Two laundromats in Toronto, Dirty Laundry and She Said Gallery, have been operating as dual-purpose art galleries for the past six years. They offer emerging artists affordable, accessible exhibition space with minimal fees and no sales commission, featuring monthly and weekly shows that are booked years in advance.
St. John's University opened the group exhibition "Debugging the Earth" at its Yeh Art Gallery on February 5. The show, organized by Queens-based artist Michael Assiff, features works by seven artists including André Magaña, Carly Mandel, Catherine Telford Keogh, Jan Mun, Kahlil Robert Irving, and Serena Chang, who explore themes of environment and production through repurposed everyday objects.
Maria May, an established artist from Ballaghaderreen, has opened her debut solo exhibition, 'Sruthanna Comhcheangailte – The Fluidity of Interconnection,' at the Ballinglen Art Gallery in Ireland. The exhibition, which runs until 15 March 2026, features abstract interpretations of the Major Arcana Tarot cards through mixed media, stitching, poetry, and collage, exploring themes of belonging, reconnection, and healing.
A new exhibition titled 'This is Home' has opened at Gallery Main Street in downtown Tyler, Texas. The show, sponsored by the Rose City Art Gallery, features works by East Texas artists exploring themes of home, memory, and belonging through various media including painting and sculpture. It opened on January 9 with a reception and includes a juried award and a People's Choice Award, with voting ongoing until the show closes on March 2.
Gallery Time & Space has unveiled 'Continuum: Artists Across Time and Space' at Venkatappa Art Gallery in Bengaluru, a large-scale exhibition featuring over 50 artists in a group show alongside solo presentations by SG Vasudev and Asit Poddar. The group exhibition explores metaphysical themes of consciousness, light, and love, bridging past and present through diverse mediums including cyanotypes, stoneware ceramics, and oil on canvas. Curator Renu George selected artists from the gallery's roster, highlighting both established and emerging talents.
The Santa Monica College Emeritus Art Gallery is hosting a free online exhibition of painted portraits by artist Barbara Gordon, opening January 22, 2026. The exhibition will feature a Zoom Virtual Launch Event from 5 to 6:30 p.m., hosted by gallery curator Jesse Benson, who will discuss selected works with Gordon. The show highlights Gordon's portraits of women and children, reflecting her background in Women's Studies and her focus on emotional connection with her subjects.
Surrey Art Gallery in British Columbia will host a free art party on January 17, 2026, to launch its winter exhibition season. The event features the group exhibition "remember the earth, remember the sky," inspired by a Joy Harjo poem and focused on ancestral connections through land, air, and memory, with works by early-career artists and pieces from the gallery's permanent collection by Salish artists. Also opening are solo shows by Zachery Cameron Longboy ("HOST") and Atheana Picha, along with the exhibition "What Bodies Know" reflecting on lived experiences in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The evening includes artist talks, a piñata breaking, and hands-on artmaking workshops.
The University of Wolverhampton’s School of Art building, an eight-story Brutalist landmark completed in 1969, has been granted Grade II listed status by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, saving it from demolition. The building hosted the first National Black Art Convention in 1982, a pivotal event in the British Black arts movement, and is closely tied to the Blk Art Group, whose founding members include Keith Piper, Marlene Smith, and Claudette Johnson. The listing follows a campaign against the university's redevelopment plans, supported by a petition with over 6,600 signatures.
Artist Padraig McCaul will hold a 'Christmas Studio Exhibition' at the Mullingar Park Hotel in Mullingar, Ireland, on December 6 and 7. The show features new original oil paintings, limited edition prints, art cards, and wax print hurricane lanterns, offering Christmas gift ideas. This is McCaul's final exhibition of 2025, following a successful show at Art Source in the RDS, Dublin, and solo exhibitions at The Doorway Gallery, Dublin, and Lahinch Art Gallery. McCaul, an award-winning artist based in Mullingar with studios there and in Achill, has exhibited internationally in London, New York, and Australia.
Lambeth Open 2025 will take place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October, from 10 am to 6 pm, transforming the borough into a free, public gallery. Artists and makers across Lambeth will open their studios and homes, inviting visitors to explore paintings, sculptures, design, and craft. The event, started in 2009, requires no tickets and features an interactive map on the Lambeth Open website to help plan routes.
