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Arts Groups Speak Out Against US Trade Representative’s Potential New Tariffs

The U.S. Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, has launched a Section 301 investigation into 60 countries to determine if forced labor practices create unfair trade advantages. This move follows President Trump’s continued push for sweeping tariffs after previous attempts were struck down by the Supreme Court. Major art organizations, including the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) and Heritage Auctions, are formally petitioning for works of art and antiquities to be exempt from any resulting duties.

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christies jonathan burden decorative arts auction results

Christie's online sale of decorative arts from the collection of Jonathan Burden, titled 'Crafted and Collected: The Jonathan Burden Sale,' achieved over $1.07 million with fees, more than doubling the low estimate of $487,500. The sale featured 151 lots, with only five unsold, a 97% sell-through rate. The top lot was a 10-foot-long French Incarnat Turquin marble dining table that sold for $101,600, far exceeding its $30,000 high estimate. The auction employed an innovative 'in-situ' viewing at Burden's studio in Long Island City, where potential bidders could meet the dealer, hear stories, and see pieces demonstrated. Many items sold for multiples of their estimates, including a Victorian metamorphic chair that brought $27,940 against a $3,000 high estimate.

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fed reserve interest rate cuts art market loans

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points, the first reduction since December, bringing rates to their lowest level since late 2022. Art finance experts Anita Heriot of the Fine Art Group and Joshua Greenberg of Bank of America Private Bank told ARTnews that while the cut is unlikely to create new art buyers, it could stimulate art lending and borrowing against collections, as lower rates reduce the cost of carrying debt. The move signals a potential trend of further rate declines, which may encourage collectors to reengage with the market, especially amid softening art prices.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 1, 2026 visibility 11 link 1 artist

MOWA hosting new landscape exhibition for America’s 250th

The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend is presenting a new exhibition titled "The American Landscape: Beyond the Horizon" from Saturday through July 19, in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. The show brings together works from MOWA’s permanent collection and select loans, spanning the 19th century to the 2020s, to examine how artists have interpreted Wisconsin’s landscape through painting, photography, and sculpture, highlighting native voices and immigrant narratives.

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article local schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 14 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

Miller Art Museum Announces Student Award-Winners

The Miller Art Museum in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, announced the award winners of the 52nd-annual Salon of Door County High School Art at a free public reception on April 6. The exhibition features original artwork by 105 students from five local high schools—Gibraltar, Sevastopol, Southern Door, Sturgeon Bay, and Washington Island. Awards of Excellence were given to Abigail DeMeuse, Lilian Saltou, Audrie Schley, Rowan Ploor, and Thomas Pratt, while honorable mentions went to Molly Virlee, Lola Georgenson, Angelina LeCloux Herrera, Ryan Felhofer, and Teagan McGrane. Gianna Roman of Sevastopol won the fourth-annual Jim Rericha Legacy Award, named after a longtime art teacher, which included a $100 cash prize. The museum also announced a Potter’s Panel on May 9 featuring master potters discussing the legacy of Abraham Cohn, and the return of its Art and Treasures fundraiser starting May 30.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 22 link 3 artists

When Art Meets Nature: Children’s Art Exhibition At National Gallery Singapore

National Gallery Singapore presents 'When Art Meets Nature', a children's art exhibition running from 30 April to 1 November 2026. The show features two installations: 'Peace Forest' by Singaporean artist Soh Ee Shaun, located in the Keppel Centre for Art Education, and 'Where the River Runs' by Yenting Hsu, displayed in the City Hall Alcove. The exhibition is co-curated by the Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts and National Gallery Singapore, offering interactive experiences such as a scavenger hunt and a woodblock art station, alongside a video and audio installation exploring the Dahan River in Taiwan.

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article local schedule Apr 24, 2026 visibility 17 link 1 artist, 7 galleries

A Canvas of Community at Chester County’s Art Galleries

Chester County, Pennsylvania, is home to a vibrant community of artists working across mediums like acrylic paint, watercolors, sculpture, and furniture. The article highlights five local art galleries—Church Street Gallery, Diving Cat Studio Gallery, Square Pear Fine Art Gallery, Sugartown Art and Antiques, and Werring Contemporary—each offering unique exhibitions, classes, and opportunities to purchase original works. It also promotes the upcoming Chester County Studio Tour, an annual event taking place May 16, where artists open their studios to the public.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 15 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Morpeth Contemporary presents “An Echo Familiar” paintings and sculpture

Morpeth Contemporary in Hopewell, New Jersey, is presenting “An Echo Familiar,” a solo exhibition of new paintings and sculptures by artist Mare McClellan, running from May 2 through May 24. The show features works inspired by McClellan's recent observations of caterpillars and moths, including mixed-media paintings with layered color and texture, as well as cocoon-like sculptures wrapped in wire and natural fibers. An opening reception will be held on May 2, followed by a Meet the Artist event on May 17.

