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Annual {Ink}arcerated art exhibition returns to Arizona Center May 15

The {Ink}arcerated: Creativity Within Confinement art exhibition returns to the Arizona Center on May 15, featuring 365 new paintings, drawings, and sculptures created by incarcerated individuals. Managed by doctoral students Alexis Klemm and Madeline Boersma from ASU's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, the program involves distributing art supplies to 17 correctional facilities across Arizona, including a youth facility for the first time, and curating the completed works into a polished exhibition with museum lighting and display walls.

Hundreds of galleries across Spain will strike next week to protest 21% tax on art

Around 200 contemporary art galleries across Spain will close for a six-day strike from February 2 to 7. The action is a protest against the country's 21% value-added tax on art sales, which gallery owners argue cripples their competitiveness and sustainability.

Get Out There: A short list of community art spaces to check out during the shutdown

A short list of community art spaces is being promoted for people to visit during a shutdown period. The article highlights local venues where art can still be experienced, encouraging public engagement with grassroots creative hubs despite broader closures.

Art exhibition at Paxton House will put art by Ian J. Cowan in the spotlight

Paxton House is set to host a major solo exhibition featuring the work of Ian J. Cowan, an artist known for a vibrant and eclectic style that ranges from custom-painted guitars for celebrities to traditional portraits and local landmarks. The exhibition, hosted in the Hayloft Gallery from April 11 through May 31, offers a comprehensive look at Cowan’s creative evolution and his transition from commercial music industry commissions to fine art.

Call for artworks to celebrate Goole's 200th anniversary

Goole Museum in East Yorkshire has issued a call for entries for its annual open exhibition, which this year is themed to celebrate the town's 200th anniversary. The Bicentenary Open Art Exhibition welcomes submissions in all subjects and mediums, including paintings, illustrations, textiles, sculptures, ceramics, and digital works, from local artists. Selected works will be displayed from March 21 to May 16.

Celebrating local talent: Art4Life's successful art exhibition

Art4Life, a wellness and mentoring non-profit organisation, held a community art exhibition at the Coniston Park Recreation Hall in Steenberg on Saturday, April 11. Founder Kenneth Alexander said a wide range of artworks were on display, showcasing talent from all ages, and emphasized that the event was about the community coming together.

Palm Beach artist honored with wing at Dreyfoos School of the Arts

The Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts in West Palm Beach has officially dedicated its Fine Arts Wing to artist and philanthropist Ellen Liman. A longtime board member and supporter, Liman recently opened a new gallery and studio in Palm Beach Towers, pledging all proceeds from her artwork sales to the school's foundation.

Crealdé celebrates America250 with people, places and ideas

Crealdé School of Art is presenting "American Mosaic: Stories in Color, Clay and Canvas," an exhibition celebrating the nation's 250th birthday. The show features works like Stefan Alexandres' "The Journey," which uses mixed media to explore literal and symbolic references to an immigrant's experience, reflecting the exhibition's focus on people, places, and ideas that shape America.

Center for Arts and Crafts exhibition to feature student, instructor work

The HUB-Robeson Galleries at Penn State University will host the annual Center for Arts and Crafts Artist and Instructor Exhibition from March 27 through June 8, 2026. Located in the HUB-Robeson Center, the showcase features a diverse array of works created by both students and instructors, spanning mediums such as pottery, oil painting, stained glass, and ceramics.

Call for art to celebrate town's 200th anniversary

Goole Museum, led by curator Dr Alex Ombler, has issued a call for artwork submissions to celebrate the town's 200th anniversary. Entrants are encouraged to create pieces reflecting Goole's rich heritage, though all subjects will be considered by a selection panel. Entry forms are available at the museum or online.

How nature is helping a rural French arts centre to reduce its carbon footprint

The Centre International d’Art et du Paysage—Île de Vassivière (CIAPV), a rural French arts centre on a forested island in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, is tackling its carbon footprint after a government-mandated analysis revealed that 95% of its emissions come from visitors driving to the remote site. Executive director Alexandra McIntosh is drawing on the island's manmade landscape—shaped by hydroelectric damming, agriculture, and logging—to implement ecological initiatives, including rewilding open fields, creating a self-managing test forest with botanist Francis Hallé, and planting pollinating flowers to boost biodiversity.

Ancient artefacts from sunken city lifted out of Mediterranean near Alexandria

Ancient artefacts from the sunken city of Canopus, submerged off the coast of Alexandria, have been recovered for the first time in 25 years. During a three-day underwater heritage event (19-21 August), archaeologists lifted limestone structures, a quartz sphinx bearing cartouches of Ramses II, and a white marble statue of a Roman nobleman from the Mediterranean. The operation was led by the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM) in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, with French underwater archaeologist Franck Goddio playing a key role. The finds are now on display in the exhibition 'Secrets of the Sunken City' at the Alexandria National Museum.

Discovery of ancient Coptic city ‘enhances our understanding of early Christianity in Egypt’

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on 24 July the discovery of an ancient Coptic city at the Ain Al-Kharab archaeological site in the Kharga Oasis, Western Desert. Dating from the third to seventh centuries, the site includes mudbrick residences, tombs, two churches (one basilica-style), and a mural of Jesus Christ healing the sick. The excavation was led by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).

Mississippi: A return to the Cocoon

VIBE Studio JXN in Jackson, Mississippi, has extended the run of its exhibition "Mississippi: A return to the Cocoon" through May 31, after discovering its themes coincidentally align with the new blockbuster film "Sinners," which is also set in Mississippi. The exhibit features works by Mississippi native Tony Luelle Chalmers, who explores the dark history of Black American culture and its connections to gospel and blues music, even creating his own hieroglyphic language to symbolize survival and death during the transatlantic slave trade.