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At the Atlanta Art Fair's second edition, the city showed its strengths

The Atlanta Art Fair returned for its second edition from September 25-28, 2024, at Pullman Yards in the Kirkwood neighborhood, produced by events firm AMP. The fair hosted 75 local, national, and international galleries and arts organizations, drawing around 3,500 attendees to its VIP preview and opening night. Exhibitors and organizers were more acclimated to the space than in the debut year, with a more relaxed and confident atmosphere. The fair highlighted Atlanta's unique cultural identity, emphasizing friendliness, community engagement, and a slower, less pretentious pace compared to art fairs in New York or Los Angeles.

“Daughter of the Stars” Opens in Front Royal, Showcasing 70+ Women Artists in Largest Exhibition of Its Kind

The "Daughter of the Stars" exhibition opens October 18 at the Melissa Ichiuji Studio Gallery in Front Royal, Virginia, featuring over 70 women artists from the Shenandoah Valley and greater DMV region. The show is part of the Women Artists of the DMV Survey Show, a regional collaboration conceived by curator Lenny Campello in partnership with the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, spanning 18 venues and approximately 400 women artists. The opening includes live music, refreshments, and artist meet-and-greets, and the exhibition runs through December 7, 2025.

SANATORIUM Istanbul contemporary art gallery building

SANATORIUM, a leading contemporary art gallery in Istanbul, is opening its third location this fall in the historic Bosphorus port district of Perşembe Pazarı. The new building was designed by prominent Turkish conceptual architect Nevzat Sayin, who drew inspiration from the area's industrial character and small manufacturing workshops. The gallery's inaugural exhibition features artist Farah Al Qasimi, a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient, with her first solo show in Istanbul titled 'Desert Hyacinth,' running from September 12 to October 26, concurrent with the Istanbul Biennial.

BMCC’s Shirley Fiterman Art Center Fall Exhibition to Feature Artists Courtney McClellan and Victoria Dugger

Borough of Manhattan Community College's Shirley Fiterman Art Center will present two concurrent exhibitions from September 10 to December 20, 2025: Courtney McClellan: Simulations and Victoria Dugger: Late Bloomer. McClellan's installation features photographs of mock courtrooms at law schools across the American South, exploring performance and the law through what she calls 'applied fiction.' Dugger's mixed-media works, including painting and sculpture, use playful yet grotesque imagery to interrogate growth, identity, and embodiment as a Black, disabled woman. Both artists, who live and work in Georgia, will participate in an opening discussion and reception on September 10.

I was fed up with the lack of representation in art — so I opened my own London gallery

Aki Abiola, the son of Nigerian political icon Chief MKO Abiola, opened Hope 93 gallery in central London eight months ago to address the lack of diversity in the art world. After a career in finance and a personal art-collecting journey, Abiola founded the gallery to showcase underrepresented artists and create a welcoming space where people feel comfortable engaging with art. He also advises the Tate Gallery on African art.

September 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

This article compiles a list of open calls, residencies, and grants for artists and designers with deadlines in September and October 2025. Opportunities include the Innovate Grant offering $1,800 each to one visual artist and one photographer, the PHOTOcentric 2025 exhibition at Garrison Art Center, a call for mini-golf hole designs for The Other Art Fair Chicago, and the Ingram Prize 2025 for recent U.K. art school graduates. Other listings include the Moons, Castles, Trees exhibition for The Wrong Biennale ’26 in Copenhagen, the Denver International Airport Rotating Sculpture Program, the MONSTER Exhibition in Berlin, the Abbey Harris Mural Fund in the U.K., and the Contemporary Reflection Art Exhibition in London.

Collect Like an Expert: How to Find Great Emerging Artists

The article offers guidance on discovering emerging artists, highlighting Instagram as a key platform. It profiles Mark Van Wagner, an artist, collector, and dealer who found Taylor Anton White's work on Instagram and later featured him at Marquee Projects in Bellport, New York, giving the artist three solo shows.

