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8 Must-See Museum Shows Celebrating Overlooked Women Artists

This article highlights eight museum exhibitions scheduled for fall 2025 that focus on historically overlooked women artists. Featured shows include "Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch" at Spelman College, "Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within" at the Chazen Museum of Art, and "Edmonia Lewis: Indelible Impressions" at the Cantor Arts Center, among others. Each exhibition aims to bring renewed attention to artists who faced racial and gender barriers, such as Afro-Indigenous sculptor Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu, and 19th-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis.

Amy Sherald Exhibition Headed to High Museum in Atlanta in Spring 2026, News Follows Artist Withdrawing Show From Smithsonian Due to Censorship Concerns

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta will host a solo exhibition of works by Amy Sherald in spring 2026. The announcement comes shortly after the artist withdrew a planned show from the Smithsonian Institution, citing censorship concerns.

15 Women-Led Art Shows to See in New York This Fall

The article lists 15 women-led art shows to see in New York this fall, highlighting exhibitions at venues such as the Alice Austen House, David Zwirner, NYU's Grey Art Museum, and others. Featured artists include Meryl Meisler, Sasha Gordon, June Edmonds, June Leaf, Karen Barbour, María Berrío, and Sissi Farassat, with shows running from September through February.

Lovers to friends: the intimate story of Van Gogh's sister-in-law and the artist Isaac Israëls

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has published 103 letters from Dutch Impressionist painter Isaac Israëls to Jo Bonger, Vincent van Gogh's sister-in-law, revealing a previously secret romantic relationship between them. The museum is also presenting an exhibition titled "Captivated by Vincent: The Intimate Friendship of Jo van Gogh-Bonger and Isaac Israëls" (through January 25, 2026), which explores their brief physical relationship in the 1890s and its aftermath, including how Israëls incorporated Van Gogh's paintings into his own portraits—a practice he called "Vincenting." Twelve of these portraits are on display for the first time.

Despite new autumn slot, Tokyo Gendai remains a largely local affair

Tokyo Gendai held its third edition from September 11-14, 2025, in Yokohama, shifting from its original July slot to an early autumn date to attract more international dealers and collectors. The fair reported mixed sales amid a slow economy, with local Japanese collectors making up the vast majority of buyers. Notable sales were reported by Pace Gallery, while other galleries like Anomaly noted a slower start but eventual sales. The fair also featured a new partnership with Art Busan, bringing Korean and Chinese galleries with subsidized booth fees.

Collection in Focus | Beatriz Milhazes: Rigor and Beauty

The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation has published a feature titled 'Collection in Focus | Beatriz Milhazes: Rigor and Beauty,' highlighting the Brazilian artist's vibrant, geometric abstract works held in the Guggenheim collection. The piece examines Milhazes's distinctive visual language, which blends modernist abstraction with Brazilian cultural references, and underscores the rigorous compositional structure underlying her seemingly exuberant patterns.

As Prada Marfa Turns 20, Artists Elmgreen & Dragset Open Their Most Surreal Exhibition Yet

Artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, known for their iconic land art piece Prada Marfa, are opening a new exhibition titled “The Alice in Wonderland Syndrome” at Pace Gallery in Los Angeles. The show features surreal installations including a silicone gallery assistant asleep at her desk, men in VR goggles embracing, and circular sky paintings with mirrors, all presented at both full and half scale in two rooms. The exhibition draws inspiration from Alice in Wonderland syndrome, a neurological condition that distorts perception of scale, and continues the duo’s 30-year practice of transforming gallery spaces into immersive, humorous environments that challenge power structures.

The National Gallery's new exhibition includes Van Gogh's brief foray into Neo-Impressionism

The National Gallery in London opens 'Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists' tomorrow, running until 8 February 2026. The exhibition features works by Van Gogh’s Parisian colleagues, including Georges Seurat and Paul Signac, and highlights Van Gogh’s brief experimentation with Neo-Impressionist dot-like technique. A key work on display is Van Gogh's 'The Sower' (June 1888), which also recently received a papal mention by Pope Leo XIV, who referenced the painting in his first general audience at the Vatican, interpreting its sun as a symbol of God.

As Summer Fades, Athens Bursts Into a Vibrant September of Art Exhibitions

Athens is launching a vibrant September of art exhibitions, headlined by Art Athina at Zappeion Hall (September 18–22), featuring 72 galleries from Greece and abroad. The month also includes the opening of the Greek pavilion of the Gaza Biennale, a collective project uniting over 50 artists from Gaza across 14 cities worldwide, as well as solo shows by Panos Profitis at MOMus–Museum Alex Mylona and Aristeidis Lappas at The Breeder Gallery.

