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Sara Friedlander Appointed Chairman, Post-War & Contemporary Art, Americas - Christie's

Christie's has promoted Sara Friedlander to chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art for the Americas, as announced by Global President Alex Rotter. Friedlander, a specialist and dealmaker with nearly 20 years at the auction house, will focus on works from the last 50 years. She has brought major collections to market, including the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art and the Edlis | Neeson Collection, and has achieved world-record prices for artists such as Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel, Ernie Barnes, Dorothea Tanning, and Marlene Dumas.

Opening date for London’s V&A East Museum announced

The V&A East Museum in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will open on 18 April 2026, completing the institution's east London cultural campus. Designed by O'Donnell + Tuomey, the five-story museum will feature two free permanent "Why We Make" galleries co-curated with local youth groups, showcasing over 500 objects from the V&A collection alongside contemporary works by artists including Yinka Ilori, Tania Bruguera, Carrie Mae Weems, and Thomas J. Price. The opening exhibition, "The Music Is Black: A British Story," will chart the influence of Black British music from 1900 to the present.

Soulios Gallery to open new space in Nashville.

Soulios Gallery, founded by Steven and Ana Soulios, will open a new space in Nashville's historic Cummins Station on November 12th. The inaugural exhibition, "City of the Mind," features a survey of New York-based artist Arthur Robins, covering over 50 years of his work, including expressionist cityscapes, abstract Tunnel Paintings, and never-before-shown biblical pieces. The gallery focuses on postwar movements such as American Expressionism, overlooked artists, and video, media, and performance art, with future exhibitions planned for artists like Mattias Duwel, Ewald Platte, and Ma Kelu.

Women in the Arts museum brings golden age artists into focus

The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., has opened a new exhibition titled "Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750," which showcases works by largely forgotten female masters of the Dutch Golden Age, including Judith Leyster, Maria van Oosterwijck, Clara Peeters, and Rachel Ruysch. The show features over a dozen artists and highlights paintings rich in symbolism, such as van Oosterwijck's "Vanitas Still Life" and Leyster's "The Concert," while also addressing how many of these women were celebrated in their own time but later misattributed or omitted from art history.

Robert Rauschenberg’s New York

The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) has opened "Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World," an exhibition celebrating the centennial of artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008). Organized in partnership with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the show focuses on Rauschenberg’s photography and its integration with found objects, painting, and sculpture. It is divided into three sections—Early Photographs, In + Out City Limits, and Photography in Painting—and features a centerpiece photographic survey conducted across the United States from 1979 to 1981, alongside works from 1963 to 1994 that combine New York imagery with global photographs.

Exhibition Celebrating Abstract Painter Joan Mitchell Features Work on Loan from the Hofstra Museum

Joan Mitchell's painting "Metro" (1965) from the Hofstra University Museum of Art's permanent collection is on loan to David Zwirner gallery in New York for the exhibition "To define a feeling: Joan Mitchell, 1960-1965," running from November 6 to December 13, 2025. The exhibition focuses on a transformative period in Mitchell's career, showcasing paintings and works on paper from public and private collections, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation, that trace her shift from structured abstractions to centralized, swirling forms inspired by travels along France's Côte d'Azur.

Seattle Art Museum exhibit explores France's food identity

The Seattle Art Museum has opened a new exhibition titled "Farm to Table: Food and Identity in the Age of Impressionism," featuring over 50 works by Impressionist artists such as Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin. The show explores how late 19th-century France, emerging from the Franco-Prussian War and social upheaval, turned to food imagery in art as a symbol of national pride and resilience. Curator Theresa Papanikolas highlights scenes of farmers, food workers, and markets like Les Halles, which also depict class interactions. The exhibition includes a dining table installation with prompt cards to encourage conversation, and Seattle is the final stop on its national tour, running through Jan. 18, 2026.

Performa brings digital doubles, kids reciting animal noises and more to New York

Performa, New York's performance art biennial, returns for its 20th anniversary edition with a main slate of eight commissions, seven by women artists and one by a male-female duo. Projects include Ayoung Kim's live motion capture choreography exploring body doubles and digital avatars at Canyon, Diane Severin Nguyen's remix of Vietnam War-era protest songs with an 11-person supergroup at Bric, and Tau Lewis's staging of the Sumerian epic 'The Descent of Inanna' using textile sculptures and experimental opera at Harlem Parish. The biennial also features a Lithuanian Pavilion with Augustas Serapinas's mobile wooden shack and Lina Lapelytė's piece 'The Speech,' in which 270 children perform animal vocalizations at Federal Hall.

