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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 5, 2026 visibility 2 link 6 artists

Akram Khan Dance Company, Barrowland Ballet & other art shows to look out for

The Singaporean art gallery Utterly Art is making a return through a collaboration with the Visual Arts Centre (VAC) at its former Chinatown location. Rebranded as VAC Art Gallery And Studio, the space has been revamped by VAC director Iola Liu to serve as both a retail gallery and an art studio. The inaugural group exhibition, titled "Welcome Home!", features works by 20 local and Southeast Asian artists across various media, including street art, pop art, and traditional still life.

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'Branching Out…On A Limb' art exhibit opening at Nevada City Winery Gallery: Opening reception Friday, Mar. 6

Artist Kristin Alpin is debuting a new solo exhibition titled “Branching Out…On A Limb” at the Nevada City Winery Gallery. The collection features a series of tree-inspired dreamscapes created through a blend of traditional brushwork and digital painting techniques. The works range from symmetrical patterns to stained-glass aesthetics, designed to evoke a sense of calm, mystery, and transcendence through the exploration of nature.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 4, 2026 visibility 5 link 13 artists, 1 gallery

This New Penang Art Exhibition Brings Together Over 20 Local & International Artists Under One Roof

The group exhibition "Subculture" is set to open in George Town, Penang, featuring over 20 local and international artists. Hosted by the artist-run space Cultprint, the show explores subcultures not as acts of rebellion, but as lived experiences and communal identities. The lineup includes notable figures such as Ernest Zacharevic, Kenji Chai, and Alex Face, showcasing a diverse range of mediums including street art, sculpture, and photography.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 4, 2026 visibility 5 link 13 artists

Penang Art Exhibition ‘Subculture’ To Showcase Over 20 Local & International Artists

The heritage house gallery Cultprint is launching a major group exhibition titled 'Subculture' in George Town, Penang, featuring over 20 local and international artists. Running from March 7 to May 3, 2026, the show encompasses a diverse range of mediums including sculpture, photography, and installation, highlighting artists such as Alex Face, Ernest Zacharevic, and Jolene Liam.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 4, 2026 visibility 5 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

Museum exhibition highlights the network behind Frederic Church

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts is launching "Kindred Spirits: Artists in the Tenth Street Studio Building" on March 7, an exhibition exploring the collaborative network of 19th-century American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church. Centered on Church’s "Scene on the Catskill Creek," the show highlights the significance of New York’s Tenth Street Studio Building—the first purpose-built space for artists—where figures like Albert Bierstadt and Martin Johnson Heade fostered the Hudson River School movement.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 3, 2026 visibility 5 link 3 artists

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Russia has announced it will reopen its national pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale after a four-year hiatus following the invasion of Ukraine. The pavilion, which remained closed in 2022 and was loaned to Bolivia in 2024, will host an exhibition titled "The Tree is Rooted in the Sky" featuring a "musical festival" with over 50 participants from Russia and countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mali, and Mexico.

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article news schedule Mar 2, 2026 visibility 5 link 3 artists

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A mysterious art installation featuring an outdoor living room has been discovered on the shores of North Brother Island, an abandoned site in New York City’s East River. The arrangement, which includes a vintage wood-paneled television and a leather armchair perched on a concrete block, was spotted by a local kayaker. The island, once home to a quarantine hospital and the site of the General Slocum maritime disaster, has been closed to the public since 1963.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 2, 2026 visibility 5 link 9 artists

Kindred Spirits: Artists in the Tenth Street Studio Building, Celebrating Frederic Church at 200 Through Art, Community, and Connection

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts is launching "Kindred Spirits: Artists in the Tenth Street Studio Building" on March 7, 2026. This exhibition is part of the global Frederic Church 200 celebration, marking the bicentennial of the influential landscape painter's birth. Centered around Church’s "Scene on the Catskill Creek," the show highlights the collaborative environment of the nation’s first purpose-built artist studio space in New York City.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 28, 2026 visibility 6 link 9 artists, 3 galleries

In Pictures: sculpture gets a leg up at Frieze Los Angeles

Frieze Los Angeles 2025 is showcasing a diverse array of sculptural works that emphasize tactile materials and bodily forms. Highlights from the fair include Vincent Pocsik’s architectural mirrors at Nazarian Curcio, Shana Hoehn’s public installation featuring human limbs emerging from a fallen tree, and Alejandro García Contreras’s intricate ceramic spiderwebs. The presentation underscores a trend toward figurative sculpture that blends personal symbolism with physical presence, with several works already finding buyers among notable collectors.

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article news schedule Feb 27, 2026 visibility 5 link 3 artists

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Amsterdam-based fashion brand Scotch & Soda has launched a new apparel collection in partnership with the estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat. The line features men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing adorned with the late artist’s signature motifs, including his iconic three-point crown and sketches. A central element of the collaboration is the use of Basquiat’s 1987 painting "Unbreakable," which has been adapted into prints for hoodies, jackets, and denim.

