The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will open its new David Geffen Galleries building on April 19. Designed by architect Peter Zumthor, the 900-foot-long structure spans Wilshire Boulevard and will house the museum's permanent collection, featuring a non-hierarchical, single-level display of approximately 2,500-3,000 objects. The opening will be marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony and two weeks of priority access for members.
A series of gallery openings are taking place across London this week, featuring solo exhibitions by a diverse group of artists. Cristine Brache's "Centerfolds" at Bernheim explores persona and omission through the lens of Dorothy Stratten's poetry. Ella Wright presents new paintings at Cedric Bardawil, Dylan Doe's "Muscle Memory" opens at Mandy Zhang Art, Isaac Julien's film installation premieres at Victoria Miro, and Paul Winstanley's "Bringing It All Back Home" debuts at Anthony Wilkinson.
Artist Gerard Byrne has opened a new gallery named the Gerard Byrne Gallery at 13 Trinity Street in Dublin's city centre. This marks a homecoming for the Dublin-born artist, who returns after a successful period in the United States that included a debut at the 2025 Hamptons Fine Art Fair and a solo show at Slattery Gallery in Southampton.
The opening ceremony of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics featured significant art-historical references, including a flame cauldron inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's knot drawings and performances that brought to life the marble sculptures of Antonio Canova. Dancers animated recreations of works like 'Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss,' and the ceremony included symbolic representations of Italian architectural landmarks like the Colosseum and Florence's Duomo.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) will open its new Peter Zumthor-designed David Geffen Galleries on April 19, 2026. The 274-meter-long concrete structure, elevated on piers over Wilshire Boulevard, will become the museum's primary home for its permanent collection, offering over 10,000 square meters of exhibition space. The project, which includes the Elaine Wynn Wing, culminates a two-decade campus transformation.
Olympic officials blocked Haiti's plan to feature a painting of revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture on its team uniforms for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, citing a rule against political propaganda. Designer Stella Jean, with a team of artisans in Rome, hand-painted a redesigned version that removed Louverture and the snake but kept the horse and landscape, delivering the uniforms just two days before the opening ceremony.
Mexico City is launching a major cultural initiative ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, including over 1,000 murals painted across the city inspired by Mesoamerican ball games, renovations at 12 museums and 46 archaeological sites, and the opening of a new Indigenous textile museum. The Museo Jumex will host the exhibition "Football & Art. A Shared Emotion" curated by Guillermo Santamarina, featuring a participatory installation by the Mexican collective Tercerunquinto using recycled Estadio Azteca seats.
The Columbus Arts Council in Mississippi hosted the opening reception of its second Black Excellence Art Exhibition, featuring fiber artist Stephany Brown reading from 'Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South' and a poem by Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley M. Jones. The exhibition showcased a diverse range of works including Brittany Horne's luminous portrait of her daughter, Brown's hand-sewn quilts, Kenneth Smith's stained glass mosaics, and live music by vocalist-pianist Kyia King. Culinary arts students from East Mississippi Community College contributed food honoring Black chefs and agricultural scientists, creating a multisensory celebration of Black artistry and heritage.
The Denver Art Museum is hosting the opening gala for "DIVA," a touring exhibition originally created by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. The event is supported by premier sponsors Joy and Chris Dinsdale, with additional funding from several prominent donors and organizations including U.S. Bank and the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD).
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has announced that its new building, the David Geffen Galleries, will open to members on April 19 and to the public on May 4. Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, the 900-foot-long structure spans Wilshire Boulevard and offers 110,000 square feet of exhibition space, displaying 2,500 to 3,000 objects from the permanent collection on a single level. The museum also revealed that Willow Bay has been elected co-chair of its board of trustees, succeeding the late Elaine Wynn.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced that its David Geffen Galleries, designed by architect Peter Zumthor, will open on April 19, 2026, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The opening will be followed by two weeks of priority member access and a free day for NexGenLA youth members on May 3. The 900-foot-long building spans Wilshire Boulevard and will house LACMA's permanent collection, featuring approximately 2,500 to 3,000 objects across 110,000 square feet of gallery space. The inaugural installation is organized around the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea, emphasizing cultural exchange and migration, and includes works by Georges de La Tour, Henri Matisse, Francis Bacon, Vincent van Gogh, and new commissions by artists such as Todd Gray and Lauren Halsey.
