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Kate Tova’s New Exhibition at Oceanside Museum of Art Asks What it Really Means to Rest

San Francisco-based artist Kate Tova has launched a solo exhibition titled "The Art of Rest" at the Oceanside Museum of Art. The show features a series of vibrant, large-scale multimedia works that blend traditional oil painting with unconventional materials like sequins and reflective surfaces. Tova’s latest body of work explores the psychological and physical necessity of stillness, challenging the modern culture of constant productivity through her signature "glitch" aesthetic and tactile textures.

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Hastings College art professor has solo exhibition at Museum of Nebraska Art

Dr. Brian Corr, an associate professor at Hastings College and internationally recognized glass artist, is presenting his first solo museum exhibition at the Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA). Titled "Of Light and Shadow," the show serves as a 20-year retrospective of Corr’s career, featuring large-scale glass installations and sculptures that explore the interplay of light, shadow, and contemplative space. A highlight of the exhibition is the U.S. debut of "One," a significant architectural installation originally created in 2007.

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SA ‘white hands on black art’ controversy in court – and on national gallery walls

The National Gallery of Australia has officially opened the 'Ngura Pulka – Epic Country' exhibition, a major showcase of works by 52 artists from the APY Art Centre Collective. The show was originally postponed in 2023 following allegations published in The Australian that white staff members had improperly interfered with the creation of the paintings. After multiple investigations by government bodies and a review by the NGA cleared the artworks of creative interference, the collective is moving forward with the exhibition while pursuing a $4.4 million defamation lawsuit against the newspaper.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 9, 2026 visibility 29 link 2 artists

Art professor Brian Corr debuts solo exhibition at the Museum of Nebraska Art

The Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA) is hosting "Of Light and Shadow," the first solo museum exhibition for internationally recognized glass artist and Hastings College professor Dr. Brian Corr. The survey spans two decades of Corr’s career, featuring large-scale sculptures and installations that utilize light and shadow as primary materials. A highlight of the show is the U.S. debut of "One," a significant architectural installation originally created for his master’s thesis in Australia.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 8, 2026 visibility 26 link 7 artists

A Paris exhibition spotlights Estonian women artists

The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris has launched "Estonian Realities," a significant cross-generational exhibition featuring the works of Olga Terri, Anu Põder, and Kris Lemsalu. Spanning nearly 90 years of artistic production, the show marks a major collaboration between the Art Museum of Estonia and the City of Paris, tracing the evolution of Estonian art from the psychological anxieties of the 1940s to the bold, performative installations of the contemporary era.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 16 link 2 artists

Phoenix Artist Eliza McLamb Celebrates 25-Year Career

Phoenix-based painter Eliza McLamb is marking a quarter-century of artistic practice with a major retrospective at the Phoenix Art Museum. Titled "Eliza McLamb: 25 Years of Color and Emotion," the exhibition features over 40 abstract works produced between 1996 and 2021, showcasing her signature emotive style and deep connection to the Sonoran Desert.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 18 link 7 artists

Martin Schongauer, at the Louvre the exhibition on the master of the late Middle Ages

The Louvre Museum is hosting a major retrospective dedicated to Martin Schongauer, a pivotal German artist of the late 15th century, running from April 8 to July 20, 2026. Titled "Martin Schongauer: Le bel immortel," the exhibition features approximately one hundred works, including his world-renowned engravings, rare paintings like the "Virgin in the Rose Garden," and intricate drawings. Curated by Pantxika Béguerie de Paepe and Hélène Grollemund, the show traces Schongauer’s evolution from a goldsmith’s son in Colmar to a master who bridged the gap between Gothic tradition and Renaissance innovation.

