Glasstire's "Top Five: April 30, 2026" highlights five art events across Texas, including solo exhibitions by Alfredo García at Monterroso Gallery in Houston, Angela Weddle at Un Grito Gallery in San Antonio, and Ludwig Schwarz at Conduit Gallery in Dallas, as well as a group show "Homeward Bound" at DORF in Austin. The article provides details on dates, opening receptions, and artist statements for each event.
Galerie Meyer Kainer in Vienna is presenting "SPLENDID PLAYGROUND," a group exhibition featuring works by Ei Arakawa-Nash, Nikolas Gambaroff, and Nora Schultz. The show runs from March 20 to May 16, 2026, and includes 29 images documenting the exhibition, as published by Contemporary Art Daily.
Le lent demain at Air de Paris
The group exhibition "Le lent demain" (The Slow Tomorrow) was held at the Air de Paris gallery in Romainville from February 14 to March 21, 2026. Curated by Sebastián Quevedo Ramírez, it featured works by 17 artists, including Nicolas Aguirre, Devendra Banhart, and Hudinilson Jr., among others.
A roundup of art gallery exhibitions in Bangkok for May 2026 highlights four shows: 'The Fourth Decade of the Bualuang Paintings' at The Queen's Gallery, featuring 141 works by 52 Thai artists from the Bualuang painting contests; 'New Beginning' at ART Space by MOCA Four Seasons, a group show with artists from Japan and Thailand exploring renewal; 'Museum of Monsters' at River City Bangkok, a solo exhibition by artist FAHFAHS (Napath Kuntaruck) confronting hidden memories; and 'Beneath the Horizon Line' at Art Jewel Gallery, Siam.
Solo Studios returns to the Riebeek Valley from October 24 to 26, 2025, featuring over 60 artists opening their studios in Riebeek Kasteel and Riebeek West. The weekend includes curated exhibitions such as LANDscape[s] at Die Kunshuis, showcasing works from Modern Art Projects South Africa (MAPSA), and a display of Ardmore Ceramics at EcoPlace, a home built from recycled materials. Other highlights include Red Hot, Pink Spot, a group show of 13 female artists from Kommetjie, and FEAST, a Porterville artist exhibition. Talks on art collecting and live music complement the open studios.
Exhibit 320, a New Delhi-based gallery founded in 2010, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a group show titled 'Shared Worlds' at Bikaner House from August 4–13, 2025. Curated by Deeksha Nath and guided by founder Rasika Kajaria, the exhibition features 30 South Asian contemporary artists including Anju Dodiya, Nandan Ghiya, Sumakshi Singh, Alex Davis, and others. The show spans diverse media—painting, sculpture, textile, and installation—and resists a single narrative, instead highlighting resonance between works that address identity, migration, climate change, and urban memory.
The Summer Guide 2025 highlights a diverse array of gallery openings in Santa Fe, New Mexico, focusing on both established and emerging art spaces. Notable exhibitions include Gerald Peters Contemporary's "Material Girl: Pop Culture and the Female Gaze" (June 13), featuring six female artists examining gender and commodification through Pop Art; Daniel Cooney Fine Art's "George Dureau, Photographs" (May 31), showcasing intimate portraits of New Orleans' counterculture; and Station 5 Micro-Gallery's two shows—"ACCUMULATION" (June 7) by Michael Sumner and Melody Sumner Carnahan, and "THE NARROW LINE TO THE INTERIOR" (August 2) inspired by poet Bashō. Other highlights include ELECTR∆ Gallery's queer mysticism group show "The Third Way" (July 11), new works by Tim Jag (June 12), and Pie Projects' "MOMENTUM" (June 14) featuring Florence Miller Pierce's rediscovered resin reliefs.
Fátima González, founder of Mexico City-based gallery Campeche, recounts her journey from working the front desk at Kurimanzutto to opening her own gallery. After earning a graduate degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York and returning to Kurimanzutto in sales, she left in February 2020, just before lockdown. During the pandemic, she planned her gallery, found a space in one day, and opened with a group show of all-women artists from Mexico City. Campeche is now making its Frieze New York debut.
Whitestone Gallery in Beijing will present the group exhibition 'Time in the Interstices' from April 25 to June 6, 2026. The show features four Korean artists—Soonik Kwon, Seungtaik Jang, Kim Deok Han, and Lee Chae—whose painting practices explore time as an internal, structural element of the work, rather than a linear narrative or backdrop.
Emami Art in Kolkata is set to launch two concurrent exhibitions on March 20, 2026, titled "Nothing Twice" and "Chance Remains of Another Time." "Nothing Twice," a group show curated by Ushmita Sahu, features nine emerging women artists exploring themes of impermanence and domesticity through diverse media including textiles, ceramics, and video. Running alongside it is a solo presentation by Kolkata-based artist Suman Dey, whose new polyptych works utilize abstract fragments to mirror the complexities and decay of contemporary urban life.
