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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 15, 2025 visibility 10 link 2 artists

Slawn and Opake Open 'Heroes, Villains, & Violence' Joint Exhibition in Miami

Slawn and Opake have opened a joint exhibition titled “Heroes, Villains, & Violence” in Miami, timed to coincide with Art Basel. The show explores themes of heroism, villainy, and violence through imagery from comics, film, and media, including Iron Man, Captain America, Snow White, and the Mad Hatter. Boxing serves as a recurring motif, with a real boxing ring hosting Miami fighters Uly “Monster” Diaz and Bryan “El Gallo” Duran during the opening. The exhibition runs through Dec. 31 at The Art of Hip Hop.

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Arts Open – an exhibition growing with every year

The 2025 Arts Open by Guernsey Arts has opened at the George Crossan Gallery in St Peter Port, featuring over 130 artworks from 132 artists. The exhibition includes a wide range of media from oils and acrylics to embroidery and crochet, and drew a large crowd at its private preview event, with queues stretching through the Market Buildings. Organizers Louise Le Pelley and Jared Fox highlighted the inclusive, no-judgment submission process that welcomes both professional artists and first-time exhibitors.

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article local schedule Dec 1, 2025 visibility 11 link 2 galleries

First Fridays gallery openings for Red Deer

Red Deer's First Fridays gallery openings for December 2025 feature multiple exhibitions across the city. The Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library present “The Canadian Landscape Abstract Paintings” by John Bladek at Kiwanis Gallery (Dec. 2–Feb. 8, 2026), showcasing abstract interpretations of iconic Canadian scenes. The Red Deer Arts Council Community Gallery hosts the Mini Masters Year-End Fundraiser pop-up (Nov. 17–Jan. 5, 2026), selling small artworks to support local arts. At the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG), Tim Smith's photography exhibition “In the world, but not of it. Hutterite” (Dec. 6–March 7, 2026) documents Hutterite communal life, while Bailey Horton's “UNHAMPERED” (Dec. 5–March 15, 2026) addresses food security through collaborative art. Curiosity Art & Framing presents “Winter's Gift” featuring works by Brenda Garrett, Larry Reese, and others.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 26, 2025 visibility 13 link 1 artist

PHOTOS: Globally-renowned artist Lucy Sparrow debuts 13,000-piece felt exhibition

Globally-renowned English felt artist Lucy Sparrow has opened a new 13,000-piece felt exhibition titled "Lucy Sparrow’s Quick Shop" at FloridaRAMA in St. Petersburg, Florida. The immersive grocery-themed pop-up features handmade felt versions of everyday products like avocados, toothpaste, and seafood, and functions as both an art installation and a shop where visitors can purchase the signed felt items. The exhibition will remain open only as long as the stock lasts, with special shopping events alongside the artist scheduled for November 25, 26, and 28.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 25, 2025 visibility 14 link 12 artists

Artists transform 12 Miami Beach hotels for ‘No Vacancy’

Miami Beach's city government runs 'No Vacancy,' an annual art exhibition that transforms around a dozen hotels and resorts across the city. Now in its fourth year, the program selects local and Miami-rooted artists—including Amanda Linares, Lee Pivnik, Pepe Mar, and Edison Peñafel—through a competitive open call to create site-specific works in public areas of participating properties such as Casa Faena, Miami Beach EDITION, and The Betsy Hotel. The exhibition has been extended from two weeks to four weeks this year, and visitors can explore the works via a self-guided tour, with over 200 artists submitting for the current edition.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 24, 2025 visibility 11 link 3 artists

Graduating art students explore change within and around through the senior studio

Six senior art students at the University of Idaho presented their Bachelor of Fine Arts capstone works at the Ridenbaugh Gallery in an exhibition titled "Senior Studio," running from November 18 to December 12. The students—Kieran Heywood, Adelia Hopper, Sofia Nuss, Tyler Ready, and Austin Eike—each explored personal and societal themes through various media, including watercolor, felt, ceramics, and 3D printing. Heywood's work addressed grief and loss of a parent, Hopper's felt creatures examined gender non-conformity, Nuss painted nostalgic childhood memories, Ready critiqued militarism and fascism, and Eike focused on pharmaceutical addiction. Associate professor Aaron Johnson mentored the students to ensure their portfolios met professional gallery standards.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 27, 2025 visibility 8 link 3 artists

