Art News. Vasari Codex

article local schedule Apr 11, 2026 visibility 26 link 5 artists

The Box celebrates 'record-breaking' year

The Box in Plymouth has reported a record-breaking 2025/2026 season, attracting 356,000 visitors and surpassing its annual target by 18%. This surge represents a 44% increase from the previous year, contributing to a total of 1.1 million visitors since the institution opened in late 2020. The success is largely attributed to high-profile exhibitions, including a major retrospective of local artist Beryl Cook and a showcase featuring Sir Joshua Reynolds’ portrait of Mai.

newspaper AOL.com open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 9, 2026 visibility 28 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

Gallery is showing works by Britain's most influential artists

The Little Gallery in Marlborough is hosting a three-week exhibition featuring a prestigious collection of 20th-century British art. The show spans the evolution of modernism from Impressionism to the 1960s Avant-Garde, showcasing works by iconic figures such as David Hockney, Elisabeth Frink, and Sandra Blow. Highlights include Anthony Whishaw’s 1967 painting inspired by Pink Floyd and a curated selection of increasingly collectible British studio ceramics.

newspaper The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Mar 10, 2026 visibility 21 link 11 artists

Art exhibitions open across Istanbul, global museums in March 2026

The global art calendar for March 2026 features a surge of major openings, with Istanbul emerging as a significant hub alongside traditional art capitals. Key highlights in Istanbul include a retrospective of Ottoman painter Halil Paşa at the Pera Museum, Bedri Baykam’s dialogue with Picasso at Piramid Sanat, and a politically charged group show curated by Vahap Avşar at G-Art Gallery. Simultaneously, major European institutions are launching high-profile exhibitions, including a Nan Goldin retrospective at the Grand Palais and Jenny Saville’s large-scale figurative works in Venice.

newspaper Türkiye Today open_in_new Read original

article policy schedule Mar 9, 2026 visibility 23 link 3 artists

Comment | What is the role of art museums in times of civic stress?

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis is navigating the civic distress caused by 'Operation Metro Surge,' a federal immigration enforcement initiative that has disrupted the lives of local artists, staff, and residents. In response to the atmosphere of fear and the shift to virtual schooling, the museum has positioned itself as a sanctuary, offering art-making kits, indigenous-led workshops, and public screenings to foster community resilience.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Mar 9, 2026 visibility 24 link 3 artists

9 new art museum and gallery exhibits opening in Houston this month

Houston is experiencing a significant surge in artistic activity this month, anchored by the 40th anniversary of FotoFest and major new installations at the city's leading institutions. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) is hosting "Buddha/Nature," a dialogue between ancient sculptures and contemporary works, alongside the return of Ernesto Neto’s massive immersive crochet installation, "SunForceOceanLife." Meanwhile, the Menil Collection is showcasing recent gifts, and Artechouse has launched a technology-driven spring celebration featuring AI-assisted sculpting and digital floral environments.

newspaper CultureMap Houston open_in_new Read original

article culture schedule Mar 3, 2026 visibility 19 link 4 artists

An expert's guide to John Constable: five must-read books on the British painter

Emma Roodhouse, curator of the upcoming exhibition "Constable: A Cast of Characters" at Christchurch Mansion, has curated a selection of five essential books to deepen public understanding of the British landscape master John Constable. The list spans from interactive activity books and comprehensive biographies to scholarly catalogs focusing on his late experimental period and his career-long rivalry with J.M.W. Turner.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

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.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Oct 22, 2025 visibility 18 link 17 artists

'Monuments' is the most significant American art museum show right now

The article reports on "MONUMENTS," a major exhibition jointly organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles and the nonprofit Brick. The show features 10 decommissioned Confederate monuments, some splashed with protesters' paint, alongside works by 20 contemporary artists including Hank Willis Thomas and Karon Davis. It was assembled by curators Hamza Walker, Hannah Burstein, Bennett Simpson, Paula Kroll, and artist Kara Walker, and has been in development for nearly eight years, spurred by events such as the 2015 Charleston church massacre, the 2017 Charlottesville riot, and the 2020 George Floyd protests.