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article local schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 10 link 1 artist

Students take the lead: Inside a peer-led tour at Janet Turner Print Museum

Jasmine Lezema, an art history major and museum intern at the Janet Turner Print Museum, has organized a peer-led exhibition tour titled "Through an Art Historian’s Lens," scheduled for Wednesday from 5 to 5:30 p.m. The tour focuses on printmaking at Chico State and encourages students to engage deeply with artworks. Lezema selected three pieces from the current exhibition that personally resonated with her, drawing on her art history training to interpret symbolism, materials, and context. The museum’s director, Rachel Skowoski, and education assistant, Dylan Charlton, emphasize that student interns are empowered to shape programming around their interests, making this tour a product of that philosophy.

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article news schedule Apr 9, 2026 visibility 20 link 2 artists

‘The art gallery became a form of protest’: Students in Curatorial Practices prepare for the art world beyond Emerson

Students at Emerson College recently completed a comprehensive curatorial project titled "Gather," an exhibition that served as the capstone for their Curatorial Practices course. Tasked with managing every facet of the show—from registrarial duties and marketing to the physical installation of artworks—the students juried a regional open call that resulted in a final selection of 14 artists. The project was designed to provide a holistic understanding of the industry, moving beyond the siloed experience of traditional museum internships to prepare students for a volatile professional landscape.

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article local schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 17 link 1 artist

Evanston History Center exhibit highlights local female artists

The Evanston History Center has launched "Unveiling Evanston Women Artists," a new exhibition dedicated to the historical contributions of female creators in the Illinois city. The show was sparked by a recent donation of works by the late artist Blanche Gildin, who rarely exhibited during her lifetime, and features approximately a dozen local artists including Lucile Roebuck Keeler and Rosemary Zwick. Spanning the early 20th century through the 1970s, the collection includes paintings, sculptures, and commercial illustrations that reflect the creative shifts of the civil rights era.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 2, 2025 visibility 15 link 3 artists

Guide to Seattle Art Museum’s ‘Farm to Table’ exhibit

The article provides a guide for families visiting the Seattle Art Museum's (SAM) current exhibition 'Farm to Table,' which explores the journey of food from farm to table through French paintings and sculptures. It offers practical tips for parents to engage children, such as using open-ended questions like 'What’s going on here?' and turning the visit into a treasure hunt, highlighting specific works like 'Still Life with Brioche' and 'The Gleaners.'

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

Portland Art Museum's new addition set to open November 20

The Portland Art Museum has previewed its new four-story addition, which will open to the public on November 20, 2025. The 100,000-square-foot expansion connects the museum's two existing buildings and adds new gallery and public spaces, featuring a complete reinstallation of the collection with nearly 300 new acquisitions that have rarely or never been displayed before.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 2, 2025 visibility 8 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Absa L’Atelier ambassador opens Solo Exhibition in Uganda, challenges hair bias

Absa Group has announced that Eric Joe Gayi, an Absa L’Atelier 2023 Ambassador, will open his solo exhibition *Breaking the Norm* on November 1, 2025, at The Summit Residences in Naguru, Kampala, in collaboration with Amasaka Gallery. The show features intricate ballpoint pen drawings exploring Afro hair as a symbol of identity, resistance, and cultural pride, using blue figures to represent conformity and black figures with honeycomb textures to symbolize authenticity and resilience against Eurocentric beauty standards.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 14, 2025 visibility 15 link 5 artists

These artists want your help distracting fossil fuel executives

The Brooklyn non-profit space Pioneer Works is hosting an exhibition titled "How to Get to Zero" by artists Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne, featuring climate-focused interactive installations. The centerpiece, "Cold Call" (2023), invites visitors to don headsets and call fossil fuel executives, following a script designed to keep them on the line as long as possible to disrupt their productivity. Another work, "Offset" (2023-25), parodies carbon offset markets by allowing visitors to purchase credits for dissident acts like deflating SUV tires, with proceeds going to activists. The exhibition also includes "Perfect Sleep" (2021), an anti-productivity phone app that encourages rest to reduce carbon footprints, and "Synthetic Messenger" (2021), where cell phones click on climate news ads to boost journalism engagement.

