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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 5, 2026 visibility 16 link 16 artists

LACMA’s new galleries have an opening date(s). Here’s when you can visit.

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.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 4, 2026 visibility 14 link 9 artists

The Kimbell Art Museum presents The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures From the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is presenting 'The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures From the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem,' an exhibition of opulent 17th-century liturgical objects from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The collection, featuring gifts from European rulers like King Louis XIII of France and King Philip IV of Spain, includes gold, silver, and jewel-encrusted pieces such as vestments, a throne, and a sanctuary lamp, and is on view from March 15 to June 28.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 3, 2026 visibility 14 link 1 artist

Mexico City exhibition explores dynamic exchange between Americas and Southeast Asia

A major exhibition titled 'El Galeón Acapulco – Manila Somos Pacífico: El Mundo que emergió del Trópico' has opened at the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City. It features 300 works, including 80 from Singapore's national collections, exploring the centuries-old cultural and economic exchange between Asia and the Americas facilitated by the Manila Galleon trade route. The show was launched to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Mexico-Singapore diplomatic relations and a state visit by Singapore's president.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 19 link 13 artists

From a bakery pop-up to an I.M. Pei survey: the exhibitions to see in Doha during Art Basel Qatar

A series of major exhibitions are on view in Doha, coinciding with the Art Basel Qatar event. These include Rirkrit Tiravanija's interactive bakery installation at MIA Park, two major surveys of architect I.M. Pei's work at AlRiwaq Gallery and the Museum of Islamic Art, and a group show titled "we refuse_d" at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 17 link 5 artists

University of Richmond Museums kicks off a new season with immersive exhibitions and films

The University of Richmond Museums has launched a new season with three exhibitions at the Harnett Museum of Art. The centerpiece is 'Politics of Place,' a rotating film program curated by professor Jeremy Drummond, featuring works by nine contemporary filmmakers and two collectives exploring identity and power through geography. Other shows include a newly commissioned installation by sculptor Abigail DeVille examining Black mental health care, and 'Black Work: Absence/Absorption,' a group exhibition investigating the material and conceptual nature of the color black.

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trending_up market schedule Feb 2, 2026 visibility 16 link 9 artists, 2 galleries

An Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait and Judy Chicago’s Scottish queen: our pick of the February auctions

A series of significant artworks are heading to auction in February, led by an early Artemisia Gentileschi self-portrait making its auction debut at Christie's New York with an estimate of $2.5m-$3.5m. Other highlights include Rembrandt's last privately-held animal drawing, 'Young Lion Resting', at Sotheby's New York ($15m-$20m estimate), a Judy Chicago print of Mary, Queen of Scots at Phillips, and an Odilon Redon work on paper at Artcurial Paris.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 30, 2026 visibility 16 link 11 artists

Scholastic Art Awards – Wisconsin Exhibition Opens January 31 at the Milwaukee Art Museum

The Milwaukee Art Museum is opening the 2026 Scholastic Art Awards: Wisconsin Exhibition, showcasing over 350 award-winning works by students in grades 7–12 from across the state. The exhibition, which runs from January 31 to March 15, marks the 50th anniversary of the museum hosting this prestigious student competition.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 29, 2026 visibility 25 link 12 artists

Inside Brussels's €230m Kanal-Centre Pompidou museum—opening in November

The Kanal-Centre Pompidou, a major new modern and contemporary art museum in Brussels, will open on November 28. Housed in a converted 1930s Citroën garage, the €230m institution will launch with ten exhibitions, including a 350-work show drawn from the Centre Pompidou's collection in Paris and installations by artists like Otobong Nkanga.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 27, 2026 visibility 16 link 3 artists

New Monographic Exhibition to Debut at New Orleans Museum of Art

The New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) will debut "Hayward Oubre: Structural Integrity," the first monographic exhibition dedicated to American modernist Hayward L. Oubre, Jr. (1916–2006). Organized by the Birmingham Museum of Art, the show features 48 sculptures, paintings, and prints, including Oubre's notable wire coat hanger sculptures, and runs from January 30 through May 3. Oubre, a New Orleans-born artist, was the first BFA graduate of Dillard University and later chaired art departments at Alabama State University and Winston-Salem State University, shaping a network of Black artists in the South.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 26, 2026 visibility 17 link 13 artists

Exhibit With More Than 100 Masterworks Opens This Week at Birmingham Museum of Art

The Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) opens "Monet to Matisse: French Moderns, 1850–1950" on January 30, featuring over 100 masterworks from iconic artists including Monet, Matisse, Cézanne, Cassatt, Degas, Renoir, and Pissarro. The traveling exhibition, curated by the Brooklyn Museum, has been significantly expanded by BMA with over 40 works from its own collection, making it a unique venue on the tour. The show runs through May 24 and coincides with the museum's 75th anniversary, with thematic sections on Landscape, Still Life, Portraits and Models, and The Nude.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 23, 2026 visibility 19 link 9 artists

