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article news schedule Mar 16, 2026 visibility 14 link 6 artists, 2 galleries

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A Reuters investigative report has claimed to unmask the anonymous street artist Banksy, identifying him as Robin Gunningham (who later changed his name to David Jones). The report justifies the disclosure by citing public interest in how the artist has monetized his mystique and details the inner workings of his professional circle. Meanwhile, the art world faces several institutional shifts, including the resignation of Richard Grenell from the Kennedy Center amid a legal battle over renovations, and calls for the resignation of Italy’s Venice Biennale representative over Russia's potential return to the exhibition.

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Art Basel Miami Beach opened its VIP preview on Wednesday with strong early sales, including multiple seven-figure deals. Major galleries like Hauser & Wirth, White Cube, Gladstone, and Pace reported significant sales, with a $3.9 million George Condo painting leading the pack. The fair introduced a new digital-art section called Zero 10, featuring works by Beeple, which drew large crowds. Collectors such as Craig Robins, Mera and Don Rubell, Norman Braman, and Beth Rudin DeWoody were among the early attendees, and the event featured high-profile works by Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan.

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article news schedule Apr 29, 2026 visibility 6 link 11 artists, 4 galleries

Anna Zemánková Estate Joins Gladstone Gallery, Sándra Vasquez de la Horra Joins Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, and More: Industry Moves for April 29, 2026

The article reports a series of industry moves in the art world as of April 29, 2026. Key developments include Gladstone Gallery taking on the estate of Anna Zemánková, Sándra Vasquez de la Horra joining Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Elijah Wheat Showroom opening a new location in Beacon, New York, and Mariane Ibrahim now representing Leasho Johnson. Additionally, Denniston Hill launches its 2026 residency season with 30 artists, the Minneapolis Institute of Art receives restoration funding from TEFAF, Charlie White is appointed dean of the Sam Fox School, and Jesús Hilario-Reyes and Tichacoco are named inaugural recipients of the Clemente Center’s Van Lier Fellowship. The article also notes a whistleblower claim of $3 million missing from the Palm Springs Art Museum’s investment account, and a New York Times essay by Robin Givhan on Derrick Adams.

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person people schedule Dec 18, 2025 visibility 6 link 15 artists, 2 galleries

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Hundreds gathered on a cold Monday night in New York at Phillips auction house and the Metropolitan Club to celebrate the life and legacy of Walter Robinson, the beloved art-world figure who died in February 2025. The event, organized by the New York Academy of Art as part of its annual “Take Home a Nude” fundraiser, featured silent and live auctions, a posthumous honorary doctorate awarded to Robinson, and the announcement of the Walter Robinson Scholarship funded by auction proceeds. The evening raised over $800,000, with works by students and acclaimed artists like Richard Prince and Kiki Smith on offer, and Robinson’s painting *Blood on the Sun* (2018) selling for $35,000.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 12, 2025 visibility 11 link 12 artists, 3 galleries

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Two concurrent exhibitions in New York explore the intersection of art and UFOs, paranormal phenomena, and extraterrestrial life. "Voice of Space: UFOs and Paranormal Phenomena" at the Drawing Center (through February 1, 2026) features some three dozen works from artists including René Magritte and Isa Genzken, with Magritte's 1931 painting "Voice of Space" as the conceptual centerpiece. Meanwhile, "Paintings Made for Aliens Above" at P.P.O.W (through December 20, 2025) presents new works by Romanian artist Hortensia Mi Kafchin, probing technofuturism's promises and failures. The shows include historical pieces like Paulina Peavy's multimedia works co-credited to her personal UFO, and contemporary works by Char Jeré that interrogate technology and consumerism.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 11, 2025 visibility 2 link 15 artists, 3 galleries

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P·P·O·W gallery in New York has opened a group exhibition titled "Hope is a Dangerous Thing," running from June 6 to July 12, 2025. Curated by director Eden Deering, the show features artists including Robin F. Williams, Marianna Simnett, Kyle Dunn, Kayode Ojo, Raque Ford, and Diane Severin Nguyen, all united by their devotion to singer Lana Del Rey. The exhibition explores themes of art and artifice, sincerity and spectacle, with works that reference Del Rey's persona and millennial nostalgia, incorporating elements like AI, pop culture, and fast fashion.