Bedford workers honoured in new art exhibition

Artist David Lewry spent a year creating 36 colored pencil portraits of people working in Bedford, including a nurse, teacher, farm worker, dog groomer, funeral director, and hairdresser. The series, titled "Bedford at Work," will be exhibited at The Basement at Bunyan Gallery in Bedford from Tuesday to Saturday. Lewry, a 72-year-old former botanical artist trained at the Eden Project, was inspired during the pandemic by his wife Liz's work as a carer and wanted to honor ordinary workers in the community.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 22, 2025 visibility 12 link 9 artists

‘Heart of WeHo’ Art Exhibition Celebrates the City of West Hollywood at 40

The City of West Hollywood’s Arts Division will host an artist reception on October 24 for 'Heart of WeHo,' a new group exhibition celebrating the city’s 40th anniversary. Featuring 27 local artists, the show presents paintings, photography, sculpture, and mixed media that depict West Hollywood’s landmarks, history, and everyday spaces—from iconic nightlife and architecture to quieter corners and imagined futures. The exhibition is on view at the West Hollywood Library through May 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 22, 2025 visibility 10 link 1 artist

Kennedy Museum of Art showcases faculty talent and perspectives in “Art & Process” exhibition

The Kennedy Museum of Art at Ohio University has opened "Art & Process," a faculty exhibition featuring works from the School of Art + Design. The show includes diverse media such as video, photography, painting, fiber, and multimedia pieces, with contributions from faculty members including Basil Masri Zada, whose piece "Destroy Again! Syria" combines sound, video, and physical imagery to address the dictatorship and terrorism in Syria, and Duane McDiarmid, whose work "The Silence of Drums" reflects on the 1862 hanging of 38 Native Americans in Mankato, Minnesota. The exhibition was organized by director Sandra Harris and registrar Lisa Quinn.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 29, 2025 visibility 13 link 3 artists

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

Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley's exhibition *The Delusion* opens today 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 confront ethical, political, and moral choices. Games like *The Unifier* require collaborative problem-solving while prompting reflection on censorship, and *The Validators* transforms an arcade shooter into a contemplative experience addressing censorship, dehumanisation, and hope. The exhibition was developed with a team of artists, researchers, technologists, and members of Brathwaite-Shirley's Black trans and queer community, and builds on the artist's ongoing work archiving Black trans histories.

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Pop-up art exhibition exploring nature in Hampshire coming to city centre

A pop-up art exhibition titled 'Of Seeds and Stories' will take over Unit 37 at the Winchester Brooks Centre from October 4 to October 31. Co-curated by local Hampshire artists Jo Rose and Olana Light, the show also features work by Konrad Cox and Amanda Berridge, blending folk-inspired storytelling, memory, and nature through paintings, photography, sculptural installations, and wearable art. A free preview event is scheduled for October 4, with public access starting October 5.

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article local schedule Sep 25, 2025 visibility 13 link 5 artists

Arboretum poppies, a tribute to late Wyndmoor artist

The Morris Arboretum & Gardens in Philadelphia recently displayed supersized red poppies at its entrance, reproductions of the colossal sculptures "Papaver Rubrum Giganteum" created by the late artist Gary G. Miller. Originally installed at the arboretum in May 2008, the installation featured 300 handmade aluminum poppies with 20-inch flower heads on 10-foot stems. Miller, a sculpture and photography teacher at Germantown Friends School and a facilitator at Woodmere Art Museum, was killed by a drunk driver in 2013. To commemorate his work, the Chestnut Hill Community Association organized an exhibition titled "Papaver Rubrum Giganteum Redux," featuring photographs of the poppies in a pop-up space from September 27 to October 4.

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article local schedule Sep 3, 2025 visibility 12 link 2 artists

Lansing’s gallery and museum scene lively, despite losing a big one

The Lansing area lost the Lansing Art Gallery this year, but the local arts scene remains vibrant with several other venues. The Michigan History Museum offers immersive exhibits on state history, including the special exhibition “Black Bottom Street View” about Detroit’s historic neighborhood. The MSU Museum is undergoing an 18-month renovation but hosts a pop-up exhibition “Physical Spells [The Wor(l)d in the Atom]” featuring artist Violeta López López. The Nelson Gallery in downtown Lansing continues to showcase local contemporary art and plans holiday events, while Struk Studio, founded in 2023 by David Such, offers a contemporary mixed bag of works.

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trending_up market schedule Aug 22, 2025 visibility 13 link 8 artists

Snoop Dogg reaches a new high at auction

Snoop Dogg has become the subject of a series of artworks by artist Erica Kovitz, made from the roaches (remnants of joints) he smoked. Seven works on canvas, each signed by Snoop, were auctioned on the platform 32auctions through The Joint Venture, which Kovitz co-founded, fetching a total of $148,100. The top lot, 'Snoop Doggy Dogg Genesis Burn,' which incorporates his 1993 LAPD mugshot and marijuana ash, sold for $70,000.