Pissarro Exhibition Guide At Home in Éragny

The article serves as an exhibition guide for 'The Honest Eye' show, focusing on Camille Pissarro's life and work after he moved to Éragny-sur-Epte, Normandy, in 1884. It details how Pissarro settled his family there after struggling to afford rent in Pontoise, painting in his garden, fields, and barn-turned-studio. The guide highlights specific paintings like 'The Delafolie Brickyard, Éragny' (1885), 'View from My Window in Cloudy Weather' (1886–88), and 'Vegetable Garden, Overcast Morning, Éragny' (1901), discussing his techniques, subjects, and personal challenges such as chronic eye infections. It also notes his relationships with neighbors like Delafolie and fellow Impressionist Claude Monet, as well as his role in his children's artistic education.

KAWS to take centre stage at second edition of Manar Abu Dhabi

The second edition of Manar Abu Dhabi, a public art initiative focused on light-based works, will launch on 1 November 2025, featuring 23 installations across four locations including Jubail Island and Al Ain. High-profile street artist KAWS will present a large-scale work showing his signature COMPANION figure reclining while lifting a lit moon. Other participating artists include Emirati sculptor Shaikha Al Mazrou, Dutch duo DRIFT, Maitha Hamdan, Ammar Al Attar, and Hamburg-based Christian Brinkmann, who will debut an interactive audio-visual piece called Floral Resonance.

Camille Pissarro, a Man Behind Impressionism, Gains Favor in Denver

The New York Times reports that Camille Pissarro, a pivotal but often overshadowed figure of Impressionism, is gaining renewed attention in Denver. The article highlights a growing appreciation for Pissarro's work, particularly through exhibitions and institutional focus in the city, positioning him as a key influence behind the Impressionist movement rather than merely a supporting player.

Portland Art Museum celebrates opening of major expansion with four days of free admission

The Portland Art Museum will celebrate the opening of its major expansion and renovation with four days of free admission and activities from November 20 to 23, 2025. The centerpiece is the new Mark Rothko Pavilion, a nearly 22,000-square-foot transparent entrance that connects the museum's two campus buildings, adding nearly 100,000 square feet of new or upgraded public and gallery space. The transformed museum features a complete reinstallation of its collection with nearly 300 major new acquisitions by artists including Marie Watt, Simone Leigh, and Carrie Mae Weems, alongside thematic displays that emphasize place, community, and identity. Free tickets are available for reservation starting November 1, and the museum will also expand its regular hours beginning November 25.

Oberlin art museum kicks off fall with a fine Monet show and a new director

The Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College has opened "Picturing Paris: Monet and the Modern City," a focused exhibition reuniting three Claude Monet paintings from spring 1867, including the museum's own "The Garden of the Princess" alongside two loans from European museums. The show features over 30 additional works from the Allen's collection by artists such as Renoir, Degas, and Cézanne, and coincides with the arrival of new director Jon Seydl, who returned to Northeast Ohio in July after leadership roles at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Worcester Art Museum, and Krannert Art Museum.

New London venue to focus on global majority arts—and host ‘necessary conversations’

A new cultural centre called Ibraaz is opening on 15 October in a historic Grade II-listed mansion at 93 Mortimer Street in London’s Fitzrovia. The inaugural exhibition is Ibrahim Mahama’s installation *Parliament of Ghosts*, which fills the ballroom with colonial furniture and plinths evoking Ghana’s past. The multi-disciplinary art space is entirely funded by the Kamel Lazaar Foundation and led by Lina Lazaar, who previously founded Jeddah Art Week and worked at Sotheby’s. Ibraaz will host talks, performances, film screenings, and exhibitions, and includes a bookshop, café, screening room, and a library-in-residence by the Otolith Group.

The rooms where the magic happened: National Gallery of Ireland exhibition explores Picasso’s studios

The National Gallery of Ireland is opening an exhibition titled "Picasso: From the Studio" that shifts focus from the artist's famous subjects—such as weeping women and bullfighting—to the physical spaces where he created his work. Curated by Janet McLean and Joanne Snrech, the show draws heavily from the Musée Picasso in Paris and includes over 100 works, ranging from early pieces made from scraps to late paintings like *Musician* (1972). The exhibition recreates the atmosphere of key studios through paintings, film, and photographs, including iconic images by Dora Maar of Picasso painting *Guernica* (1937). The gallery owns only one Picasso painting, *Still Life with a Mandolin* (1924), which is included.

