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Ethiopia’s Africa Hall wins Modernist conservation award

The World Monuments Fund and Knoll have awarded the 2026 World Monuments Fund/Knoll Modernism Prize to the Australia-based architecture firm Architectus for its conservation of Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The building, completed in 1961 and designed by Italian architect Arturo Mezzedimi, serves as the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and was commissioned by Emperor Haile Selassie. The decade-long, $57 million restoration project, completed in October 2024, involved local experts, restored original furniture and stained-glass windows by artist Afewerk Tekle, and modernized the structure while preserving its modernist vision. The jury also awarded its first Stewardship Award for Modernist Homes to the Umbrella House in Sarasota, Florida, designed by Paul Rudolph.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 15, 2026 visibility 12 link 26 artists

'100 Candleholders' by Blunk Space is an exhibition to ignite creativity

Blunk Space gallery in Point Reyes Station, California, is presenting '100 Candleholders', an exhibition running from 17 January to 28 March 2026. The show features 100 artists and designers from around the world—including Max Lamb, Bethan Laura Wood, Ido Yoshimoto, and Jonathan Cross—each invited to create a candleholder inspired by the late sculptor JB Blunk, his work, or his self-built home and studio, Blunk House. This is the second installment in the '100' series, following '100 Hooks' in 2023-24, and takes its cue from Blunk's own 1981 exhibition '100 Plates Plus', which explored the artistic potential of everyday objects.

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article local schedule Jan 12, 2026 visibility 13 link 3 artists

Cubitt Artists, ‘important’ London gallery and studio space, set to lose home of more than 25 years

Cubitt Artists, a non-profit gallery and studio space in central London that has operated for over 25 years, announced it will leave its current home in Islington this spring after its lease was not renewed. The artist-run cooperative, which houses 32 studios, is launching a fundraising campaign to find a new location and continue providing affordable studios, contemporary art programming, and opportunities for early-career artists and curators.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 27, 2025 visibility 15 link 2 artists

Oliver Jeffers: Artist's first Belfast exhibition in more than 20 years

Artist and author Oliver Jeffers is holding his first exhibition in his hometown of Belfast in over 20 years. The show, titled "Disasters and Interventions," is on view at the Naughton Gallery at Queen's University and features a series of works where Jeffers inserts calamitous scenes—such as an oil tanker spill or an airship crash—into tranquil vintage landscapes, transforming calm into catastrophe. The project began when he found a discarded print in New York's Chinatown and began painting into it, eventually building a collection over 14 years that balances tragedy with a wry, thoughtful humor.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 23, 2025 visibility 14 link 11 artists

Rwanda boosts culture infrastructure with new non-profit contemporary art centre

The Gihanga Institute of Contemporary Art (GICA) opened this week in Kigali, Rwanda, as the country's first non-profit centre dedicated to promoting Rwandan art, culture, and history while fostering local and Pan-African artistic exchange. Founded by curator Kami Gahiga and artist-educator Kaneza Schaal, the institute was designed by Rwandan architect Amin Gafaranga and features an exhibition space, reference library, screening room, and residency studios. Its inaugural exhibition, "Inuma: A Bird Shall Carry the Voice," includes works by Rwandan artists and explores themes of faith and subtle expression. The Mellon Foundation provided crucial development support.

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article local schedule Dec 21, 2025 visibility 14 link 5 artists

Artist with links to Banksy now working from new studio in north Norfolk

Arthur Buxton, a master printer who previously worked with Banksy's former manager Steve Lazarides and has produced prints for artists including Sir Peter Blake, has relocated from Bristol to the village of Corpusty in north Norfolk. There, he has established his own printmaking workshop and studio, describing the move as a dream come true. An exhibition of his recent prints, titled "Slugs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails," is currently on view at the Allen Hall Gallery in Glandford until January 18, exploring themes of dreams, nightmares, and fantasies.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 19, 2025 visibility 10 link 4 artists

