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Gallery Weekend Berlin took place during the city's spring bloom, featuring exhibitions like Alvaro Urbano's melancholic installation "September and Lions" at ChertLüdde and Pamela Rosenkranz's flesh-toned water bottles at KaDeWe. The event kicked off on May Day and included expanded public tours, artist talks at the Neue Nationalgalerie, and a 24-hour window project. Notable attendees included collector Frédéric de Goldschmidt and celebrity Usher, who collected art. The weekend was marked by a mood of resilience despite political turmoil.

The North Can Do More Than Design

Der Norden kann mehr als Design

During Stockholm Art Week, the Swedish capital showcases itself as a leading Nordic art destination. Highlights include textile sculptures by Diana Orving at Millesgården Museum, two concurrent art fairs—the independent Supermarket and the 20th edition of Market Art Fair—and numerous gallery exhibitions, artist talks, and studio visits. The Market Art Fair features 54 booths and over 150 artists, with a focus on Nordic positions, including works by Ólafur Elíasson and the duo Inka & Niclas. The city's art scene is growing, with many new galleries opening and strong private institutions like Bonniers Konsthall and Fotografiska participating.

2025 Art21 at the Movies

2025 Art21 at the Movies

On October 8 and 10, 2025, Art21 hosted its second 'Art21 at the Movies' event in New York. The two-day program featured film premieres, artist talks, and screenings at venues including the Metrograph and the Museum of Modern Art. It highlighted artists from the 'Art in the Twenty-First Century' series and included discussions with filmmakers and curators.

9 Must-See Shows at Paris Gallery Weekend 2025

Paris Gallery Weekend 2025 takes place May 23–25 across 74 galleries in the capital, featuring vernissages, performances, exhibition walkthroughs, and artist talks. Now in its second decade, the event was founded to spotlight Paris’s contemporary art scene and offers a counterpoint to the art fair circuit. Highlights include Sophie Calle’s "SÉANCE DE RATTRAPAGE" at Perrotin, where she revisits unfinished projects from her 2023 Picasso Museum exhibition, and major institutional shows like the David Hockney retrospective at Fondation Louis Vuitton and "Corps et âmes" at Bourse de Commerce. The weekend also includes a new Agnès Varda exhibition at Musée Carnavalet linking her photography to her Montparnasse atelier.

The Parrish Art Museum Presents ‘Sanford Biggers: Drift,’ The Artist’s First Major East End Solo Show

The Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, will present 'Sanford Biggers: Drift,' the artist's first major solo exhibition on the East End of Long Island, opening in summer 2026. The show features new works, site-responsive installations, and signature sculptures and textiles, including the monumental cloud installation 'Unsui (Cloud Forest)' (2025). The exhibition is part of the museum's 'PARRISH USA250: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness' series, which marks America's semi-quincentennial by exploring the ideals of the Declaration of Independence through the lens of Long Island's artistic heritage.

Inaugural Brussels Art Week stakes a strong claim for the city's scene

The inaugural Brussels Art Week took place from September 5-8, organized by the non-profit RendezVous, co-founded by Evelyn Simons and Laure Decock. The event featured gallery openings, artist talks, institutional shows, performances, and offsite interventions across multiple neighborhoods, deliberately avoiding the traditional art fair model. A centerpiece was a commissioned social space by British artist Zoe Williams titled 'A Tip Inn,' a functioning bar and performance venue that hosted talks, readings, and DJ sets. Participating galleries included Xavier Hufkens (showing Charline von Heyl), Gladstone (Nicholas Bierk), and Mendes Wood DM (Julien Creuzet), while Damien & The Love Guru installed Sharon Van Overmeire's inflatable castle sculpture at Wiels garden.

Art Museum and Galleries at W&L: Fall 2025 Programs and Exhibitions

Washington and Lee University's Art Museum and Galleries announced its Fall 2025 programs under the theme "Materiality & Transformation," featuring two concurrent exhibitions: "Taking Place," a solo show of large-format aerial photographs by Canadian artist Edward Burtynsky, and "Recoded Memories," an immersive installation by Zimbabwean artist Moffat Takadiwa that repurposes discarded materials like computer keys and VHS tapes. Burtynsky's exhibition runs from September 3, 2025, to April 18, 2026, at the Reeves Museum of Ceramics, with a keynote lecture on September 11; Takadiwa's installation is on view from October 24, 2025, to May 31, 2026, at the Watson Galleries, with an artist talk on October 23.

