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Popular art exhibition at Ellesmere College makes long-awaited return

The National Art Exhibition is returning to Ellesmere College in Shropshire after a four-year hiatus, running from May 28 to May 30 in the college's Big School Hall. The event will feature over 300 works by more than 70 nationally recognized artists and sculptors, including featured artist Stephanie Eufemia, who recently appeared on Sky TV's Landscape Artist of the Year. Proceeds from this year's exhibition will support Nightingale House Hospice in Wrexham, providing specialist palliative and end-of-life care.

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Students share their artistic talents at 2Create Gallery opening reception

The 2026 Student Art Exhibition opened at 2Create Gallery in Ramona on May 1, featuring works by local high school students. Aspen Gribbon, a 15-year-old Ramona High sophomore, displayed two sculptures titled “Log” and “Tiger in Pond,” inspired by nature and her favorite animal. Other student artists included Sydney Culton, who showed ceramic pieces and plans to pursue ultrasound technology, Simon Fogarty with his surreal painting “Breaking Out,” and Mckenzie Beaty, who painted a shrimp in acrylics. The reception brought together aspiring, amateur, and professional artists.

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Park Soo-keun's Early Recognition and Record-Breaking Art Sales

A newly discovered 1931 newspaper article reveals that the renowned Korean artist Park Soo-keun (1914–1965) received early public recognition as a teenager in the Chosun Ilbo, which described him as the "only painter in Yanggu." The article traces his artistic journey from his first selection at the Chosun Art Exhibition in 1932 with his watercolor *Spring Arrives* to his later success in the 1950s and 1960s, including winning awards at the National Art Exhibition and being appointed a judge. It also notes that his painting *The Laundry Place* recently sold for 4.7 billion won, setting a record at a domestic art auction.

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HCC Student Artist Brings Good vs. Evil to Life in Striking Painting

Houston Community College student Ruben Rodriguez, who also goes by Dario, created a large painting exploring the theme of good versus evil for the Juried Student Art Exhibition at HCC Spring Branch. The exhibition, hosted by HCC's Media, Visual, and Performing Arts department on April 30, featured works from level 1 and level 2 studio art students across the Spring Branch, Katy, and Alief campuses. Rodriguez's painting incorporates pop culture figures such as Kobe Bryant and Captain America on one side and villainous characters like Marvel's Thanos on the other, illustrating the paths of motivation and discipline versus addiction and greed, inspired by his Christian faith.

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Exhibition Opening Reception - Brain Drawings: The Art of Harry Smith

The Hansell Gallery at The Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles is presenting "Brain Drawings: The Art of Harry Smith," an exhibition running from May 7 to May 31, 2026. Curated by Rani Singh, the show features a wide selection of Smith's work, including early experiments in visualizing sound, a rare 1954 four-color silkscreen of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, string figure constructions, materials related to the Anthology of American Folk Music, photographs, and rarely seen films and audio works. An opening reception on May 7 includes a panel and multimedia presentation titled "Mind Maps: Exploring Harry Smith's Hermetic Allusions."

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museum exhibitions schedule May 4, 2026 visibility 16 link 2 artists

WaterFire Arts Center Unveils Immersive Summer Exhibitions in Providence

The WaterFire Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, is launching two large-scale summer exhibitions in its 15,000-square-foot Main Hall. From June 9–12, artist Yuval Gur presents "RIFT: A Sonic Environment for Multi-Timescale Listening," an immersive sound installation using environmental recordings from Iceland that transforms sound into a physical, felt experience. From July 2 through August 30, the group show "America, Unfinished?!" features artists from Rhode Island and across the country, selected via open call, exploring themes of labor, migration, memory, and civic life through interactive installations and mixed media, with live performances on Thursday evenings.

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article culture schedule May 1, 2026 visibility 12 link 1 artist

Exploring Shekhawati: Rajasthan’s open-air art gallery of frescoed havelis

The article explores the Shekhawati region of northern Rajasthan, India, known as the world's largest open-air art gallery. It focuses on the 18th–20th century merchant havelis (mansions) hand-painted with intricate frescoes, many of which are now being restored as heritage hotels. The author recounts a personal stay at Malji Ka Kamra, a restored haveli in Mandawa, describing its blend of Italianate and Rajput architecture and the overwhelming frescoes covering every surface, depicting portraits, floral motifs, and scenes of daily life.

