A spate of New York galleries are celebrating significant anniversaries—Pace Gallery (65 years), Sperone Westwater (50), Hal Bromm (50), Albertz Benda (10), Jane Lombard (30), Yancey Richardson (30), and James Cohan (25)—mounting special exhibitions that mark their longevity. These milestones come amid widespread anxiety about the traditional dealer model, with headlines suggesting the sector is in crisis.
The Denver Art Museum and the Museum Barberini in Potsdam have co-organized a new exhibition titled 'The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism,' which opens with a member preview on Saturday. The show is supported by a wide range of donors, including Jana and Fred Bartlit, Barbara Bridges, Bridget and John Grier, the Kristin and Charles Lohmiller Exhibitions Fund, Craig Ponzio, and many others, as well as by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities and promotional support from CBS Colorado.
The article reports on "MONUMENTS," a major exhibition jointly organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles and the nonprofit Brick. The show features 10 decommissioned Confederate monuments, some splashed with protesters' paint, alongside works by 20 contemporary artists including Hank Willis Thomas and Karon Davis. It was assembled by curators Hamza Walker, Hannah Burstein, Bennett Simpson, Paula Kroll, and artist Kara Walker, and has been in development for nearly eight years, spurred by events such as the 2015 Charleston church massacre, the 2017 Charlottesville riot, and the 2020 George Floyd protests.
The article serves as an exhibition guide for 'The Honest Eye' show, focusing on Camille Pissarro's life and work after he moved to Éragny-sur-Epte, Normandy, in 1884. It details how Pissarro settled his family there after struggling to afford rent in Pontoise, painting in his garden, fields, and barn-turned-studio. The guide highlights specific paintings like 'The Delafolie Brickyard, Éragny' (1885), 'View from My Window in Cloudy Weather' (1886–88), and 'Vegetable Garden, Overcast Morning, Éragny' (1901), discussing his techniques, subjects, and personal challenges such as chronic eye infections. It also notes his relationships with neighbors like Delafolie and fellow Impressionist Claude Monet, as well as his role in his children's artistic education.
Munich's Museum Villa Stuck, the former home of Symbolist artist Franz von Stuck, reopens on 18 October after a €13.5m renovation. The project upgraded infrastructure, restored the facade, and renewed historical rooms, including music and reception salons with restored Pompeii-inspired wall paintings and new silk curtains. The museum's display of Stuck's paintings has been reconfigured, with fresh exhibits such as a recently donated work, and the total number of Stuck paintings on view has increased. The reopening coincides with a contemporary art exhibition, 'A Song of Ascents,' featuring Manchester-based artist Louise Giovanelli.
The Portland Art Museum will celebrate the opening of its major expansion and renovation with four days of free admission and activities from November 20 to 23, 2025. The centerpiece is the new Mark Rothko Pavilion, a nearly 22,000-square-foot transparent entrance that connects the museum's two campus buildings, adding nearly 100,000 square feet of new or upgraded public and gallery space. The transformed museum features a complete reinstallation of its collection with nearly 300 major new acquisitions by artists including Marie Watt, Simone Leigh, and Carrie Mae Weems, alongside thematic displays that emphasize place, community, and identity. Free tickets are available for reservation starting November 1, and the museum will also expand its regular hours beginning November 25.
The Saint Louis Art Museum will host "Becoming the Sea," a monumental exhibition of works by German artist Anselm Kiefer, from October 18, 2025 through January 25, 2026. The show marks Kiefer's first U.S. retrospective in 20 years and features towering works up to 30 feet tall, including site-specific pieces inspired by the Mississippi and Rhine rivers. Curated by museum director Min Jung Kim and assistant curator Melissa Venator in direct collaboration with the 80-year-old artist, the exhibition will fill the museum's Sculpture Hall and contemporary galleries with over 30 loans from other collections, requiring custom installation systems and even the removal of a doorway to accommodate a large painting.