Chiharu Shiota Stages First New York Solo Museum Show—and a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World

Chiharu Shiota is staging her first solo museum show in New York, marking a significant milestone for the Japanese artist known for her immersive thread installations. The article also provides a comprehensive rundown of recent developments across Asia's art world, including gallery expansions, new exhibitions, art fairs, and institutional news. Highlights include Mire Lee's Los Angeles solo debut at Sprüth Magers, Bluerider Art's new U.S. outpost in Manhattan Beach, and Lisson Gallery's first show with Shanghai-based artist Ding Yi in London. Art fairs such as Frieze House Seoul, Tennoz Art Week, Art Busan, Tokyo Gendai, and Art SG are also covered, alongside the relaunch of New York's Art in General under curator Xiaoyu Weng.

Largest-ever Tracey Emin exhibition will be a ‘true celebration of living’, artist says

Tracey Emin's largest-ever exhibition, titled 'A Second Life,' will open at Tate Modern in London in February 2026, featuring over 90 works spanning 40 years. The show includes her iconic installation 'My Bed' (1998), alongside neons, sculptures, paintings, videos, and textiles, tracing her career from her first solo show at White Cube in 1993 to recent works reflecting her recovery from bladder cancer. The exhibition draws heavily on her adolescence in Margate, addressing themes of love, trauma, abortion, and personal growth through an unflinchingly confessional lens.

Despite external chaos, Frieze Seoul soldiers on

The fourth edition of Frieze Seoul (3-6 September) took place alongside the Korea International Art Fair (Kiaf) at the Coex convention centre in Gangnam, amid economic concerns and a slower art market. Despite a modest 0.8% expected growth in South Korea's economy and fewer Western exhibitors, the fair saw strong institutional attendance, including curators from M+, the Museum of Modern Art, and the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, as well as celebrity visitors like BTS members and Blackpink's Lisa. Galleries reported cautious but steady sales, with a notable presence of Asian collectors, particularly from Japan, and a Stand Prize awarded to Kohesi Initiatives for a politically charged booth by Timoteus Anggawan Kusno.

Most expensive, suicide not murder and more: celebrating 300 Adventures with Van Gogh

Adventures with Van Gogh, a weekly blog launched in 2018, has published its 300th post. To mark the milestone, the blog compiled a list of its most-read posts since the 200th edition in February 2023, updated with new information. Topics range from the ten most expensive Van Gogh paintings at auction (led by *Orchard with Cypresses* at $117m) to a geological feature near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence that appears in *The Olive Trees*, a defense of the suicide theory over murder, the real-life view behind *Starry Night over the Rhône*, Picasso’s granddaughter Marina Picasso quietly buying and selling a Van Gogh watercolour, and the artist’s preference for simple wooden frames over ornate gold ones.

New York's Art on Paper fair draws a fuzzy line between its titular medium and everything else

The Art on Paper fair has returned to Pier 36 in Lower Manhattan for its 11th edition, featuring 81 exhibitors from around the world. The fair, organized by Art Market Productions (a division of a21), includes a VIP preview on September 4 and a full program of interactive events and workshops, including the return of Booksmart Fair in partnership with the Center for Book Arts. Standouts include Nina Katchadourian's plant-like sculptures at Pace Gallery, Mary Beth Edelson's Story Gathering Boxes at Accola Griefen Fine Art, and Nicolas V. Sanchez's hyperrealistic ballpoint pen sketchbook drawings. Some exhibitors push the boundaries of the paper medium by showing paintings, ceramics, and other non-paper items, prompting one visitor to ask, "Where's the paper stuff?"

Baltimore Museum of Art to Host Amy Sherald Show After Artist’s Smithsonian Withdrawal

Amy Sherald has moved her touring exhibition "American Sublime" to the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) after withdrawing it from the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) over censorship concerns. The show, previously at the Whitney Museum of American Art, will open at the BMA on November 3 and run until April 5, 2026. Sherald pulled the exhibition from the Smithsonian-affiliated NPG after she said the institution wanted to replace her painting "Trans Forming Liberty" (2024), which depicts the Statue of Liberty as a trans woman, with a video providing context on transgender issues. The BMA, which had already planned to honor Sherald with its "Artist Who Inspires" award, will feature works including her portrait of Michelle Obama, "Breonna Taylor" (2020), and the contested painting.

Amy Sherald Exhibition Lands at Baltimore Museum of Art After Artist Canceled Presentation at Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery Over Censorship Concerns

Amy Sherald's mid-career retrospective, "American Sublime," will open at the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) in November after the artist canceled its presentation at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Sherald withdrew the exhibition in July, citing censorship concerns over the museum's internal discussions about removing her painting "Trans Forming Liberty" (2024), which depicts a Black trans woman posed like the Statue of Liberty. The show, featuring about 40 works from 2007 to 2024, previously traveled to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, where the contested portrait was included. The BMA version will also feature the painting.