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article local schedule Apr 30, 2026 visibility 13 link 1 artist

Helena College exhibits capstone 'The Cost of Living' project at Holter Museum of Art

Helena College is showcasing its annual capstone exhibition, titled 'The Cost of Living,' at the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana. The show features final projects from six second-year art students—Vinessa Sanford, Kraig Mougeot, William Krings, Linus Leeper, Sophie Uda, and Red Romano—and opened on April 3, running through May 3, 2026. Assistant professor Seth Roby organized the exhibition, which includes works ranging from a turbulent abstract painting to a whimsical nook with lavender wisteria and fairy dwellings, all exploring existential themes tied to life and living.

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Area artists invited to submit work for summer library exhibit

The Mansfield Public Art Commission and the Mansfield Richland County Main Public Library are collaborating on a prehistoric-themed art exhibition titled "Unearth a Story," part of the library's summer reading program. The exhibition is open to all ages, with categories for youth, teens, and adults, and accepts submissions in various media including painting, photography, digital art, textiles, and mixed media. The deadline for digital submissions is May 29, with accepted artists notified by June 1 and the exhibition opening June 15.

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Art exhibition shines light on Romani persecution during Holocaust

An exhibition titled "Ceija Stojka: Making Visible" at The Drawing Center in New York City highlights the persecution of Roma and Sinti people during the Holocaust, a lesser-known chapter of Nazi atrocities. The show features paintings and drawings by Ceija Stojka, a Romani artist, writer, and activist who survived the genocide and died in 2013 at age 79. Her works, described as acts of memory and imagination rather than documentary, depict her experiences and stories passed down to her, with the exhibition also including documentary films by Karin Berger and Stojka's writings, such as her 1988 memoir "We Live in Secrecy."

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SCV News | May 1: Go Figure Art Exhibit Opens at SCAA Gallery in OTN

The Santa Clarita Artists Association Gallery in Old Town Newhall is presenting "Go Figure," a month-long art exhibit running May 1-31 that explores the human form through a variety of styles and mediums. An opening reception on May 2 from 5-8 p.m. will feature live music by Isabella Bazler and live art demonstrations by Mardilan Georgio and Meressa Naftulin, with free admission and light refreshments.

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Senior artists explore censorship, AI and transformation in the capstone exhibition

Shippensburg University senior art students presented their capstone exhibition at the Huber Art Center, featuring works in printmaking, digital art, ceramics, and charcoal drawings. Artists Luke Lindvall, Gerald Pratt, Kaylee Will, Alayna Mandich, and Lily Bramucci explored themes including censorship, artificial intelligence, horror, and personal transformation. Lindvall pushed printmaking onto unconventional surfaces like skateboards and furniture, Pratt addressed over-censorship in politics, Will warned against over-reliance on technology and AI in raising children, Mandich used horror imagery to examine beauty, and Bramucci connected pit-fired ceramics to life choices and hardship.

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Chester County art exhibition at Chester County art association

The Chester County Art Association in West Chester hosted the Chester County High School Art Exhibition and PA 6th District Congressional Art Competition reception on April 15. The event featured nearly 500 student works including sculptures, oil paintings, colored pencil pieces, and photography, with awards presented for both competitions. Josiah Fung of Wilmington Friends School won first place in the congressional competition for his piece "Friends for Life," which will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. The exhibition was coordinated by the Chester County Intermediate Unit and partially funded by CCRES Educational and Behavioral Health Services.

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Not an exhibition, but a game: Vietnamese artist’s lifelong dialogue with fallen leaves

The Vietnam Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi is hosting "Cuộc Chơi Với Lá (A Game with Leaves)," an exhibition showcasing over six decades of work by self-taught Vietnamese artist Tạ Hải. The show features dozens of artworks selected from more than 500 pieces he has created entirely from natural materials, primarily fallen leaves, since his first work in 1965. Hải, who works outside formal artistic traditions, transforms leaves into landscapes depicting rivers, rooftops, and village paths, driven by a philosophy that sees fallen leaves as enduring symbols of life rather than discarded remnants.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 27, 2026 visibility 14 link 1 artist

Step Inside Mariem Akmal's 'Visual Diaries' Exhibit at Samak Laban

Cairo-based artist Mariem Akmal opened her second solo exhibition, 'Visual Diaries', at Samak Laban Creative Studio in Downtown Cairo. The show features 16 works in oil, acrylics, pastels, spray paint, and glass, capturing emotional snapshots from the past four years of her life, including her graduation from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Zamalek. The exhibition runs until May 25th, 2026.

