Youth Empowerment Shelter Artists Celebrate Creativity and Community with Local Exhibition

Young artists from the Youth Empowerment Shelter (YES) in The Dalles, Oregon, will showcase their work in a public exhibition and reception on June 13, 2025, at Yvonne’s Art Studio. The art program, revived by artist Yvonne Pepin Wakefield with seed funding from NW Natural and additional support from the Roundhouse Foundation, has provided a safe, joyful space for youth aged 11–17 to develop skills and create deeply personal artwork. The pieces will be permanently installed at SafeSpace in Hood River, a nonprofit supporting children affected by abuse and neglect.

Culture meets commerce as new art gallery opens in Ferndale

Sophia Grace Gallery, a new art space founded by curator and artist Sophia Kidd, held its soft opening on May 17 in Ferndale. Artist He Gong attended and spoke with visitors at the event, which marks the realization of Kidd's decades-long dream to open a gallery bridging her experiences in China and her base in Bellingham.

Part 2 of Kingston Artists’ Showcase set to open in Market Wing Cultural Space

The City of Kingston has announced the opening of Part 2 of the Kingston Artists’ Showcase, a community-focused exhibition at the Market Wing Cultural Space inside Kingston City Hall. Opening May 21, 2025, and running through November 2025, this second installment features works by over 30 new local artists, including renowned artist Joanne Gervais and quilled artist Loreen Hynes. The showcase spans prints, paintings, textiles, and stained glass, selected through an open call, and follows Part 1 (October 2024–April 2025) which featured 31 artists. A free opening reception will be held May 28, 2025.

Throughline Collective Launches “Future Forward” Exhibition for Texas College Students

Throughline Collective, a Houston-based artist-run space, has announced a statewide open call for "Future Forward," a juried group exhibition for Texas college students scheduled for August 8-30 at its 1,000-square-foot gallery in Midtown. Madi Murphy, Associate Curator of Fotofest, will curate the show, and two selected students will receive a two-person exhibition in 2026 along with mentorship, installation help, promotion, a stipend, and curatorial freedom. Applications are due June 1, with a $30 fee, and all artistic mediums are welcome.

Art to See on Day Trips From New York City This Spring

This article from The New York Times highlights notable art exhibitions and installations accessible on day trips from New York City during the spring season. It features outdoor sculptures, museum shows, and site-specific works in locations such as the Hudson Valley, the Hamptons, and Connecticut, offering readers curated recommendations for cultural excursions beyond Manhattan.

A Curatorial Vision on View: “Iterations of Interrupted Space” at the Rubin Center, El Paso

The Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso is presenting "Iterations of Interrupted Space," an exhibition curated by the duo Un Dique (Octavio Castrejón and Alonso Robles). Selected through the center's Genius Loci open call, the show features works from eight of Un Dique's projects since 2023, including a video of DJ Conejx performing in a Juárez market, Nayeli Hernandez's installation exploring masculinity and grief, and Mariana Ajo's prints on shifting beauty standards. The exhibition transforms the gallery into a space where art becomes ephemera, documenting past events and happenings.

In Baltimore, Confronting Chaos Through Contemporary Art

The New York Times reports on a contemporary art exhibition in Baltimore that uses artistic expression to address and navigate themes of social and political chaos. The show features works by multiple artists who respond to the city's complex urban landscape and broader national tensions, transforming galleries into spaces for reflection and dialogue.

Landmark store transformed into art gallery

Kellie Miller Art (KMA) gallery has opened a new location in Brighton's Church Street, taking over the former Dockerills hardware store. The two-floor space, which doubles the gallery's previous size, was inaugurated with a packed opening event on Friday evening, featuring paintings, ceramics, and sculptures from over 100 local, national, and international artists. The gallery is run by artist and curator Kellie Miller, who has over 30 years of industry experience.

Interview: Artist, Lucy Stevens, on her new Blackbird exhibition

Local artist Lucy Stevens is launching her latest exhibition, 'Blackbird,' at StudionAme in Leicester, UK. The collection features joyful, vibrant paintings that celebrate the life cycle and changing seasons of the blackbird, inspired by her morning walks with her dog, her interest in spirituality, and the bird's resilience. The exhibition opens on April 25, 2025, with a preview event, and runs through May 11.