British Art Show names Ekow Eshun as curator for upcoming 10th edition

Ekow Eshun has been named curator of the 10th edition of the British Art Show, the UK's largest recurring contemporary art exhibition. The show will open in Coventry in September 2026 and travel to four other cities—Swansea, Bristol, Sheffield, and Newcastle/Gateshead—until March 2028. Eshun, former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and curator of the acclaimed exhibition *In the Black Fantastic* at the Hayward Gallery, will select artists and works over the next year, with new commissions expected.

Bringing Natalie Home: An Exhibit of Natalie Van Vleck’s Art at Flanders Nature Center

An exhibition titled "Bringing Natalie Home" has opened at the Flanders Nature Center in Connecticut, showcasing the artwork of Natalie Van Vleck for the first time in the newly renovated Van Vleck Gallery. The gallery is located inside the historic saltbox house that Van Vleck urged her parents to purchase in 1926, where she later built her art studio in 1928. The comprehensive exhibit, which began on February 7, 2025, will display her work throughout the year after decades in storage.

Former Hepworth Wakefield director appointed chief executive of London's Royal Academy

Simon Wallis, the director of the Hepworth Wakefield, has been appointed as the new secretary and chief executive of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, replacing Axel Rüger who left to lead the Frick Collection in New York. Wallis, who led the Hepworth Wakefield since 2008 and oversaw its opening in 2011, steps into the role at a time when the RA is undergoing significant cost-cutting measures, including a 15% workforce reduction through redundancies and unfilled vacancies.

Buzz in New York’s art trade during Frieze week masks uncertainties

During New York's Frieze week, over a dozen art fairs opened in four days, creating a bustling atmosphere that masked underlying economic and political uncertainties. Dealers and advisers reported strong preview-day attendance and a palpable energy, with some noting that the crowded calendar and a recent US-UK trade deal helped buoy spirits. However, the art market has not returned to its 2022 peak, with auction estimates down $250 million from 2024 and high interest rates still deterring average collectors.

Church History Museum debuts 'Lift Up the Hands Which Hang Down' art gallery

The Church History Museum in Salt Lake City has opened a 150-piece art exhibition as part of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 13th International Art Competition. The competition received submissions from 584 artists across 26 countries, with works selected by five regionally diverse jurors based on thematic resonance, innovation, and technical merit. The exhibition's theme, 'Lift Up the Hands Which Hang Down,' is drawn from the Church's scripture, Doctrine and Covenants 81:5, and features works inspired by scripture and personal stories of service and faith. Notable pieces include Linda Vance Etherington's painting 'How Many Loaves Have Ye? Bring Them Hither to Me' and Silvana Alvarez Rhodes's oil painting 'Fishers of Men.'

PROJECT LOOP a new POC and queer-owned gallery & open-studio opens.

PROJECT LOOP, a new POC and queer-owned gallery and open-studio residency space, opens in Hoxton, London on April 26, 2025. The inaugural exhibition features works by Emmanuel Awuni and Fungai Benhura, and Ruby Dickson will initiate the artist-in-residence programme. The space is co-directed by Alïn-Sitoé Diallo and aims to challenge traditional gallery models by integrating a live-in residency with an exhibition space.

Nelson-Atkins Museum picks architect for $160m expansion

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has selected the New York-based firm Weiss Manfredi Architecture Landscape Urbanism to lead a $160–170 million campus expansion. The decision followed an international competition that drew 182 firms from 30 countries, with six finalists—including Kengo Kuma & Associates, Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Selldorf Architects, Studio Gang, and Why Architecture—presenting concepts publicly. Weiss Manfredi's design places a new 61,000-square-foot wing to the southwest of the original 1933 Beaux-Arts building, mirroring the Steven Holl Architects addition from 2007, and features curved glass walls that open onto the sculpture park. The project aims to accommodate growing attendance, which has doubled since director Julián Zugazagoitia joined in 2010, reaching about 600,000 visitors annually.

Uri Aran “Untitled (I love you)” at Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina – MADRE, Naples

The Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee – museo Madre in Naples presents "Untitled (I love you)," the first retrospective in an Italian museum dedicated to American artist Uri Aran (born Jerusalem, 1977). Curated by museum director Eva Fabbris, the exhibition opens on Thursday, February 12, at 6 pm, with President Angela Tecce and the director in attendance.

