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Poly Auction Hong Kong concludes spring sales - Vietnam Investment Review

Poly Auction Hong Kong concluded its Spring 2026 auction series with total sales exceeding HKD 255 million, representing a 23% increase over the previous autumn season. The sales were led by Liu Wei’s 1995 masterpiece "You Like Pork?", which fetched HKD 27.6 million, and a Ming Dynasty Blue and White 'Grapes' Dish that realized HKD 24.6 million. The auction saw participation from collectors across 17 countries, with significant growth in the Modern and Contemporary Art segment, which rose over 63% compared to the prior season.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 5, 2026 visibility 10 link 7 artists

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art’s ‘Yes &…’ favors the process over the pretty

The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) has opened a new exhibition titled 'Yes &…', inspired by the improvisational comedy rule of accepting and building on ideas. Guest curators Donald Fodness and Tobias Fike selected 18 artists whose work emphasizes process over polish, featuring visible seams, fingerprints, and evidence of human decision-making across painting, sculpture, video, installation, and performance. The exhibition includes interactive elements, such as a sculpture with hand-carved 'ice cubes' intended for viewers to take, and runs through May 3.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 20, 2026 visibility 11 link 8 artists

Portraiture and Design at Guild Hall

Guild Hall in East Hampton is opening two exhibitions on Sunday: “Jason Bard Yarmosky: Time Has Many Faces,” a decade-long series of meticulously rendered portraits focusing on the artist’s aging grandparents, and “Liberty Labs: A Decade of Design,” featuring furniture, lighting, and objects by 33 current and former members of the Liberty Labs Foundation design collective. The portraits blend 17th- and 18th-century painting techniques with contemporary, often playful imagery, while the design show highlights collaborative experimentation. Museum director Melanie Crader, who curated both shows, notes that the artists share Brooklyn bases and East End ties.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 13, 2025 visibility 13 link 11 artists

MAD's lucas museum of narrative art in los angeles prepares for september 2026 opening

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles's Exposition Park has announced its public opening for September 22, 2026. Designed by MAD (Ma Yansong), the futuristic building features a sculptural canopy with over 1,500 fiberglass-reinforced polymer panels, a 56-meter central archway, and a four-story elliptical oculus. Co-founded by filmmaker George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum will house 9,290 square meters of galleries drawing from a collection of more than 40,000 works spanning classic illustration, muralism, comic art, science fiction imagery, and cinematic artifacts. Landscape architect Mia Lehrer is transforming surrounding parking lots into a shaded public oasis with over 200 trees. Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the former CEO, left her post in April 2025 as the museum restructured, splitting the roles of director and CEO, with Lucas steering artistic content.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 17, 2025 visibility 14 link 7 artists

JD Malat Gallery Dubai announces 'Made in the UAE' open call for emerging artists

JD Malat Gallery Dubai has launched 'Made in the UAE,' an open call for emerging contemporary artists across the UAE. Five artists working in painting, sculpture, photography, installation, or video will be selected for a group exhibition in December 2025 at the gallery's Downtown Dubai space. Submissions are open until October 15, 2025, and a selection committee of regional curators and international art professionals will choose the final participants.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 18, 2025 visibility 15 link 8 artists

“Art Macao 2025” opens today (18 July) Dedicated spaces in the Macao Museum of Art offer a new multidimensional visiting experience

Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2025 opened on July 18 with an inauguration ceremony at the Macao Cultural Centre Small Auditorium, featuring nearly 30 exhibitions across the city in six sections including Main Exhibition, Public Art Exhibition, City Pavilion, Special Exhibition, Local Curatorial Project, and Collateral Exhibition. The Main Exhibition at the Macao Museum of Art showcases nearly 80 artworks by 46 artists from 13 countries, curated by Feng Boyi under the theme "Hey, what brings you here?" The event runs through October and was officiated by government officials and casino executives.

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parties cultured china magazine launch

Cultured magazine hosted a launch party for its new Chinese edition, CULTURED China, at The Blond in SoHo, New York. The event brought together fashion, art, and design insiders including designers Prabal Gurung and Bach Mai, gallery directors Lucy Liu and Rachel Uffner, artists Wes Aderhold and Jonathan Gardenhire, and cultural commentator Wesley Breed. A musical performance by Zhang Xiaoqing entertained guests, who received complimentary copies of the September issue.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 26, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 19 link 4 artists

New York art museum showcases Raphael's rare prints

The Murray Hill Art Museum in New York has opened an exhibition featuring 100 rare prints of works by Italian Renaissance master Raphael. The show includes engravings and lithographs from the museum's own collection as well as loans from private collectors across the United States, and was attended by local artists and collectors at its opening ceremony on April 25, 2026.

