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New location for Toi Pōneke Arts Centre announced

Wellington City Council has announced a new location for Toi Pōneke Arts Centre at Market Lane, offering 1,959 square meters of floor space across three levels. The facility will include artist studios, offices, a workshop space, dance and drama rehearsal rooms, a gallery, and a cultural/pōwhiri space. The move is part of the Council's Long-term Plan, with a total budget of $6 million for design and fit-out. Applications for limited-term artist studios, arts offices, and workshop space will open on 27 August 2025 and close on 28 September 2025.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 28, 2025 visibility 12 link 5 artists

PROGETTO, a new project space for contemporary art opened in Lecce

A new contemporary art space called Progetto opened in Lecce, Italy, on June 28, 2019, with a solo exhibition titled "fortaleza" by artist ektor garcia. Founded by artist Jamie Sneider, who splits time between the United States and Puglia, the space is located in a 16th-century building in the ancient Jewish quarter of the baroque city. Progetto will host international artists for short residencies and exhibitions, fostering dialogue with the region's history and landscape.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 27, 2025 visibility 13 link 2 artists

acne studios launches permanent gallery space in paris with exhibition by paul kooiker

Acne Studios has opened its first permanent art space in Paris, named Acne Paper Palais Royal, located beneath the historic arcades of the Palais Royal. The inaugural exhibition, titled '2025', features forty-two portraits of art students from Amsterdam's Gerrit Rietveld Academie by Dutch photographer Paul Kooiker, on view through July 27, 2025. The space is named after the brand's biannual magazine, Acne Paper, and will host art shows, talks, book signings, and cultural events.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 26, 2025 visibility 12 link 2 artists

Paul Kooiker on photographing 42 art-school students for Acne Paper Palais Royal debut

Dutch photographer Paul Kooiker has opened a new exhibition titled '2025' at Acne Paper Palais Royal in Paris, featuring portraits of 42 students from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, where he taught photography for 25 years. Commissioned by Acne Studios' magazine offshoot Acne Paper, the show marks the first exhibition in the brand's new permanent gallery space. Kooiker shot the students spontaneously in corridors and classrooms, capturing them in his signature black-and-white style that blends timelessness with a sense of the unsettling, though this project breaks from his usual anonymity by focusing on faces and a specific moment in time.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 25, 2025 visibility 11 link 5 artists

Wirral Welcomes the Independents Biennial 2025

Wirral is hosting the Independents Biennial 2025, a major contemporary art festival running concurrently with the Liverpool Biennial. Nearly 300 artists will exhibit in 120 locations across the Liverpool City Region, including landmarks such as Fort Perch Rock, Hilbre Island, and Hamilton Square. Highlights include a studio group exhibition titled 'Boom' at the Old Fire Station in Port Sunlight, featuring sculptor Emma Rodgers and collaborators, with works by Johnny Vegas. The Williamson Art Gallery and Museum will debut a commissioned piece by Jackie Haynes and Heather Mullender-Ross, and an art market at Birkenhead Market on June 28 will offer works by over 30 independent artists.

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article local schedule Jun 20, 2025 visibility 13 link 2 artists

Exhibition open in Sark – Watercolours and Costumes

The Sark Art Gallery and Museum on the island of Sark opened its second exhibition on 18 June, featuring watercolour paintings by local artist Louise Hill and theatre costumes from Sark Theatre Group's 2017 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, created by seamstress Sue Daly. The exhibition also includes Betty Guille's famous post box toppers, which remain on display throughout the summer. Hill's watercolours capture Sark's landscapes, caves, bays, and lanes, while Daly's costumes are richly embellished with embroidery, headdresses, and accessories.

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article local schedule Jun 19, 2025 visibility 11 link 7 artists

Art in the Atrium Opens 33rd Annual Exhibit in Morris County

The 33rd annual Art in the Atrium (ATA) exhibit, titled “Another Slice of Sweet Potato Pie,” opened on June 19, 2025, at the Morris County Administration and Records Building in Morristown, New Jersey. The show features over 75 Black and Afro-Latino artists and serves as the signature event of the Juneteenth Arts Celebration, a three-day series co-organized with the Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morris Arts, and Morris Museum. Curated by Onnie Strother, the exhibit pays homage to the late Russell Murray, an original ATA curator and founding member of the Newark Art Colony, whose namesake painting greets visitors. The public reception included remarks from Morris County Commissioner John Krickus, who highlighted county support for Juneteenth as a holiday and for educational initiatives like the College Promise programs.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 18, 2025 visibility 13 link 1 artist

Acne Studios opens its first gallery at the Palais Royal

Swedish fashion brand Acne Studios will open its first permanent art gallery on June 26 under the historic arches of the Palais Royal in Paris. The gallery follows the editorial line of Acne Paper, the brand's biannual publication, and will host a multidisciplinary program including exhibitions, talks, book signings, and cultural events. Its inaugural exhibition features the experimental photography of Dutch artist Paul Kooiker.

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article local schedule Jun 15, 2025 visibility 13 link 2 artists

Union Public Library & Arts Center hosts a grand opening

The Union Public Library & Arts Center in Union, New Jersey, held a grand opening celebration for its newly renovated three-level facility. The event featured an art gallery unveiling with works by acclaimed artist Winston Young, a Black Box Theater plaque unveiling with live performances, a parade from the interim library location, a ribbon cutting, and activities including LEGO workshops led by Corey and Travis Samuels, origami, caricature drawing, face painting, and a book sale. Library director Kassundra Miller expressed excitement about offering new amenities such as a sensory room, creativity lab, study rooms, podcast room, and musical instrument lending.