newspaper Los Angeles Times open_in_new Read original

article culture schedule Oct 8, 2025 visibility 27 link 20 artists

The Disturbing Lessons of the 1937 ‘Degenerate Art’ Show

The article examines the historical context and enduring relevance of the 1937 Nazi-organized 'Degenerate Art Show' (Entartete Kunst) in Munich, which displayed hundreds of works by modern artists like George Grosz, Wassily Kandinsky, and Paul Klee as examples of moral and cultural corruption. It traces the concept's roots in 19th-century Social Darwinism, its adoption by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to denigrate modern art, and the gradual escalation of cultural purification policies after Hitler seized power in 1933, including the firing of museum directors and the construction of the Haus der Deutschen Kunst.

newspaper Artnet News open_in_new Read original

article culture schedule Oct 3, 2025 visibility 16 link 10 artists

New documentary gives E.J. Hughes, painter of lyrical Canadian landscapes, his due

A new documentary titled *The Painted Life of E.J. Hughes*, directed by Vancouver filmmaker Jenn Strom, premieres at the Vancouver International Film Festival. The film explores the personal and professional life of the reclusive Canadian landscape painter E.J. Hughes (1913-2007), known for his dreamlike depictions of British Columbia's coastal life. It features interviews with art historians, curators, and locals, and includes footage of major works, such as *Entrance to Howe Sound* (1949), which is set for auction at Heffel with an estimate of C$1.25m–C$1.75m. The documentary was inspired by books by artist-author Robert Amos and took several years to complete due to the pandemic.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Aug 27, 2025 visibility 18 link 6 artists

Seoul Mediacity Biennale searches for the mystical in contemporary art

The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, titled "Seance: Technology of the Spirit," opens at the Seoul Museum of Art and other venues across Seoul until November 23. Curated by Anton Vidokle, Hallie Ayres, and Lukas Brasiskis, the biennale brings together 49 artists and collectives exploring spirituality, mysticism, and shamanism as counterpoints to the anxiety and alienation of technological advancement. The theme emerged from the curators' work on the 2023 Shanghai Biennale and includes works by Hilma af Klint, Jane Jin Kaisen, Angela Su, Hsu Chia-Wei, and the late Nam June Paik, alongside sound and experimental theatre sections hosted at Nakwon Arcade.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Aug 18, 2025 visibility 17 link 3 artists

London's Dulwich Picture Gallery prepares to reveal £5m redevelopment

Dulwich Picture Gallery in south London will open a newly transformed sculpture garden to the public on 6-7 September, as the centerpiece of its £5m Open Art project. The redevelopment reclaims previously underused green space for a rotating programme of contemporary art on two-year loans, alongside permanent works including a land art piece by Kim Wilkie, an ArtPlay Pavilion designed by HoLD Collective and Carmody Groarke, and a new entrance restoring elements of John Soane's 1811 plans. The project is funded by principal donor The Lovington Foundation, The Julia Rausing Trust, the Manton Foundation, and a public campaign, as the gallery receives no regular government funding.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

article news schedule Aug 14, 2025 visibility 15 link 8 artists

Rediscovered David Wojnarowicz mural could disappear from view again

A large mural by David Wojnarowicz (1954-92), rediscovered in a Louisville, Kentucky building in 2022, is at risk of being concealed again behind drywall as the building is redeveloped into high-end residences. The site-specific work was created in 1985 for the group exhibition *The Missing Children Show: Six Artists from the East Village on Main Street*, organized by dealer Potter Coe to benefit the Kentucky Child Victims’ Trust Fund. The building's current developers plan to turn the mural's floor into a waiting room for a boxing gym, covering it with sheetrock, though they have guaranteed no damage. The artist's foundation and gallery, PPOW, have proposed covering it with transparent plexiglass instead, but the mural's removal is unlikely due to its size and brick surface.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Aug 12, 2025 visibility 20 link 15 artists, 4 galleries