Spring 2026 to Feature New Documentaries, Screenings, Artist Talks, and a New Episode of Art in the Twenty-First Century

Art21 has announced its spring 2026 programming lineup, which includes new documentary premieres, film screenings, artist talks, and the second episode of the 12th season of its flagship series 'Art in the Twenty-First Century.' The season features artists such as Tomás Saraceno, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Camille Henrot, and Ragnar Kjartansson, and coincides with the series' 25th anniversary.

Alserkal Art Month 2026: The ultimate opening weekend guide

Alserkal Avenue in Dubai has launched its 2026 Art Month, expanding its traditional week-long celebration into a five-week program. The opening weekend features 18 participating galleries debuting flagship exhibitions, including a solo show by Anthony Akinbola at Carbon 12 and a 20th-anniversary group exhibition at Gallery Isabelle. Key highlights include interactive screen-printing workshops with Shilpa Gupta and the unveiling of her public art installation, "Still A Sky We Hold," alongside curated tours and artist talks.

ART SG and Singapore Art Week

ART SG, Southeast Asia's leading contemporary art fair, returns to the Sands Expo and Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands from 23–25 January 2026, with previews on 22 January. The fair features three core sectors—Galleries, Focus, and Futures—and for the first time co-presents S.E.A. Focus, curated by John Z.W. Tung with artistic consultation by Emi Eu, themed 'The Humane Agency'. Highlights include Melati Suryodarmo's performance 'I Love You' (2007) from the UBS Art Collection, presented in the UBS Art Studio, with a re-performance and artist talk. Singapore Art Week runs concurrently from 22–31 January 2026, offering exhibitions, installations, and performances across the city, including a collaboration between Rockbund Art Museum and ART SG at The Warehouse Hotel.

David Klein Gallery opens new Ferndale headquarters with grand opening celebration

David Klein Gallery, a prominent contemporary art space in Michigan, is relocating to a new 3,000-square-foot headquarters at 678 Livernois Ave. in Ferndale. The move consolidates its previous Birmingham and Detroit operations into a renovated warehouse with natural lighting and dedicated parking. A grand opening celebration is scheduled for July 11-12, 2025, featuring an evening reception with wine and music, followed by an open house and artist talk. The inaugural exhibition will showcase new works by Ferndale-based artist Susan Goethel Campbell and Detroit-based ceramicist Ebitenyefa Baralaye, with both shows running through August 23.

Campbell River Art Gallery presents Sacred in All Forms

The Campbell River Art Gallery (CRAG) is presenting a new group exhibition titled "Sacred in All Forms: Artists Reclaim the Divine Feminine Across Bodies, Lands, and Worlds," curated by Jenelle Pasiechnik. The show features four contemporary artists—Sandeep Johal, Xiaojing Yan, Kourtney Jackson, and Aaron McIntosh—whose works in textiles, video, sculpture, installation, and mixed media explore the sacred in everyday life, the body, relationships, and nature. The exhibition runs from May 7 to August 8, 2026, with an opening reception on May 9. Public programs including artist talks, workshops, and community conversations will accompany the show.

NEXT in the Gallery: Where to see flying girls, hot yams and shifting landscapes in November

NEXTpittsburgh's November gallery guide highlights several new exhibitions opening across Pittsburgh. Shows include "Frank Harris: Born to be Wild" at Groove Gallery, featuring music-inspired portraits of icons like Jerry Garcia and David Bowie; "Ground Shift: Four Artists Navigate a Shifting Landscape" at Spinning Plate Gallery, with works by Paul Rosenblatt, Ann Rosenthal, Michel Demetria Tsouris, and Briget Shields addressing environmental threats; "Picture This: A Photo Exhibit Celebrating Intergenerational Connections" and "Peju Alatise: I Will Belong to Only Me" at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center; and "Neither/Nor" by Rum Hansra and Sayak Mitra at Atithi Studios, coinciding with Diwali.

Philippe Parreno: Film, the Digital, and the City Beyond

Renowned artist Philippe Parreno joined Hans Ulrich Obrist for an artist talk at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, hosted by Fondation Beyeler and UBS. The conversation spanned Parreno's career, from his early projects like the manga-inspired 'Annlee' to his current role as Artistic Director of the 2025 Okayama Art Summit. Parreno detailed his shift into filmmaking, including a new project featuring Jennifer Lawrence, and his use of AI and technology to create 'living' art installations.