Southwest Florida's art scene is experiencing a significant surge this April, with over a dozen art centers from Sarasota to Marco Island hosting 29 distinct exhibitions. Highlighting this seasonal peak, Art Center Sarasota is featuring major solo and group shows, including Herion Park’s fiber sculpture installation "UnBroken," Kendra Frorup’s exploration of cultural memory in "At Home Anywhere," and a curated group exhibition titled "Rooted in Community" focusing on historically Black neighborhoods.
David Klein Gallery in Ferndale is set to host a specialized ceramic group exhibition featuring works by Marie Hermann, Del Harrow, and Ebitenyefa Baralaye. Opening on March 14, the show is integrated into the broader NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) schedule, with a dedicated artist reception planned for March 27.
A wide array of cultural events are scheduled across Cyprus for Wednesday, February 18. These include the opening of a curated showcase of publications from the late archaeologist Vassos Karageorghis in Nicosia, a contemporary art auction featuring 82 works, a presentation by underwater photographer Sakis Lazaridis, a sold-out theatre performance in Limassol, and numerous ongoing exhibitions in Nicosia, Limassol, and Larnaca featuring both historic and contemporary Cypriot artists.
Gajah Gallery, founded in 1996 and already operating in Singapore, Jakarta, and Yogyakarta, opened a new space in Mandaluyong, Manila, in November. Its inaugural exhibition, "Confabulations, A Fantasy of the Real," curated by Joyce Toh, features Filipino artists such as BenCab, Leslie de Chavez, and Kiri Dalena alongside peers from Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia, including a bronze sculpture by Marina Cruz produced at the gallery's Yogya Art Lab. Separately, Ames Yavuz, with spaces in London, Singapore, and Sydney, presented a pop-up group show, "Hold Everything Dear," in Makati, displaying over 50 Filipino artists and collectives. Both openings signal a surge in international gallery interest in Manila ahead of the Manila Art Fair in February 2026.
Tehran's art community is grappling with the aftermath of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in June 2025, which has battered the economy, driven up inflation, and slowed art sales as collectors tighten spending. Despite these challenges, galleries like 8Cube and O Gallery are showing resilience: 8Cube's group show "Expectant," curated by sculptor Bita Fayyazi and featuring 28 emerging artists, drew 1,500 visitors on its opening night in August, signaling a tentative return to cultural life. Gallery founders report that sales have plummeted, with collectors shifting to gold or foreign currency, and that rising costs, electricity outages, and water shortages add pressure.
A group exhibition titled "Magnum O-Pspsps" at Cornell University’s Olive Tjaden Gallery in Ithaca, New York, features over 40 artists paying tribute to cats through paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works. Curated by Cornell MFA students Michael Morgan and Elina Ansary, the salon-style show runs for 10 days through September 25, drawing inspiration from Edward Anthony's 1922 fairytale "The Pussycat Princess" and illustrator Louis Wain's anthropomorphic cat drawings. The exhibition includes works by artists such as Lisa Lebofsky, Tatiana Tatum, Steve Keister, Erika Ranee, Juan Hinojosa, Emily Weiskopf, and Leeza Meksin, with some pieces serving as memorials for deceased feline companions.
Teravarna Art Gallery has launched a digital group exhibition titled "Kaleidoscope," featuring works by seven artists: Caitlin Accurso, Stephanie Bing, Diane Burchette-Gomez, Carina Imbrogno, Daniel Juric, Valeri Larko, and Debra Shapiro. The show, on view through May 16, 2025, spans figurative and abstract painting, collage, and mixed media, with highlights including Valeri Larko's photorealist "Secor Avenue Train Bridge" (2022) and Debra Shapiro's mixed-media piece "Las Tres Gracias" (2024). The exhibition is hosted entirely online, allowing global access.
Russia's pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale will be closed to the public for the duration of the exhibition, from May 9 to November 22, following escalating controversy over the country's participation. The group show, titled “The tree is rooted in the sky,” will only be open to press and industry insiders during the preview days (May 5–8). The move comes after the International Criminal Court accused Russia of crimes against humanity, leading the Biennale to bar Russia and Israel from competing for awards. Italian culture minister Alessandro Giuli has also boycotted the preview and opening ceremony in protest.
An exhibition titled "Suzanne Perrottet with Tarren Johnson & Joel Cocks, OOR Saloon & Elaine Mitchener, New Kyd, Thibault Lac" is on view at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich from December 19, 2025, to May 17, 2026. The show features works by multiple artists including Suzanne Perrottet, Tarren Johnson, Joel Cocks, OOR Saloon, Elaine Mitchener, New Kyd, and Thibault Lac, with images courtesy of the artists and the venue, and photos by Cedric Mussano, Romain Mader, and Johanna Bommer.
A group exhibition featuring works by Alessandro Agudio, Edie Duffy, Gina Folly, Jason Hirata, and Josephine Pryde opened at the Milan gallery Fanta-MLN. The show ran from February 19 to March 28, 2026, and was documented with 20 installation photographs by Roberto Marossi.