The Six Female Artists With Major Solo Shows This Fall

Six female artists—Karen Barbour, María Berrío, Ana Cláudia Almeida, Adebunmi Gbadebo, Sasha Gordon, and Olivia van Kuiken—are each opening major solo exhibitions in September. The article profiles their distinct practices, from Barbour's abstract dot-filled dreamscapes and Berrío's collaged visions to Gbadebo's sculptures using human hair and indigo dye. It includes first-person accounts from the artists about their creative processes, with exhibitions at venues such as Harkawik and Matthew Brown.

newspaper The Cut open_in_new Read original

article news schedule Aug 8, 2025 visibility 13 link 5 artists

Mexico City’s Muac damaged during anti-gentrification protest

On 20 July, Mexico City’s second anti-gentrification protest caused damage to the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (Muac) and the nearby Julio Torri bookstore, including broken glass, graffiti, and burnt books. The protest, part of a growing movement demanding housing access and rent regulation, was marked by anti-foreign sentiment and vandalism likely carried out by infiltrated black bloc groups. Protesters diverted to the University Cultural Centre, where Muac is located, shattering its glass façade and spray-painting slogans such as “Muac welcomes gringos” and “Gringo go home.” The museum was closed for summer break at the time.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Jul 28, 2025 visibility 16 link 3 artists

Fancy a date at the Tate? London galleries are staying open later to fuel surging Gen Z interest

Tate Modern will resume regular late-night openings until 9pm every Friday and Saturday starting September 26, responding to a surge in younger visitors. The decision follows a record-breaking 25th birthday weekend in May, where 70% of the 76,000 attendees were under 35. The gallery has also run monthly Tate Late events since 2016, and the new extended hours aim to make the museum more accessible for working people and cash-strapped Gen Zers, offering free cultural date nights. Other London institutions like the National Gallery, V&A, and British Museum have similarly reinstated late hours post-pandemic.

newspaper Country Life open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Jul 15, 2025 visibility 14 link 6 artists

Appreciation and demand for Minnesota artist's work surges as The Met opens solo exhibition

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will open "The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York" on July 17, the first solo exhibition for the late Minnesota-born Ojibwe artist. The show features over 30 works by Morrison, an abstract expressionist who painted alongside Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and Franz Kline, and whose large wood-and-granite collages, totems, and paintings are widely installed across Minnesota and internationally. The exhibition coincides with a surge in demand for his work, driven by recent high-profile gallery shows and a 2022 USPS Forever Stamp series.

newspaper kare11.com open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Jul 15, 2025 visibility 15 link 7 artists

Christie’s celebrates the late Syrian artist Marwan with non-selling London show

Christie’s is presenting a non-selling exhibition titled "Marwan: A Soul in Exile" at its London headquarters this summer, featuring over 150 works by the late Syrian artist Marwan (1934-2016). The show draws from major private and institutional collections including the Barjeel Art Foundation, the Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation, the Pinault Collection, and the Berlinische Galerie. This marks Christie’s third such non-selling exhibition of Arab art in London over the past three summers, following shows focused on Arab artists from the Barjeel collection and Saudi artist Ahmed Mater. The exhibition coincides with Christie’s 25th anniversary in the UAE and a broader surge in the Middle Eastern art market, including a recent white-glove sale for its online Modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art auction in Dubai.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Jul 14, 2025 visibility 16 link 5 artists