February e-bulletin

Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) announces the reopening of its upper-level galleries (Assyrian, Shaw-Ruddock, Walker, and Markell) on February 3, 2026, following floor refinishing and reinstallation projects, with additional galleries (Bowdoin, Boyd, Rotunda) set to reopen in March. Three new exhibitions are now on view in the lower-level galleries: "Josefina Auslender: Drawing Myself Free," "Hung Liu: Happy and Gay," and "From Guild to Genius: Inventing 'The Artist' in Western Culture." The museum also highlights the acquisition of Anna Boberg's painting "The Blue Roof [Det blå taket]," a loan of an Edmonia Lewis sculpture to the Peabody Essex Museum for the exhibition "Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone" opening February 14, 2026, and an upcoming artist talk with Samira Abbassy.

‘Slowing the process down’: how a bohemian Somerset art gallery is forging its own path

Close gallery, founded in 2009 by curator and art advisor Freeny Yianni in the grounds of her 17th-century home near Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset, is expanding its operations. Yianni, who previously worked at Lisson Gallery and helped Grenville Davey win the Turner Prize, recently hired sales director Richard Scarry, formerly of Coates and Scarry in Bristol. The gallery's current exhibition features previously unseen works by British abstract artist Jane Harris (1956–2022), shown both in Somerset and at a new London project space in Marylebone. Upcoming plans include presenting a monumental sculpture by Simon Hitchens at Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park.

Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa—Less Is Morbid

Arthur Jafa has curated a new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as part of the museum's ongoing Artist's Choice series. Titled "Less Is Morbid," the show runs through July 5 and features over 80 objects selected from MoMA's collection. Jafa, an artist and filmmaker known for his emotionally charged collages and installations, brings together works by figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cy Twombly, Lygia Clark, Roy DeCarava, Piet Mondrian, and Lutisha Pettway. The exhibition challenges binary oppositions like minimalist/maximalist and sparse/dense, and critiques the historical hierarchies that have governed art institutions.

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.

Syracuse University Art Museum Celebrates Professor Emeritus Sarah McCoubrey's Decades-Spanning Artistic Evolution

Syracuse University Art Museum is celebrating Professor Emeritus Sarah McCoubrey's 34-year artistic legacy with a closing reception and artist talk on Sept. 10 at Manhattan's Bernard and Louise Palitz Gallery. The event highlights the exhibition “Currents: Sarah McCoubrey,” which surveys McCoubrey's multimedia environmental narratives, including her well-known landscape paintings alongside recent and never-before-seen works. McCoubrey recently attained professor emeritus status after 34 years as a painting professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, and her career includes representation by Locks Gallery in Philadelphia and solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Everson Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Prague Redefines Contemporary Art. Prague Art Week 2025 Recap.

Prague Art Week 2025 (PAW25) took place from September 25 to 28 across multiple venues in Prague, including the Mánes Exhibition Hall, galleries in Prague 1 and Prague 7, and the Trade Fair Palace of the National Gallery. The program featured exhibitions such as HAC#2 celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Havrlant Art Collection, group shows like Interlude at C12 gallery and IT at HYB4, solo exhibitions by Lenka Glisnikova and Stanislav Zábrodský, the Jindřich Chalupecký Award exhibition, and the duo show With Feathers and Flesh. Activities included guided tours, artist talks, and open studios, with works by Czech and international artists exploring themes of digital transformation, corporeality, identity, environmental crisis, and spirituality.

Under the Bridge, Beyond the Gloss: DUMBO’s Art Scene Defies Its Gentrified Image

The article reports on the First Thursday Gallery Walk in DUMBO, Brooklyn, a monthly event where galleries, artist studios, and creative spaces stay open late for exhibitions, artist talks, and performances. The author attended the latest iteration, starting with a rooftop cocktail party at the Jay 20 building, which houses nearly 200 artists and programs like the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program. The walk highlighted over 20 galleries and 170 artist studios, including Smack Mellon and A.I.R. Gallery, as well as public art initiatives like the Dumbo Projection Project.