US National Portrait Gallery reveals winner of its triennial portraiture award

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, has announced Brooklyn-based artist Kameron Neal as the winner of its 2025 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. Neal was honored for his two-channel video installation *Down the Barrel (of a Lens)* (2023), which incorporates surveillance footage from the 1960s and 70s obtained during his residency at New York City’s Department of Records. The work explores the relationship between police and protesters, displaying footage of Vietnam War protesters, the Black Panthers, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy alongside images of police filming. Neal receives $25,000 and a commission to create a portrait for the museum’s permanent collection. Second prize went to photographer Jared Soares, and third prize to painter David Antonio Cruz; the exhibition featuring all 35 finalists runs from January 24 to August 30, 2025.

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article news schedule Jan 23, 2026 visibility 16 link 5 artists

Pioneering US collector Albert Barnes turned down both of Van Gogh’s 'Starry Nights'

Albert Barnes, the pioneering US collector who built the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, twice declined the opportunity to acquire Vincent van Gogh's iconic 'Starry Night' paintings. Unpublished correspondence in the Barnes Foundation archives reveals that in 1923, agent Frank Washburn Freund offered Barnes *Starry Night over the Rhône* (1888), but Barnes did not pursue it; the painting later went to the Musée d'Orsay. In 1936, the Van Wisselingh gallery offered Barnes *Starry Night* (1889), but he again passed; it was eventually acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Despite these missed chances, Barnes was the first American to buy a Van Gogh, ultimately owning seven works by the artist, including *The Postman* and *Still Life*.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 22, 2026 visibility 19 link 2 artists

Artist Jan Tichy plans to plunge MSU's Broad Art Museum into darkness

Artist Jan Tichy has created a major exhibition titled "Darkness" at the Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, opening January 30, 2026, and running through late July. The exhibition transforms the museum's main floor galleries by blacking out Zaha Hadid's iconic angular windows and entrances, using projections and modulated lights to simulate a 24-hour day-night cycle. Tichy, who previously worked with the museum on a Flint water crisis project in 2017, collaborated with MSU researchers—including the Department of Entomology—to create works inspired by academic studies, such as photographic prints made from insects collected on the museum grounds over a year.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 19, 2026 visibility 12 link 8 artists

Still Glasgow

The article reviews the exhibition 'Still Glasgow' at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow, running from November 29, 2025, to June 13, 2026. Curated from the Glasgow Life Museums collection, it features around 80 photographic works from the 1940s to the present, including pieces by Bert Hardy, Oscar Marzaroli, Alan Dimmick, Iseult Timmermans, Joseph McKenzie, and Eric Watt. The show documents Glasgow's people and urban change, moving from earlier male documentary photographers to contemporary perspectives, and includes both still and moving images.

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trending_up market schedule Jan 19, 2026 visibility 22 link 6 artists

Winslow Homer’s mountaineer and Bob Ross's valley view: our pick of the January auctions

The article highlights five notable artworks heading to auction in January 2025, spanning sales at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Bonhams Skinner, and Heritage Auctions. Featured lots include Winslow Homer’s *A Mountain Climber Resting* (est. $1.5–2.5M) from the Max N. Berry Collection, Otobong Nkanga’s tapestry *The Pursuit of Bling: The Transformation* (est. £20,000–30,000), Bob Ross’s *Valley View* (est. $30,000–50,000), and Claes Oldenburg’s lithograph *Three Way Plug* (est. $3,000+). Each work comes with distinct provenance—from a Standard Oil heiress to a hardware pioneer—and reflects diverse market segments from blue-chip American painting to contemporary African art and pop-culture collectibles.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 14, 2026 visibility 23 link 10 artists

National Air and Space Museum Announces Robert Rauschenberg Exhibition Will Open in July 2026

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has announced that its newly renovated Flight and the Arts Center will open on July 1, 2026, with two inaugural exhibitions: “The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the Art of Flight” and “The Art of Air and Space: Interpretations of Flight.” The Rauschenberg exhibition, timed to the artist’s centennial, will present 30 of his artworks related to flight, including the monumental lithograph “Sky Garden (Stoned Moon)” (1969), and will run for one year. The exhibition is curated by Carolyn Russo and features loans from the Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 14, 2026 visibility 19 link 8 artists

National Museum of African American History and Culture To Open Exhibition Featuring Collections From Five HBCUs