9 Highlights to Look Out for at This Year’s Armory Show

The Armory Show returns to New York City's Javits Center from September 5–7, 2025, with a VIP preview on September 4. Under new director Kyla McMillan, the fair features over 230 galleries from more than 30 countries, including curated sections such as Solo, Presents, Platform (titled "My Art Is the Evidence of My Freedom," curated by Raina Lampkins-Fielder), and a new Function section exploring art and design, curated by Ebony L. Haynes. Highlights include presentations by Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Thornton Dial from Souls Grown Deep Foundation, and a monumental sculpture by Kennedy Yanko at James Cohan.

Best art exhibitions in late 2025: Asia-Pacific

The article highlights the most exciting art exhibitions across the Asia-Pacific region in late 2025. Key shows include a survey of women photographers in Melbourne, a Lee Bul retrospective in Seoul, a Robert Rauschenberg exhibition in Hong Kong, and a Lucie Rie ceramics show in Kanazawa, Japan. Additionally, a new museum opens in Taiwan, and the National Palace Museum in Taiwan hosts a loan exhibition of 81 works from the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring artists like Cézanne, Gauguin, and Renoir. Other notable events include 'Prism of the Real' at the National Crafts Museum in Kanazawa, examining Japanese art from 1989 to 2010, and a Kim Tschang-Yeul exhibition at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in South Korea.

Pioneering Brazilian artist Lygia Pape's estate is now represented by Mendes Wood DM

Mendes Wood DM now represents the estate of pioneering Brazilian artist Lygia Pape (1927-2004), a central figure in the Concrete and Neo-Concrete art movements. The gallery, founded by Pedro Mendes, Felipe Dmab, and Matthew Wood, operates spaces in São Paulo, Brussels, Paris, and New York. It plans a career-spanning exhibition of Pape's work in São Paulo in April 2026, coinciding with SP-Arte and her centenary year, and will bring works to Art Basel in Paris this October. Pape's first retrospective in France, 'Tisser l'espace (Weaving Space),' opens next week at the Pinault Collection's Bourse de Commerce in Paris, running from 10 September to 23 February 2026.

4 Art Advisors Weigh In on Who to Watch at Untitled Art, Houston’s Inaugural Fair

Untitled Art, a well-known Miami art fair, is expanding to Houston with its inaugural edition taking place September 19–21 at the George R. Brown Convention Center. The fair will feature over 80 national and international exhibitors, including a Nest section for emerging galleries, and will launch the CAMH Commission Prize in collaboration with the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, resulting in a major new commission for the 2026 edition. Four leading art advisors—Illa Gaunt, Liana Schwaitzberg, Lea Weingarten, and another—have shared their shortlists of artists to watch, highlighting works by Mason Owens, Miki Leal, Ana Villagomez, Aaron Morse, and Francesca Fuchs, among others.

An Incomparable Art Exhibition

Lana Jokel, a documentary filmmaker known for 18 films about contemporary art, has put her personal art collection on view at the Bridgehampton Museum’s Nathaniel Rogers House in an exhibition titled “Echoes & Nostalgia.” The show features around 100 works from artists including Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, Roy Lichtenstein, Jasper Johns, and John Chamberlain, many of which were gifts from the artists themselves. Jokel’s collection reflects her deep personal relationships with these figures, such as Warhol paying her with a "Flowers" series work for co-editing his film "Heat" (1972), and Jasper Johns creating custom pieces for her. The exhibition also includes works by Sven Lukin, with whom she had a long-term relationship, and a portrait by Ed Ruscha made during their romantic partnership.

Art in Wisconsin—The Art Geography of Wisconsin

This article maps the art geography of Wisconsin, focusing on the southeastern region near Milwaukee, Chicago, and the state capital Madison. It highlights cultural venues in Kenosha and Racine, including Lemon Street Gallery, Anderson Arts Center, Carthage College, UW Parkside's Rita Tallent Picken Regional Center, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, and the Racine Art Museum (RAM), which is nationally recognized for its Contemporary Craft collection. The piece also notes a partnership between RAM and ArtRoot to install a permanent art collection at Hotel Verdant in downtown Racine, featuring works by local artists, many of whom are past RAM Artist Fellowship recipients or faculty at area schools.