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article local schedule Aug 14, 2025 visibility 11 link 10 artists

Ullapool-based Art Week set to return across Wester Ross

An Talla Solais (ATS) gallery in Ullapool is bringing back its Art Week from September 5 to 14, 2025, featuring over 150 artists across venues in Wester Ross. The program includes the Artist’s Studio Trail, the Members Show, pop-up exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, a film premiere of 'Scoraig Violin', and a community ceramics project. Highlights include a tribute to late Glasgow Girl Florence Jamieson through her daughter Becky Thomson’s open studio, and new work by artist-in-residence Nina Edge at Ullapool Museum.

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person people schedule Aug 12, 2025 visibility 10 link 4 artists

James Jean on blurring boundaries between fine art and fashion

Taiwanese-American visual artist James Jean visited Jakarta for the first time in July 2025, laying groundwork for a solo exhibition at BAIK Gallery in spring 2026. During his trip, he met with Indonesian fashion designer Biyan to discuss a potential collaboration, and also visited the atelier of Beyond. In an exclusive interview with Prestige Indonesia, Jean discussed his creative process, his approach to collaborations (including past work with Prada), and his interest in blurring boundaries between fine art, fashion, and pop culture.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 31, 2025 visibility 6 link 6 artists

Unchained.Art brings cross-continental exhibition to Monaco this August

Artist Beata May will present her solo exhibition 'Où est Vénus? – Where is Venus' at Espace 22 in Monaco from 9th to 22nd August, organized by Unchained.Art. The two-week pop-up is curated by Christina Hiltscher, with the first week featuring May's solo works, including the piece 'Icon III', and the second week expanding to include six additional international artists responding to May's central question.

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article local schedule Jul 30, 2025 visibility 12 link 8 artists

A Gallery Returns as an Edgartown Pop-Up

Tanya Augoustinos has opened A Gallery as a pop-up on Edgartown's Main Street, in the former location of a women's boutique. The gallery features works by Martha's Vineyard artists, including the late Rez Williams and Richard Lee, as well as Kara Taylor, Carol Brown Goldberg, Kate Feiffer, and others. Augoustinos is running the space with artist Chandler Biggs, and the gallery will operate through September while property owner Sarah Levine seeks a permanent tenant.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 18, 2025 visibility 13 link 4 artists

South Florida artist honors Coco Gauff, women’s strength in bold new exhibit

Harold Caudio, a Haitian-American artist known for creating portraits from Skittles, is unveiling a new hand-sewn yarn piece titled "Warri-Her" at the Cornell Art Museum in Delray Beach. The exhibition, part of the museum's "Pop Culture" show, also features works by GWAK, Ashleigh Walters, Annina Rüst, and Rogerio Peixoto. On July 19, Caudio will add a portrait of tennis star and local native Coco Gauff to the series, which he plans to gift to her family after the exhibition closes on September 28.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 10, 2025 visibility 8 link 1 artist

High fashion and French cars bring St. Louis Art Museum exhibit ‘Roaring’ to a close

The St. Louis Art Museum's 'Roaring' exhibit, which opened after a five-year delay due to the pandemic, is nearing its July 27 closing date. Featuring 12 vintage cars and over 160 items, the show explores the intersection of French automobiles and fashion between 1918 and 1939, highlighting the era's artistic and mechanical innovation. Nearly 70,000 visitors have attended, making it the museum's most popular attraction since 2018's 'Sunken Cities.'

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article local schedule Jul 7, 2025 visibility 11 link 1 artist

Museum of Art plans grand finale for popular exhibition

The Museum of Art is planning a grand finale event for its popular current exhibition, as reported by the Springfield News-Sun. The museum aims to celebrate the exhibition's success with a special closing program that will attract visitors and highlight key works on display.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 4, 2025 visibility 13 link 7 artists

From traditional Japanese woodblock to anime inspiration, Tacoma Art Museum exhibit has fun and fascination in store for all

The Tacoma Art Museum presents an exhibition curated by Kenji Stoll that traces the evolution of Japanese visual culture from traditional ukiyo-e woodblock prints to contemporary anime-inspired works. The show features a diverse range of artists, including Roger Shimomura, whose painting "Minidoka No.5 (442)" references the Japanese American 442nd regimental unit in World War II, alongside self-taught artists like VanVan, who contributes manga-style drawings. Stoll himself, a tattoo artist, exhibits a large mural titled "Nikkei Butterfly," which celebrates Japanese diaspora culture through patterns and a samurai warrior motif. Other artists include Ed Augai, Lauren Iida, Hanako O’Leary, and Yoshiko Yamamoto, whose works bridge historical ukiyo-e techniques with contemporary themes of identity, memory, and female empowerment.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 4, 2025 visibility 19 link 5 artists