The North House Gallery in Manningtree is set to host a solo exhibition featuring more than 40 works by artist Isabella Dyson. The show, titled "Isabella Dyson: Paintings," focuses on the transient nature of the sea and weather, utilizing a muted color palette and a mix of oil, acrylic, and pastel. The collaboration began serendipitously when the artist visited the gallery and showed her portfolio to the staff on her phone, leading to her immediate inclusion in a group show and this subsequent solo presentation.
Artist Arunava Mondal's solo exhibition "Ambient Landscapes" is currently on view at Tejas Art Gallery in Kolkata. The show explores the liminal spaces between light and shadow, memory and sensation, featuring abstract works that evoke atmospheres rather than specific topographies. Mondal builds his surfaces in translucent layers, using surreal colors and impossible geometries to create environments where observed reality merges with dreamlike logic. The exhibition includes a conversation with the artist about his inspirations, his travels through India, and his approach to nature as his ultimate muse.
Ceramic artist Soojin Choi creates intricate sculptures of entangled pairs, using stoneware slabs and nylon strands to achieve a precarious balance that minimizes contact with the ground. Her painterly background is evident in the gestural marks, visible brushstrokes, and drips on the white-slipped surfaces, with the artist describing her process as a "constant negotiation with gravity."
Nine Fathom Deep, a new gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, is opening its latest exhibition "Soft Cycle" on May 15, 2026. The group show features works by local artists Ruth Thomas-Edmonds, Noa Noa von Bassewitz, and Kate Woods. The gallery, directed by Susanna Bauer, operates on a model that does not seek exclusive artist representation, allowing for a more dynamic exhibition program that focuses on mid-career artists with established practices. Bauer, who has a background as an artist, academic, and arts advisor, emphasizes building genuine relationships, professional integrity, and creating a welcoming space for all visitors.
Two Hyderabad galleries are hosting long-duration summer exhibitions this year, breaking from the city's traditional lean season. Kalakriti Art Gallery in Banjara Hills opened "Prakriti: A Quiet Continuum," a group show of contemporary artists including Lal Bahadur Singh and Sumanto Chowdhury, alongside "Living Lineages," featuring folk and indigenous artists such as Bhuri Bai and Venkat Raman Shyam. Meanwhile, Srishti Art Gallery in Jubilee Hills is presenting the fifth edition of its annual exhibition "Triloka," with works by Moumita Basak, Nayanjyoti Barman, and Nirmal Mondal that explore everyday materials and social change.
Cornwall-based artist David Mankin is set to debut a major solo exhibition at the Vanner Gallery in Salisbury, featuring over 30 abstract landscape paintings. The collection spans a diverse range of scales, from intimate works on wooden panels to expansive, dramatic canvases, showcasing both new and existing pieces that capture the rugged beauty of the Cornish coast.
Michael McGraw, a prominent figure in the design public relations world, is opening a new gallery called Dernier Cri on New York's Upper East Side. The space debuts on January 29, 2026, with an exhibition titled "Night Shift," featuring sculptural works by artists including Julian Mayor, Casey Johnson, Todd Marshard, Jessie Nelson, and Marit Harte, all rendered in a single black palette. McGraw, who has spent years shaping narratives for design studios and brands, describes the gallery as a physical extension of his work as a design publicist, aiming to showcase compelling art and design that inspires interior designers.
A public poll with over 8,500 votes has determined the top ten exhibitions of 2025 in Brazil. The number one spot went to conceptual artist Ana Amorim's show at MAC USP, followed by Goya Lopes' exhibition at MAM Bahia in second place. Other notable entries include a group show "Floresta de Espíritos" in Salvador, Thiago Martins de Melo's first solo exhibition in his hometown São Luís, and the Monet exhibition at Masp, which broke visitation records with 502,642 visitors. A special highlight is "Memórias do Inconsciente" by Jhonyson Nobre at Sesc Arapiraca, the only exhibition outside the initial shortlist to make the top ten. Maria Bonomi at Paço Imperial received the most votes according to public comments as a bonus.
Winter on Cape Cod presents a challenge for local artists and galleries, as off-season landscapes often go unsold. However, several gallery owners are embracing the season with experimental programming: Liz Carney of Four Eleven Gallery in Provincetown is hosting a group show titled "Long Blue Shadow" and planning artist residencies and a "Knitney Biennial." Gary Marotta Fine Art and Schoolhouse Gallery remain open on weekends, while Susie Nielsen's Farm Projects in Wellfleet features a group exhibition of works on paper. These gallerists find that winter visitors are more engaged, fostering richer conversations and a stronger sense of community.
This article highlights nine visual art exhibitions in Seattle for June, curated as staff picks to embrace themes of change, regeneration, and healing. Featured shows include "Taking Care: Embrace with Tenderness" at Seattle University's Hedreen Gallery, which closes next year when the building is razed for a new museum; "Jill Kyong: Between Spaces" at SlipStitch Studio; "Mel Carter: bitter, the mourning" at Gallery 4Culture; "Gina Ariko: Ikebana and the Art of Resilience" at Gallery 110; "Healing Our Roots" at The Fishbowl gallery; and "Third Eye" at Base Camp Studios, among others. The exhibitions span photography, glass art, floral arrangements, and group shows, all free and open to the public.