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trending_up market schedule Oct 15, 2025 visibility 31 link 48 artists, 9 galleries

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Frieze London 2025 opened with strong VIP preview sales, as major galleries reported brisk business by early afternoon. Thaddaeus Ropac sold a Robert Rauschenberg work for $850,000 and a Tony Cragg sculpture for $420,000, while Hauser & Wirth moved multiple pieces including a George Rouy for £275,000 and an Ellen Gallagher for $950,000. Gagosian sold a new Lauren Halsey sculpture before noon, and White Cube reported six sales. The fair's layout, which places mega-galleries at the back to encourage foot traffic to smaller booths, returned by popular demand.

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trending_up market schedule Dec 4, 2025 visibility 36 link 37 artists, 11 galleries

‘Christmas came early’: Art Basel Miami Beach opens with avalanche of blue-chip sales

Art Basel Miami Beach opened its 23rd edition with a surge of blue-chip sales, signaling renewed market confidence. Major galleries reported strong early results: David Zwirner sold a Gerhard Richter painting for $5.5m and an Alice Neel for $3.3m; Hauser & Wirth saw sales 40% higher than last year, including a George Condo for nearly $4m and a Louise Bourgeois for $3.2m. Other notable sales included works by Alex Katz, Pablo Picasso, Sam Gilliam, and Robert Rauschenberg, with 283 galleries participating at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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person people schedule Jul 10, 2025 visibility 22 link 7 artists

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The Bronx Museum of the Arts has appointed Shamim M. Momin as its next director and chief curator, effective early September. Momin succeeds Klaudio Rodriguez, who left last September to lead the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. Most recently director of curatorial affairs at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle (2018–2024), Momin curated the group exhibition “In Plain Sight” and oversaw commissions by artists including Tala Madani, Gary Simmons, and Hank Willis Thomas. She also cofounded LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) in 2009, curating over 100 public art commissions, and previously served as an associate curator at the Whitney Museum and branch director of its now-closed Midtown outpost, where she organized more than 50 projects. She co-curated the 2004 and 2008 Whitney Biennials.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 20, 2026 visibility 25 link 15 artists, 3 galleries

10 Art Shows to See in DC This Spring

Washington, D.C. is hosting a series of major art exhibitions this spring that critically examine American identity, race, and gender. Key shows include the National Gallery of Art’s "Dear America," the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ "Making Their Mark," and the National Portrait Gallery’s "Outwin 2025" triennial. These exhibitions feature a diverse range of artists, from historical figures like Mary Cassatt and Fritz Scholder to contemporary voices like Nick Cave, Diana Al-Hadid, and Aliza Nisenbaum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 4, 2025 visibility 22 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Diana Al-Hadid’s Norm-Resisting Survey Exhibition at MSU Broad Art Museum

The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University is presenting a survey exhibition titled “unbecoming” by Syrian-American artist Diana Al-Hadid, curated by Dr. Rachel Winter. The show features Al-Hadid’s sculptural wall panels made from polymer gypsum, steel, plaster, metal leaf, and pigment, many of which break rectilinear forms and reveal their fragile internal structures. The works incorporate recognizable imagery—silhouettes, bodies, art-historical references—that dissolves into the surface, creating tension and inviting viewers to question fixed meanings. The article also recounts a personal encounter with the artist, highlighting the humor and resistance embedded in her practice.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 29, 2025 visibility 21 link 23 artists

Princeton University Art Museum graduates to expansive new home

The Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM) is opening a new 146,000-square-foot facility on October 31, doubling its previous exhibition and education spaces. The original 1880s building, which underwent multiple additions before being demolished in 2021, could only display about 2% of Princeton's 117,000-object collection. Designed by Adjaye Associates with executive architect Cooper Robertson, the new three-story museum features nine interlocking pavilions, 80,000 square feet of exhibition space, classrooms, and a grand hall. Curators have rethought the installation to move away from rigid geographic and chronological categories, instead emphasizing cross-cultural and cross-media pairings, such as placing Andy Warhol's Blue Marilyn (1962) alongside a 14th-century Italian Virgin and Child.

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trending_up market schedule Aug 6, 2025 visibility 18 link 11 artists, 1 gallery

New York gallery Kasmin will close this autumn as leadership launches new venture, Olney Gleason

The Chelsea gallery Kasmin will close this autumn after 35 years of operation, transitioning into a new venture called Olney Gleason. The new gallery will be led by Kasmin president Nick Olney and senior director Eric Gleason, both longtime employees who say the move aligns with the wishes of the late founder Paul Kasmin. Olney Gleason will continue working with an unspecified number of artists and estates from Kasmin's roster, including François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, Lee Krasner, and Jackson Pollock's estate, and will open a flagship space in Chelsea with an inaugural show this autumn.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 17, 2026 visibility 23 link 19 artists

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Over 500 guests gathered on a Tribeca rooftop for the 2026 Bronx Museum Gala, a fundraising event held in advance of the museum's South Wing renovation, slated to open in 2027. The evening honored artist Awol Erizku, designer Colm Dillane (KidSuper), and patron Lois Plehn, with newly-installed museum director Shamim M. Momin and co-chairs Danielle Falls and Annie B. Taylor wearing custom KidSuper suits. The gala featured a live auction led by Phillips auctioneer Sarah Krueger, including works by Ann Craven and Joyce McDonald, and an afterparty with DJ sets by Erizku and DJ Düe Champ.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 4, 2026 visibility 18 link 10 artists

The Met Costume Institute Unveils Its New Condé M. Nast Galleries

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute has unveiled its new 12,000-square-foot Condé M. Nast Galleries, named for the founder of Architectural Digest's parent company. Designed by the architecture firm Peterson Rich Office (PRO), the five-room exhibition space was carved from a former interior courtyard and gift shop, revealing historic brick and masonry facades that highlight the museum's architectural evolution. The galleries debuted alongside the exhibition "Costume Art," which explores the significance of dressed human form in fashion and fine art, curated by Andrew Bolton and celebrated at the Met Gala on May 4, 2026.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 2, 2026 visibility 25 link 11 artists

New Jersey Museum makes TIME's World’s Greatest Places of 2026 list

TIME magazine has named the Princeton University Art Museum to its 2026 list of World's Greatest Places, specifically in the 'Places to Visit' category. The museum, which opened in October 2025 on the Princeton University campus, features a new 146,000-square-foot building with 32 galleries designed by Adjaye Associates. Its collection spans over 5,000 years of global art, including works by Rodin, Manet, Monet, Degas, Kandinsky, and Andy Warhol, alongside contemporary commissions by artists such as Diana Al-Hadid and a monumental Nick Cave mosaic at the entrance.

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person people schedule Nov 20, 2025 visibility 23 link 3 artists

Phillip Bahar steps into top job at MSU's Broad Art Museum

Phillip Bahar has been appointed as the fourth director of the Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, succeeding previous leadership since the museum opened in 2012. In an interview with WKAR's Inside The Arts, Bahar discussed his vision for the museum, emphasizing his role as an institutional curator rather than a hands-on curator of exhibitions, and his commitment to supporting artists at all career stages, from established figures like Zaha Hadid to emerging and mid-career artists such as Diana Al-Hadid.

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person people schedule Jul 11, 2025 visibility 17 link 4 artists

Bronx Museum of the Arts appoints Shamim M. Momin as director and chief curator

The Bronx Museum of the Arts has appointed Shamim M. Momin as its next director and chief curator, effective September. Momin, who previously served as director of curatorial affairs at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, succeeds Klaudio Rodriguez, who left to lead the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is also a co-founder of the Los Angeles Nomadic Division and has curated biennial exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

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