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Owatonna Arts Center seeking submissions for its 73rd annual Steele County Arts Exhibition

The Owatonna Arts Center (OAC) is calling for submissions for its 73rd annual Steele County Arts Exhibition, with the submission period open through April 30 and the exhibition running from May 3 to May 31. Artistic Director Silvan Durban, who has been with the center for 48 years, notes that all forms of physical media are accepted and there is no specified theme, encouraging broad participation from both returning and new artists. The exhibition continues a local tradition that began in the 1930s with the Owatonna Arts Project supported by the University of Minnesota and the Carnegie Foundation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 25, 2026 visibility 20 link 1 artist

A Village Becomes a Gallery – Mountshannon Arts Festival

The Mountshannon Arts Festival transforms the Irish village of Mountshannon into an open-air gallery, featuring artworks displayed throughout public spaces, homes, and businesses. The festival brings together local and international artists, turning the entire village into a curated exhibition space for the duration of the event.

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Maitland exhibit: Textures of Middle East come to life in paintings woven with cultural memory

Mär Martinez's first solo museum exhibition, “A loom, a fence, a wire, a thread,” opens at The Art & History Museums of Maitland, featuring paintings inspired by traditional Turkish and Middle Eastern textile practices. The works, developed during her 2024-2025 Fulbright research in Istanbul, weave together her Cuban and Syrian heritage, exploring themes of cultural memory, displacement, and resilience through imagery of carpets, barbed wire, and urban barriers.

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The Venice Biennale Korean Pavilion was built in 1995 as the 26th national pavilion in Giardini Cast..

The article reports on the upcoming 61st Venice Biennale in 2026, focusing on the Korean Pavilion's exhibition titled "Liberation Space: Fortress and Nest." The Korean Pavilion, built in 1995 as the 26th national pavilion in Giardini Castello Park, will present itself as a temporary monument exploring Korea's post-colonial history, specifically the liberation period (1945-1948) and the concept of sovereignty. Artistic director Choi Bit-na has curated the exhibition to address Korea's geopolitical context, viewing the pavilion's 1995 entry as a key moment of decolonization alongside the demolition of the Government-General building and the founding of the Gwangju Biennale.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 9 link 1 artist

UCF Alum and Fulbright scholar Mär Martinez exhibition in Maitland, FL

Contemporary painter Mär Martinez, a Fulbright scholar and UCF alum, presents her first solo museum exhibition, “A loom, a fence, a wire, a thread,” at the Art & History Museums of Maitland (A&H) in Maitland, Florida. The show features works developed during her 2024–25 Fulbright research in Istanbul and builds on ideas from her 2021–2023 Studio Artist Residency at A&H. Inspired by traditional Turkish and Middle Eastern textile practices, Martinez explores themes of urban life, surveillance, and cultural memory, using imagery from nighttime walks through Istanbul—fences, checkpoints, and barbed wire—combined with historic textile patterns. Her Cuban and Arab heritage and family’s experience of displacement inform her work, with weaving serving as a metaphor for endurance and resistance. The opening night is free to the public, with live music, food, and a cash bar.

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Cledie Taylor, Detroit’s ‘First Lady’ of Art Exhibition and Education, Dies at 100

Cledie Taylor, a pioneering Detroit artist, gallerist, and educator who championed the city's Black artisans and shaped its art curriculum, has died at the age of 100. Born in Arkansas in 1926, she moved to Detroit as a child and became a central figure in the local art scene, co-founding the influential artist collective Arts Extended in the 1950s.

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GCWUF to host solo art exhibition “Chain of Memories” on April 21

Government College Women University Faisalabad's Department of Art & Design is organizing a solo exhibition titled "Chain of Memories" featuring works by artist Dr. Tooba Najam. The exhibition will be held at the Punjab Council of Arts Faisalabad Division and inaugurated by Divisional Commissioner Musarrat Jabeen, with university Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Kanwal Ameen attending as a special guest.

