Artists participating in the International Women's Day Art Show at the Orillia Museum of Art and History (OMAH) will share the stories behind their artworks at a monthly story circle hosted by Storytelling Orillia. Ten artists, including show coordinator Juliana Hawke and organizer Sharon Langfield, are expected to speak at the event, which is open to the public.
Somersfield Academy recently hosted its DP2 Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition at the Rock Island Café, showcasing the final portfolios of students Nico Bean, Hayden Smith, and Excell Jordan. The event marked the conclusion of a two-year International Baccalaureate (IB) creative journey, featuring a diverse range of works including acrylic pour paintings, marine-inspired dot paintings, and detailed anatomical illustrations of dinosaurs.
Rashwood Care Home in Droitwich recently transformed its communal spaces into a pop-up art gallery, featuring a diverse collection of works by local artists and residents. The exhibition included needle-felted topiary, Egyptian-themed art, and handcrafted floral pieces created by the nursing staff. The event was inspired by social engagement co-ordinator Ann Shilton, who used the platform to honor her late mother’s previously unseen artwork.
The Visual Arts Studio Association (VASA) is opening a new group exhibition titled "Yellow" on February 3, featuring 26 paintings by 10 local artists. The show explores the color yellow through diverse perspectives, including landscapes, abstracts, and still lifes, and will run until March 27 in the association's Corridor Gallery.
Studio Montclair in New Jersey has opened a new art exhibition titled 'Asian Experience,' featuring photographs and other works by multiple artists that explore the lives and cultures of Asians and Pacific Islanders. The show includes images such as a woman enveloped in confetti during a Chinese New Year celebration in New York's Chinatown and a depiction of the Hindu goddess Durga with many hands.
A live exhibition titled "Uncovering / Recovering the Past" was held on 21 May at the Stellenbosch University Museum in South Africa, featuring sound, sculpture, and archival material. Created by artist Haroon Gunn-Salie, the exhibition explores the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's failure to prosecute apartheid-era crimes, focusing on the reopened inquest into the 1969 death of anti-apartheid cleric Imam Abdullah Haron while in police detention. The event was presented by the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and The Reparative Quest (AVReQ) and included speakers such as human rights lawyer Odette Geldenhuys and senior research coordinator Westley Ceasar.
The "Juneteenth" show at the Pump House Center for the Arts in Chillicothe, Ohio, opened on Thursday, featuring pastel artwork by Carlos Walker on the first floor under the theme "What If: Walk a Mile in Our Shoes." The Mezzanine Gallery displayed Juneteenth-themed works by local artists Damianne Fischer, Tony Keaton, Krystian Jones, Steven Riggs, Angie Terry, and Bev Reiley. Show coordinator Angela Young introduced the artists, and Walker spoke about his 13-year prison sentence for drug dealing, now dealing art instead. The show runs through the end of the month.
The Northwest Minnesota Arts Council announced the winners of its 2025 Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibit, awarding $2,300 in cash prizes to student and adult artists from a seven-county region. The winners were recognized at a reception in Crookston on April 27, with juror Glen Henry, an Indigenous artist and Director of Exhibitions at Minnesota State University Moorhead, selecting the awardees. Categories included adult and student divisions, with top prizes going to Elizabeth Kitchell-Rockstad for mixed media and Alyssa Foster for drawing, among others. Selected works will travel to area libraries and five student pieces will be displayed in Senator Mark Johnson's office.
Berlin's finance senator Stefan Evers (CDU) has been appointed to temporarily lead the city's cultural administration, marking the third change in leadership within a year. This follows the resignation of Joe Chialo in May 2025 and the departure of his successor Sarah Wedl-Wilson on the previous Friday, after months of controversy over the approval of funding grants. Evers will hold both finance and culture portfolios until the Berlin state election on September 20, 2025. The decision was made by CDU district chairpersons after initial talks with former justice senator Thomas Heilmann fell through.
Berlin's cultural administration is pressing ahead with reforms to make funding for projects against antisemitism legally secure, following the resignation of Culture Senator Sarah Wedl-Wilson. Cultural State Secretary Cerstin Richter-Kotowski told the culture committee that a working group established under Wedl-Wilson is now implementing recommendations from the state audit office report, which had found serious legal violations and omissions in the allocation of funds for antisemitism prevention projects. Richter-Kotowski emphasized that the administration continues its normal operations despite the leadership change, and she publicly thanked both Wedl-Wilson and the recently dismissed State Secretary Oliver Friederici for their service.
Berlins nächste Bruchlandung
Berlin's culture senator, Sarah Wedl-Wilson, resigned on Friday after being pressured by Mayor Kai Wegner amid a funding scandal. She approved 13 project applications totaling €2.6 million intended for combating antisemitism, bypassing mandatory co-payment rules and ignoring objections from her state secretary. Leaked chat logs revealed that CDU parliamentarians Christian Goiny and faction leader Dirk Stettner pushed her to fast-track approvals, leading to violations of budget law. The state audit office had flagged irregularities, and Wegner withdrew his support, prompting her resignation.