From a football feast to deceitful dolphins: three art exhibitions not to miss at the Manchester International Festival

The Manchester International Festival (MIF) returns with a new edition featuring three standout art exhibitions. At Aviva Studios, "Football City, Art United" pairs top footballers like Vivianne Miedema and Ella Toone with artists such as Suzanne Lacy and the collective Keiken to create 11 co-produced works exploring gender, ritual, and identity. At the Whitworth gallery, the first international solo show of Indigenous Uitoto artist Santiago Yahuarcani presents over 30 works on bark canvas, addressing ancestral cosmology and the legacy of colonial violence during the rubber boom.

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article local schedule Jun 25, 2025 visibility 10 link 7 artists

Forbidden skate ramp sculpture wins Community Art Exhibition

Harry Young's sculpture "Forbidden Skate Ramp," a miniature concrete replica of the Telstra building in Perth's CBD, won the top prize at the City of Joondalup Community Art Exhibition. The work was praised for its clever play on scale and connection to local folklore about the building's roof resembling a skate ramp. Young received $4,000 for the award. Other winners include Soyang Lee (highly commended for "My Garden"), Fred Maris (Celebrating Joondalup award for "Burns Beach"), and Pippa Rivett (student award for "Emerging"). The exhibition features over 150 artworks at Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City through June 28.

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article local schedule May 16, 2025 visibility 9 link 5 artists

The Woodlands Art Gallery & Studios hosts Retirement Exhibition with owner and artist Emily P. Chiles

The Woodlands Art Gallery & Studios in Texas hosted the opening reception for “Dreaming through the Woods,” a retirement exhibition featuring artist and gallery owner Emily P. Chiles. The show, held on May 15, 2025, marks one of Chiles's final exhibitions as she steps away from running the gallery to focus on her own artwork. The gallery will remain open by appointment until August 15, with a final group show scheduled for June 21 featuring artist Adam Hesse, alongside a pop-up exhibition by Julia Kravets.

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article local schedule May 5, 2025 visibility 11 link 1 artist

'Everyone soaked up the art' - North Yorkshire pop up gallery success

Keeble Gateway Academy in Sowerby, North Yorkshire, celebrated World Art Day on May 1 by hosting a one-day pop-up art exhibition featuring work created by pupils aged 3-10. The exhibition, now in its third year, focused on the artist William Morris, with children producing prints inspired by his techniques and natural themes. Head teacher Jenny Rogers, marking her first anniversary at the school, and curriculum lead Lucy Anderson highlighted the event's growing popularity and community engagement.

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article news schedule Apr 28, 2025 visibility 14 link 3 artists

Russian artist reveals portrait Putin commissioned him to make as gift for Trump

Russian artist Nikas Safronov revealed a portrait of Donald Trump commissioned by Vladimir Putin as a gift for the U.S. president. The painting depicts Trump after the July 2024 assassination attempt, with blood on his face and fist raised, against a U.S. flag and Statue of Liberty backdrop. Safronov confirmed Putin personally conveyed the importance of the order, and the portrait was delivered via Trump envoy Steven Witkoff. The Kremlin pool journalists posted the image, and Putin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed the gift.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 26, 2025 visibility 12 link 1 artist

Bob Ross Finally Gets the Museum Treatment

Bob Ross, the beloved painter and television host known for his soothing demeanor and "happy little trees," is finally receiving a museum exhibition. The Wall Street Journal reports that Ross's work and legacy are being honored with a dedicated museum treatment, highlighting his impact on popular culture and the art world.

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article local schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 16

How a Museum Built Its Buzz: Popcorn, Puppets and Free Tickets

The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens has doubled its attendance by repositioning itself as a community hub, using strategies such as offering free tickets, popcorn, and puppet shows to attract a broader audience beyond traditional cinephiles.

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Endangered Species? Venice Biennale Ditches Golden, Silver Lions for 2026 Edition

The Venice Biennale has announced it will eliminate the Golden and Silver Lions for the 2026 edition, replacing them with Visitor Lions chosen by popular vote. The prizes, traditionally awarded on opening day (May 9), will now be presented at the closing ceremony (November 22). Russia and Israel, previously barred from consideration by the prize jury due to ICC charges against their leaders, will be eligible for the new Visitor Lions. The decision follows the mass resignation of the original prize jury after they excluded those nations and faced pressure to also ban the US.

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