BGSU Fine Arts Gallery Presents, “Italy In The Artist’s Imagination,” A Student-curated Exhibition

Bowling Green State University's Fine Arts Gallery presented "Italy In The Artist’s Imagination," a student-curated exhibition running from November 21 to December 10, 2025, at the Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery. The show featured nearly a hundred works from the university's permanent collection alongside student submissions, spanning Renaissance masters like Albrecht Dürer to contemporary artists, all exploring how Italy has inspired artistic creativity over centuries. Curated by students enrolled in Dr. Allie Terry-Fritsch's Professional Practices in Art History course, the exhibition highlighted pieces such as Dürer's woodcut "Christ Taking Leave of His Mother" (1511), Jessica Faber's screen print "Prospecttiva" (2024), and Jules Maidoff's "Lo Studio."

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trending_up market schedule Dec 17, 2025 visibility 18 link 3 artists

Christie's and Sotheby's end 2025 with increased sales, thanks to luxury goods, trophy lots and private deals

Christie's and Sotheby's both reported increased total projected revenue for 2025, reversing two years of market decline. Sotheby's led with $7bn in global sales (up 17%), boosted by a record $236.3m sale of Klimt's *Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer* and strong luxury sales. Christie's posted $6.2bn overall (up 6%), with private sales accounting for 24% of revenue and Old Masters rising 24% year-on-year. Both houses saw significant growth in the second half of 2025 and continued expansion in luxury categories, though Asian art and Asia Pacific buyer spending declined at Christie's.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 14, 2025 visibility 13 link 7 artists

St. Peterburg Museum of Art showcases Caravaggio masterpieces

The St. Petersburg Museum of Art in Florida is hosting "In Caravaggio's Light: Baroque Masterpieces from the Fondazione Roberto Longhi," the first U.S. exhibition of 40 Baroque paintings from the private collection of art historian Roberto Longhi. The centerpiece is Caravaggio's "Boy Bitten by a Lizard," one of two Caravaggio works in the show, which runs until March 22. Curator Dr. Stanton Thomas notes the exhibition is designed to evoke a cinematic, dramatic experience of light and emotion.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 4, 2025 visibility 18 link 5 artists

Who let the dogs out? Beeple unleashes uncanny robot canines at Art Basel Miami Beach

Digital artist Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, is presenting a new installation titled *Regular Animals* (2025) at Art Basel Miami Beach's Zero 10 digital art section. The work features robotic canines with hyper-realistic heads resembling tech billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, as well as historical figures Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol, and Beeple himself. Each robot costs $100,000 (in an edition of two plus one artist's proof), and all were sold during the VIP preview, except the Bezos piece. The robots excrete certificates of authenticity that include QR codes for purchasing accompanying NFTs, and they continuously photograph their surroundings, with images reinterpreted in the style of each dog's humanoid counterpart.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 18, 2025 visibility 19 link 15 artists

Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper & Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale Achieve $56.5 Million - Christie's

Christie's New York held back-to-back Day Sales on November 18, 2025, featuring Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper in the morning and Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale in the afternoon. The two sales achieved a combined total of $56.5 million, with top lots including Edgar Degas's *Danseuses sur la scène* ($1.14 million), Childe Hassam's *The Flower Seller* ($2.15 million), and Robert Delaunay's *Portrait de Jean Metzinger* ($2.03 million). The sales drew from notable collections such as those of Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis, Carol and Terry Wall, and Arnold and Joan Saltzman, with strong bidding across American, Latin American, and European artists.