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will open a new traveling exhibition titled “At the Vanguard: Making and Saving History at HBCUs” on January 16, 2026. The show features artifacts, artwork, historical documents, and multimedia from five historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs): Clark Atlanta University, Florida A&M University, Jackson State University, Texas Southern University, and Tuskegee University. Highlights include first editions of Margaret Walker’s works, Tuskegee Institute pottery, early scientific journals, archival photographs by Doris Derby and Chester Higgins, and a rare color video of George Washington Carver.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 13, 2026 visibility 31 link 21 artists

Manhattan’s New Museum sets early spring date for reopening after $82m expansion

The New Museum on Manhattan's Lower East Side will reopen to the public on March 21, 2025, after a two-year closure for an $82 million expansion designed by OMA's Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas with executive architect Cooper Robertson. The expansion adds 61,930 square feet—including 9,600 square feet of gallery space, education facilities, artists' studios, and event spaces—bringing the total footprint to 119,600 square feet. The new building will be named after the late philanthropist and curator Toby Devan Lewis. The reopening will feature site-specific commissions by Tschabalala Self, Sarah Lucas, and Klára Hosnedlová, and a building-wide thematic exhibition, 'New Humans: Memories of the Future,' with works by over 200 modern and contemporary artists.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 13, 2026 visibility 15 link 7 artists

A Closer Look at the Brooklyn Museum’s Blockbuster Monet Exhibition

The Brooklyn Museum in New York City has opened a blockbuster exhibition titled "Monet and Venice," showcasing 37 canvases Claude Monet painted during his 1908 trip to Venice. The exhibition includes over 100 artworks, books, and ephemera, alongside works by Canaletto, J.M.W. Turner, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and features an original symphonic score inspired by field recordings from Venice. It highlights Monet's two-month stay, during which he painted iconic sites like the Palazzo Ducale and San Giorgio Maggiore, with letters from his wife Alice Hoschedé revealing personal insights into his creative process.

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article news schedule Jan 9, 2026 visibility 14 link 2 artists

Storm over closure of South Africa’s much-loved Irma Stern Museum

The Irma Stern Museum (ISM) in Cape Town, South Africa, was abruptly closed in October 2024 after the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the Irma Stern Trust ended their 56-year partnership. The museum, housed in Stern's former home The Firs, displayed her collection of artifacts and her own works. The closure sparked public outrage over lack of transparency, with staff removed without clarity and the announcement made only after pressure. The trust, owned by Nedgroup Private Wealth, plans to relocate artworks to a new storage facility and repurpose The Firs, but no reopening date has been set.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 7, 2026 visibility 13 link 3 artists

Cincinnati Art Museum Exhibit Explores the Artistry of Iconic Satire Publication MAD Magazine

The Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM) has opened "What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine," an exhibition exploring the seven-decade history and artistic impact of the iconic satirical publication. Originating from the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the show features over 150 pieces, including original artwork from MAD artists, process drawings, and a spoof of Norman Rockwell's "Triple Self-Portrait" by Richard Williams placed alongside the original. The exhibition, curated by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett and Steve Brodner, runs through March 1 and was brought to CAM after director Cameron Kitchin visited the Rockwell Museum. Emily Agricola Holtrop, CAM's director of learning & interpretation, served as onsite curator.

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trending_up market schedule Jan 5, 2026 visibility 25 link 13 artists, 2 galleries

How much should art cost? The pitfalls and paradoxes of pricing works

The article examines the current state of the art market, which is in its third consecutive year of contraction. It traces how low interest rates fueled speculative price inflation, leading to a boom in ultra-contemporary art that has now burst, with collectors shifting toward Old Masters. Dealers like Larry Gagosian are now advocating for lowering primary market prices, while private sales stall due to sellers' 'anchoring' to peak valuations. The piece highlights the disconnect between high prices and long-term value, using examples such as auction records being manipulated (e.g., Patrick Drahi's anonymous bidding on a Francis Bacon triptych) and the reality that most artworks in even celebrated collections depreciate.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 2, 2026 visibility 17 link 5 artists

How Gertrude Abercrombie and her Magic Realist cohorts shifted the dial on American Regionalism

A new exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum, 'Gertrude and Friends: The Wisconsin Magic Realists,' highlights a group of artists active in the Midwest from the early 1940s who challenged the dominant American Regionalism aesthetic. The show features 17 works by artists including John Wilde, Karl Priebe, Sylvia Fein, Marshall Glasier, and Dudley Huppler, who were friends and correspondents of the eccentric painter Gertrude Abercrombie (1909-77). The exhibition is designed as a companion to a major Abercrombie retrospective that is currently touring the United States, having originated at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art and now on view at the Colby College Museum of Art.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 1, 2026 visibility 16 link 6 artists