The Neue Galerie in New York is opening the first US museum exhibition dedicated to German Expressionist artist Erich Heckel (1883-1970), running from October 9, 2025 to January 12, 2026. Heckel was a co-founder of the influential group Die Brücke in 1905, alongside Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Fritz Bleyl. Unlike the more flamboyant Kirchner, Heckel was introverted and avoided scandal, but he served as the group's organizational driving force, organizing key exhibitions and transforming Die Brücke into a promotional platform. The show features around 40 works from 1905 to 1920, including loans from the Harvard Art Museums and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Three UC Davis scholars—artist and professor Margaret Laurena Kemp, a sociologist, and a Ph.D. student—reflect on the exhibition 'Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice' at the Manetti Shrem Museum. The show, curated by Glenn Kaino and Mika Yoshitake, combines climate change and social justice themes through works like Jin-me Yoon's video installation 'Turning Time (Pacific Flyways),' 2022. Kemp incorporates the exhibit into her course, using breathwork and dance to engage students with Black literature and visual art, culminating in a student performance at the museum on November 13.
The National Gallery of Ireland is opening an exhibition titled "Picasso: From the Studio" that shifts focus from the artist's famous subjects—such as weeping women and bullfighting—to the physical spaces where he created his work. Curated by Janet McLean and Joanne Snrech, the show draws heavily from the Musée Picasso in Paris and includes over 100 works, ranging from early pieces made from scraps to late paintings like *Musician* (1972). The exhibition recreates the atmosphere of key studios through paintings, film, and photographs, including iconic images by Dora Maar of Picasso painting *Guernica* (1937). The gallery owns only one Picasso painting, *Still Life with a Mandolin* (1924), which is included.
The Art Institute of Chicago presents 'Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World,' a major exhibition running from June 29 to October 5, 2025, featuring over 120 works including paintings, works on paper, photographs, and ephemera. The show explores the personal interests and relationships that shaped the Impressionist artist, highlighting his focus on family, friends, sportsmen, and workers, as well as his unique depictions of nude men. It includes iconic pieces like 'Paris Street; Rainy Day' and 'Floor Scrapers,' alongside lesser-known works such as the Musée d'Orsay's recent acquisition 'Boating Party' and the Louvre Abu Dhabi's 'The Bezique Game,' many from private collections rarely seen by American audiences.
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) will host "The Impressionist Revolution: Monet to Matisse from the Dallas Museum of Art" from October 5, 2025, to January 25, 2026. The exhibition, which marks the 150th anniversary of the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, features masterworks by Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Piet Mondrian, Berthe Morisot, and Edvard Munch, drawn from the Dallas Museum of Art's renowned French Impressionist collection. It traveled to Mexico City before arriving in Santa Barbara, the only West Coast U.S. venue for the show, and will later travel to Nashville, Québec, and Richmond.
October arts in Pittsburgh focus on play and legacy, with several gallery openings and retrospectives. GalleriE CHIZ hosts "Celebrating the Art and Life of Ellen Chisdes Neuberg" on Oct. 3, showcasing the late artist and gallery owner's bold Abstract Expressionist works. The Pittsburgh Glass Center presents "Idea Furnace Retrospective" (Oct. 3, 2025–Jan. 19, 2026), featuring alumni like Renee Cox and Alisha Wormsley. James Wodarek's "Industria Nova" at Atithi Studios reimagines industrial forms, while the Cooley Gallery pairs "Felt-Occurrence" with "Continuing a Legacy of Classical Painting," linking three generations of American landscape artists from Frank DuMond to James Sulkowski.
The Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris opens a new exhibition, "Georges de La Tour: From Shadow to Light," running from 11 September 2025 to 25 January 2026. This is the first Paris show dedicated to the 17th-century French painter in nearly 30 years, featuring about 20 original works and a dozen studio pieces. The exhibition explores La Tour's working practice and his influence from Caravaggio, highlighting how his oeuvre—now counted at only 48 known works—was rediscovered after centuries of misattribution, thanks largely to German art historian Hermann Voss in 1915.
Oil Street Art Space (Oi!) in Hong Kong has opened the exhibition "Eying East, Wondering West - Square Word Calligraphy Classroom on the Move," featuring world-renowned artist Xu Bing. Running from September 29, 2025 to January 11, 2026, the show transforms the Oi! Glassie venue into an interactive classroom where visitors can learn and write Xu Bing's Square Word Calligraphy (Hong Kong Edition). The exhibition includes a specially designed textbook inspired by local student exercise books, brushes and copybooks, interactive digital installations, and workshops on seal carving and fan design. It was previously held at the Hong Kong Museum of Art and is presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, organized by the Art Promotion Office and Oi!.