Pictorial Foundation, an organization born from the international photography magazine The Pictorial List, has opened a new gallery space at 105 Ann Street in Newburgh, New York. The 1,500-square-foot gallery, located within the ADS Warehouse complex, debuts on February 7 with the group exhibition “Foundations of Practice,” featuring 19 artists whose work emphasizes process over finished results. Founder Karen Ghostlaw Pomarico, a Pratt Institute-trained artist, collaborated with her husband, architect Michael Pomarico of Pomarico Design Studio, to create a flexible system of suspended partitions that can be reconfigured for each show. The gallery grows out of a desire to move beyond the limitations of online art visibility and create a physical space for slow, thoughtful engagement with art.
Artist and designer Kii Arens has opened a new gallery called Fab L.A. in the historic Fine Arts Building in Downtown Los Angeles. The space, located on West 7th Street, features Arens' vibrant concert posters and artifacts from collaborations with musicians like Elton John and Van Halen, as well as works for Disney, Coachella, and the Hollywood Bowl. The opening doubled as a fundraiser for Oxfam, with donated items from Grammy winners including Billie Eilish and Lorde sold to benefit the anti-poverty charity. Comedian Jeff Ross attended and took over DJ duties at the event.
The artistic center of gravity in Mexico City is shifting from established gallery districts like Condesa and Roma to the Santa María la Ribera neighborhood. Over the past five years, a wave of artists has moved there, drawn by affordable rents, large studio spaces, and a central location, transforming the area into a vibrant, organic hub for artistic production and new, non-traditional exhibition spaces.
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA) is opening two new exhibitions, 'Meet the Fletchers' and 'Jim Mangan: The Crick,' on February 21. The first exhibition explores the artistic legacy of Calvin Fletcher, his wife Irene, and son Dale, highlighting their role in founding Utah State University's art department and establishing Logan as a center for modern art in Utah. The second exhibition features photographer Jim Mangan's portraits of a secluded community of young men in the American West, known as the Lost Boys, capturing their vulnerability and connection to the landscape.
The Creative Homies, a local arts collective, have opened the first phase of businesses in a building they purchased in Old Town in 2021. This initial phase includes a new art gallery and a music venue, marking the beginning of their planned creative hub.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has announced the opening schedule for its long-awaited David Geffen Galleries, a new single-building replacement for its eastern campus. A ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 19, 2026, will kick off two weeks of previews for members and donors, with general public access beginning on May 4. The building, designed by architect Peter Zumthor, will feature a mix of returning collection highlights, recent acquisitions, and new commissions.
A luxury art gallery, Galerie Philia, has announced its first Texas location will open in Houston's River Oaks District on May 10. The gallery, known for its focus on collectible design and contemporary art, will feature a rotating selection of about 40 pieces every three weeks and host three to four special exhibitions annually.
Saudi Arabia's Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) and the Centre Pompidou have revealed new details about the planned AlUla Contemporary Art Museum, designed by architect Lina Ghotmeh. The announcement was made at the opening of the "Arduna" exhibition, a collaborative preview show featuring over 80 works by regional and international artists.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is preparing to open its new David Geffen Galleries in April, marking a major milestone in a two-decade transformation led by CEO and director Michael Govan. The opening coincides with the 20th anniversary of Govan's hiring and features Jeff Koons's outdoor sculpture 'Split-Rocker' as an anchor piece.
The Royal Commission for AlUla has announced further details about the forthcoming AlUla Contemporary Art Museum, designed by architect Lina Ghotmeh. The museum's curatorial vision, centered on heritage, environment, and community, was unveiled alongside the opening of a preview exhibition, 'Arduna,' co-curated with the Centre Pompidou. The institution plans to build deep, long-term relationships with artists, acquiring comprehensive bodies of work, archives, and unrealized projects to be digitized and made accessible.
The CU Art Museum at the University of Colorado is opening a new exhibition titled 'Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder: Imagining Worlds' on Thursday, February 5. The show explores how fairy tales function as world-building narratives and will be accompanied by a concurrent student-curated exhibition called '[Face] Value'. A public reception is scheduled for the opening day.
Lake Tahoe Community College's Haldan Art Gallery hosted the opening reception for its Biennial Staff and Faculty Arts Exhibition. The event drew over 150 attendees to view 60 works by 19 artists from the college's faculty and staff, featuring a diverse range of mediums including ceramics, painting, sculpture, photography, poetry, and music, unified under a theme of color and collaboration.
The Portland Art Museum has opened a new permanent gallery dedicated to Black artists, named for local artist, dancer, and educator Thelma Johnson Streat. The gallery, which opened on the first day of Black History Month, features a variety of works by Black Oregon artists, including multimedia installations, paintings, drawings, and a large photographic grid.