Future Generation Art Prize Returns with $100,000 Award for Emerging Artists.

Applications are now open for the eighth edition of the Future Generation Art Prize, a biannual international prize for emerging artists aged 35 and under. Established by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and organized by the PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv, the prize offers a total award of US$100,000, including $60,000 in cash and $40,000 invested in the artist's future practice. The open call accepts submissions in any medium, with a deadline of 28 June 2026. Shortlisted artists will exhibit at the PinchukArtCentre in spring 2027, and a distinguished international jury will select the winners.

‘Apoi’ and Weaving What Remains

Ugandan artist Acaye Kerunen presents her first solo museum exhibition in Germany, titled 'Apoi,' at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld. The show, installed across the modernist spaces of Haus Lange and Haus Esters, features handwoven textiles, sculpture, sound, and film that draw on Indigenous knowledge systems and intergenerational exchange. It is part of the museum's ongoing 'HL HE Dialog: What Comes After Art' series.

The Practice of Liberation and Sanctuaries of Becoming.

Michaela Yearwood-Dan has unveiled her first major UK institutional exhibition, 'The Practice of Liberation,' at the Whitworth. The immersive installation integrates fourteen new paintings with ceramic vessels and soundscapes, reimagining traditional religious motifs through a contemporary, secular lens. By deconstructing elements like stained glass and the Stations of the Cross into abstract forms, the artist creates a sanctuary that explores themes of ritual, memory, and personal identity.

Sortilégios de desvio and the Politics of Image-Making

The Museu de Arte do Rio has launched 'Sortilégios de desvio,' the first solo institutional exhibition by Brazilian artist No Martins. Produced in collaboration with Galeria Almeida & Dale and curated by a five-person team led by Marcelo Campos, the show features a significant selection of Martins’ recent works that explore the intersections of urban experience and Afro-Brazilian cultural imaginaries. Through a variety of media, the exhibition highlights the artist's focus on gesture, memory, and the reconfiguration of traditional visual narratives.

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Hamza Walker, the renowned curator and director of the Los Angeles nonprofit art space the Brick, is featured as a 2026 CULT100 honoree. He was a key driver behind the ambitious exhibition “Monuments,” which places decommissioned Confederate monuments alongside contemporary art at a time when American cultural history is increasingly politicized. The article includes a brief Q&A with Walker, touching on his personal tastes, work philosophy, and reflections on his career.

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Ronan Day-Lewis, son of legendary actor Daniel Day-Lewis, has directed his debut feature film *Anemone*, which premiered at the New York Film Festival. The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a traumatized veteran living in self-exile in Northern England after the Irish Troubles, whose estranged brother arrives to trigger a reckoning filled with magic realism. Ronan, who also works as a painter, describes the film as being about brotherhood and the silence within it, developed over five years of collaboration between father and son. A concurrent exhibition of his paintings is on view at Megan Mulrooney gallery in Los Angeles.

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Filmmaker Nadia Conners interviews Russian theater director Alexander Molochnikov about his life and work following his exile from Russia. Molochnikov left Russia after receiving death threats from the Wagner Group for supporting Ukraine. He discusses his career at the Moscow Art Theater and Bolshoi Theater, his award-winning ballet that won the Golden Mask award during the war, and his current production of *Seagull: True Story*, which parallels his own immigration to the U.S. The play, staged at LaMaMa in New York and now running at the Marylebone Theater in London, explores censorship and repression faced by a director fleeing Russia.

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Cultured magazine profiles photographer Charlie Denis, who works across commercial and fine art photography. Denis is nominated by Nadia Lee Cohen and known for his exuberant style, with clients including Levi’s and Skims. He co-directed a four-minute experimental Christmas film starring Kim Kardashian in 2024. In the article, Denis discusses his creative process, comparing photographing women to playing with Barbie dolls as a queer child, and explains his embrace of theatricality over strict realism.

Pratt’s 2026 Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions, on View This Spring

Pratt Institute's Fine Arts MFA program is presenting its 2026 thesis exhibitions in a two-part show curated by Alessandra Gómez at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard this spring. The exhibitions feature the culminating work of the graduating MFA candidates, offering a public showcase of emerging artistic talent.

Ohio Collage Society exhibit opens at Ashland University gallery

The Coburn Art Gallery at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, is hosting a regional exhibition featuring 70 works by members of the Ohio Collage Society from May 29 to July 24. The free opening reception takes place on May 29 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The show includes both two-dimensional and three-dimensional collages, highlighting diverse materials and techniques. Featured artists include Anita Burgess, Nancy S. Sotka, Mary Ann Sedivy, and others. The Ohio Collage Society was founded in 2007 by Gretchen Bierbaum, who also founded the National Collage Society.