Blood, skeletons and syphilis: the story of Edvard Munch’s obsession with health

An exhibition at the Munch Museum in Oslo, titled "Lifeblood," explores Edvard Munch's lifelong obsession with health and medicine by juxtaposing his paintings, drawings, and prints with historical medical objects. The show opens with Munch's painting "On the Operating Table" (1902-3), inspired by a bullet removal surgery after a dispute with his fiancée Tulla Larsen, paired with an early x-ray of his injured hand. It features works like "The Sick Child" (1885-6) alongside tuberculosis-related artifacts such as stethoscopes, sputum bottles, and a jar of arsenic, drawing from Munch's personal experiences with illness and his family's medical background—his father and brother were doctors.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 27, 2025 visibility 13 link 4 artists

Newcastle gallery to open new exhibition exploring 'craft' in art

The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle is opening a new exhibition titled 'With These Hands' from May 17 to September 27, exploring the representation of craft in paintings, drawings, and prints. The show features works produced in Britain and Europe from the 1750s onward, depicting hand-making and mending as domestic pastime, rural labor, semi-industrial work, and war effort. It includes paintings by artists such as Mary Cassatt, G.F. Watts, and Evelyn Dunbar, alongside objects like quilts, embroidery, metalwork, and ceramics from makers including Bernard Leach and Michael Cardew. Loans come from Tate, V&A, Royal Academy of Arts, Imperial War Museums, and regional collections.

newspaper Hexham Courant open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 19, 2025 visibility 15 link 1 artist

Conversation with Kent Monkman

Artist Kent Monkman (Fisher River Cree Nation) and curator John Lukavic will hold a conversation on April 19, 2025, at the Martin Building's Sturm Grand Pavilion, discussing Monkman's new exhibition *History is Painted By the Victors*. This marks the first time Monkman's work is presented on a grand scale in the United States, featuring his large-scale painting *mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People): Resurgence of the People* (2019), which is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The event is sold out, with a waitlist available.

newspaper Denver Art Museum open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 18, 2025 visibility 12 link 4 artists

Native artist Mary Sully gets her due at Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has opened "Mary Sully: Native Modern," a solo exhibition featuring the intricate "personality prints" of Yankton Dakota artist Mary Sully (born Susan Mabel Deloria). The show includes 18 triptychs, drawings, memorabilia, and a film clip, highlighting her abstract vertical designs that blend Dakota heritage with 1920s–1940s celebrity culture. Sully, who died in obscurity over 60 years ago, was rediscovered by her great-nephew, Harvard professor Philip Deloria, after he found her work in a basement. Her art was previously included in the groundbreaking exhibition "Hearts of Our People" at Mia, and she also had a solo show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2024.

newspaper Star Tribune open_in_new Read original

trending_up market schedule May 6, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 25 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Art Market Auctions Recovered Late 2025, But Not A "Comeback" – Citi Wealth

Citi Wealth's report, "State of the Art Market 2026: Don’t Call It A Comeback," finds that the global art market entered 2026 with renewed optimism, but confidence is highly selective and concentrated at the high and accessible ends. The November 2025 Modern and Contemporary Art auctions in New York surged 77% year-on-year to $2.2 billion, driven by the record-breaking $236.4 million sale of Gustav Klimt's *Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer* from the Leonard Lauder collection. However, numerous galleries closed in 2025, including BLUM gallery and Venus Over Manhattan, and traditional hubs like London and New York face slow growth while emerging regions gain influence.

newspaper Wealth Briefing open_in_new Read original

article local schedule May 15, 2026 visibility 11 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

Beyond the Mission Statement: Everhart Museum

The Everhart Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania, celebrates 119 years of connecting the community to art, science, and natural history. Founded in 1908 by Civil War surgeon Dr. Isaiah Everhart, the museum has evolved from a cultural centerpiece during the Industrial Revolution into a regional attraction featuring fossils, taxidermy, folk art, and traveling exhibits. Recent highlights include a NASA exhibit that brought astronaut Paul Richards back to the museum where he first visited as a child, and the museum's folk art collection is noted as one of the best in the country, with pieces borrowed by major institutions like the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

newspaper DiscoverNEPA open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Nov 14, 2025 visibility 12 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