San Francisco's De Young Museum has opened North America's first large-scale exhibition of manga art, featuring over 600 works spanning comic books, fine art, and animated features. Curated by Nicole Rousmaniere, the show includes pieces by artist Mari Yamazaki, who blends classical painting with manga storytelling, and highlights globally popular titles like "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure." The exhibition runs through January.
The Ackland Art Museum at UNC-Chapel Hill has opened a new exhibition titled "Color Triumphant," featuring 54 modern paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the collection of Julian and Josie Robertson. The show spans from the 1870s to the present, highlighting the liberation of color in modern art with works by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Pablo Picasso, Frank Stella, and André Derain, whose painting "The Jetty at L'Estaque" serves as the flagship piece. Curated by deputy director Peter Nisbet, the exhibition was developed in collaboration with the Robertson Foundation after Julian Robertson's death in 2022, and includes student research support. It runs through January 4, with related lectures and film screenings, and a second iteration, "Color Concentrated: A Salon-Style Hang from the Robertson Collection," opening January 30.
Prague's autumn 2025 art season features a wide range of exhibitions, from classical paintings celebrating Czech identity to contemporary digital art. Highlights include Spanish painter Miquel Barceló's major show at DOX, an exhibition marking 150 years of Bedřich Smetana's 'Vltava' at Jízdárna Pražského hradu, and the largest-ever exhibition of Czech pop artist Pasta Oner at Municipal House Gallery. Other notable shows include a retrospective of sculptor Aleš Veselý at Veletržní palác, the Jindřich Chalupecký Award 2025 exhibition, and the opening of Prague's first permanent digital art gallery, Signal Space, with its inaugural exhibit 'Echoes of Tomorrow'.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts is presenting "Ruth Orkin: Women on the Move," an exhibition of 21 vintage photographs by the mid-20th-century American photographer Ruth Orkin (1921–1985). Drawn from the museum's collection, the show highlights Orkin's depictions of women in diverse settings—from Hollywood celebrities and Broadway stars to Women's Army Auxiliary Corps members, tourists in Europe, and families in an Israeli kibbutz. Orkin, who was barred from joining the cinematographers' union due to her gender, turned her narrative eye to photography, often collaborating with her subjects to invert the conventional male gaze. The exhibition runs from December 12, 2025, to April 19, 2026.
Christie's specialists highlight key works from their upcoming 'Post-War to Present and Photographs' sale, including Joan Mitchell's 'Peinture II' (1964) from the collection of Vivian Fusillo, Matthew Wong's '5:22 PM', Alejandro Obregón's 'Chivo expiatorio', and a lifetime print by Francesca Woodman. The sale coincides with Mitchell's centennial and a landmark Jack Whitten exhibition, with the auction scheduled for 18 September 2025.
The Art Institute of Chicago has opened a major solo exhibition titled "Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies," surveying 75 years of the artist's work. Catlett, who died in 2012, was a Black American artist who spent six decades in Mexico, creating prints and sculptures that depicted Black women and addressed social injustice. The show includes iconic works like "Target Practice" and "Sharecropper," and runs through January 4, 2026.
The article presents a curated list of ten essential artworks at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, coinciding with the departure of longtime director Glenn Lowry after 30 years and the appointment of Christophe Cherix as his successor. It highlights iconic pieces such as Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1907) and Matisse's "The Red Studio" (1911), while reflecting on MoMA's history, its founding vision by Alfred Barr, and its evolution through expansions including the incorporation of PS1 and the $450 million renovation of its 53rd Street building.