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rate_review review schedule May 15, 2026 visibility 10

New film about forgers is ‘Miami Vice’ for the art-world crowd

The article reviews 'Forge', a new crime thriller directed by Jing Ai Ng, which follows Chinese American siblings Coco and Raymond Zhang who forge early 20th-century landscape paintings and sell them as authentic works in South Florida. The film features FBI agent Emily (Kelly Marie Tran) investigating the scheme, while the forgers navigate a world of wealthy collectors, a hurricane-destroyed art collection, and a family legacy of deception. The movie is described as 'Miami Vice' for the art-world crowd, with a dusky palette and pulsing soundtrack set against the backdrop of Art Basel Miami Beach's booming art market.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 20, 2026 visibility 6 link 3 artists

Fractured Horizons Returns to NYCxDesign 2026 with Imaging After Images, Marking Its Second International Spotlight at the Festival

Fractured Horizons: Imaging After Images, the second edition of VSDesign's international exhibition series, returned to the NYCxDesign Festival in 2026, running for a week in New York. Organized by VSDesign in partnership with RAC Studio and Asia Design Week, the exhibition featured 60 works by artists and designers from across Asia and North America, spanning architecture, urbanism, product design, visual communication, and interactive media. The show explored how images no longer simply depict space but actively produce, operate, and regulate it, treating the image as a spatial mechanism rather than a neutral surface.

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article local schedule Feb 4, 2026 visibility 16 link 7 artists

Trinity’s Widener Gallery Hosts First Fully Student-Curated Art Exhibition

Trinity College's Widener Gallery is hosting its first fully student-curated exhibition, 'Reshaping Tradition: Contemporary Explorations in East Asian Art.' The show, open through April 2026, was produced by students from the 'Art History 205: East Asian Art, Now to 1850' course, who selected the artists, refined the theme, chose the works, conducted artist interviews, wrote catalogue essays, and designed the exhibition layout, all under the guidance of gallery director Lisa Lynch and professor Michael J. Hatch.

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Art grad curates impressive resume through Experience-Driven Learning | News

Hope Donovan, a graduating art student at Western Michigan University, curated her senior exhibition in the DeVries Student Gallery at the Richmond Center for Visual Arts. Originally a music student at Loyola University New Orleans, she discovered her passion for painting and curation after selling her artwork under the alias Nervous Giraffe. Transferring to Western, she found community through Hillel at WMU and Alpha Chi Omega sorority, and gained leadership experience that shaped her career path in museum management.

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museum exhibitions schedule Aug 27, 2025 visibility 12 link 2 artists

“Art Macao” public artwork Time Tower jointly created by artists from China, Japan and South Korean commemorates the cultural bonds and spiritual connections among East Asian cities

The "Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2025" has unveiled a new public artwork titled "Time Tower" at the Macao Cultural Centre Plaza. Created collaboratively by artists Guan Huaibin (China), Hirotoshi Sakaguchi (Japan), and Kim Sang-yeon (South Korea), the piece commemorates Macao's designation as a "Culture City of East Asia" this year. The biennale features over 30 exhibitions across six sections, including the "Public Art Exhibition" themed "Waves & Ways," which integrates art into Macao's urban fabric. Additionally, the Community Co-Creation and Mutual-Aid Project at San Mei On Building has launched residencies with artists like Jason Ho, Wang Ying, Shen Jialu, and Zhang Xiao, engaging local residents through interactive works.

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person people schedule Oct 27, 2025 visibility 13 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

New Currents: Zhang Mingxuan’s Politics of Skin

Chinese artist Zhang Mingxuan, 27, debuted her first mature body of work in a 2023 solo exhibition at Hive Center for Contemporary Art in Shanghai, featuring paintings and prints of distorted human forms wrapped in torn nylon hosiery. Her process involves stretching, tearing, and pressing nylon-clad boards onto canvas to create uncanny impressions of compressed, fetal-like bodies. The works, created after she completed her MA in printmaking at the Royal College of Art in London, explore themes of violence, embodiment, and the limits of the body through a labor-intensive method blending painting and printmaking.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 24, 2025 visibility 10 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

The Opened “White Box” Art Museum, OCAT-B10 / MENG YAN | URBANUS

ArchDaily published a project profile of the OCAT-B10 art museum in Shenzhen, China, designed by Meng Yan of URBANUS. Completed in 2022, the 6,109-square-meter museum is conceived as an "opened white box," featuring a flexible, minimalist gallery space. The project team includes principle architect Meng Yan, project architect Rao Enchen, and numerous collaborators across architecture and landscape design. The client is Shenzhen OCT Properties Co., Ltd.