Erbil hosts four-day art gallery by Iranian Kurdish artist

Iranian Kurdish artist Nasr Daneshvar opened a four-day visual arts exhibition titled “Color, Women, Society” in Erbil, Iraq, on Sunday. The show features 22 paintings created over two years, exploring themes of women's strength and societal oppression, with elements of Kurdish culture and traditional attire. Daneshvar, born in Oshnavieh in 1981 and a graduate of Tabriz University's College of Fine Arts, organized the event in coordination with Erbil’s general directorate of culture and arts.

Two Fort Worth Artists Join Forces for a New Western-Meets-Modern Exhibition at Bowie House

Two Fort Worth artists, Abigail Faye Jackson and Jacob Lovett, have joined forces for a new exhibition titled "West of Real" at Bowie House in Fort Worth, opening April 27. Jackson's works focus on charrería, the national sport of Mexico, using 23-karat gold leaf backgrounds to create a surreal, timeless atmosphere. Lovett's paintings depict cowboys on horseback riding into blank white canvases, using window-like compositions to invite introspection and blur the line between reality and imagination.

‘Immersive Elements’ interactive exhibition showcasing student-artist collaboration

SUNY Oswego's ARTSwego program presents "Immersive Elements," an interactive exhibition created by NOIRFLUX's Electric Heliotrope Theater in collaboration with students. Running April 23 through May 4 at the Marano Campus Center, the project features sculpture, drawing, audio, video, and interaction design, developed by artist Lorne Covington and students from Cara Thompson's art classes. The exhibition explores the four elements—water, air, fire, and earth—through projected visuals and interactive pieces.

Where to go in Venice?

Wohin in Venedig?

Nicoletta Fiorucci, a collector and philanthropist, shares her personal recommendations for experiencing Venice beyond the tourist crowds. She suggests quiet gardens, romantic detours, hidden islands, and the best addresses for authentic local cuisine, offering insider tips for navigating the city's bustling atmosphere.

Investigators search again for stolen Celtic gold treasure

Ermittler suchen erneut nach gestohlenem Kelten-Goldschatz

More than three years after the theft of a Celtic gold treasure from the Kelten Römer Museum in Manching, Bavaria, investigators are conducting a new search for the missing loot. Four perpetrators were arrested and sentenced to long prison terms in July 2025, but only a small portion of the stolen gold coins was recovered. Now, based on new intelligence, Bavarian state police are searching the property of the main suspect and his partner in Plate, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, using X-ray and radar technology. They believe 411 gold coins and a gold casting ingot—about three kilograms of gold—are professionally hidden there, along with cash from other burglaries. The suspect's partner is under investigation for money laundering for allegedly offering to help sell the gold.

New Building at Burg Halle Takes Shape

Neubau an der Burg Halle nimmt Form an

The long-delayed new building for the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle (University of Art and Design Halle) is moving forward, with a construction start now planned for autumn 2027. The Finance Committee of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament has approved the updated cost estimate of around 42 million euros, clearing the way for the project. While the building was originally slated for completion in 2027, a more realistic finish date is now 2030, with preparatory moves and demolition work scheduled to begin in late 2026.

Looking Back to Look Forward

Blick zurück nach vorn

The Museum Rietberg in Zürich is hosting an exhibition that examines the intersection of photography and colonialism. The show highlights how early photographic techniques, introduced to Africa shortly after their invention in 1839, were historically used as tools of power, surveillance, and scientific categorization. By juxtaposing historical archives with contemporary works, the exhibition demonstrates how modern artists are reclaiming and transforming these violent visual legacies.

The Museum of the Surrender of Reims Reopens After a Year of Renovations

Le Musée de la Reddition de Reims rouvre ses portes après un an de travaux

The Musée de la Reddition de Reims (Museum of the Surrender of Reims) reopened on May 7, the 81st anniversary of the German surrender signed in its map room, after a year-long closure. The renovation, costing approximately €2 million, focused on conservation: protective glazing, improved ventilation and lighting, and anoxic treatment of collections to halt degradation of original maps, documents, and war room objects. The museum also overhauled its scenography, designed by Belgian agency Kascen, to present a clearer chronological narrative covering the occupation, Allied presence in Reims, liberation, postwar reconstruction, and reconciliation, rather than just the surrender itself. The museum now displays 17 uniforms, 130 objects and weapons, and 65 archival documents, including the act of capitulation and General McAuliffe's jacket.

An Anthology on Time

Une anthologie sur le temps

The publishing house Citadelles & Mazenod has released a new anthology titled "Écrire le temps. De l’Antiquité à nos jours" (Writing Time: From Antiquity to the Present Day). Edited by Pascal Dethurens, the 480-page volume compiles a vast array of literary sources on the concept of time, from ancient thinkers to contemporary writers, and pairs these texts with a wide variety of artistic representations.