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trending_up market schedule Feb 27, 2026 visibility 4 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Shepard Fairey Projection Mirror: ICE Paid Agitator Screenprint Contemporary Art Obey Giant , 2026

Street artist Shepard Fairey has released a new limited-edition screenprint titled "Projection Mirror: ICE Paid Agitator" as part of his "FUCK ICE" series. The artwork features inflammatory rhetoric previously used by the Trump administration, redirected toward U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to highlight what the artist describes as the agency's pervasive brutality and dehumanizing attacks on immigrants. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these prints will benefit the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA).

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 27, 2026 visibility 6 link 6 artists, 2 galleries

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Michael Heizer has unveiled a major exhibition titled "Negative Sculpture" at Gagosian’s West 21st Street gallery in New York. The installation features two massive works, Convoluted Line A and Convoluted Line B, which consist of steel liners filled with crushed red granite embedded into a raised gallery floor. To achieve the artist's vision of negative space without excavating the building's foundation, the gallery undertook a complex two-year engineering project to elevate the entire floor surface, matching the specific concrete hue of Heizer’s Nevada studio.

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article local schedule Feb 27, 2026 visibility 5 link 5 artists, 3 galleries

Boulder County art exhibits and gallery events this week

The Boulder County arts scene is currently hosting a diverse array of exhibitions across its local galleries and museums. Key highlights include the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art’s group exhibition "Yes &…" featuring 18 artists, Rodney Carswell’s lithographs at 15th Street Gallery, and Albert Chong’s "Jamaican Portraits" at East Window. The listings also feature community-focused displays ranging from urban sketching and paper crafts at the Boulder Public Library to studio art quilts at the Collective Community Arts Center.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 26, 2026 visibility 7 link 14 artists, 3 galleries

‘The sky’s the limit’: Newcastle Art Gallery unveils its ‘divisive’ $48m expansion with a blockbuster opening show

The Newcastle Art Gallery (NAG) has officially reopened following a $48 million expansion, more than doubling its exhibition space to become the largest public gallery in New South Wales outside of Sydney. The project, which was over 16 years in the making, features 13 gallery spaces and a new street-fronting cafe, marking a significant infrastructure milestone for the regional Australian art scene. The reopening is celebrated with the blockbuster exhibition 'Iconic Loved Unexpected,' showcasing 500 works from the institution's $145 million permanent collection.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 26, 2026 visibility 6 link 5 artists, 2 galleries

UPDATE: These L.A. Artists Flipped a 99 Cents Only Store Into a Bizarrely Beautiful Mid-City Art Gallery

The Hole gallery and artist Barry McGee have transformed a shuttered 99 Cents Only store in Mid-City Los Angeles into a massive, temporary art installation titled "99CENT." The exhibition preserves the original infrastructure of the discount store—including its blue-and-white tiling, checkout lanes, and aisle signage—to house a dense collection of sculptures, paintings, and mixed-media works. Hundreds of artists, ranging from established figures in the graffiti scene to emerging students, contributed to the project, which features everything from tagged bridal gowns to foam sculptures.

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article local schedule Feb 26, 2026 visibility 3 link 2 galleries

Old Town galleries open doors for monthly Park City Gallery Stroll

The Arts Council of Park City and Summit County is hosting its monthly Gallery Stroll this Friday, featuring 15 participating art spaces across Old Town and Kearns Boulevard. Executive Director Jocelyn Scudder highlighted the event as a primary opportunity for the community to engage with local Utah creators and explore the diverse curatorial styles of regional gallerists.

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article local schedule Feb 24, 2026 visibility 4 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

New fine-art gallery to open in former Main Street Cafe building

West Winds Gallery of Fine Art is set to open in the former Main Street Cafe building in downtown Grand Junction, Colorado. Owners Cynthia Duff and Greg Tapp purchased the historic property and spent a year performing an extensive remodel to transform the space into a modern art destination. The gallery will officially launch with two grand-opening events in early March, featuring a curated selection of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and jewelry from Western Colorado’s most prominent artists.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 24, 2026 visibility 9 link 22 artists, 6 galleries

5 Art Openings in London this week.

London’s art scene sees a surge of activity this week with five notable openings across the city. Highlights include a rare exhibition at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert featuring Rachel Whiteread’s drawings alongside her sculptures, breaking her long-standing rule of keeping the two mediums separate. Other significant shows include LA Timpa’s UK solo debut at Cell Project Space, Hannah Lim’s exploration of cultural heritage at Wilder Gallery, and a group exhibition at Woodbury House featuring Los Angeles street art pioneers like RETNA and Chaz Bojórquez.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 23, 2026 visibility 3 link 1 artist

Catalyst: Art as Activism

Summerhall Arts in Edinburgh has launched "Catalyst: Art as Activism," a major exhibition featuring four solo shows by artists Eilidh Appletree, Taraneh Dana, Kasia Oleskiewicz, and Molly Wickett. The project utilizes sculpture and installation to confront urgent global issues including the climate crisis, capitalist extraction, disability rights, and the realities of migration. A central component, Eilidh Appletree’s "Net Worthy," uses materials like mycelium, soya wax, and sand to create a submerged seascape that warns of biodiversity loss and the ecological consequences of industrial food production.