David Shrigley is quite literally asking for money for old rope (£1 million, to be precise)

David Shrigley has unveiled a new exhibition titled 'Exhibition of Old Rope' at London's Stephen Friedman Gallery, featuring ten tonnes of discarded rope sourced from seaports, climbing schools, tree surgeons, offshore wind farms, and shorelines across the UK. The rope, roughly 20 miles in length, has been intensively cleaned and piled high in the Mayfair gallery, with a deliberately provocative price tag of £1 million. The show runs until 20 December 2025.

newspaper wallpaper.com open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Nov 13, 2025 visibility 21 link 5 artists, 3 galleries

In a risk-averse market, Paris Photo offers diversity

Paris Photo returns to the Grand Palais for its 28th edition, featuring 220 exhibitors from 33 countries, including 178 galleries and 42 publishers. The fair opens amid a risk-averse market where dealers report slower acquisitions, increased production costs, and reduced collector risk-taking, yet attendance reached 81,000 in 2024. Notable trends include a resurgence of Japanese galleries after a five-year absence, strong Latin American presentations from Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Santiago, and Mexico City, and a rise in women artists to 39% of practitioners, up from 20% in 2018. Highlights include MEM's exhibition of the August 6 Hiroshima Day student photography project and Claudia Andujar's Yanomami works shown by Galeria Vermelho.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

museum exhibitions schedule Nov 13, 2025 visibility 18 link 2 artists, 1 gallery

The British artist David Shrigley wants £1m for piles of old rope

British artist David Shrigley has opened an exhibition at Stephen Friedman gallery in London featuring approximately ten tonnes of discarded rope, collected from seaports, climbing schools, tree surgeons, and other sources over eight months. The rope is piled in four rooms of the gallery, with a neon sign reading “exhibition of old rope”. Shrigley has priced the installation at £1 million plus VAT, describing the figure as a “provocation” that highlights the gap between art-world valuation and public perception. He acknowledges the work may not sell but insists every artwork needs a price.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

person people schedule Nov 9, 2025 visibility 18 link 11 artists, 2 galleries

Tania Willard wins Canada’s top contemporary art prize

Tania Willard, a member of the Secwépemc First Nation, has won the 2025 Sobey Art Award, Canada’s top contemporary art prize, at a ceremony at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. The award, announced by last year’s winner Nico Williams, comes with C$100,000 ($71,200). Willard’s multidisciplinary practice spans basketry, sculpture, public art, and land-based projects, and she is also a prominent curator. The five other finalists each received C$25,000. Works by all finalists are on view at the NGC until February 2026.

newspaper The Art Newspaper open_in_new Read original

person people schedule Jun 26, 2025 visibility 22 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

What Does It Feel Like to Be Called an Emerging Artist at 72? Ask Takako Yamaguchi

Takako Yamaguchi, a 72-year-old Japanese-born artist based in Los Angeles, is experiencing a career resurgence with a new series of seascapes featured in a 2023 show at Ortuzar and the 2024 Whitney Biennial. She is set to receive her first solo museum exhibition in Los Angeles at MOCA's Grand Avenue space starting June 29, where she will present 10 new works. In an interview with CULTURED, Yamaguchi discusses her ambivalent relationship with the sea, her process of drawing inspiration from other artists' seascapes rather than nature itself, and her identity as an outsider who has lived most of her life in the U.S. while retaining Japanese citizenship.

newspaper Cultured Mag open_in_new Read original

person people schedule Apr 14, 2026 visibility 26 link 47 artists

These Are the Winners of the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its 2026 fellowship recipients, naming 223 individuals across 55 disciplines. The cohort includes 76 professionals from the visual arts, photography, and fine arts research sectors, featuring notable figures such as Sheida Soleimani, American Artist, Kenneth Tam, and Sonya Clark. This year's selection process was notably competitive, drawing 5,000 applicants—a significant increase from previous years.

newspaper Hyperallergic open_in_new Read original