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trending_up market schedule Feb 25, 2026 visibility 11 link 11 artists, 1 gallery

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Phillips has unveiled the lineup for its upcoming Modern and Contemporary art sales in London, scheduled for March 5 and 7. The auctions are headlined by a significant group of Scandinavian masterworks from the collection of former US Ambassador John L. Loeb, led by Vilhelm Hammershøi’s "Interior of Woman Placing Branches in Vase on Table" (1900), estimated at up to £2 million. Other major highlights include a rare Andy Warhol "Mao" painting, a Banksy work formerly owned by Robin Williams, and pieces by Tracey Emin, El Anatsui, and Donald Judd.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 6, 2025 visibility 2 link 12 artists, 1 gallery

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The V&A East Storehouse, a new museum space in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, opens to the public on May 31, 2025, offering free admission seven days a week. Housed in the former London 2012 Olympics Media and Broadcast Centre, the 172,222-square-foot facility displays over 250,000 objects, 350,000 books, and 1,000 archives from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection. Designed by Diller, Scofidio + Renfro, the Storehouse features a glass-floored Collections Hall where visitors can freely explore shelves and mini-curated displays, with objects changed frequently. Highlights include the Agra Colonnade (1630s) from Shah Jahan's bathhouse and a section of the Robin Hood Gardens housing estate by Alison and Peter Smithson.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 10, 2026 visibility 6 link 3 artists

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Theater director Łukasz Twarkowski's new multimedia production, "ROHTKO," is set to open at London's Barbican Centre on October 2. The four-hour performance, which premiered in Riga in 2022, uses onstage action, video screens, and a techno soundtrack to explore the nature of authenticity in art, taking the Knoedler & Co. forgery scandal—which involved fake Rothko, Pollock, and Motherwell paintings—as a central narrative thread.

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article culture schedule Mar 20, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 23 link 3 artists

The Guardian view on anonymity in art: the ‘unmasking’ of Banksy and Ferrante should stop | Editorial

A Reuters investigation this week identified street artist Banksy as 52-year-old Robin Gunningham, reigniting a long-running public debate about the unmasking of anonymous artists. This follows a recent hoax announcement of novelist Elena Ferrante's death, which similarly targeted her carefully guarded identity.

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person people schedule Mar 30, 2026 visibility 7 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Kate McNamara Named Director of Harvard’s Carpenter Center for Visual Arts

Harvard University's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts has officially appointed Kate McNamara as its John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director. McNamara, who had been serving in the role on an interim basis since last year, is the founder of the experimental art space ODD-KIN and has held leadership positions at Providence College Galleries, Otis College of Art and Design, and Boston University Art Galleries.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 19, 2025 visibility 12 link 6 artists

Screening and Conversation with Sophie Calle

Art21 hosted an advance screening of Sophie Calle's segment from the upcoming Season 12 of "Art in the Twenty-First Century" at the SAG-AFTRA Robin Williams Center in New York. Following the first public showing of the documentary, which follows Calle preparing exhibitions in Paris, Arles, and Minneapolis, the artist participated in a conversation with filmmaker Bette Gordon. They discussed the influence of 1980s New York and themes of identity and vulnerability in her work.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 29, 2026 visibility 4 link 12 artists, 2 galleries

11 Art Shows to See in the Hudson Valley in May 2026

The article surveys 11 art exhibitions opening across the Hudson Valley in May 2026, highlighting a regional preoccupation with structure, materiality, and resistance to singular narratives. Featured shows include "Surface, Structure, String" at Hudson Hall, a textile survey curated by Richard Saja with artists like Portia Munson and Laleh Khoramian; "Jose Picayo: 35 Years in Photographs" at Robin Rice Gallery; "The Linda McCartney Retrospective: From the Light" at the Fenimore Art Museum; "Carol Seitz: Growth in Difficult Places" at Convey/er/or; and "Stephen Olivier: Hazmat" at ASK in Kingston, among others.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 10, 2026 visibility 8 link 12 artists, 3 galleries

10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Spring

The San Francisco Bay Area's spring art season features a robust lineup of exhibitions highlighting local artists, history, and community resilience amid a challenging cultural climate. Shows include Cece Carpio's first solo exhibition at SOMArts blending street art and folklore, a major Theresa Hak Kyung Cha retrospective at BAMPFA, and Trina Michelle Robinson's two-venue exploration of Black migration at 500 Capp Street and Root Division.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 27, 2026 visibility 7 link 21 artists, 3 galleries

What’s on now at San Francisco museums, January 2026

A roundup of current and upcoming exhibitions at San Francisco museums in January 2026 highlights several shows closing soon, including "Manet and Morisot" at the Legion of Honor and "Suzanne Jackson: What is Love" at SFMOMA, both ending March 1. New exhibitions opening include "The art of Cece Carpio" at SOMArts on Jan. 30, and "Trina Michelle Robinson: Open Your Eyes to Water" at 500 Capp Street and Root Division in February. The de Young Museum features "Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California" and artist Rose B. Simpson's show "LEXICON," part of the newly opened galleries dedicated to Arts of Indigenous America. The Museum of the African Diaspora presents "Unbound: Art, Blackness and the Universe" and "Continuum: MoAD Over Time," while the Asian Art Museum hosts "Jitish Kallat: Covering Letter (Terranum Nuncius)."