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article news schedule Apr 1, 2026 visibility 14 link 12 artists

A Guide To April 2026 Photo Awards & Open Calls

A curated selection of international photography awards, scholarships, and open calls has been announced for April 2026. Key opportunities include the PhMuseum Online Masterclasses scholarships, which offer fully-funded spots for artistic development and documentary photography, and the PhMuseum Days Photography Festival open call for exhibitions in Bologna, Italy. Additionally, the Hasselblad Foundation is offering significant grants to support the publication of new photobooks by professionals in the field.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 26, 2026 visibility 15 link 6 artists

Museum exhibit on L.V. Hull’s art and life is a visual ‘sensation’

The Mississippi Museum of Art has launched "L.V. Hull: Love Is a Sensation," the first major museum retrospective dedicated to the late self-taught African American artist L.V. Hull. The exhibition showcases Hull’s vibrant, immersive practice of transforming her Kosciusko home and everyday found objects—ranging from sneakers and fan blades to television sets—into a dense, kaleidoscopic art environment. The show is presented in partnership with the L.V. Hull Legacy Center and features individual artworks, archival ephemera, and documentary footage.

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gavel restitution schedule Mar 11, 2026 visibility 17 link 2 artists

Snuffboxes stolen in Paris daylight robbery to go on display at V&A

Five 18th-century gold snuffboxes recovered after a violent daylight robbery in Paris are set to go on public display at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The objects were stolen in November 2024 from the Musée Cognacq-Jay during a high-profile heist that targeted pieces from the Rosalinde & Arthur Gilbert Collection, the Louvre, and the UK Royal Collection. Following an extensive police investigation and delicate restoration work by Parisian goldsmiths to repair damage sustained during the theft, the items will headline the opening of the V&A’s newly revamped Gilbert Galleries.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 11, 2026 visibility 14 link 1 artist

Rare 'Ponyo' Work From Studio Ghibli Donated To Academy Museum

Studio Ghibli has donated over 120 rare production artifacts to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, marking the first time the legendary animation studio has gifted such materials to an external institution. The donation includes original Japanese release posters, artboards, and key animation drawings from the 2008 film 'Ponyo,' which were revealed to be hand-drawn by Hayao Miyazaki himself. These items are currently featured in the museum's new interactive exhibition, 'Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo.'

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 26, 2026 visibility 14 link 3 artists

Rare Gates of Paradise replica restored and on display at the BYU Museum of Art

The BYU Museum of Art (MOA) has unveiled a meticulously restored gypsum cast replica of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Renaissance masterpiece, the "Gates of Paradise." The restoration project spanned a decade and involved approximately 13,000 hours of labor, largely performed by BYU students who repaired damage and applied gold leaf to the ten ornate panels. The restored work is now the centerpiece of the exhibition "Gilded Paradise," which features immersive projections of Florence and will remain on view through October 2026.

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rate_review review schedule Feb 16, 2026 visibility 19 link 8 artists

The Sticky Politics of Wall Texts

A critic's visit to the 36th Bienal de São Paulo led to a pointed critique of the exhibition's didactic strategy. The show, curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, featured floor-mounted placards with QR codes, poorly placed basic labels, and extremely lengthy omnibus section texts, creating a frustrating experience that oscillated between providing too little and too much information.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 15, 2026 visibility 16 link 2 artists

Bucks County museum to showcase Eric Carle's work with exhibit, events

The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, is presenting the exhibition 'Small Living Things: The Magical Art of Eric Carle.' The show, organized by The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, features original artwork from Carle's classic children's books, process sketches, and related cultural objects, including a 1996 McDonald's Happy Meal toy series and a bronze sculpture of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. It runs from February 14 through May 24, supported by several donors and foundations.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 10 link 6 artists

Samantha Nye’s ‘Web of Love’ now open at Cuesta’s Miossi Gallery

Artist Samantha Nye's immersive video installation "Web of Love" has opened at the Harold J. Miossi Gallery at Cuesta College's San Luis Obispo campus. The four-screen work is a scene-by-scene remake of an old Scopitone film, featuring legendary Bay Area artists Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens, and is designed with a lounge area of heart-shaped hot tubs on red shag carpet.

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article news schedule Jan 19, 2026 visibility 21 link 2 artists

Workers at the Metropolitan Museum vote to form union

Workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the United Auto Workers (UAW), with 542 in favor and 172 against, following nearly four years of organizing efforts. The election, overseen by the National Labor Relations Board, will see 100 challenged votes resolved through arbitration. The new union, part of UAW Local 2110, represents over 50 departments including conservators, curators, librarians, and digital staff, driven by concerns over job security, pay, and policy transparency.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 13, 2026 visibility 15 link 9 artists

Fine Artist Vanessa Johansson's Debut Solo Exhibition

Fine artist Vanessa Johansson is presenting her debut solo exhibition in the Sky Garden Penthouse of Gramercy’s 200E20TH in New York City. The show features atmospheric acrylic abstract paintings, displayed in a residential setting that complements CetraRuddy’s contemporary architecture. Johansson, who studied at the Art Students League, will next participate in the group exhibition “Women and Abstraction” at Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris.

