Cincinnati Art Museum spotlights ‘radical American fashion’ in new exhibit

The Cincinnati Art Museum has announced a major retrospective titled “Elizabeth Hawes: Radical American Fashion,” running from April 24 to August 2, 2026. This exhibition marks the first comprehensive museum presentation of Hawes’s career, featuring over 50 garments spanning the 1920s through the 1960s, alongside original sketches and the first-ever publication dedicated to her work. Curated by Cynthia Amnéus, the show traces Hawes’s journey from a Paris-based designer to a pioneer of independent American couture and a vocal critic of the fashion industry.

Tiffany Chung’s exhibition at the AD&A Museum maps history within deep geological time

The Art, Design & Architecture (AD&A) Museum at UC Santa Barbara has launched "Tiffany Chung: indelible traces," a mid-career survey of the Vietnamese American artist and UCSB alumna. The exhibition features over 70 works spanning 25 years, including her signature hand-drawn and embroidered maps, video, and sculptural installations. Curated by Orianna Cacchione, the show highlights Chung’s use of cartography to challenge colonial narratives and document the complexities of forced migration, climate crises, and the movement of botanical organisms across continents.

New exhibition explores Ossabaw Island's profound impact on American art

The Telfair Museums is set to open "Off the Coast of Paradise: Artists and Ossabaw Island, 1961–Now," a major exhibition exploring the creative legacy of Georgia's third-largest barrier island. Curated by Erin Dunn and Beryl Gilothwest, the show traces the history of the Ossabaw Island Project and the Genesis Project, initiatives that transformed the island into a secluded retreat for artists, thinkers, and scientists for over sixty years.

Nan Goldin: Why The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is So Important

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Gagosian London is hosting an exhibition of all 126 photographs from Nan Goldin’s seminal work, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency," to mark the 40th anniversary of the photobook's publication. The exhibition traces the evolution of the project from its origins as a DIY slideshow performance in New York nightclubs to its status as a cornerstone of contemporary photography, featuring intimate portraits of Goldin’s inner circle across New York, Berlin, and beyond.

Sarah Alruwayti on Riyadh's Shift from Vision to Execution

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Sarah Alruwayti, director of the Tuwaiq Sculpture Symposium, discusses the evolution of Riyadh Art’s public art initiatives under Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. The symposium has grown from a local project into a global open-call forum, commissioning over 120 international sculptors to create permanent works using local materials like Saudi granite and reclaimed metal. The latest edition, themed "Traces of What Will Be," focuses on urban transformation and the historical context of Riyadh’s changing landscape.

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Rana Begum’s solo exhibition, "Reflection," is currently on view at the Gallery at Windsor in Vero Beach, Florida, following its debut at the SCAD Museum of Art. The exhibition showcases Begum’s signature style, which utilizes industrial materials like metal bars and reflectors to create elegant abstractions influenced by American Minimalism and Islamic architecture. The show traces her journey from a young immigrant in the UK to a Royal Academician, highlighting her ability to manipulate light and color through geometric forms.

Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum Doha Review

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The Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum has opened in Doha, Qatar, dedicated to the prolific career of the late Indian modernist Maqbool Fida Husain. Commissioned by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and designed by architect Martand Khosla based on a sketch by the artist himself, the 32,300-square-foot blue-mosaiced structure houses 150 works including paintings, films, and sculptures. The museum traces Husain’s journey from the 1950s through his final years in Qatar, highlighting his cross-cultural explorations of faith, science, and history.

New biography offers well-crafted story of Louise Bourgeois’s rich life

Marie-Laure Bernadac’s new biography, 'Knife-Woman: The Life of Louise Bourgeois', provides a comprehensive look at the French-American artist’s prolific career and traumatic upbringing. The book explores how Bourgeois transformed childhood wounds—specifically her father’s infidelity and psychological cruelty—into a radical body of work spanning sculpture, installation, and textiles. From her early encouragement by Fernand Léger to her late-career fame with the 'Maman' spider sculptures, the biography traces her evolution from a painter to a boundary-defying sculptor who utilized materials ranging from latex to marble.

San Diego Museum of Art Reflects on 100 Years in New Exhibit

The San Diego Museum of Art is marking its 100th anniversary with a special exhibition titled 'SDMA: 100 Years.' The show, curated by Lucas Perez, traces the institution's history from its origins following the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, through its founding in 1926 as the Fine Arts Gallery, to its present-day identity, featuring archival discoveries like early children's art and photographs from its time as a naval hospital during World War II.

Cincinnati Goes MAD for Art Museum Exhibit

The Cincinnati Art Museum is hosting the exhibition 'What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine,' which opened in November 2025 and runs through March 2026. The show, organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum, traces the history of the iconic satirical publication through original comic covers, artwork, and interactive displays, highlighting its cultural impact from its 1952 origins to modern parodies.

San Diego Museum of Art Reflects on 100 Years in New Exhibit

The San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) is marking its 100th anniversary with a special exhibition titled 'SDMA: 100 Years.' The show, curated by Lucas Perez, traces the institution's chronological evolution from its origins after the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, through its founding in 1926 as the Fine Arts Gallery, to its present-day identity. It features rediscovered archival materials, including early children's art and photographs documenting periods like its conversion into a naval hospital during World War II.

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The seventh edition of the Tuwaiq Sculpture symposium has opened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Titled "Traces of What Will Be," the month-long event features 25 international artists creating large-scale, site-specific sculptures in a public, live-sculpting phase. The open-air exhibition showcases works made from local stone and reclaimed materials, responding to themes of memory, sustainability, and the relationship between humans and their environment.

London show highlights how drawing was at the heart of Lucian Freud’s practice

The National Portrait Gallery in London has opened a major exhibition dedicated to Lucian Freud's works on paper, featuring 170 drawings, etchings, and paintings. The show, drawing heavily from the Lucian Freud Archive acquired by the gallery after the artist's death, includes 48 sketchbooks, unfinished works, and childhood drawings, alongside 12 new acquisitions from the estate.

Yoonshin Park Opens up the Books for Participation at Hyde Park Art Center

Yoonshin Park's solo exhibition "Prompt and Prompted" is on view at the Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, featuring artists' books, video, and paper-based works that explore reading, memory, and materiality. The show includes pieces from Park's "How (Not) to Read" series, such as the unfurled scroll "I can no longer see. Whose story remains?" (2022), alongside works like "Partial Reading," "Night," and "Neither Flat Nor Fixed," accompanied by a video of the artist manipulating materials that generates a white-noise soundtrack.

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A rare ancient Greek funerary sculpture, the Stele of Medeia (375-350 BCE), is being offered for sale at the TEFAF art fair by the London gallery David Aaron. The piece, priced at £450,000, depicts an unmarried young woman and retains significant original pigment. It has already attracted significant interest from a major US museum.