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article news schedule Feb 21, 2026 visibility 5 link 11 artists, 6 galleries

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The New York art scene is witnessing a shift in the Tribeca gallery landscape as 1969 Gallery, a fixture known for championing emerging painters, has shuttered its physical space at 39 White Street. Founder Quang Bao confirmed the closure following the building owner's decision to sell the property, noting that he is currently operating from Barcelona with plans to pivot toward collaborations and residencies rather than the traditional gallery model. Meanwhile, the itinerant Ward Gallery continues to gain traction by hosting pop-up symposia at institutions like the International Center for Photography, signaling a broader trend toward real-estate-free dealership.

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candle obituary schedule Feb 20, 2026 visibility 4 link 2 artists

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Isaiah Zagar, the visionary mosaic artist behind the landmark Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, died on February 19 at age 86 due to complications from heart failure and Parkinson’s Disease. A Pratt Institute graduate and former Peace Corps volunteer, Zagar transformed Philadelphia’s South Street neighborhood over five decades, creating more than 200 public murals and a sprawling, immersive environment of tunnels and grottos made from glass, tile, and found objects.

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article news schedule Feb 19, 2026 visibility 3 link 1 artist

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Technical analysis of a 16th-century portrait of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle has revealed that the artist deliberately reworked the queen's hands to clearly display five fingers. Using infrared reflectography and tree-ring dating, researchers determined the painting dates to 1583, during the reign of her daughter, Elizabeth I. This specific composition, known as the 'Rose' portrait, is now identified as the earliest scientifically dated panel portrait of the doomed queen.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 19, 2026 visibility 2 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

Japanese painting tradition meets street materials in new exhibition at the Spencer Museum of Art

The Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas has launched "Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani," the most comprehensive exhibition to date of the late artist's work. Curated by Kris Ercums and Maki Kaneko, the show features 145 works that trace Mirikitani’s journey from his Nihonga training in Japan to his incarceration in a U.S. internment camp during WWII, and finally his years as a homeless street artist in Lower Manhattan. The exhibition is accompanied by a major scholarly catalog and documentary footage by filmmaker Linda Hattendorf.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 19, 2026 visibility 6 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Sea-themed art exhibition to be shown at Manningtree gallery

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.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 19, 2026 visibility 3 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Bridge Street Studios mark 30 years with anniversary exhibition

Bridge Street Studios, a cornerstone of the Dundalk arts community, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a special group exhibition titled "The things that matter most are the things that can’t be seen." Hosted at the Basement Gallery in An Táin Arts Centre, the show features works from current studio members including Orlaith Cullinane, Rachel Tinneswood, and Sarah McKenna, among others.

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article policy schedule Feb 18, 2026 visibility 3 link 1 artist

Artist whose art was pulled by UNT credits students with alerting him about his exhibit's removal

Street artist Victor Quiñonez (Marka27) spoke at the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, addressing the sudden closure of his exhibition at the University of North Texas (UNT). The university covered the gallery windows with paper and terminated its loan agreement with Boston University without explanation, removing art that confronted U.S. immigration policy and criticized ICE. Quiñonez credited UNT students for alerting him to the removal, stating he was "ghosted" by the institution and received only a vague justification after their intervention.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 18, 2026 visibility 1 link 1 artist

Creativity through adversity: Kansas exhibition explores Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani's life and work

The Spencer Museum of Art in Kansas is presenting the largest exhibition to date of work by Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani, an artist who faced incarceration and homelessness. The show, titled 'Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani,' features drawings, collages, and mixed media works that explore themes of displacement, trauma, and resilience.

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article local schedule Feb 18, 2026 visibility 3 link 2 artists

Local Artists: Submit entries for the Art of Trees

The Tullahoma Fine Arts Center in Moore County, Tennessee, is calling for local and regional artists to submit entries for a juried exhibition titled 'The Art of Trees,' scheduled for April 24, 2026, to coincide with Arbor Day. The exhibition seeks tree-related artwork in various mediums, including visual art, photography, sculpture, and wood carving, with submissions due by March 16.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 17, 2026 visibility 5 link 4 artists

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Anonymous floral artist Mr. Flower Fantastic has created this year's Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden, titled "Mr. Flower Fantastic's Concrete Jungle." The exhibition transforms the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory with approximately 7,000 orchids arranged in installations that pay homage to New York City's urban landscape, including a subway station, a pizzeria, a newsstand, a dumpster, and a brownstone.

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article policy schedule Feb 17, 2026 visibility 2 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

UNT art students protest exhibit’s removal with a funeral for freedom of speech

Students at the University of North Texas (UNT) staged a protest in the form of a funeral for freedom of speech at their College of Visual Arts and Design gallery. They were responding to the unexplained removal of the exhibition "Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá" by street artist Victor Quiñonez (Marka27). The students, dressed in black, laid flowers on a Mexican flag and wrote messages to administrators, delivering eulogies for the silenced artwork and expression.

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