Kazuko Miyamoto @ Take Ninagawa

宮本和子 @ Take Ninagawa

Kazuko Miyamoto is the subject of a comprehensive solo exhibition at Take Ninagawa in Tokyo, running from February 14 to April 11, 2026. The showcase features a diverse array of the artist's signature string constructions, maquettes, and drawings, spanning several decades of her career from the early 1970s through the late 2000s. Key works on display include her intricate string maquettes from 1973 and large-scale geometric explorations like "Study of Lines in Ring #3" and "Mariana."

オノ・ヨーコ「A statue was here　一つの像がここにあった」@ 小山登美夫ギャラリー六本木／天王洲

Yoko Ono's solo exhibition "A statue was here" is being held simultaneously at Tomio Koyama Gallery's Roppongi and Tennozu spaces from June 10 to July 5, 2025. The show features conceptual objects and participatory works spanning Ono's career, including early pieces like *Mind Object I* (1960/1966) and *Mind Object II* (1966/1967), as well as *Mend Piece* using porcelain fragments damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and the debut of *Three Lives* (2019). The Roppongi space focuses on conceptual objects, while Tennozu emphasizes audience participation and performance.

Cushing artist’s exhibition features ‘The Colors of Nature’ at Damariscotta gallery

River Arts in Damariscotta, Maine, will host artist Mark Christopher's solo exhibition 'The Colors of Nature' from May 14 through June 3. The show features bird carvings, stone sculptures, and oil paintings inspired by the natural world, with an opening reception on May 23. Christopher, a Cushing resident, began carving birds in high school wood shop and later worked as a wildlife biologist before returning to art.

Ephemeral Geographies: Where Land, Light and Time Shift at Gallery Pradarshak

A group exhibition titled 'Ephemeral Geographies: Where Land, Light and Time Shift' opens at Gallery Pradarshak in Mumbai on April 24, 2026. The show features ten emerging and mid-career Indian artists—Alistan Dias, Amol Pawar, Bhoomika Karbhari, Manthan Tambe, Meetul Agarwal, Pradip Suryawanshi, Rohan Bhavsar, Sharu Anjirbag, Siddhant Bansod, and Suresh Jangid—who present landscapes across mediums like painting and mixed media as evolving conditions shaped by perception, memory, and atmospheric change.

Marti’s art gallery in Albion kicks off new season with expanded calendar

Marti’s on Main art gallery in Albion has officially launched its 16th season, unveiling an ambitious schedule that expands from six to eight exhibitions for 2026. The season opener features stone sculptures by George Graham and Richard Bannister, alongside a dedicated showcase of works by Albion High School art teacher Dr. Athena Nichols and five of her senior students.

Brooklyn Artist Kelly Ahern Presents Solo Exhibition at Bushwick Gallery

Brooklyn-based painter Kelly Ahern is set to debut a one-night solo exhibition titled 'Surface Tension' at the Bushwick Gallery on April 14, 2026. The show is part of the gallery’s 'Solo Statement' program, specifically the series 'Doesn't Play Well with Others,' which grants artists total creative autonomy to curate and present their work. The exhibition will feature Ahern's latest abstract compositions and conceptual pieces, focusing on her unique approach to the medium of painting.

Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village Unveils Debut Exhibition Featuring Legendary Graffiti Artist Risk

Four Seasons Hotel Westlake Village is launching its first art gallery exhibition in November 2025, featuring the legendary graffiti artist RISK. The show will display works spanning his 38-year career, highlighting his signature blend of letterform, deconstruction, and layered color theory. RISK is known for pioneering graffiti on unconventional surfaces like freight trains and freeway overpasses, and his work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles and Beyond the Streets China.

“Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Another World and Yet the Same” at Hamilton College’s Wellin Museum of Art

The article announces the exhibition “Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Another World and Yet the Same” at Hamilton College’s Wellin Museum of Art. The show presents the work of contemporary artist Jamea Richmond-Edwards, whose practice explores themes of Black womanhood, mythology, and Afrofuturism through mixed-media works on paper and large-scale installations.

The Contemporary Lore at Shailaja Art Gallery explores Indian art across generations

The Contemporary Lore: Sojourn of Styles and Generations Unfurled, an exhibition at Shailaja Art Gallery in Gurugram, brings together 30 works by 23 artists from across India. Curated by Kiran Mohan, the show features paintings, sculptures, and mixed media by emerging, mid-career, and established artists, including Jai Krishna Agarwal, Prem Singh, Charudatt Pande, Nilisha Phad, Ashok Bhowmick, Asit Patnaik, Bipin Kumar, and Shaji Apukuttan. The exhibition, which previewed at Bikaner House, runs for four weeks at the gallery and aims to present artists as equal partners rather than in a hierarchical art-historical progression.

Weekend for the arts: 'Untitled' exhibition, 'Lessons Of Silence' theatre

The article covers three events in Kuala Lumpur as part of the KL Festival and Borneo Native Festival 2026. The 'Untitled' group exhibition at GMBB creative mall features 127 artists and 329 works without labels or artist names, inviting viewers to write personal reflections. Proceeds from admission and 'gift letters' go directly to participating artists, offsetting typical financial burdens for emerging creators. The theatre piece 'Lessons Of Silence' by Indonesian artist Agnes Christina is a wordless performance exploring race, class, and parent-child dynamics during a turbulent period in Indonesian history. Additionally, the Borneo Native Festival 2026 at Central Market showcases Sabah and Sarawak's arts and culture, with a highlight being Pangrok Sulap, a woodcut collective from Ranau, presenting prints, books, and socially engaged art.