Illustrator Molly Maine, who has been traveling the world since 2016 while running her remote design studio, is opening her first solo exhibition in London. Titled "Nomad: Perspectives on Home in a Changing Japan," the show grew out of her experiences at the Colive Fukuoka conference and an artist residency in Kanazawa. During her time in Japan, Maine interviewed both earthquake evacuees from the Noto Peninsula and digital nomads who had relocated there, exploring contrasting experiences of displacement and belonging. The exhibition weaves together these voices through illustration commissions that examine what defines home.
Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Paris atelier to Cultured magazine for a rare behind-the-scenes look at the jewelry house's craft traditions. The article profiles artisans such as a smelter, diamond cutter, threader, quality controller, polisher, and jeweler, who describe their work on iconic pieces like the Zip necklace—a design originally conceived in 1938 at the suggestion of the Duchess of Windsor and perfected over decades.
On the eve of Mother's Day 2026, an art exhibit titled "The Four Lost Sons" opened at [ART] CONSCIOUS gallery in Arabi, Louisiana. The show features large portraits of four Black men from Louisiana who died in police custody or altercations, created by the pseudonymous artist Walta Focq. The exhibit coincides with the anniversary of Ronald Greene's death, who was beaten and tased by Louisiana State Police in 2019. The mothers of the four men are involved in the project and plan to speak at the opening reception.
Toronto-based artist Laura Findlay presents *Night Vision*, a solo exhibition at Glenhyrst Art Gallery in Brantford, Ontario, featuring ethereal oil paintings of nocturnal garden scenes. Using an Old Masters subtractive technique, Findlay applies dark glazes and wipes away pigment to create luminous images of birds, blooms, and bats that appear to emerge from darkness. The show runs through the spring of 2026.
Fabian Perez Gallery in Los Angeles is hosting the Neo-Emotionalism Group Exhibition, featuring 20 artists working in painting, photography, and sculpture. The show, running through May 23, centers on feeling and memory, with artists like Shaylen Nelson, Awadé Wade, James Smith, and Martinos Aristidou presenting works that explore personal and cultural narratives. Nelson, an Afrocentric Realism painter, uses Black figures and music to place culture within traditional painting, while Wade’s piece "Abstract Love" draws on a Prince song and uses a tree as a symbol of life and transition.
Haley Art Gallery in Kittery, Maine, has opened its 21st season with the group exhibition "Shared Spaces," featuring works by Paul Burke, Sheridan Cudworth, Barbara D’Antonio, Jozimar Matimano, Bill Oakes, and Carlos Vega. The show runs through August, with gallery artist talks scheduled for June 13 and June 27. The gallery also offers special purchasing incentives for local business owners and designers, as well as a Victorian Tea-Time Art experience for groups.
Every first Friday of the month, around 20 galleries and art spaces in Ithaca, New York, open their doors for free evening exhibitions from 5 to 8 p.m. as part of the First Fridays tradition, also known as Ithaca Gallery Nights. The event, now facilitated by artist and curator Michael Sampson since 2023, features both traditional venues like State of the Art Gallery and non-traditional spaces such as Greenstar Co-op and St. Luke Lutheran Church, aiming to expand participation and include newer artists. Featured shows include "Black and White and …" by Ileen Kaplan and David Watkins at SOAG, and "Geometric Abstraction" by Mauro Marinelli, Michael George, and Laura Dale George at The Gallery at South Hill.
Artist Leo du Feu is returning to his hometown of Linlithgow, Scotland, for his largest solo exhibition to date, titled 'Homecoming,' at the Gallery at Linlithgow Burgh Halls. Running from 22 May to 17 September 2026, the show traces the evolution of his work across nature, landscape, wildlife, and storytelling, and includes new pieces inspired by fatherhood and emotional well-being. The exhibition also marks the 15th anniversary of the gallery's opening in 2011, and a free artist talk is scheduled for 17 June.
Yelena Popova's solo exhibition 'Moments of Grace' opens at Osnova gallery's new space in Valencia, Spain, marking a decade of collaboration between the artist and the gallery. The show brings together works from several of Popova's major series, including 'Painting Installations' (2012-2017), 'Evaporating Paintings', 'Post-Petrochemical Paintings', and three jacquard-woven tapestries, tracing her practice over the past fifteen years. Popova approaches each project as part of an interconnected body of work, comparing her logic to garden cultivation—a layered, cyclical process. Her cross-disciplinary research focuses on the material conditions of painting, exploring temporal transformations like evaporation, oxidation, and decay, as well as the dynamics between image, surface, and space.
