 4 link 1 artist

A Whole New World: Microscope Art Exhibit Makes Major Community Connections

Michigan Technological University's Rozsa Art Galleries has opened "Nanowonder: Images from the Microscopic World," an exhibit featuring photographs taken by a Hitachi Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The show displays magnified images of tiny objects like butterfly wings, toy cars, and yarn, captured during outreach events at local schools and libraries. The opening reception on Sept. 27 allowed community members to bring their own samples for magnification, with researchers projecting the images on a large screen. The exhibit is a collaboration across Michigan Tech campus, involving the A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, the College of Sciences and Arts, and other departments, and runs through Nov. 7.

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A Whole New World: Microscope Art Exhibit Makes Major Community Connections

Michigan Technological University's Rozsa Art Galleries has opened "Nanowonder: Images from the Microscopic World," an exhibition featuring photographs taken with a Hitachi scanning electron microscope. The show displays magnified images of everyday objects like butterfly wings, toy cars, and spider legs, and is part of Hitachi's Inspire STEM Education Outreach Program. The opening reception on September 27 drew a diverse crowd, with attendees bringing their own samples for live magnification, and included special guest Sonnet the Pigeon, whose feather was featured in the exhibit.

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Pepperdine Closes Exhibit Featuring “Overtly Political” Art

Pepperdine University closed the exhibition "Hold My Hand In Yours" at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art on October 6 after artists discovered their works had been removed or altered for being "overtly political." The show, curated by museum director Andrea Gyorody, featured imagery of hands as symbols of labor and care. One artist's video was turned off at the university's request, and a sculpture was modified to hide text reading "Save the Children" and "Abolish ICE." The affected artists requested their pieces be removed, and several others withdrew their work in solidarity. Pepperdine administrators cited a museum policy to avoid overtly political content consistent with the university's nonprofit status.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 10, 2025 visibility 1 link 2 artists

‘I want to haunt people’: Palestinian artist's London exhibition interrogates myth, history and the erasure of heritage

Palestinian artist Dima Srouji's exhibition *A Cosmogram of Holy Views* opens at London's Ab Anbar Gallery, presenting a decade of research into the built heritage of Palestinian Christians. The show juxtaposes European Renaissance depictions of the Holy Land with the reality of life under Israeli occupation, using media such as tinted glass collages, blown glass, carved stone, and mother-of-pearl objects. Works like *Return to Nazareth* overlay biblical scenes with personal childhood memories, while *Phantom Votives* offers wax votive forms as a response to the destruction in Gaza.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 7, 2025 visibility 6 link 1 artist

Q&A: How does UVA’s ‘Fuego Eterno’ exhibit explore indigenous sovereignty?

The article is a Q&A with an artist and co-director of the Global Spanish Initiative at the University of Virginia (UVA), discussing the exhibition 'Fuego Eterno.' The show, which opened August 29, features artists from indigenous and Afro-descended communities across the Americas and its diasporas, exploring themes of indigenous sovereignty, Nahua cosmologies, border resistance, and diaspora. The exhibition includes the co-director's own artworks and is accompanied by a symposium, a workshop with Peruvian artist Venuca Evanán Vivanco, a film screening, and a closing party.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 29, 2025 visibility 1 link 3 artists

Lots to play for: Serpentine exhibition explores censorship and connection through video games

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley's exhibition "The Delusion" opens at Serpentine North in London, running until 18 January 2026. The Berlin-based artist and video game designer presents a series of multiplayer video games that challenge players to examine ethical, political, and moral choices. Games like "The Unifier" require collaborative problem-solving while prompting discussions on censorship, while "The Validators" transforms an arcade shooter into a contemplative experience addressing censorship, dehumanisation, and hope. The exhibition was organised by Serpentine Arts Technologies and developed with a team of artists, researchers, and members of Brathwaite-Shirley's Black trans and queer community.

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The Dutch Masters Were Women, Too

A New York Times article highlights the overlooked contributions of women artists in the Dutch Golden Age, challenging the traditional male-dominated narrative of Dutch Masters. It profiles several female painters such as Judith Leyster, Rachel Ruysch, and Maria Sibylla Merian, whose works were historically undervalued or attributed to men.

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Ancient Roman Cargo Lost for 2,000 Years Resurfaces in Swiss Lake

A team of Swiss archaeologists and the nonprofit Octopus Foundation have recovered a 2,000-year-old Roman cargo from Lake Neuchâtel. The haul consists of approximately 600 remarkably preserved artifacts, including stacks of brand-new ceramic plates, bowls, goblets, weapons, tools, chariot wheels, and a wicker basket, dating from between 50 B.C.E. and 50 C.E. The ship itself was not found.