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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 6, 2025 visibility 20 link 5 artists

The National WWII Museum Hosting Special Exhibit Highlighting Nazi Campaign against Modern Art

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans has opened a special exhibit titled 'Degenerate! Hitler’s War on Modern Art,' on loan from the Jewish Museum Milwaukee and running through May 10, 2026. The exhibit features over 65 works by artists deemed 'degenerate' by the Nazi regime, including Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann, Pablo Picasso, and Marc Chagall, alongside documents and artifacts that explore how modernist art was suppressed and weaponized as propaganda. The museum has expanded the original exhibit to include a focus on suppressed music, featuring instruments from the era, such as a tenor saxophone played by Eddie Powers and a clarinet played by George Lewis, on loan from the New Orleans Jazz Museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 30, 2025 visibility 25 link 13 artists

Degenerate! Hitler’s War on Modern Art

The National WWII Museum in New Orleans will host the traveling exhibition "Degenerate! Hitler's War on Modern Art" from November 6, 2025, through May 10, 2026. Originally created by the Jewish Museum Milwaukee, the show examines the Nazi campaign against modern art and music, featuring over 65 original works by artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann, Pablo Picasso, and Marc Chagall. It explores how modernist art was labeled "degenerate" by the Third Reich, used as propaganda, and systematically suppressed, with many works seized, destroyed, or sold. The exhibition also expands into music, highlighting the suppression of jazz and works by Jewish composers.

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article culture schedule Oct 10, 2025 visibility 16 link 1 artist

Happy 100th Mirthday, Robert Rauschenberg

The New York Times celebrates the centennial of artist Robert Rauschenberg, born in 1925, reflecting on his groundbreaking career and enduring influence. The article highlights his innovative combines, which blurred the boundaries between painting and sculpture, and his collaborative spirit that reshaped postwar American art.

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Christie's Hong Kong 20th/21st Century Autumn Sales Total: HK$817M / US$106M - Christie's

Christie's Hong Kong held its 20th/21st Century Autumn Auctions on September 26-27, 2025, achieving a total of HK$817 million (US$106 million), the highest value auctions in the Asia market this season. The sales saw a 96% sell-through rate by lot and a hammer price 121% above the low estimate, with collectors from 32 countries participating. The top lot was Picasso's 'Buste de femme', which sold for HK$196.75 million (US$25.4 million), breaking the Asia auction record for the artist. New buyers increased versus last year, with 20% of all buyers being new, over half of whom were Millennials.

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article news schedule Sep 22, 2025 visibility 16 link 4 artists

Work in progress: Martin Jennings chosen to create statue of Queen Elizabeth II

The UK government has selected sculptor Martin Jennings to create a statue of Queen Elizabeth II for St James’s Park in London, as part of a larger memorial designed by Norman Foster's architecture firm. The memorial will also include a figurative sculpture of the Queen alongside Prince Philip at Birdcage Walk and a Prince Philip gate. Jennings, known for his bust of the Queen Mother and his coin effigy of King Charles III, describes the project as a work in progress, with a provisional construction budget of £23m–£46m. Final design details are expected next year.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 18, 2025 visibility 19 link 6 artists

Take a Closer Look at These Highlights From John Moran’s Art and Design Sale

John Moran Auctioneers in California is hosting a major Art + Design sale on September 30, 2025, featuring over 350 lots of fine and decorative art, furniture, couture, and Asian antiques. Highlights include works by Richard Diebenkorn (Ochre, 1983), Davood Roostaei (Perennial Struggles, 2021), Alice Baber (The Swing and the Bridge, 1970), Wang Guangyi (Grace Family, 2004), and Wolf Kahn (Foliage in a Lemon-Yellow Surround, 2004), spanning Abstract Expressionism, Political Pop, and Color Field painting.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 14, 2025 visibility 9 link 2 artists

Art’s New Season Offers Rauschenberg and More Headliner Shows for Fall

The New York Times reports on the upcoming fall art season, highlighting major museum exhibitions headlined by Robert Rauschenberg and other prominent artists. The article previews a slate of high-profile shows scheduled across leading institutions, signaling a robust return to large-scale programming after quieter periods.