Alexandra Noel “999” at Derosia, New York

Alexandra Noel has opened a solo exhibition titled "999" at Derosia gallery in New York. The show features new work created during a period of personal and conceptual transition, as suggested by the artist's reflections on ownership, space, and displacement.

Suki Seokyeong Kang’s Works Are Still Unfolding

Suki Seokyeong Kang's posthumous exhibition at Tina Kim Gallery in New York presents a body of work characterized by its mobility and open-ended nature. The show features paintings and sculptures that are designed to be rearranged, challenging static notions of display and completion.

Venice Biennale’s jury resigns

The entire jury of the 61st Venice Biennale, presided by Brazilian curator Solange Farkas and comprising four other curators, resigned just nine days before the exhibition's scheduled opening on 9 May 2026. The jury had announced it would not award prizes to countries whose leaders are charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, a move widely understood to target Israel and Russia. In response, the Biennale's organisers cancelled the prize-giving ceremony and will instead award Golden Lions via a popular vote among ticketholders. The row escalated further when the Israeli representative, sculptor Belu-Simion Fainaru, accused the jury of discrimination and threatened legal action, prompting intervention from Italy's culture ministry.

I Turned My TV Into a Rotating Art Gallery Using Free Museum Downloads

The article provides a guide on how to turn a TV into a rotating art gallery by downloading high-resolution, public-domain images from museum digital collections. It explains the need to filter for Open Access works to avoid copyright issues and recommends several museums with extensive free collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago and the Getty Museum.

Kimball Art Center dives into sound experiences with new exhibit

The Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, has opened a new exhibition titled (Re)sounding, running from May 15 to September 13. The show features 15 artists—including Jon Bernson, Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller, Maria Chávez, Spencer Finch, Jónsi, Christine Sun Kim, Jacob Kirkegaard, Tuomas A. Laitinen, Christian Marclay, Milad Mozari, Andy Rappaport, Yuri Suzuki, and Mary Toscano & Andrew Rease Shaw—who create immersive audio-visual and interactive works that encourage visitors to think more intentionally about sound. Highlights include Bernson's installations addressing climate change through wetlands and glacial melt, and Cardiff & Miller's major installation from the acclaimed duo known for their immersive audio-visual pieces.

Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice has opened "Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector," the first major museum exhibition focused on Guggenheim's brief but influential 18-month tenure as a gallerist in pre-war London. From January 1938 to June 1939, her gallery Guggenheim Jeune at 30 Cork Street mounted twenty exhibitions, including Vasily Kandinsky's first UK solo show, the first British group collage exhibition, and a controversial sculpture show debated in Parliament. Organized by Gražina Subelytė and guest curator Simon Grant, the show brings together approximately one hundred works—paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, puppets, and archival material—many reunited for the first time since their original presentation.

In Venice, Wallace Chan’s Titanium Sculptures Offer Introspection and Reckoning

Wallace Chan, a Chinese sculptor and gem master, has opened a new exhibition titled “Vessels of Other Worlds” at the Chapel of Santa Maria della Pietà in Venice during the 61st Venice Biennale. The show features large-scale titanium sculptures that explore themes of life cycles, mortality, and introspection, with the artist drawing inspiration from the sounds of the city, including Vivaldi’s music from a neighboring church. Chan, who has presented works at two previous biennials in Venice, also marks his 70th birthday this year with a concurrent show at Shanghai’s Long Museum in July.

‘Monochrome’ at the Seattle Art Museum bridges contemporary art between decades

The Seattle Art Museum's new exhibition, 'Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan,' opened May 13, pairing works by mid-20th-century American artist Alexander Calder with newly developed pieces by contemporary artist Tara Donovan. Curated by Catharina Manchanda, the show features Calder's iconic mobile 'Jacaranda' and his massive 'Mountains' stabiles alongside Donovan's site-specific works like 'Transplanted,' a slab of layered roofing tiles, and other pieces made from slinkys, mylar, and stir sticks. Donovan's process emphasizes letting materials dictate form, creating contrasts in mass and movement while engaging with the gallery space.