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article local schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 8 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Senior Graphic Design Show Open Through May 1

Arkansas Tech University's Department of Art is presenting "Proof of Process," an exhibition featuring the graphic design work of its senior students. The show is on view at the Norman Hall Art Gallery on campus until May 1, with a free public reception scheduled for April 23.

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5 Art Job Openings That Are Definitely Not Exploitative

Hyperallergic published a satirical list of five fictional art world job openings, each parodying exploitative or absurd practices common in the industry. The positions include an Instagram comment moderator for a collector, an assistant to a famous artist with invasive demands, a "sentence complicator" for an art institution, a residency where the artist pays to work, and an endurance-based performance art participant compensated only with "exposure."

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article local schedule Jun 2, 2025 visibility 7 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

BRITA 131 Art Space / Jiangjie Office

BRITA 131 Art Space, a new non-profit art organization designed by Jiangjie Office, has opened in the BAC art community in Hangzhou, China. Initiated by founder Xiao Jun, the 2,000-square-meter space integrates local artists' works into daily life and serves as both an exhibition venue and a communication platform. The project was completed in 2025 and features photography by Wen Studio.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 2, 2026 visibility 19 link 2 artists

Perception in orbit: hui.red’s first exhibition with artist Zhang Meichun

hui.red, an independent curatorial platform in Milan founded by Huizhong “Ines” Song, presents its inaugural exhibition "Legitimation of Dust," featuring the work of Chinese artist Zhang Meichun. This marks Zhang Meichun's first exhibition in Italy, showcasing pieces such as "Shoreless River," "Dust of Breath," "Fossil of Light," and "The Blind Oracle" that blend body, data, and cosmic perception through sensors, algorithms, and interactive installations.

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article local schedule Aug 6, 2025 visibility 14 link 3 artists

Popular Bottle Alley Art Market to return bigger than ever before

The Bottle Alley Art Market (BAAM) returns for its third year on August 23, transforming the 480-meter seafront walkway between Hastings and St Leonards into the UK's longest beachside art market. Featuring 70 artists from local talents to national figures, the free event includes live portrait sessions by Xinchu Zhang, performances by Jude Montague and Caroline Gregory, DJ sets from Simon and the Pope, and a fabric installation by Mew Welch, David Harris, and Zeroh. Organised by Zeroh, Daniel Hardiker, and Neil Hetherington, the market runs from 10am to 6pm on the bank holiday weekend.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 15 link 1 artist

6 curatorial projects picked for Art Macao 2025

The Cultural Affairs Bureau of Macau has announced the six winning curatorial proposals selected for the 'Local Curatorial Project' of Art Macao 2025, the Macao International Art Biennale. Chosen from 34 submissions by a panel of international and local experts, the projects include 'Genetic Duration' by Guilherme Ung Vai Meng, 'After Oriental Garden' by Cheong Weng Lam, 'The Sea of Languages: Macao Language Research Programme' by He Yanjun and Zhang Ke, 'A Speakable Position for Women' by Cheong Cheng Wa and Wang Jing, 'Beneath the Wetware Peninsula' by Daisy Di Wang and Wong Mei Teng, and 'Jacone’s Tower' by Feng Yan and Ng Sio Ieng. These proposals will be exhibited during Art Macao 2025 and are shortlisted for the chance to represent Macau at the 61st Venice Biennale Collateral Event.

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article local schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 8 link 1 artist

Spring Festival cultural event held in E China's Zhejiang

A Spring Festival cultural event was held in Lianhua Township, Zhejiang Province, drawing local residents and tourists. Activities included a festive market, traditional games, local food tastings, and a viewing of a local art exhibition.

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article local schedule May 20, 2026 visibility 5

Fine 383/CS 383 Computational Digital Art Studio exhibition

The Fine 383/CS 383 Computational Digital Art Studio, a cross-listed course between the Fine Arts Department and the Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, held an exhibition showcasing final projects by students Yujin Bae, Laith Bahodi, Niko Forsyth, Aastha Parmar, Vedaant Varshney, Jeannie Zhang, and Wilbur Zhang. The exhibition took place on April 2 in East Campus Hall, featuring original artworks created through the integration of artistic practice with computer science principles such as generative agents, advanced computer vision, and distributed computing.

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Artist draws Jiangnan scenery with both hands simultaneously

A talented artist has demonstrated an extraordinary technique by drawing an intricate Jiangnan water town scene using both hands simultaneously. The performance was captured and shared by the People's Daily App, with production credits to Zhu Yurou and intern Zhang Jingxuan, and web editing by Zhang Kaiwei and Hongyu.

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