Janet McLean, curator of Modern Art at the National Gallery of Ireland, discusses the process of curating the upcoming exhibition "Picasso: From the Studio," the first major Picasso show in Ireland since a student-led exhibition in 1969. That earlier exhibition, held by Trinity students in a library storage room, attracted 42,000 visitors and featured 97 works by Picasso. McLean explains that curation is about creating connections and a "conversation" between pieces, balancing narrative with practical constraints like light levels, copyright, and lender approvals. The new exhibition, with a sole lender—the Musée National Picasso-Paris—traces Picasso's life in France from 1913 to 1973, showcasing his evolution as an artist.
A new art exhibition titled “This Bitter Earth: Living in Harmony with Nature” opens on September 12 at MW Gallery in downtown Flint, Michigan. The show features artworks from the Mott-Warsh Collection by artists including Ron Adams, Bisa Butler, Nick Cave, Maren Hassinger, Pope.L, and Howardena Pindell, exploring humanity's complex relationship with the natural world and the four classical elements. A featured video installation, “Zion” by South African artist Mohau Modisakeng, addresses themes of displacement and belonging. The exhibition runs through January 24, 2026, with free admission.
The National Gallery in London is presenting 'Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists,' an exhibition that brings together 58 works from the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands. The show centers on Georges Seurat’s 'Le Chahut' (1889-90) and features artists such as Paul Signac, Anna Boch, Jan Toorop, and Théo Van Rysselberghe, highlighting the movement's radical, dot-based pointillist technique and its ties to anarchism. Co-curator Julien Domercq frames Neo-Impressionism as the first international Modern art movement, a precursor to abstraction and Fauvism.
Middlebury College Museum of Art presents 'Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Visions of Grandeur,' an exhibition showcasing the 18th-century Italian printmaker, architect, designer, and antiquities dealer. The show features prints, drawings, a book, a map, and a recently acquired sculpture drawn from Middlebury's collections, augmented by loans from the Yale University Art Gallery, the Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum, and private collections. Curated by architectural history professor Pieter Broucke, the exhibition includes label texts researched by Middlebury students in a January 2025 curatorial lab course.
The Armory Show opened its 2024 edition in New York with solid sales during the VIP preview on September 4, providing a positive signal for the city's art market after a summer marked by gallery closures and economic uncertainty. The fair saw the return of over 20 galleries that had previously taken a hiatus, including Andrew Kreps, Uffner and Liu, Instituto de Visión, and White Cube for the first time since 1994. Fair director Kyla McMillan emphasized the importance of rooting the fair in New York and praised exhibitors for taking risks with experimental works, such as Nikita Gale's installation 'Interceptor' (2025), which sold for $60,000 before the preview began.
New Orleans museums are launching several major exhibitions in September 2025. The Ogden Museum of Southern Art presents "Flags of Our Mothers" (September 13–March 8, 2026) featuring Raven Halfmoon's largest ceramic sculptures, and "The Unending Stream: Chapter II" (September 27–March 15, 2026) showcasing six local photographers. The New Orleans Museum of Art opens "Dawoud Bey: Elegy" (September 26–January 4, 2026), a photography and film installation exploring African American historical memory.
The National Gallery in London opened its exhibition "Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers" (14 September 2024–19 January 2025) to five-star reviews, attracting a record 335,000 visitors. The article reveals ten surprising details about individual paintings on loan from around the world, including a self-portrait that once hung in the American ambassador's residence in Regent's Park, a painting executed on a dish towel when Van Gogh ran out of canvas, and the revelation that casino mogul Steve Wynn owns The Trinquetaille Bridge. Other surprises include a stark white replica frame for Roses, inspired by frames designed by Dr. Paul Gachet, and the fact that The Public Garden, Arles is owned by a foundation set up by Bernard Arnault, the world's third richest person.
Kenwood House in London has opened a new display, "Double Vision: Vermeer" (1 September 2025 – 11 January 2026), pairing Vermeer's "The Guitar Player" (1672) from its own collection with its mysterious "twin," "Lady with a Guitar," on loan from the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The exhibition reignites a century-old debate over which painting is the original, as the Philadelphia version has long been questioned since the Kenwood version emerged in 1927. Recent scientific analysis reveals differences in ground layers and pigment use—the Kenwood painting features ultramarine while the Philadelphia version uses cheaper indigo—and experts like former Rijksmuseum specialist Gregor Weber suggest the Philadelphia work may be an early copy.