Alserkal Art Month in Dubai continues with Weekend 2, featuring the headline exhibition 'Déjà Vu' opening at Concrete on Saturday, April 25. The weekend includes a kids' art workshop led by Lucy Jung, a majlis talk series curated by Nadine Khalil, a slow art walk with Natalya Konforti, a film screening of 'Ghanati Man' by Al Reem Al Beshr, a performance workshop by Dirwaza Curatorial Lab and Ammar Al Attar, and a music performance by Bull Funk Zoo curated by Ratish Chadha.
The Cassino Art Gallery is launching a new exhibition titled "Country Life," featuring over 140 artworks that explore rural existence in New South Wales. Scheduled to coincide with the region's Beef Week celebrations, the show includes a diverse range of entries from local artists and a significant contribution from students through the Youth Creative Project.
The Evanston Art Center is hosting its annual teen exhibition, titled "Stronger Together," running through April 22. Organized by the center’s teen board, the showcase features works that explore themes of peace, unity, and community resilience. This year’s display includes watercolor and digital pieces, specifically highlighting works by local students like Frances Wade, who contributed pieces reflecting on personal and communal connections.
The Union Hall Gallery in San Diego's Golden Hill neighborhood recently debuted "Gossip," a multidisciplinary exhibition featuring the work of seven local female artists. The opening reception drew over 100 attendees, signaling a strong community interest in local grassroots art initiatives. Additionally, the city is preparing for the upcoming Barrio Logan Art Crawl, a recurring cultural event that highlights the region's creative scene.
A Florida artist, while preparing for an approaching hurricane, decided to paint a calming scene of a sailboat on a peaceful bay as a form of stress relief. This spontaneous act, captured in a video that went viral, has now led to a full-fledged solo exhibition of her work at a local gallery.
NCI ARTworks is hosting an exhibition opening for international contemporary artist Ken Knight on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at its gallery in Peru. Knight will join via video to discuss his works, including recent pieces created in Portugal. The exhibition features a collaboration between Knight and contemporary artist Lorena Malm, where Knight's Mondrian-inspired works are enhanced by Malm's brushwork and layering techniques. The collaborative artwork will be on display and available for purchase through March at the NCI ARTworks Gallery in the Westclox building and at the Starved Rock Country Welcome Center in Utica.
Award-winning local artist Brent Erickson, based in Alexandria, VA, has spent over 30 years building a personal collection of representational art, sparked by a single landscape purchase from emerging painter T. Allen Lawson. Erickson, an oil painter himself, curates his collection—now over 100 paintings and bronzes—around realism and personal passion, displaying works in his Mount Vernon home alongside his own new paintings. He recently hosted a celebration of autumn to unveil both his collection and his latest creations.
Scottish landscape artist Emma S. Davis opens a new solo exhibition titled "Horizon: The Journey from Land to Light" at Studio Two Six One in Newton Mearns. The private view takes place on Friday, September 19, 2025, with the public opening on September 20, running through October 11. The show features Davis's expressive, textured paintings that explore the liminal space between earth and sky, dusk and dawn, inviting viewers into quiet, atmospheric moments of transition in the Scottish landscape.
A new museum institution called GAMB (Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze e Musei del Bargello) has been established in Florence, unifying seven cultural sites under a single autonomous museum system. The sites include the Galleria dell’Accademia, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Orsanmichele, Casa Martelli, Palazzo Davanzati, Cappelle Medicee, and the former Church of San Procolo. A new visual identity designed by Milanese studio Migliore+Servetto features a pictogram that maps the geographic distribution of the venues, along with a custom typeface and color palette unique to each location. The launch also coincides with the start of a public restoration project for the base of Benvenuto Cellini’s *Perseo* at the Bargello, open to visitors from May 12 to September 5, 2026.
This article offers ten practical tips for enhancing museum visits, emphasizing preparation, physical comfort, and mindful engagement. It advises planning around specific artworks using online databases, addressing bodily needs like food and hydration, and timing visits to avoid crowds. The piece also recommends slowing down to spend ten minutes per work, using techniques like slow looking to deepen appreciation.
DE SARTHE gallery in Hong Kong presents 'Relationship Duplicates', the second solo exhibition by Beijing-based photographer Lin Zhipeng (No.223). The show, on view from May 16 to June 27, explores the tactile, intimate dimensions of human relationships through large-scale photoprints, a smartphone installation, and curated collages. Lin redefines 'duplicates' as supplements that extend relationships rather than mere copies, using nudity and physicality to counter the alienation of digital connectivity.