Sotheby’s 7%

Les 7 % de Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s has reportedly begun offering sellers a 7% interest rate to delay the payout of their auction proceeds. This unusual financial incentive comes as the auction house, owned by billionaire Patrick Drahi, faces significant liquidity challenges and a reported cash crunch.

Why Contemporary Photographers Are Rejecting the Camera

Contemporary photographers are increasingly rejecting traditional cameras in favor of alternative, camera-less techniques such as photograms, cyanotypes, and chemigrams. These artists draw inspiration from early scientific experiments with light-sensitive materials, like those of Johann Heinrich Schulze and Thomas Wedgwood, who created temporary images using silver nitrate and sunlight before photography was formally invented.

Meet the Psychologist Who Reads People Through the Art They Live With

Dr. Dimitrios Tsivrikos, an academic psychologist at University College London, describes how he reads people's personalities and emotional states through the art they choose to display in their homes. In an interview with Artsy, he explains that the visual and emotional enrichment of one's environment—whether through expensive artworks or simple posters—reveals deeper psychological insights about the individual.

Andrew Christopher Green at Can

The exhibition "Nachsommer" by artist Andrew Christopher Green is currently on view at Can in Vienna. Running from March 6 through April 16, 2026, the presentation features a series of new works, including untitled pieces from 2026, and is documented through a selection of images and video available via the Contemporary Art Library.

Oototol at Roh Projects, Jakarta and Komunitas Salihara Arts Center, Jakarta

The artist Oototol has a solo exhibition on view simultaneously at two venues in Jakarta: the commercial gallery Roh Projects and the non-profit arts center Komunitas Salihara. The exhibition is documented with 29 installation images, showing the artist's work across both spaces.

Bruno Pélassy, Perla Zuñiga at Taon

The gallery Taon in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, is presenting a two-person exhibition featuring the works of artists Bruno Pélassy and Perla Zuñiga. The show runs from March 6 to April 14, 2026, and is documented with installation photography.

Nancy Lupo at Stadtgalerie Bern

American artist Nancy Lupo is presenting a solo exhibition at Stadtgalerie Bern, running from February 13 to April 4, 2026. The show is documented with 30 images by photographer Cedric Mussano.

Gijs Van Vaerenbergh Gracefully Reimagines a 16th-Century Belgian Abbey Church in Steel

Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, the Belgian design studio founded by Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh, has created "CLAUSURA," a life-size steel sculpture tracing the footprint of the vanished 16th-century Gothic church at Herkenrode Abbey in Hasselt, Belgium. The ethereal framework of slender steel rods rises from the original site, offering a transparent, abstract reconstruction that evokes the abbey's lost architecture through suggestion rather than literal rebuilding. The first phase opens to the public on June 18 as part of a broader restoration led by Herita.

An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’

Amsterdam-based studio Imagination of Things, co-founded by Vitor Freire and Monique Grimord, has launched "Unruly Play," an interactive digital archive featuring 169 artworks, designs, games, and participatory projects. The repository includes notable works such as Rael San Fratello's "Teeter-Totter Wall" and the Wind Phone project, alongside a 12-foot puppet that travels the world. The archive is searchable by theme or through a shuffle feature, aiming to showcase projects that invite surprise, camaraderie, and unexpected encounters with imagination and joy.

How One Cooperative Champions the Quechua Weavers of Peru’s Sacred Valley

The nonprofit organization Awamaki was founded in 2009 to support Quechua communities in Peru's Sacred Valley, particularly women weavers, as they navigate economic shifts and climate change. It now assists nine cooperatives comprising 174 artisans, providing structural support for selling traditional textiles and coordinating tourism to generate income while preserving cultural practices.

Art Retreats in the South of France Offer Mirth, Myth, and Mystery

The La Napoule Art Foundation has launched Threshold Art Retreats, a new program offering five-day immersive creative experiences at the Château de La Napoule on the French Riviera. The retreats combine hands-on artistic instruction with wellness activities like yoga and paddleboarding, led by mentors who are often former artists-in-residence at the château.

Eva Ursprung “The Art of Surfacing” at HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz

The HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark in Graz is presenting "The Art of Surfacing," a solo exhibition showcasing the diverse work of Austrian artist, musician, and curator Eva Ursprung. The exhibition follows her receipt of the Honorary Prize of the State of Styria for the Fine Arts in 2024, awarded based on a jury's recommendation.