"Shared Spaces" Opens Season at Haley Art Gallery

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.

Gallery Jupiter presents "The Immersive Landscape" - works by Christie Scheele

Gallery Jupiter in Little Silver, New Jersey, presents "The Immersive Landscape," a solo exhibition of paintings by artist Christie Scheele, running from April 30 through June 11, 2026. The show features Scheele's open vista landscape paintings and her new Place Series assemblages, which incorporate foraged natural materials like stones, bark, and seaweed. An opening reception is scheduled for April 30. In conjunction with Earth Day, Scheele also collaborated with artist Kathleen Sweeney and designer Dominick Santise on EcoAction Cards, a set of activity cards aimed at inspiring environmental action.

From texture to 3D and optical illusion, Jack Lockhart invites the public to experience art differently

A solo exhibition titled "Beyond Imagination" by Canadian artist Jack Lockhart is on view at the Alex Dufresne Art Gallery in Callander. The show features roughly 35 paintings spanning 60 years of Lockhart's career, highlighting his evolution from traditional watercolour, acrylic, and oil painting to innovative 3D works created using ChromaDepth glasses.

Notta Gallery Celebrates Hispanic Art and Culture with Fuego Festival and ‘Caballo de Fuego’

Notta Gallery in Lakeland, Florida, is launching a major retrospective titled 'Caballo de Fuego: Firehorse' dedicated to the 90-year-old Cuban master Gonzalo Borges. The exhibition features over 40 works spanning three decades, ranging from 1994 to a new piece completed in 2025. To mark the opening, the gallery is hosting the inaugural Fuego Festival, a street event celebrating Hispanic heritage through art, Latin cuisine, and live music.

Artists take us down the rabbit hole in this group exhibition

The group exhibition 'Down the Rabbit Hole' at The Crypt Gallery features over 30 artists reflecting on the psychological and social impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Presented by the social enterprise Katya’s Space, the show honors the legacy of the late artist Katya Kan, who passed away in 2023. The works explore themes of digital addiction, isolation, and the 'dystopian' shift in reality experienced during global lockdowns, using Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland as a metaphor for this profound transformation.

Stained glass artists open Mount Vernon arts hub — The Gallery on Gambier

Stained glass artists Kurt and Lorraine Wendling have officially opened The Gallery on Gambier in downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio. The new creative hub serves as the permanent home for their business, Wendling Glass Creations, while also showcasing the work of approximately 20 other artists specializing in mediums ranging from photography to oil painting. The space is designed as a multi-functional venue, incorporating a retail gallery, a custom framing center, and a dedicated classroom for art instruction.

Bohol artist Jjawzip debuts solo exhibit “April’s Fool” at Dajon Art Gallery Bohol

Boholano mixed-media artist Joseph “Jjawzip” Ingking has launched his debut physical solo exhibition, “April’s Fool,” at Dajon Art Studio & Gallery in Baclayon, Bohol. The showcase features a series of paired paintings and toy sculptures that explore the recurring character "Energy Kid," a figure shaped by the artist’s personal history. Utilizing vibrant colors and recycled materials, the works—such as “Fragile Freedom” and “Radiance Reimagined”—blend fantasy with social commentary on themes ranging from the fragility of peace to the vitality of creative discovery.

TV art show finalist opens new solo exhibition at Christchurch venue

Dorset-based artist Tom Winter, a finalist on Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year, has launched a solo exhibition titled "Lightscapes" at the Coda Music and Arts Trust in Christchurch. The showcase features works spanning several years, including pieces created during his time on the television competition, all centered on the transformative power of light on everyday subjects.

Noni Olabisi Art Exhibit Carries Relevancy, Truth, and Power

The Laband Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University is hosting a retrospective titled "Noni Olabisi: When Lightning Strikes," showcasing over 40 works by the late Los Angeles muralist and painter. The exhibition, curated by Karen Rapp, spans Olabisi’s career from 1984 to 2022, featuring her powerful political murals and personal canvases that document Black culture and the struggle against systemic racism. This marks the first major posthumous survey of her work since her unexpected passing in 2022.

Artists secure solo shows after Bootcamp success

Three emerging artists—Anisa Mosaiebiniya, Maya Davis-Stokes, and Crow Dillon-Parkin—have secured solo exhibitions at the artist-led space Stryx JQ following their completion of the 'Get Gallery Ready' Bootcamp. The program, delivered by Solihull College & University Centre and funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), was designed by art historian Ruth Millington to provide creatives with professional portfolio-building skills and storytelling techniques necessary for career advancement.