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article local schedule Oct 11, 2025 visibility 11 link 1 artist

New Exhibitions Opening Soon at Third Street Gallery

Three new exhibitions are opening at Moscow City Hall's Third Street Gallery and Box Gallery from October 16, 2025 to January 2, 2026. The shows include "Brooch the Subject," featuring wearable art by University of Idaho MFA candidate Chandra Drennen; "Covering the Palouse," a display of artist-designed covers from the historic Moscow Magazine/Palouse Journal; and "The Sweet Controversy," a student exhibition exploring divisive candies like licorice jellybeans and candy corn. A public reception with refreshments will be held on October 23.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 7, 2025 visibility 15 link 3 artists

An underground art park by Mike Hewson opens beneath the Art Gallery of NSW

New Zealand-born engineer-turned-artist Mike Hewson has opened 'The Key’s Under The Mat,' an interactive social sculpture inside the subterranean Nelson Packer Tank at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. The free exhibition, running from October 4, 2025 through 2026, transforms a former WWII oil reservoir into an art park featuring dozens of usable sculptures—including a functioning sauna, steam room, laundromat, playground, and barbecue—all made from thousands of salvaged objects. Visitors are encouraged to dwell, play, create, and even do laundry, with the artist describing the work as a 'handmade utopia.'

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article policy schedule Aug 25, 2025 visibility 15 link 1 artist

More than 150 US arts organisations pledge to resist political pressure

More than 150 US arts organizations and over 320 artists and cultural workers have signed a public statement affirming their commitment to resisting political pressure. Organized by the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics (VLC) at the New School, the statement does not explicitly name President Donald Trump or his administration's actions, but was precipitated by Trump's pressure campaigns against the Smithsonian Institution and the Kennedy Center, as well as deep cuts to the NEA, NEH, and IMLS. Signatories include institutions from both Democratic- and Republican-controlled states, such as the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts in New York and Diverseworks in Houston, Texas.

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article local schedule Aug 6, 2025 visibility 14 link 1 artist

Fall 2025 art exhibitions: Calls for submissions across Georgia

A roundup of fall 2025 open calls for artists across Georgia, including metro Atlanta, Decatur, Augusta, Marietta, and Valdosta, lists nine juried exhibitions, public art commissions, and holiday markets with deadlines from August to October 2025. Opportunities range from pet-inspired 2D art and contemporary Southeastern fiber arts to Latinx heritage shows, native flower-inspired sculptures, portraiture, Halloween-themed works, and eccentric art, sponsored by local arts councils, libraries, and cultural centers.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 21, 2025 visibility 15 link 1 artist

Don’t Miss These August Museum Exhibits in New Orleans

The article highlights several must-see museum exhibits in New Orleans for August 2025, part of the city's Museum Month program. Featured shows include "Louisiana Contemporary 2025" at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, a juried exhibition of 53 works by 50 Louisiana artists; Vince Fraser's immersive Afro-surrealist installation "Ancestral Odyssey" at the New Orleans African American Museum; and Ben Depp's aerial photography series "Edge of Tomorrow: Aerial Views of Louisiana’s Changing Coastline" at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 25, 2025 visibility 13 link 2 artists

Painting of St. Rose of Lima is part of Walters Art Museum exhibition

The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore has unveiled a new permanent installation of Latin American art, featuring a rare 18th-century painting titled "The Allegory of St. Rosa of Peru" by an anonymous artist from the Cuzco School. The oil-on-canvas depicts St. Rose of Lima, the first canonized saint from the New World, emerging from a giant rose alongside an allegorical female figure representing the Americas and a stylized Inca ruler. The artwork, dated between 1730 and 1760, is a rare survivor of colonial-era paintings that were often destroyed after the Tupac Amaru uprising.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 20, 2025 visibility 10 link 4 artists

Art x Climate Gallery triumphs at the Smithsonian

The article reports that the Art x Climate Gallery has achieved a notable success at the Smithsonian Institution, though the specific details of the triumph are obscured by a security verification page that blocks access to the full content. The gallery, which likely focuses on the intersection of art and climate change, appears to have been recognized or celebrated within the Smithsonian's prestigious museum network.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 29, 2025 visibility 15 link 2 artists

metropolitan museum of art's new rockefeller wing to open this weekend with public party

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will reopen its Michael C. Rockefeller Wing on May 31, 2025, after a four-year renovation led by Kulapat Yantrasast and WHY Architecture. The redesigned wing houses the museum's collections of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Ancient Americas in distinct galleries with improved sight-lines, filtered daylight, and a more navigable layout. A day-long public festival featuring a ribbon-cutting, live performances, workshops, artist talks, and food will celebrate the opening.