From royal visitors to extortionate eBay sales: new book offers rare behind-the-scenes glimpse of Vermeer blockbuster

The Rijksmuseum's 2023 Vermeer exhibition, widely considered the most successful show of the century, drew 650,000 visitors and assembled 28 of the artist's 37 known paintings. A new book, *Closer to Vermeer: New Research on the Painter and his Art*, reveals behind-the-scenes details: the initial plan for a broader thematic show was abandoned in favor of a focused Vermeer-only presentation; nine paintings could not be borrowed, including *The Concert* (stolen in 1990) and *The Astronomer* (on loan to Louvre Abu Dhabi); the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum refused to lend *Girl with a Wine Glass*, even rejecting an offer of buses for schoolchildren. The book also discloses that the Dutch king and queen visited multiple times during regular hours, that a quarter of visitors felt context was missing, and that over 3,500 complaints were filed about photography. The most expensive resold ticket on eBay reached $2,724.

Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World

The Art Institute of Chicago presents 'Gustave Caillebotte: Painting His World,' a major exhibition running from June 29 to October 5, 2025, featuring over 120 works including paintings, works on paper, photographs, and ephemera. The show explores the personal interests and relationships that shaped the Impressionist artist, highlighting his focus on family, friends, sportsmen, and workers, as well as his unique depictions of nude men. It includes iconic pieces like 'Paris Street; Rainy Day' and 'Floor Scrapers,' alongside lesser-known works such as the Musée d'Orsay's recent acquisition 'Boating Party' and the Louvre Abu Dhabi's 'The Bezique Game,' many from private collections rarely seen by American audiences.

NEXT in the Gallery: October arts are all about play

October arts in Pittsburgh focus on play and legacy, with several gallery openings and retrospectives. GalleriE CHIZ hosts "Celebrating the Art and Life of Ellen Chisdes Neuberg" on Oct. 3, showcasing the late artist and gallery owner's bold Abstract Expressionist works. The Pittsburgh Glass Center presents "Idea Furnace Retrospective" (Oct. 3, 2025–Jan. 19, 2026), featuring alumni like Renee Cox and Alisha Wormsley. James Wodarek's "Industria Nova" at Atithi Studios reimagines industrial forms, while the Cooley Gallery pairs "Felt-Occurrence" with "Continuing a Legacy of Classical Painting," linking three generations of American landscape artists from Frank DuMond to James Sulkowski.

New Frida Kahlo museum, focused on the artist's youth and family life, opens in Mexico City

A new museum dedicated to Frida Kahlo, Museo Casa Kahlo, opened on 27 September in Mexico City's Coyoacán neighborhood, a five-minute walk from the iconic Casa Azul. Housed in the historic Kahlo family home acquired in 1930 and passed down through generations, the museum draws on the private archive of Isolda Kahlo, Cristina Kahlo's daughter, which includes letters, everyday objects, and personal effects. The intimate space focuses on Kahlo's youth and family life, featuring immersive audiovisual elements, a re-created darkroom of her father Guillermo, and a basement studio where Kahlo once painted. A notable highlight is a recently uncovered mixed-media mural from around 1949, hidden for years under white paint.

Georges de La Tour, once a victim of the academy’s collective amnesia, can be seen in a new light in Paris

The Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris opens a new exhibition, "Georges de La Tour: From Shadow to Light," running from 11 September 2025 to 25 January 2026. This is the first Paris show dedicated to the 17th-century French painter in nearly 30 years, featuring about 20 original works and a dozen studio pieces. The exhibition explores La Tour's working practice and his influence from Caravaggio, highlighting how his oeuvre—now counted at only 48 known works—was rediscovered after centuries of misattribution, thanks largely to German art historian Hermann Voss in 1915.

Split Level Fair - DIARY: The beginnings of a new gallery & art fair brought to you by a painter.

Artist Jaqueline Cedar launched the inaugural Split Level Fair, a new art fair opening October 2–4, 2025 at Rimadesio NYC on Madison Avenue. The fair features 15 galleries presenting curated experiences with 1–3 artists each, including performances, video screenings, and affordable artworks. Cedar, a Columbia MFA graduate, started her gallery Good Naked Gallery out of her Brooklyn spare bedroom in 2019, and the fair represents an evolution of her curatorial practice.

Tate Britain’s Lee Miller exhibition seeks to go beyond her mythology

Tate Britain is opening a major survey of American photographer Lee Miller (1907-77), running from 2 October 2025 to 15 February 2026. Curated by Hilary Floe, the exhibition aims to refocus attention on Miller’s artistic output rather than her storied personal life—her roles as a Surrealist, fashion photographer, war correspondent, and muse to figures like Man Ray, Pablo Picasso, and Jean Cocteau. The show presents the UK’s largest survey of her work, deliberately selecting images based on artistic merit rather than biographical illustration.