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British artist Stuart Robertson to unveil “Through The Artist’s Eye” at Bikaner House

British artist Stuart Robertson is set to debut a comprehensive new body of work at Bikaner House in New Delhi in April 2026. The exhibition, titled “Through The Artist’s Eye,” is the culmination of an 18-month residency at Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in Daryaganj. Spanning photography, drawing, bronze sculpture, and cyanotypes, the collection documents the daily life, medical precision, and quiet compassion within one of India’s most prominent charitable medical institutions.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 18, 2026 visibility 16 link 3 artists

Room Art Fair 2026 transforms 25hours Hotel Jakarta into a living gallery

The 25hours Hotel Jakarta The Oddbird has launched the inaugural Room Art Fair 2026 to coincide with World Art Day. In collaboration with the Indonesian Art Galleries Association (AGSI), the event transforms the hotel’s 10th-floor guest rooms into immersive gallery spaces featuring 13 different galleries. By removing the formal barriers of traditional white-cube settings, the fair allows visitors to engage with contemporary Indonesian art in a domestic, intimate environment.

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Sullivan Area Arts Guild celebrates a big milestone

The Sullivan Area Art Guild is celebrating its 50th anniversary, marking five decades of supporting local creativity in Sullivan, Indiana. Founded in April 1976, the organization maintains a gallery on the town square where it hosts monthly meetings and year-round community projects. To commemorate the milestone, the guild is currently featuring a themed exhibition titled "Past, Present and Future."

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Art Beat Review: Artists explore flight, community and materials in Lynnwood art exhibition

The Lynnwood Event Center recently hosted a "Meet the Artists" reception for its juried exhibition, "Flight Patterns: The Art & Motion of Winged Life." Curated by Mary Adams and Julie Carlos, the show features over 45 works by 27 regional artists from the Pacific Northwest, ranging from traditional paintings and photography to innovative metal etchings and fiber arts. Highlights include Graham Schodda’s holographic bird imagery ground into stainless steel and Alexandra Nason’s participatory installation, "The True Butterfly Effect," which invited guests to decorate aluminum butterflies to contribute to a growing communal wall piece.

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Immersive 'Resonant Site' art exhibit brings Baltimore's Curtis Bay to life at the Pikesville Armory

The Pikesville Armory has been transformed into an immersive walk-through installation titled "Resonant Site," featuring the collaborative work of local artists. Utilizing a complex arrangement of video projections, soundscapes, and dozens of screens, the exhibit captures the industrial and natural landscapes of Baltimore’s Curtis Bay, focusing on the delicate intersection of water, industry, and residential life.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 15, 2026 visibility 15 link 5 artists

The forest hears, the field sees: Liavon Volski presents new art project in Poland

Renowned Belarusian musician and writer Liavon Volski has debuted his first solo painting exhibition, titled "The Forest Hears, the Field Sees," at the Museum of Free Belarus in Warsaw. The exhibition features 11 conceptual works characterized by misty landscapes and surrealist elements, each inspired by traditional Belarusian proverbs. The opening event was a multi-sensory experience, incorporating fog machines and a musical performance by Volski to complement the atmospheric nature of the canvases.

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article culture schedule Apr 14, 2026 visibility 12 link 1 artist

The business of body art

The article explores the evolving economic landscape of the professional tattooing industry, shifting from a counter-culture fringe to a sophisticated global business sector. It details how artists and studio owners are adopting traditional corporate structures, including brand licensing, specialized retail products, and digital marketing strategies to capitalize on the increasing mainstream acceptance of body art.

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Museum of the African Diaspora Marks 10 Years of Its Emerging Artists Program

The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Emerging Artists Program (EAP) by announcing its 2026-2027 cohort. Selected from hundreds of applicants, Bay Area artists Jasmine Ross, Demetri Broxton, Dorian Reid, and Tahirah Rasheed will each receive a fully supported solo exhibition at the museum. The program, which has supported 30 artists since 2015, provides crucial institutional backing, including curatorial guidance and production resources, to creatives at pivotal career moments.

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