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article policy schedule Apr 30, 2025 visibility 11 link 1 artist

Comment | Trump's 100 days should remind us to be brave—because in an autocracy there is no safety

The article examines the impact of the first 100 days of Donald Trump's second term on the U.S. cultural sector, detailing executive actions that force museums, libraries, and arts institutions into ideological conformity. Orders targeting diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender threaten funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, while the Smithsonian Institution and Kennedy Center face direct political oversight. The administration also redirects funds toward patriotic projects like a sculpture garden of 'American Heroes,' and private institutions such as the Rhode Island School of Design and Creative Capital face pressure over pro-Palestinian expression and diversity-focused programs.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 21, 2026 visibility 3 link 4 artists

Artist Chuck Sperry unveils his Archetypes in a free exhibition at the Art Generation Gallery

American artist Chuck Sperry, renowned for his concert posters for The Rolling Stones, U2, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, and Pearl Jam, presents a free exhibition titled "Archetypes" at the Art Generation Gallery in Paris from June 13 to August 1, 2026. The show features his signature silkscreen prints on paper and wooden panels, personal archives, and collector cards, focusing on powerful female figures, goddesses, and allegorical themes such as the Danaids, Courage, Love, and Athena.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 19, 2026 visibility 5 link 5 artists

Landscape and Imagery Help MOWA Celebrate the Country’s 250th Birthday

The Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend has opened a new exhibition titled "The American Landscape: Beyond the Horizon," celebrating the role of Wisconsin artists in capturing the state's contributions to the United States ahead of the country's 250th birthday. The show features over 60 works, 60% from the museum's permanent collection and 40% borrowed from artists and collectors, including pieces by John Stuart Curry, Lois Ireland, Georgia O'Keeffe, Native American artists like Helen Lonetree and Lila Greengrass Blackdeer, and contemporary works by incarcerated artist M. Winston. Guest curator Rafael Salas, a professor at Ripon College, also includes three of his own works.

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article local schedule May 15, 2026 visibility 7 link 3 artists

Pajaro Valley student art exhibit showcases artistic skills of all grade levels

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District held an opening ceremony for its Annual Art Exhibition at the Watsonville Civic Plaza, showcasing hundreds of works by students from transitional kindergarten through high school seniors. The exhibition, which will remain on display for up to a year, features a variety of media including watercolors, charcoal drawings, photographs, collages, and mixed media, with subjects ranging from local landmarks to portraits of Frida Kahlo and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Art teachers like Itzel Vega of Landmark Elementary School collaborated to curate projects that represent each school, highlighting student creativity and problem-solving, such as first grader Aleyda Carrillo's collage of a crowned brontosaurus.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 11, 2026 visibility 14 link 6 artists

Presenting a Summer Showcase Featuring Local Artists and a Reflection on America’s 250th Birthday

The Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University in Milwaukee announces a summer 2026 season featuring three exhibitions: the Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowships for Individual Artists 2025, showcasing five local artists; After the Empire: American Prints from the Haggerty Collection, examining American identity through satire and social commentary; and Defying Empire: Revolutionary Prints from Britain and America, challenging traditional narratives of the American Revolution. The exhibitions run from June 4 to August 1, 2026, with the Nohl Fellowship co-presented with the Lynden Sculpture Garden.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 31 link 5 artists

French Pop-Street Artist Jisbar Launches Billboard Art Exhibit in Detroit

French pop-street artist Jisbar has launched a city-wide exhibition in Detroit, transforming 134 static and digital billboards into a public art gallery. Running from April through mid-June, the project is a collaboration with Farmington Hills-based iO Billboard and features numbered works that reimagine pop culture icons and classic art. The initiative encourages residents to interact with the urban landscape by "collecting" sightings of the various pieces scattered across four metro counties.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 25, 2026 visibility 19 link 2 artists

Mitchell Art Museum at St. John’s College Unveils New Exhibitions and Spring Events

The Mitchell Art Museum at St. John’s College has announced its spring programming lineup, headlined by the exhibition "In the VIDEODROME: Abjection and Alienation." Opening March 26, the show features seminal video works by Martha Rosler and Pipilotti Rist that critique systemic injustice and the societal treatment of women's bodies. The museum is also continuing its survey of Fluxus artist Ken Friedman, which encourages community participation through instructional art scores.

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