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article local schedule Sep 10, 2025 visibility 17 link 1 artist

Art Studio exhibit spotlights mental health

The Art Studio, Inc. in Beaumont, Texas, is hosting the exhibition “The Art of Mental Health” through September 26, featuring artwork created by people whose art addresses mental health issues. The show, now in its third year, originated when board members from the foundation of Mental Health in Southeast Texas approached executive director Greg Busceme to use the studio space for art therapy. Submissions were open to all ages and skill levels, and the studio plans to continue the monthly group despite recent federal funding cuts.

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article local schedule Sep 8, 2025 visibility 14 link 5 artists

City Hall to mark 24th anniversary of 9/11 with art exhibition

City Hall in New York City will mark the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with an art exhibition organized by former NYPD officer Paul McCormack, who lost most of his sight due to chemicals at the cleanup site, and his wife Nicola McClean, a photographer. Their nonprofit, Ground Zero 360, is showcasing more than 30 works from a collection of over 120 pieces created by more than 60 international artists for the 10-year anniversary in 2011. The exhibition includes photographs, drawings, paintings, and mixed media, and features a portrait of Moira Smith, the only female NYPD officer killed on 9/11. The display will be open for two months starting Monday.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 4, 2025 visibility 18 link 8 artists

Act on It! Artists, Community, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles

The article reports on the exhibition "Act on It! Artists, Community, and the Brockman Gallery in Los Angeles," currently on view at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History through August 31, 2025, before traveling to the Vincent Price Art Museum and CSU Dominguez Hills in 2026. Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the show revisits the legacy of the Brockman Gallery, founded in 1967 by brothers Alonzo Davis and Dale Brockman Davis in Leimert Park. As one of the first Black-owned commercial galleries on the West Coast, it provided a vital platform for Black artists during the Black Arts Movement, showcasing early works by figures such as Betye Saar, David Hammons, John Outterbridge, Charles White, Noah Purifoy, and Doyle Lane. The gallery also expanded into a nonprofit cultural hub through Brockman Gallery Productions, offering residencies, film festivals, and jazz concerts.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 2, 2025 visibility 11 link 5 artists

Review | The Stanley Museum of Art’s new exhibit traces the legacy of Iowa Arts

The Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa has opened a new exhibition titled “In the Studio: Art at Iowa in the 1940s,” running from August 26, 2025 to January 25, 2026. The show features works by influential artists connected to the university’s arts program, including Grant Wood, Mauricio Lasansky, Philip Guston, Elizabeth Catlett, James Dallas Parks, and Hayward Oubre. Highlights include a rarely seen oil painting by Wood of a boy in football apparel, and an unfinished 1944 oil painting by Guston of his wife and daughter, originally displayed at the Iowa Memorial Union. The exhibition also traces the legacy of Lasansky, who founded the Iowa Print Group and elevated the university’s printmaking reputation.

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article culture schedule Aug 29, 2025 visibility 15 link 2 artists

James Turrell Is Still Following the Light

James Turrell, the renowned American artist known for his immersive light installations, continues to explore the perceptual and spiritual dimensions of light in his latest works. The article highlights his ongoing projects, including the monumental Roden Crater in Arizona, a volcanic crater transformed into a naked-eye observatory, and recent exhibitions that showcase his signature use of light as a medium. Turrell, now in his 80s, remains deeply committed to his artistic vision, pushing the boundaries of how viewers experience space and illumination.

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person people schedule Jul 21, 2025 visibility 13 link 6 artists

Monarch Alumna to Lead Next Chapter for Art Museum

Alison Byrne, who began as an intern at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in 2000, has been named the museum's executive director as of late September 2024. Over 25 years, she rose through roles including curator of education and deputy director, and was named Museum Art Educator of the Year by the Virginia Art Education Association in 2020. Byrne will lead the museum's relocation in 2026 to a new 35,000-square-foot facility at Virginia Wesleyan University, featuring a 21% increase in gallery space. The inaugural exhibition will showcase works by contemporary artist Nina Chanel Abney.