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article local schedule Jun 13, 2025 visibility 9 link 5 artists

Years of Michael Dinning's dreams conspire to bring new art gallery featuring local artists to downtown Spokane

Spokane artist Michael Dinning and his wife Stephanie opened D2 Gallery and Studio on May 2 in downtown Spokane, located at the corner of West First Avenue and South Bernard Street. The gallery focuses on showcasing local artists, with Jim Dhillon featured as the star for two consecutive months. Dinning, who has a background in museum curation and art management, returned to art after a decade-long hiatus and now creates mixed-media sculptures that combine painting with found objects like stone arrows and violin bows.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 13, 2025 visibility 12 link 1 artist

Must-Visit: Meow Wolf Grapevine Named 2025 Top Location-Based Experience in the World

Meow Wolf Grapevine's exhibition "The Real Unreal" has been named the 2025 Top Location-Based Experience in the world at the IAAPA Honors, held at Europa-Park in Germany. The award, from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, recognizes creativity and impact across the global attractions industry. Additionally, Meow Wolf Houston won Best Food & Beverage Building Renovation or New Build for its Cowboix Hevvven bar and grill, and took home two Webby Awards for its Radio Tave experience.

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‘An immense void in the world of contemporary art’: Koyo Kouoh, curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale, has died, aged 57

Koyo Kouoh, the acclaimed Cameroonian-born curator who was appointed to organize the 2026 Venice Biennale, died on Saturday at a hospital in Basel, Switzerland, at age 57. Her husband confirmed she died of cancer following a recent diagnosis. Kouoh had been selected in December to become the first woman from Africa to curate the prestigious international exhibition, and the Biennale's statement mourned her loss as leaving "an immense void in the world of contemporary art."

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article local schedule May 7, 2025 visibility 12 link 5 artists

Aaward-winning art retailer celebrates two decades of fine art

Hepplestone Fine Art, an award-winning art retailer in Lancashire, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Founded by Clive and his son Giles, both avid art collectors, the gallery opened in 2004 in a small space at the Carrington Centre in Eccleston. In 2010, it relocated to a purpose-built gallery at Heskin Hall Shopping Village, which allowed for expanded exhibitions and evening events. The gallery gained national recognition by winning Art Retailer of the Year from the Fine Art Trade Guild in 2016 and 2018. In 2024, it opened a second location in Wilmslow, Cheshire. A highlight was hosting the first UK gallery appearance by American artist Todd White, who continues to exhibit with them every two years. The gallery now represents emerging talents like Stockport's Lucy Manfredi and remains focused on bringing fine art to collectors both in-person and online.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 29, 2025 visibility 11 link 1 artist

Georgia artist John Cleaveland brings Jimmy Carter’s childhood to life in 'The Nature of Man' exhibit

Georgia-based artist John Cleaveland has created a series of realistic landscape paintings titled "The Nature of Man: Landscapes from the Childhood of Jimmy Carter," inspired by the former president's 2001 memoir "An Hour Before Daylight." The exhibition is on display at the Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta through May 31, depicting locations from Carter's childhood in Sumter County, Georgia.

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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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article local schedule Apr 26, 2025 visibility 9 link 5 artists

Posh Somerset town's new art gallery kicks off with global exhibition of artists

A new art gallery, The Fred Levine Gallery, is opening in Bruton, Somerset, with an inaugural group exhibition titled "Landscapes of Time and Memory." The gallery, founded in 2019 by Frederick McDonald and Zsanett Der Levine, has operated nomadically in recent years, including in London, and has now chosen Bruton as a permanent location, describing it as "a special destination for contemporary art." The exhibition features eight international and UK-based artists: Rebecca Partridge, Fernando Casasempere, Silke Weißbach, Raffael Bader, Fred Sorrell, Elena Njoabuzia Onwochei Garcia, Abigail Booth, and Peter Matthews, whose works explore the relationship between landscape, history, memory, and time.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 25, 2025 visibility 9 link 3 artists

In Phibsborough Tower, artist Oisín Tozer prepares a fleeting exhibition

Artist Oisín Tozer is preparing a fleeting exhibition titled "Yearn" as part of Phizzfest 2025, a local festival in Phibsborough, Dublin. The exhibition is held in his studio at Richmond Road Studios, located within the brutalist Phibsborough Tower. Tozer, a 2023 fine art graduate of TU Dublin, has carved a large orchid design directly into the wall, emphasizing site-specificity and impermanence. The show is part of Phizzfest's visual arts strand, which also includes Jim Donnelly's "The Walk to the Workhouse" and Eileen Ferguson's "Area C." Tozer's work draws on philosophers Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, and Mark Fisher, exploring desire and the political potential of inaccessible, temporary art.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 24, 2025 visibility 11 link 4 artists

Cracow Art Week KRAKERS 2025

Cracow Art Week KRAKERS has announced the first program details for its 14th edition, taking place April 24-30, 2025, under the motto “At times I think I am dreaming.” The theme is drawn from Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz’s novel "622 Downfalls of Bungo," honoring the 140th anniversary of his birth. The program includes a special inauguration event at the Palace of Art curated by Kamil Kuitkowski, regular exhibitions, a Laboratory Section with ten funded projects, and four exhibitions in cooperation with the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow. Highlights include a subway-themed exhibition split across two locations, a series of guided walks called Kultour, and a family walk titled “A river that doesn’t exist.”

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museum exhibitions schedule May 14, 2026 visibility 12

Six Unforgettable Artists at the Biggest Independent Fair

The article reports on the return and expansion of a major independent art fair, now located on the far side of Chinatown. It highlights six standout artists whose works are featured at the fair, emphasizing the event's stylish and curated atmosphere.