Fort Worth Museum Only U.S. Venue to Host Major Jenny Saville Retrospective

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has announced it will be the only U.S. venue to host the touring retrospective "Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting," honoring the English artist known for revitalizing figurative art in the 1990s. Organized by the National Portrait Gallery in London, the exhibition opens October 12, 2025, and runs through January 18, 2026, featuring nearly 50 works spanning Saville's career from her student days at the Glasgow School of Art to recent abstracted portraits. The show includes monumental oil paintings, charcoal drawings, and a new series, accompanied by a publication with contributions from curators and critics.

Revealed: Picasso’s granddaughter owned a Van Gogh—which she sold at Sotheby’s

Marina Picasso, granddaughter of Pablo Picasso, owned a Vincent van Gogh watercolor titled *Woman in a Wood* (September-October 1882), which she sold at Sotheby’s in New York on May 13 for $952,500. The work, which also features a sketch of a fishing boat on its reverse, was purchased by Marina in 1987 through Swiss dealer Jan Krugier from a Tehran-based collector. The sale was not publicly known until just before the auction. The article also notes that a separate Van Gogh oil painting, *In the Dunes* (September 1883), sold at Christie’s the previous day for $4 million from the collection of US businessman Jeffrey P. Draime.

Saatchi Yates raises a glass to London

Saatchi Yates gallery in London has opened an exhibition titled 'London Rules The World,' running until August 17, which celebrates the city's influence on the global art scene. The show features prominent artists such as Jenny Saville, Grayson Perry, Cecily Brown, Peter Doig, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, alongside ancillary events like afternoon tea at the Royal Academy of Arts, a Paula Rego studio tour, and a tea-towel collaboration with interior designer Nicky Haslam. The gallery is also launching a Friends scheme for £80 per month, which includes entry to gallery parties and a case of wine from their Tuscan vineyard.

Van Gogh’s love of Hiroshige, the Japanese master of the landscape, is reflected in a British Museum exhibition

The British Museum's exhibition "Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road" (through September 7) showcases over 100 prints by the Japanese master Utagawa Hiroshige, including rare loans that highlight his influence on European avant-garde artists. A key display is Vincent van Gogh's own copy of Hiroshige's "The Plum Garden at Kameido" (1857), on loan from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, along with Van Gogh's squared-up tracing used for his painting. New research by British Museum senior scientist Capucine Korenberg reveals a short pencil line on the print that confirms Van Gogh used this exact copy as a guide for his tracing and subsequent painting.

Swiss mega gallery tied to Laurene Powell Jobs to open in Palo Alto near her offices

Hauser & Wirth, the Swiss mega-gallery, will open its first Northern California location this spring in downtown Palo Alto, inside a former post office at 201–225 Hamilton Ave. The move is widely seen as a bid to be closer to Silicon Valley clients, particularly billionaire philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, whose Emerson Collective offices are two blocks away. Powell Jobs, rumored to be one of Hauser & Wirth's top clients, shifted her business from Pace Gallery to Hauser & Wirth in 2022. The renovation is led by Paris-based architect Luis Laplace, who is also designing Powell Jobs' renovation of the San Francisco Art Institute. The gallery will be the third Hauser & Wirth in California, joining two Los Angeles locations.

Hauser & Wirth Heads to Palo Alto as Mega-Galleries Target Silicon Valley

Hauser & Wirth has announced plans to open a new gallery in Palo Alto, California, in spring 2026. The location, a historic former post office at 201–225 Hamilton Avenue, will offer 2,600 square feet of exhibition space, a bookshop, and a program of talks and events. Designed by architect Luis Laplace, it will be the gallery's sixth U.S. outpost and its third in California, joining existing spaces in downtown Los Angeles and West Hollywood. The expansion comes as the broader art market faces contraction, but mega-galleries continue targeting wealthy collector hubs like Silicon Valley.

Amy Sherald Withdrew 'American Sublime' Exhibition From Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Citing 'Culture of Censorship'

Amy Sherald has withdrawn her exhibition 'American Sublime' from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, citing a 'culture of censorship' after the museum raised concerns about including her painting 'Trans Forming Liberty' (2024), a portrait of a trans woman posed like the Statue of Liberty. The show, slated to open in September, would have been the first solo exhibition of a Black female artist at the museum since it opened in 1968. Sherald stated that institutional fear shaped by political hostility toward trans lives influenced the museum's request to remove the work, and she decided to cancel the show to preserve the integrity of her vision.

What does it take to get gallery representation as an artist?

The article explores the challenging process for artists to secure gallery representation, a crucial step for income, visibility, and legacy in the art market. It features insights from gallerists like Sadie Coles (Sadie Coles HQ, London) and Stefan Benchoam (Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City), who emphasize the importance of a unique artistic voice and innovative work over market trends. Curator Yasmil Raymond and artist Nuri Koerfer also contribute perspectives on alternative exhibition strategies and the value of personal connections.