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article news schedule Jan 12, 2026 visibility 12 link 2 artists

Ground Control to London: David Bowie’s childhood home to be restored by heritage charity

The Heritage of London Trust has acquired David Bowie's childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove in Bromley, southeast London, and plans to restore it to its early 1960s appearance. The railway workers' cottage, where Bowie lived from ages 8 to 20 and is believed to have written "Space Oddity," will open to the public in late 2027, offering an immersive experience centered on his bedroom. Geoffrey Marsh, co-curator of the V&A's "David Bowie Is" exhibition, will oversee the restoration, funded by a £500,000 grant from the Jones Day Foundation and a public fundraising campaign.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 8, 2026 visibility 11 link 5 artists

Tiffany Shlain uses trees and technology to trace Jewish history in new exhibit

Tiffany Shlain, a multidisciplinary artist and founder of the Webby Awards, has opened a new exhibition titled "Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology" at the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in San Francisco. The show, which debuted in October 2024 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles as part of a Getty Museum initiative, uses massive tree trunk slices—some weighing 10,000 pounds—to explore Jewish history, feminism, and existential questions. Shlain, known for her work blending feminism, technology, and Judaism, also co-created a video on the teenage brain with Goldie Hawn and recently screened her 2005 documentary short "The Tribe."

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 6, 2025 visibility 18 link 5 artists

Long Overdue, First Museum Retrospective of Mavis Pusey Explores Artist's Geometric Abstraction Over Five Decades

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania is hosting "Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images," the first museum retrospective of Jamaican-American artist Mavis Pusey (1928-2019). Curated by Hallie Ringle and Kiki Teshome, the exhibition spans five decades and features over 60 works, including seven paintings shown publicly for the first time. Pusey, who studied at the Art Students League and worked at Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, was known for her geometric abstraction at a time when many Black artists focused on figuration. The show will travel to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the Studio Museum in Harlem.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 19 link 1 artist

Mario Ayala Unveils Life Sized Van Portraits at CAM Houston

Mario Ayala's first U.S. solo museum exhibition, 'Seven Vans,' has opened at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH). The show, on view from November 14, 2025, through June 21, 2026, features seven life-size van paintings that use the vehicle's rear body as a shaped canvas. Ayala removes wheels and functional markers, turning the vans into motionless 'pseudo-portraits' that convey owners' personalities through details like faded stickers, patchy repairs, and custom airbrush work inspired by auto body painting. The artist describes his process as 'Research While Driving,' documenting rear vehicle perspectives over six years.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 13, 2025 visibility 13 link 3 artists

Radical History: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibition opens at The Huntington

The exhibition "Radical Histories: Chicano Prints from the Smithsonian American Art Museum" opens at The Huntington's Marylou and George Boone Gallery from November 16 to March 2. Curated by E. Carmen Ramos, the show features 60 works by nearly 40 artists and collectives, tracing over six decades of Chicano printmaking as a tool for resistance, community building, and cultural reclamation. The exhibition is organized into five thematic sections—"Together We Fight," "¡Guerra No!," "Violent Divisions," "Rethinking América," and "Changemakers"—and begins with the late 1960s Delano Grape Strike, highlighting how artists used silkscreens, posters, and offset prints to mobilize communities and confront injustice.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 6, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists

New V&A exhibition explores modern spirit of traditional Chinese crafts

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has opened 'Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts,' a landmark exhibition in its China Gallery that pairs nearly 50 newly acquired contemporary works with historic artifacts from the Ming and Tang dynasties. Curated by Li Xiaoxin, the show features artists including Lin Fanglu, Zhao Jinya, and Eliza Au, who transform traditional crafts such as tie-dye, glassmaking, and ceramics into contemporary art forms. The exhibition, which opened on October 28, is the first major V&A show dedicated solely to contemporary Chinese studio crafts, the result of a five-year research journey by Li to address the museum's lack of modern Chinese representation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 13, 2025 visibility 18 link 2 artists