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article local schedule Nov 4, 2025 visibility 5 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

Soulios Gallery to open new space in Nashville.

Soulios Gallery, founded by Steven and Ana Soulios, will open a new space in Nashville's historic Cummins Station on November 12th. The inaugural exhibition, "City of the Mind," features a survey of New York-based artist Arthur Robins, covering over 50 years of his work, including expressionist cityscapes, abstract Tunnel Paintings, and never-before-shown biblical pieces. The gallery focuses on postwar movements such as American Expressionism, overlooked artists, and video, media, and performance art, with future exhibitions planned for artists like Mattias Duwel, Ewald Platte, and Ma Kelu.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 8, 2025 visibility 7 link 8 artists, 3 galleries

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Jeffrey Deitch has organized a pop-up exhibition in Miami's Design District during Art Basel Miami Beach, titled "That Was Then, This Is Now." The show, running from December 2, 2025 to January 2, 2026, features about two dozen ultra-emerging artists, predominantly from the West Coast. It was organized by American Art Projects, a platform led by Deitch associate director William Croghan and Benno Tubbesing, former director of Ruttkowski;68's New York branch. The exhibition includes paintings, ceramics, clothing, and books, aiming to offer accessible price points for new collectors.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 26, 2025 visibility 3 link 6 artists, 2 galleries

DESTE’s Summer Convergence Offers the Art World a Rare Pause Between Market Frenzies

The article covers the DESTE Foundation's summer convergence on Hydra, Greece, which offers the art world a respite between market frenzies. It highlights works by Greek artists Sofia Rozaki and Danae Io, whose pieces explore identity, memory, and the impact of politics and economics. The foundation's exhibition "In a Bright Green Field" builds on its legacy of promoting contemporary Greek art, alongside other Athens shows like Marlene Dumas's "Cycladic Blues" at the Museum of Cycladic Art and Michael Rakowitz's "Allspice" at the Acropolis Museum.

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gavel restitution schedule Oct 13, 2025 visibility 3 link 1 artist

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The Manhattan District Attorney's office has returned 29 antiquities valued at $3 million to Greece, following seizures by its Antiquities Trafficking Unit. The objects were recovered from ongoing investigations into looting and trafficking networks run by convicted traffickers Robin Symes and Eugene Alexander. Two of the items—a Bronze Foot in the Form of a Sphinx and a Bronze Applique of a Gorgon, both from the 6th century B.C.E.—were seized from the Metropolitan Museum of Art this year, having passed through traffickers and galleries before entering the museum's collection.

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gavel restitution schedule Aug 7, 2025 visibility 2 link 1 artist

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The Manhattan District Attorney's Office, led by Alvin Bragg and the Antiquities Trafficking Unit under Matthew Bogdanos, has repatriated over 30 antiquities to Spain, Italy, and Hungary. The returned objects include a 1st-century CE marble head of Alexander the Great as Helios, a 1675 Jesuit manuscript stolen during World War II, and several 6th-century Visigoth pendants trafficked by Robin Symes and sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1990. The items were seized from traffickers including Giacomo Medici, Giovanni Franco Becchina, Robin Symes, Robert Hecht, Eugene Alexander, and Edoardo Almagià, who is awaiting extradition from Italy.

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trending_up market schedule Sep 15, 2025 visibility 3 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Rarely seen Walter Sickert painting to go on sale in London

A rarely seen Walter Sickert painting, *Ennui* (1913), will be offered for sale in a selling exhibition at Piano Nobile gallery in London on 26 September. The work, once owned by Hollywood actor Edward G. Robinson and later by collectors Herbert and Ann Lucas, has not been publicly exhibited since 2001. Priced around £750,000, it is one of five versions Sickert painted in the 1910s depicting a pub landlord and his wife; three are held by British institutions including the Royal Collection and the Ashmolean Museum. The sale also includes a Sickert pastel of a sex worker unseen since 1908, plus works from his Dieppe period.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 5 link 2 artists, 2 galleries

Stories That Shape Us: Building Stories Reflections

Staff at the National Building Museum share their favorite children's books in celebration of World Book Day, as part of the exhibition 'Building Stories.' Each staff member selects a book that has influenced their imagination or professional work, ranging from century-old illustrated alphabets like C.B. Falls' 'ABC Book' to contemporary picture books such as Christian Robinson's 'Another' and Tony Hillery's 'Harlem Grown.' The selections highlight how storytelling and the built environment intersect, with books like 'Goodnight Moon,' 'Eloise,' and 'The Snowy Day' offering personal and professional insights.