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candle obituary schedule Jul 4, 2025 visibility 20 link 6 artists

Remembering Sebastião Salgado, world builder, photographer of collective humanity and prophet of possibility

Sebastião Salgado, the legendary Brazilian photographer known for his monumental documentary projects capturing collective humanity and environmental activism, has died. Born in 1944 in Aimorés, Brazil, Salgado studied economics at the University of São Paulo and was exiled to France for political activism before turning to photography in the 1970s. He joined Magnum Photos in 1979 and went on to create epic, multi-year projects such as "Workers" (1986-93), "Migrations" (1993-99), "Genesis" (2005-13), and "Amazônia" (2011-19), which redefined documentary practice through total immersion and scale. His work earned him the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador role, and numerous awards including the W. Eugene Smith Grant and the Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 4, 2025 visibility 18 link 11 artists

The magic of Troy Hill—a series of unique whole house art installations in Pittsburgh

Evan Mirapaul, an art collector and former concert violinist, has transformed four ordinary homes in Pittsburgh's Troy Hill neighborhood into immersive, site-specific art installations. Inspired by Naoshima, Japan's art houses, Mirapaul commissioned artists including Thorsten Brinkmann, Robert Kuśmirowski, Lenka Clayton, Phillip Andrew Lewis, and Mark Dion to create entire-house works, such as a Cold War radio hub, a functioning lighthouse, and a natural history-filled home. The project began in 2013 and continues to expand, with Brinkmann's La Hütte Royal set to reopen in October.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 3, 2025 visibility 15 link 9 artists

Shrewsbury Arts Trail: Open Exhibition Wows at SM&AG

The Shrewsbury Arts Trail Open Exhibition has opened at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, showcasing 144 works selected from 347 submissions by 148 local and regional artists. Organizers Phil Langstaff, Jessica Richards, and Pat Wilcox curated the show without a specific theme to encourage creative freedom. The exhibition also includes works by internationally recognized artists such as Halima Cassell MBE, Ian Rayer-Smith, Laura Ford, James Tapscott, Jacob Chandler, Picasso, and Andy Warhol in a separate 'Inspirational Exhibition.' The Open Exhibition continues at The Parade Shops with an additional 48 works on display.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 1, 2025 visibility 14 link 14 artists

Hunterdon Art Museum exhibition explores the wonder of … paper

The Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, New Jersey, presents "Pulp: The Fluid and the Concrete," a group exhibition featuring 26 artists who explore the artistic potential of handmade paper. Curated by Gail Deery and Cynthia Nourse Thompson, the show transforms the museum's second floor into a celebration of paper as a versatile, sculptural medium, with works ranging from Joan Hall's marine-inspired "Red Tide Returning" to Michelle Samour's intricate paper installations and Marc Rosenquist's pulp sculptures.

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article culture schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 14 link 4 artists

The Artist Who Keeps Remaking His Childhood Home

The New York Times profiles an artist who repeatedly recreates his childhood home through various artistic mediums, exploring memory, loss, and the passage of time. The article details how the artist reconstructs the house from memory, using materials ranging from drawings and sculptures to immersive installations, each iteration reflecting a different emotional or psychological state.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 27, 2025 visibility 14 link 2 artists

Three thought-provoking art exhibitions open at Kochi’s Durbar Hall Art Gallery

Three art exhibitions opened simultaneously at Kochi’s Durbar Hall Art Gallery on June 27, 2025. The shows include 'The Whispering Walls' by C. Unnikrishnan, featuring kiln-baked soil blocks that explore indigenous folklore; 'Liminal Continuities' by Abhijith Udayan, an introspective look at sabbaticals; and 'Axiomatic Ipso Facto' by Sajeesh Pallikkara, which examines the intersection of dream and reality. The exhibitions were inaugurated by painter Riyas Komu and MLA P V Sreenijan.

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