Peter Frankopan unveils BRUSK museum's inaugural exhibition exploring Bruges history

Historian and author Peter Frankopan has curated the inaugural exhibition at BRUSK, a new museum in Bruges, Belgium. Titled "Bigger Picture: Connected worlds of Bruges 900-1550," the show explores the city's medieval role as a global hub for trade, culture, and politics, featuring over 250 objects from 90 lenders worldwide. A rare loan from the Vatican Library—a portrait of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I—is a highlight. The exhibition opens alongside a digital work by Refik Anadol and a fresco by Laure Prouvost.

Boxing News: WBC Honors Rocky Exhibition & Joe Frazier Legacy At Philadelphia Museum Of Art » May 13, 2026

The World Boxing Council (WBC) presented two commemorative championship belts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in connection with the exhibition "Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments," which marks the 50th anniversary of the film "Rocky." On April 23, 2026, Rasheen Farlow of the WBC gave a belt to the family of Joe Frazier, accepted by his daughter Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde. The following evening, a second belt was presented to the exhibition itself, accepted by guest curator Paul Farber. The belts honor boxing figures Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, and Jose Sulaiman, and one also features the film character Rocky.

Grand Rapids Art Museum presents: ‘Decadent Spirit: French Art at the Turn of the Century’

The Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) has announced its summer exhibition 'Decadent Spirit: French Art at the Turn of the Century,' on view from May 29 to September 6. Featuring over 130 works spanning 1880 to 1910, the show highlights artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Pierre Bonnard, Jules Chéret, Hector Guimard, and Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, alongside early film pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumière, Georges Méliès, and Alice Guy-Blaché. The exhibition includes works on paper, painting, sculpture, metalwork, interior and urban design, and early film, exploring the cafés, streets, theaters, and domestic scenes of fin-de-siècle Paris. It closes with an 1899 French motorcar, symbolizing the era's new mobility.

Harwood Museum announces closing events for Pursuit of Happiness art exhibit

The Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico, is hosting a Mystery Cabaret event on May 22 and 23, 2026, to celebrate the closing of its exhibition *Pursuit of Happiness: GI Bill in Taos*. Written and directed by local playwright John Biscello, the interactive theater experience invites guests to solve a fictional art theft, with actors, mocktails, and 1940s-era costumes. The exhibition closes May 31, after which the museum will remain closed until the opening of *Unearthing Futures / Desenterrando Futuros* on June 27.

UES Galleries Open Their Doors For Free Event This Weekend

45 galleries along Madison Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East Side will open their doors for the free Madison Avenue Spring Art Walk on Saturday, May 13, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participating spaces include the newly opened Gagosian gallery, which is showing a Marcel Duchamp exhibition, as well as Di Donna (featuring Salvador Dalí works) and Acquavella Galleries (featuring Henri Matisse works). Several galleries will host artist talks, including Luxembourg + Co. on motorized technologies in 20th-century art and D Lan Galleries on Australian First Nations art. The event is co-hosted by the Madison Avenue Business Improvement District and ARTnews, and has been held every May and October since 2008.

Landmark Gorky Exhibit Extended at Armenian Museum

The Armenian Museum of America has extended its landmark exhibition "Arshile Gorky: Redrawing Community and Connections" through September 27, 2026, due to overwhelming interest and positive reviews. This is the first exhibition of Arshile Gorky's work in an Armenian museum, featuring paintings and drawings on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Housatonic Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, private collectors, and other lenders. Curated by Kim S. Theriault and sponsored by the JHM Charitable Foundation, the show opened to coincide with the 100 Years of Arshile Gorky programming in Watertown, Massachusetts.

Flesh and Bones: The Exhibition Turning the Art of Anatomy Into a Cultural Conversation

The exhibition "Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy" at Singapore's ArtScience Museum explores the history of anatomical representation as a cultural construct rather than a universal scientific truth. It juxtaposes Western anatomical atlases from the Renaissance with Chinese meridian (jingluo) systems, featuring works by artist Chiharu Shiota and other historical pieces that reveal how different cultures have visualized the human body through both scientific and spiritual lenses.