New York City Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition Now on View at The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers have opened the seventh annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: New York City Regional Exhibition at The Met’s Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education. Running through May 21, 2021, the free exhibition features over 200 works of art and writing by New York City-based Gold Key recipients in grades 7–12, selected from more than 10,000 submissions across 28 categories. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the works are displayed as framed prints to ensure equitable access.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 29, 2025 visibility 16 link 13 artists

19 New Exhibits Coming to the Smithsonian Museums in 2026

The Smithsonian Institution has announced 19 new exhibitions opening across its museums in 2026, including shows at the African American History and Culture Museum, African Art Museum, Air and Space Museum, American Art Museum, American History Museum, and Asian Art Museum. Highlights include Nick Cave's immersive installation "Mammoth" at the American Art Museum, a photography survey of the U.S. Bicentennial, and a major reopening of the Air and Space Museum's final seven galleries after eight years of renovations. Several exhibitions tie into the nation's 250th anniversary, while others explore LGBTQ+ African art, HBCU collections, salsa music history, and contemporary water-themed paintings by Hiroshi Senju and Bingyi.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 23, 2025 visibility 19 link 10 artists

The Brandywine Museum offers a tiny peek into a Wyeth family Christmas

The Brandywine Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, has opened its "Home for the Holidays" exhibition, featuring a custom-made dollhouse built by Ann Wyeth McCoy and her husband John McCoy from a repurposed tool shed. Two of the dollhouse's six modular rooms are on display, showcasing miniature furniture handcrafted by Ann's brother Nathaniel Wyeth and tiny paintings by Andrew Wyeth, Henriette Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth. The dollhouse includes hidden family references, such as a miniature six-pack of Coca-Cola and a bottle labeled "Lucy Juice," a nod to benefactor Lucy Farnsworth.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 22, 2025 visibility 17 link 8 artists

‘Surreal Salon 18,’ Curated by Swoon, to Open at Baton Rouge Gallery with 60+ Artists

The 18th edition of Surreal Salon, an annual international exhibition celebrating Pop-surrealism and Lowbrow art, will open at Baton Rouge Gallery – center for contemporary art (BRG) from January 2 to 25, 2026. Curated by special guest juror Swoon (Caledonia Curry), the multimedia show features over 60 artists from the U.S. and abroad, selected from nearly 800 submissions through a blind jurying process. The exhibition is free and presented in partnership with Louisiana State University’s School of Art, with additional events including a talk by Swoon on January 26 and a costume soiree on January 24.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 20, 2025 visibility 25 link 17 artists

10 New York Museum Shows Worth Slowing Down for Over the Holidays

Late December offers a rare slowdown in New York's commercial art world, with most galleries closing around December 20, but museums remaining open. This creates an opportunity for visitors to spend quality time with exhibitions that often get lost in the city's relentless cultural calendar. The article highlights ten must-see museum shows in New York City, including "Wifredo Lam: When I Don't Sleep, I Dream" at MoMA—the first major U.S. survey of the Cuban artist's surreal, decolonial paintings—and "Anish Kapoor: Early Works" at the Jewish Museum, showcasing his pigment sculptures and Vantablack works.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 16, 2025 visibility 15 link 9 artists

Review: Shows on view at Akron Art Museum reveal creative soul of a 200-year-old city

The Akron Art Museum is hosting a series of exhibitions that explore the identity and creative spirit of Akron, Ohio, as the city celebrates its 2025 bicentennial. The centerpiece is a large-scale retrospective of Alfred McMoore (1950-2009), a self-trained outsider artist from Akron who was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent much of his life in psychiatric institutions. McMoore created massive pencil and crayon drawings focused on funerals and death rituals, and his work attracted a circle of supporters including the late antiques dealer Chuck Auerbach and journalist Jim Carney, whose sons Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney later founded the Grammy-winning band The Black Keys, named after McMoore's cryptic phrase.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 16, 2025 visibility 17 link 7 artists

Cleveland Museum of Art unveils exhibition schedule for 2026

The Cleveland Museum of Art has announced its full 2026 exhibition schedule, featuring four major shows: 'Manet & Morisot,' the first major exhibition dedicated to the artistic exchange between Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot; 'Nexus,' showcasing works by American sculptor Martin Puryear; 'Spectacular Freedom,' exploring Andrew Wyeth's watercolors with over 100 works from his estate, most never before exhibited; and a Goryeo dynasty exhibition in partnership with the National Museum of Korea, centered on the reunification of ten 14th-century hanging scrolls depicting the 10 Kings of Hell. Additional exhibitions include 'still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper,' 'Epic of the Northwest Himalayas' featuring Pahari Ramayana paintings, and a photography show contextualizing Manet and Morisot's era.

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