The first US solo exhibition of late Japanese artist Yoshida Chizuko comes to Portland Art Museum - Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Portland Art Museum has opened the first solo U.S. exhibition of late Japanese artist Yoshida Chizuko (1924-2017), featuring over 100 woodblock prints and paintings, many never before displayed publicly. The exhibition, curated by Asian art curator Jeannie Kenmotsu, highlights Yoshida's avant-garde work that pushed the boundaries of painting and printmaking within Japan's male-dominated postwar art world.

Thaddaeus Ropac is betting on Milan—will it pay off?

Austrian dealer Thaddaeus Ropac opened a new gallery in Milan on September 20, capitalizing on Italy's newly reduced 5% VAT on art imports—the lowest in the EU—and an influx of wealthy expats from London following the UK's abolition of non-dom tax status. The gallery occupies the first floor of the historic Palazzo Belgioioso, with Elena Bonanno di Linguaglossa appointed as director. Ropac's move follows his earlier successful expansions into Seoul and Pantin, which proved prescient.

Century-old art studio in need of urgent repairs

The Charleston Trust has launched a £250,000 fundraising campaign called Studio 100 to urgently repair a century-old studio at Charleston in Firle, East Sussex. The studio, originally built in a chicken shed in 1925 by artists Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, and Roger Fry, was intended as a temporary space but has become a globally significant site. The total project cost is about £470,000, with support already secured from Arts Council England. Repairs will focus on the roof, windows, doors, and fragile painted surfaces, along with installing climate control systems, scheduled from November 2026 to April 2027.

Picasso painting not seen in 80 years heads to auction in France

A Picasso painting unseen for over 80 years, *Buste de femme au chapeau à fleurs (Dora Maar)* (1943), will be auctioned at the Drouot salesroom in Paris on 24 October by Lucien Paris auction house. The work, depicting the artist's lover and muse Dora Maar, has been held in a private French collection since 1944 and carries an estimate of €8 million. The auction catalogue includes an authentication certificate from the Comité Picasso and notes the painting was documented in *Cahiers d’art* and photographed by Brassaï.

Exploring environment, humanity at core of new art exhibition opening in Flint

A new art exhibition titled “This Bitter Earth: Living in Harmony with Nature” opens on September 12 at MW Gallery in downtown Flint, Michigan. The show features artworks from the Mott-Warsh Collection by artists including Ron Adams, Bisa Butler, Nick Cave, Maren Hassinger, Pope.L, and Howardena Pindell, exploring humanity's complex relationship with the natural world and the four classical elements. A featured video installation, “Zion” by South African artist Mohau Modisakeng, addresses themes of displacement and belonging. The exhibition runs through January 24, 2026, with free admission.

Plan Your Visit to Pissarro's Impressionism

The Denver Art Museum has announced ticketing and visitor details for its upcoming exhibition "The Honest Eye: Camille Pissarro's Impressionism," running from October 26, 2025, to February 8, 2026. The show features over 100 paintings by the Impressionist master, including works from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Joslyn Art Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Ordrupgaard. Tickets are now on sale, with timed entry every ten minutes; adult nonmember tickets start at $27, while members pay $5 and children's tickets are also $5. The museum provides practical guidance on parking, entry points, audio guides in English and Spanish, and recommends quieter visiting times such as Tuesday evenings.

Krannert Art Museum’s opening turned a gallery into gathering

Krannert Art Museum in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, reopened after an 18-month closure for repairs and upgrades with a celebratory evening event. The crowd included students, retirees, new faculty, and local dignitaries such as Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen and Urbana Mayor DeShawn Williams. Speeches emphasized the museum's role as a community anchor, and performances by Peruvian Quechua hip-hop artist Liberato Kani and dancer Yana Paqcha energized the space. Attendees explored newly reinstalled collections, including works by Thomas Gainsborough and Nicola Victor Ziroli, as well as exhibitions like "Fragmented Histories: Andean Art Before 1600" and "Ronny Quevedo: a l l s t a r s."

A former director at Lower Manhattan galleries goes it alone Uptown

Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle, a former director at Lehmann Maupin, Canada, and Pace, has launched Gladwell Projects, a nomadic gallery with a staff of one. The gallery's second show, "The Spirituality of Color," opens October 3 in a Harlem townhouse, featuring works by Sam Gillam, Kylie Manning, and others. Its first show, "The Metroplex," was held in collector Christie Williams's Dallas home during the Dallas Art Fair, resulting in acquisitions by the Dallas Art Museum. Ine-Kimba Boyle aims to present blue-chip rigor at a smaller, community-focused scale, part of a "Domestic Interventions" series in private homes.