Louvre acquires first-ever video work

The Musée du Louvre has acquired its first-ever video work, a piece titled *Les 4 temps (The 4 Seasons)* by Algeria-born artist Mohamed Bourouissa. The work documents the Tuileries Gardens over the course of a year, originally created as 52 weekly videos for the Louvre’s Instagram channel between February 2024 and February 2025. It will be displayed in the Salle de la Chapelle from 22 October to 19 January 2026. Bourouissa also composed the music for the piece by recording the vibrations of the garden’s plants.

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5 art exhibits in Kansas City you should catch this fall

Kansas City's fall art season features five notable exhibitions, including DeAnna Skedel's retrospective 'The Edge of Your Field' at the Bunker Center for the Arts, 'Animate Ground' at Gallery Bogart showcasing clay and pigment works by artists like Mónica Figueroa and Jo Archuleta, and 'The Mother And… Project' at Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, which explores mothering ethics through diverse artistic practices. Other highlights include exhibitions focusing on earth, land, motherhood, and the elements, offering a season of reconnection and self-reflection.

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Frieze to launch Abu Dhabi edition in November 2026

Frieze has announced it will launch an Abu Dhabi edition in November 2026, marking its first fair in the Middle East and its eighth global event. The fair will take over the existing Abu Dhabi Art fair through a partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT), and will be held at Manarat Al Saadiyat in the Saadiyat Cultural District. Dyala Nusseibeh will remain as director. The announcement comes as Frieze's rival Art Basel prepares to launch its own Middle East fair in Doha, Qatar, in February 2025, and follows the recent acquisition of Frieze by Hollywood tycoon Ari Emanuel via his holding company Mari, which has financial ties to Abu Dhabi-based investors.

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Jerrell Gibbs Finds Healing With New Exhibition, ‘No Solace In The Shade’ - Essence

Jerrell Gibbs presents his first solo museum exhibition, 'No Solace in the Shade,' at the Brandywine Museum of Art, featuring over 30 large canvases that depict intimate scenes of Black life drawn from family photo albums. The show, on view through March 1, 2026, includes works such as 'The Electric Slide' (2024) and 'Boys Planting' (2021), and is accompanied by his debut monograph. Gibbs, a Baltimore-born artist and father of two, describes the exhibition as a culmination of years of personal and artistic growth, rooted in his graduate studies at MICA and a deep exploration of his family history.

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Limestone relief disappears from Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis

A rare limestone relief depicting the vizier Khentika painting the three seasons of the ancient Egyptian calendar has vanished from his tomb in the Saqqara necropolis. The tomb, discovered in the 1950s and used for storage until 2019, was found to be missing the relief by a British mission in May. Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the theft and referred the matter to the public prosecutor for investigation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 1, 2025 visibility 15 link 6 artists

Every Year This Wisconsin Museum Hosts the Best Modern Bird Art in the World

The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its annual "Birds in Art" exhibition in September 2024. The show, the largest in its history, features 142 artworks by 142 artists from 16 countries, including paintings, sculptures, and collages. The exhibition originated in 1976 as "Birds of the Lakes, Fields, and Forests," organized by wildlife artist Owen J. Gromme, and has since become a premier global showcase for modern bird art. This year's selection included 101 works chosen from 1,160 entries, plus 41 pieces by past Master Wildlife Artists from the museum's collection.

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article local schedule Sep 29, 2025 visibility 17 link 12 artists

Call to Artists: Exhibit Your Work at the Barrymore Film Center

The Barrymore Film Center in Fort Lee, New Jersey, is issuing a call for local visual artists to exhibit their work on a rotating Gallery Wall in its museum. The center seeks hanging artwork such as paintings, photography, mixed media, textile, or illustration from artists in Fort Lee and surrounding areas, with exhibitions lasting three months and including press, social media, and email promotion. A public opening reception is available, and the center retains a 30% commission on sales. The article also lists several other upcoming art exhibitions in New Jersey, including shows at CARE Gallery, buds & blooms, Gallery Jupiter, the Oyster Point Hotel, the Waretown Library, and the Summit Free Public Library.

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