Berlin's Senator for Culture, Sarah Wedl-Wilson, has resigned after less than a year in office, following a damning report from the Berlin Court of Audit. The report found that the allocation of €2.6 million in funding for 13 projects aimed at combating antisemitism was 'evidently unlawful,' citing a lack of proper criteria, arbitrary project selection, and violations of budget regulations. Wedl-Wilson stated she stepped down to prevent damage to the fight against antisemitism, and Governing Mayor Kai Wegner accepted her resignation, vowing to reform the funding system. The opposition has accused CDU politicians of exerting improper influence to push through the projects.
Kultursenatorin wegen Rechnungshofberichts unter Druck
Berlin's Court of Audit has issued a scathing report accusing Culture Senator Sarah Wedl-Wilson (independent) of serious legal violations in the allocation of €2.6 million in anti-Semitism prevention grants for 2025. The audit found that the selection process was arbitrary, lacked transparent criteria, and violated state budget regulations. Six of the 13 funded projects—receiving €2 million—were deemed ineligible for the specific budget line, and some recipients were newly founded entities that were not properly vetted. The report warns that the grants may need to be repaid.
À Berlin, une polémique sur des subventions emporte l’élue à la Culture
Sarah Wedl-Wilson, Berlin's senator for culture, resigned after the Berlin Court of Auditors ruled that €2.6 million in public subsidies for 13 antisemitism-fighting projects were awarded illegally, bypassing regulatory checks and violating budget law. The controversy intensified when a parliamentary inquiry revealed that CDU politicians, including Christian Goiny and Dirk Stettner, pressured her to approve the funds immediately, coordinating with the Israeli embassy, despite warnings from state secretary Oliver Friederici, whom she later dismissed. Stefan Evers, the finance senator, has been appointed interim successor until Berlin's parliamentary elections in September.
アンダース・ディクソン：rot in the small season @ KAYOKOYUKI
American artist Anders Dickson is presenting a solo exhibition titled "rot in the small season" at KAYOKOYUKI gallery in Tokyo. Running from March 19 to May 2, 2026, the exhibition showcases Dickson's unique aesthetic through a series of new works and an immersive installation within the gallery space.
Hannah Powell, a University of Pittsburgh alumna, has been appointed as the first official coordinator of the University Art Gallery (UAG) at Pitt. After earning a degree in anthropology and a minor in museum studies from Pitt in 2016, she pursued a master's in museum studies from the University of Glasgow, then worked at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., and later at Pittsburgh institutions like the Heinz History Center and Carnegie Science Center. Since starting her role at the UAG in 2024, Powell coordinates exhibitions, plans educational programming, and improves accessibility to a collection of over 3,000 pieces, working alongside one other full-time employee.
Howard University third-year architecture students traveled to New York City to see their work displayed in an exhibition at Leroy Street Studio in Chinatown. The exhibit features sun shading devices for window frames, designed in an environmental systems class led by Assistant Professor Nea Maloo and Associate Professor Danny Sagan of Norwich University, integrating biophilic design principles. Students also participated in a sketching exercise led by architect Danai Metoyer and networked with professionals like Natalka Khodarchenko.
Art Center Sarasota is hosting the 71st Annual North Sarasota County Schools Spring Art Show from April 28 to May 9, 2026, featuring over 1,500 student artists from kindergarten through 12th grade. The exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, mixed media, photography, and experimental works, with a High School Awards Ceremony awarding more than $20,000 in scholarships and prizes. The show is organized by coordinators Angela Hartvigsen and Debra Markley, and coincides with Art Center Sarasota's 100th anniversary.
Award-winning visual artist and animator Lesego Vorster is set to debut a solo exhibition titled 'BETWEEN THE LINES' at MCA Gallery (Madlozi Contemporary Art) in Paris. Running from April 22 to August 31, 2026, the exhibition features a deeply personal body of paintings that explore human connection through the study of hands and emotional anatomy. The collection includes eleven new works, such as 'NOMAYINI' and 'Portrait of The Artist', with prices ranging from approximately $3,250 to nearly $10,000.
Guernsey Arts has launched its sixth annual Guernsey Arts Open exhibition at the George Crossan Gallery, featuring a record 132 artworks from local artists of all skill levels. The show includes a wide range of media—oils, watercolours, ceramics, textiles, digital art, and even surfboards—and was curated by Jared Fox, the organization's visual design and communications coordinator. Guernsey Arts took over the gallery's lease in September 2024 and is now fully booked through 2026.
Binghamton University Art Museum (BUAM) is hosting a pop-up exhibition curated from its permanent collection of over 4,000 pieces, with each work selected by a member of the Binghamton University community. The exhibition was conceived by Richard Quiles, a diversity education coordinator and former museum intern, who collaborated with museum director Diane Butler and preparator Jessica Petrylak to invite faculty and staff to choose artworks that resonate with their identities and write reflection essays. The show includes paintings, prints, and works by prominent Black artists, and will run during Celebrate Diversity Month.
ExPLOT Studio, a shared artist studio in Yokohama's Minato Mirai 21 district, is calling for residents for the 2025 fiscal year. Managed by the ExPLOT Studio Utilization Council (secretariat: BankART1929), the studio is located in the PLOT48 complex and offers long-term (8 months) and short-term (3 months) spaces for artists and creators. Applications are due by June 15, 2025, with selection based on compatibility with shared use, participation in open studios, and activity rate. The studio aims to foster cross-disciplinary exchange among art, business, IT, welfare, and academia.