Five can’t-miss fall art shows in Whatcom and Skagit counties

The article highlights five must-see fall art exhibitions in Whatcom and Skagit counties in Washington state. Featured shows include Mary Ann Peters' solo exhibition "myself inside your story" at the Whatcom Museum, Barbara Sternberger's abstract painting survey "At the Core" at Western Gallery, Joy Olney's "Pure Joy" at Cordata Gallery, and Voxel Gallery's first anniversary celebration with its "World Famous" exhibition. The piece also notes a photo exhibition on broadcasting pioneer Elaine Horn curated by archivist Jeff Jewell at the Whatcom Museum's Old City Hall.

Branchport Galleries presents "The New Botanical"

Branchport Galleries in Long Branch, New Jersey, presents "The New Botanical," an exhibition curated by Ellen Martin that reimagines traditional botanical art through contemporary works by Suzan Globus, Kevin Hinkle/Ellen Martin, Daniel Sroka, and Gao Yuan. The show, on view from May 14 to June 30, 2026, features techniques such as flower-pounding, extreme close-up photography, and photo-based wall sculptures, moving away from classical precision toward essence and abstraction. An opening reception and artist talk are scheduled.

New CARE Gallery Launches in New Jersey with Inaugural Exhibition “Gift of Grace” by Cedric Michael Cox

CARE Gallery, a new visual arts initiative by the Care Center of New Jersey (CCNJ), is set to open in Rockaway Township this spring. The gallery will debut on May 2, 2026, with an inaugural solo exhibition titled “Gift of Grace: The Art of Cedric Michael Cox,” featuring over 20 large-scale works that blend surrealism, abstraction, and rhythmic geometry.

Missoula Art Museum opens new exhibit with acclaimed artist

The Missoula Art Museum has opened a new exhibition featuring acclaimed artist Sara Siestreem. Her latest body of work includes large, multi-panel paintings, basket weaving, ceramics, and sculpture, all unified by geometric designs inspired by traditional weaving patterns. A reception was held on opening night, with a second artist talk scheduled for Saturday morning.

Sidle House Gallery Presents: “Anne Hebebrand: A World That Is”

Sidle House Gallery in Freeport, Maine, opens its 2026 season with a solo exhibition titled “Anne Hebebrand: A World That Is,” on view from May 1 through June 13. The show features cold-wax and oil paintings created over the past seven years, described by the artist as intuitive maps of memory. Related events include an opening reception, an artist talk, a cold wax and oil workshop, and a violin performance by Katherine Liccardo.

New Nanaimo Art Gallery show focuses on impacts to developing countries

The Nanaimo Art Gallery is set to debut "An Animated Assembly," a collaborative exhibition by artists Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens that explores the socio-economic consequences of resource extraction. Opening April 11, the show utilizes hand-painted murals, animations, and sculptures to critique the Global North's demand for energy transition materials, such as lithium, and the resulting impact on countries in the Global South. The works employ a satirical, "cartoonish" aesthetic to juxtapose cold, analytical data with the bold, often morally questionable rhetoric of corporate and political leaders.

Press Release: Pace University Art Gallery Presents Siobhan McBride’s Summer Remembers Winter

Pace University Art Gallery presents *Summer Remembers Winter*, a solo exhibition by painter Siobhan McBride, opening February 14, 2026. The show features new works exploring disjointed spaces, memory, and identity shaped by dislocation, reflecting McBride's experience as a Korean-born, U.S.-raised adoptee. The exhibition includes a free public reception on February 19 and an artist talk on March 5, running through March 21, 2026.

Wandering Between Worlds Exhibition at Pullen Arts Center

Pullen Arts Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, is presenting the group exhibition "Wandering Between Worlds" in its Main Gallery, featuring seven local artists: Alison Coleman, Ari Ferro, Jenn Hales, K. Orr Ambrose, Nancy Goodrich, Marcia Moran, and Min Zhong. The show explores landscapes both real and imagined, with a closing reception scheduled for October 25 and an artist talk on September 18. The exhibition is free and open to the public, and artwork is available for purchase through the center.

“LIT” Neon Sculpture Exhibit by Rod Lathim

Rod Lathim presents "LIT: Love, Illumination, Transcendence," a solo exhibition of neon light sculptures at Art & Soul Gallery in Santa Barbara, opening February 5, 2026. The show features repurposed vintage instruments and found objects transformed into illuminated works, alongside the launch of Lathim's autobiographical book "Finding the Divine Child - A Journey of Spirit, Light and Art." The exhibition runs through March 1, 2026, with accompanying events including guided visualizations, a book signing, and an artist talk.