ELENA DAMIANI, XIMENA GARRIDO-LECCA AND ISHMAEL RANDALL-WEEKS: SIGNAL AND STRATA

ELENA DAMIANI, XIMENA GARRIDO-LECCA E ISHMAEL RANDALL-WEEKS: SIGNAL AND STRATA

An exhibition titled 'Signal and Strata' featuring Peruvian artists Elena Damiani, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, and Ishmael Randall-Weeks was presented at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts from February 5 to April 5, 2026. The show, examined in an accompanying essay by curator Madeline Murphy Turner, focuses on how the artists use materials like travertine, copper, and concrete to interrogate narratives of modernity, resource extraction, and the climate crisis.

Representational Art League Exhibition at the Humboldt County Library, Hagopian Gallery

The Representational Art League has launched its latest group exhibition at the Hagopian Gallery, located within the Humboldt County Library in Eureka, California. This showcase features a diverse array of studio and plein-aire works created by local artists using mediums such as watercolor, acrylics, pastels, and oils. Featured participants include Paul and Nancy Rickard, Michelle Murphy-Ferguson, and several other regional creators.

Aileen Murphy at Deborah Schamoni

Aileen Murphy at Deborah Schamoni

Aileen Murphy has opened a solo exhibition titled "We must go under the wallpaper" at the Deborah Schamoni gallery in Munich. The show, running from January 9 through March 21, 2026, features new works by the artist, documented extensively with twenty installation photographs.

'The Art Thingy Part 1' imagines world where artists run art markets

Curators Maureen Ragalie and John Brogan have launched "The Art Thingy Part 1," a one-day experimental exhibition at Task Creative in Cudahy, Wisconsin. Featuring works by five artists—Heidi Parkes, Julie Brogan, Meg Lionel Murphy, Anita Ragusa, and Phoenix S. Brown—the show is framed as a "notes-app inspired experiment" that envisions an art market governed by creators rather than traditional institutional gatekeepers.

Black Art Takes Center Stage at Art of the African Diaspora at Studio 23

The Art of the African Diaspora (AOTAD) celebrates its 29th year with a series of satellite exhibitions across the Bay Area, including a dual-gallery showcase at Studio 23 and Resistance Press 510 in Alameda. Curated by Eric Murphy and Yolanda Cotton Turner, the exhibitions feature works by artists such as George Bernard, Sonia Roberts, and Darrin Westmore. The program is supplemented by artist interviews hosted by the Tradition Café Podcast, providing deeper insight into the personal histories and cultural memories behind the contemporary Black art on display.

‘In Her Place’: Female artists fill the Frist for its 25th anniversary

The Frist Art Museum in Nashville is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a major exhibition titled “In Her Place: Nashville Artists in the Twenty-First Century.” Occupying the museum's largest gallery space through April 26, the show features nearly 100 works including paintings, sculptures, and textiles by women artists based in the city. The exhibition is organized into three thematic sections—“Materiality and Memory,” “Scenes and Dreams,” and “Patterns and Abstraction”—highlighting the diverse generations, ethnicities, and styles that define Nashville's contemporary art scene.

Exhibition of art from local Limerick artist on display at Dooradoyle Library

Limerick-based artist and retired civil engineer David Murphy is presenting a solo exhibition titled "One Minute to View a Lifetime" at the Dooradoyle Library. The collection features paintings that are the result of a meticulous, month-long process per piece, emphasizing the contrast between the speed of modern observation and the duration of creative labor. The exhibition is scheduled to remain open to the public until March 7.

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Signature items from Carolyn Bessette Kennedy's personal wardrobe are being sold at auction by the Fashion Auctioneer. The sale includes four key pieces gifted to her friend Rosemarie Terenzio, such as three cherished Prada coats and a Yohji Yamamoto dress, with estimates reaching up to $30,000. The auction is supplemented by dozens of vintage items from a private collector, some of which were used as wardrobe for the new FX television series 'Love Story,' which dramatizes the couple's relationship.

The Citadelle Art Museum to exhibit portraits that explores memory, truth, human presence beginning Saturday

The Citadelle Art Museum in Canadian, Texas, will open a contemporary figurative portrait exhibition titled 'Human Resonance: Portraits with Presence' on February 14, 2026. The show, running through June 13, features internationally known painter David Kassan's portraits of Holocaust survivors, alongside works by artists Chelsie Murfee, Annie Murphy-Robinson, Shana Levenson, Barbara Hack, Karen Offutt, and Tanja Gant.

Frist Art Museum opens “In Her Place” a group exhibition featuring 28 women artists; Vanderbilt Art faculty among the exhibitors

The Frist Art Museum in Nashville opened a major group exhibition titled "In Her Place" to mark its 25th anniversary. The show features nearly one hundred works by 28 women artists with strong ties to the Nashville community, including painting, sculpture, textile, and installation. The artists, such as María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Alicia Henry, and Marilyn Murphy, represent an intergenerational group whose practices have significantly impacted the local art scene.