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article local schedule Nov 18, 2025 visibility 4 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

PEG gallery opens with kaupapa of care and commitment

Peggy Robinson has opened a new contemporary art gallery called PEG on Cuba Street in Wellington, New Zealand. The gallery occupies a historic 1907 industrial building that was originally a mattress factory. Robinson, who has nearly a decade of experience in the arts, founded PEG with a kaupapa (Māori concept of principles) centered on presence, care, and deep commitment to artists. The inaugural exhibition features Reece King's show 'Halfway to the Splits', which explores repetition, labour, and process-based poetics developed during his Frances Hodgkins fellowship.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 4, 2026 visibility 6 link 5 artists

David Armstrong: Portraits Artists Space New York – Paul Carter Robinson

Artists Space in New York is hosting the first comprehensive U.S. survey of photographer David Armstrong, featuring over 90 works spanning three decades. While often associated with Nan Goldin and the Boston School, the exhibition highlights Armstrong’s distinct evolution from raw black-and-white 1970s downtown portraits to his later blurred landscapes and Renaissance-inspired color photography.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 7, 2026 visibility 8 link 13 artists

Five must-see works from Newcastle Art Gallery's $145 million collection

Newcastle Art Gallery has officially reopened following a four-year, $48 million expansion that more than doubles its exhibition space. The upgraded facility now features 13 galleries, allowing the institution to maintain a permanent display of its $145 million collection for the first time in its history. The reopening was marked by a massive community response, with 28,000 visitors attending the inaugural weekend festivities and the debut exhibition, "Iconic Loved Unexpected."

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 1, 2026 visibility 8 link 4 artists

The Metropolitan Museum of Art to Present First Museum Survey of Lorna Simpson’s Paintings

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present "Lorna Simpson: Source Notes" from May 19 to November 2, 2025, the first museum survey dedicated entirely to the New York-based artist's painting practice. Featuring over 30 works, the exhibition traces Simpson's shift from conceptual photography to paintings that explore gender, race, identity, and history, including pieces from her 2015 Venice Biennale debut and her "Special Characters" series, alongside recent sculptures and collages. The show is funded by the Ford Foundation and supported by Jim and Irene Karp and John and Amy Griffin.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 6, 2025 visibility 6 link 10 artists

How Two New Art Exhibitions Are Spotlighting Black Queer History

Two new art exhibitions are spotlighting Black queer history amid escalating government censorship and threats to federal arts funding. "In the Life: Black Queerness—Looking Back, Moving Forward" at the Carr Center in Detroit traces 80 years of Black queer culture, opening with LeRoy Foster's 1945 self-portrait and featuring works by Zanele Muholi, April Bey, and Pamela Sneed. Co-curated by Patrick Burton and Wayne Northcross, the show is produced by Mighty Real/Queer Detroit and will be part of the Detroit Queer Biennial in June 2026. A second exhibition, "The Gay Harlem Renaissance," runs from October 10 through March at the New York Historical Museum in Manhattan, curated by Allison Robinson, highlighting queer contributions to the Harlem Renaissance through artifacts like rent party tickets and works by Malvin Gray Johnson.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 25, 2025 visibility 3 link 9 artists, 5 galleries

Taste test: artist-made desserts will be shown (and eaten) in New York gallery’s one-night exhibition

On Saturday, June 28, the Lower East Side gallery Olympia will host CAKE, a one-night exhibition and feast featuring desserts donated by dozens of New York-based artists, including Hannah Beerman, Mie Yim, Wells Chandler, Robin F. Williams, Hein Koh, and Melissa Joseph. The event functions as a fundraiser for the gallery and a participatory performance art piece, with tickets priced at $45. The gallery's founder and director, Ali Rossi, conceived the show as a community-centric alternative to typical summer group exhibitions, and all desserts will be photographed before consumption to preserve documentation.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 9, 2025 visibility 2 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Artist Maya Lin poses probing questions around New York City during Climate Week

Artist Maya Lin, in collaboration with the non-profit Art 2030, has launched a public art campaign titled "What If?" across New York City during Climate Week (21-28 September). The project features large-scale posters at the United Nations Headquarters Plaza and on JCDecaux-owned bus shelters, posing probing environmental questions and galvanizing answers to inspire curiosity and action. Additional activations include a mural by Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya at the Nest Climate Campus, a caption contest for Tom Toro's New Yorker cartoon at the Climate Museum, and new didactic interventions at the American Museum of Natural History's dioramas highlighting climate change threats.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 22, 2026 visibility 4 link 4 artists, 1 gallery

Toronto art gallery hosting free party ahead of new exhibit

The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto is hosting a free opening party on April 24 for its new exhibition, 'Colourful Parachutes: Imagining Alternative Futures Through the Power of Play.' The exhibition features interactive installations by ten international artists, including Temitayo Ogunbiyi, Leisure, Robin Rhode, and Claire Greenshaw, designed to be touched, climbed on, and altered by visitors.

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