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Ashley Stewart Rödder, a highly respected director at Gagosian, has passed away at the age of 42 following a prolonged illness. During her tenure at the gallery since 2019, she was instrumental in managing the careers of prominent contemporary artists including Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Stanley Whitney, Titus Kaphar, and Deana Lawson. Her career also included significant leadership roles at Salon 94 and David Zwirner, as well as board positions at the nonprofit Performa and the Children’s Art Guild.

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article local schedule Apr 2, 2026 visibility 10 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

AGB Museum in Lakeland stages its largest student art exhibit

The Ashley Gibson Barnett (AGB) Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida, has launched its largest-ever student art exhibition, featuring 187 award-winning works from Polk County students in grades seven through twelve. The showcase includes regional and national winners of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards across various media, including ceramics, photography, and digital painting. Notably, eighth-grader Sophia De La Cruz’s mixed-media piece, "Blast of Emotions," was selected for the museum’s permanent collection, placing her work alongside masters like David Hockney and Robert Rauschenberg.

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article local schedule Jun 22, 2025 visibility 3 link 32 artists, 6 galleries

What’s on now at San Francisco museums, June 2025

This article from Mission Local provides a roundup of current and upcoming exhibitions at San Francisco museums and galleries in June 2025. Highlights include the reopening of 500 Capp Street with "Mildred Howard Collaborating with the Muses Part 2" and a forthcoming show celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ant Farm's "Media Burn." At the de Young Museum, Henri Matisse's "Jazz Unbound" closes July 6, Isaac Julien's first U.S. retrospective runs until July 13, and Paul McCartney's photography exhibition has been extended to October. SFMOMA's "Around Group f.64" closes July 13, and the Asian Art Museum features "Yuan Goang-Ming: Everyday War" through August 4. The piece also notes Ashley Voss's local gallery guide and a Q&A with Isaac Julien.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 14, 2026 visibility 17 link 9 artists, 2 galleries

Cameron Art Museum to launch immersive inflatable sculpture exhibition this summer

The Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, North Carolina, has announced its upcoming summer exhibition, "Fresh Air: Inflatable Sculptures," opening June 19. The show features large-scale, interactive works including Nick Cave’s "Augment," a vibrant installation made from repurposed lawn ornaments, and Andy Warhol’s historic 1966 floating installation "Silver Clouds." Other participating contemporary artists include Claire Ashley, Nicole Banowetz, Nancy Davidson, Tamar Ettun, and Momoyo Torimitsu.

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article local schedule Jun 30, 2025 visibility 3 link 11 artists, 5 galleries

NEXT in the Gallery: July art is a ‘time capsule of medieval Pittsburgh’

NEXTpittsburgh's July gallery guide highlights a range of new exhibitions and events across Pittsburgh. Featured shows include Nathan Van Patter's 'Medieval Pittsburgh' at Irma Freeman Center for Imagination, which reimagines the city's modern figures and landmarks in a medieval fantasy style; 'Five on Five' at Spinning Plate Gallery presenting new works by five local painters; Ben Schonberger's 'Hi-NRG' at 707 Penn Gallery, drawing from gay underground visual culture and disco music; and Ashley Andrykovitch's 'LAN Party' at UnSmoke Systems Artspace, inspired by 1990s local area network gaming gatherings.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 14, 2026 visibility 11 link 9 artists

CAM “Fresh Air: Inflatable Sculptures” exhibit set to open this summer

The Cameron Art Museum (CAM) in Wilmington, North Carolina, has announced its upcoming summer exhibition, "Fresh Air: Inflatable Sculptures." Running from June 19 through September 6, 2026, the show features large-scale, immersive works by a roster of high-profile contemporary artists including Nick Cave, Andy Warhol, and Claire Ashley. The exhibition is designed to be interactive, utilizing scale and movement to engage visitors with contemporary art in an accessible, unconventional format.

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article local schedule Apr 10, 2026 visibility 10 link 14 artists

8 Deer Park Students Featured In LI Museum Art Exhibit

Eight students from the Deer Park School District have been selected to feature their work in the annual "Colors of Long Island" student art exhibition at the Long Island Museum. The participants range from primary school first graders to high school juniors, with their pieces curated by district art teachers Briana Fayans, Samantha Racano, Ashley Woolsley, and Rebecca Yackel.

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article news schedule Jul 15, 2025 visibility 3 link 1 artist

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WeTransfer, the cloud-based file transfer company widely used by art institutions, updated its terms of service on July 14 to include a clause granting the company a perpetual, royalty-free license to use uploaded content for training machine learning models and creating derivative works, which it could monetize without compensating users. After widespread criticism from the art community, including post-production professional Ashley Lynch, who noted conflicts with non-disclosure agreements, WeTransfer removed the controversial language and issued a statement assuring users that it does not use their content to train AI or machine learning models.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 24, 2025 visibility 3 link 1 artist, 3 galleries

Artist’s ‘most expansive collection’ in U.S. to be shown at Aspen Grove Fine Art

Aspen Grove Fine Art will present “What is Real: The Echoes of Ashley Collins,” the most expansive collection of artist Ashley Collins’s work ever shown in the United States. The exhibition features large-scale mixed-media paintings and includes private and public opening receptions on August 1–2, 2025, with artist talks, live music, and cocktails sponsored by Aspen Vodka. A companion online viewing room, “UNBROKEN: The Art of Ashley Collins,” has also launched for remote collectors.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 14, 2025 visibility 1 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

18 Artists Reimagine Angels in Brooklyn Exhibition

Angel Archives, a Brooklyn-based collective founded in 2025 by Emma Long and Audrey Roloff, will present its group exhibition 'Angels' on July 17 at Studio 45 in East Williamsburg. The show features 18 artists working across various mediums, each reimagining angels as protectors, guides, and spiritual presences. Themes include grief, sacred imagery, purity, and the tension between the unreachable and the real. Featured artists include Audrey Roloff, Ashley Walia, Autumn Kidd, Charlie Rudalavage, Claire Porter Manning, EC Brooks, Eden Weinstein, Emma Long, Fiona Murphy, Jade Groobman, Julia Rose, Kaden Bard Dawson, Megan Liz Smith, Sara Carlsen, Sharon Yalan Li, pszygy, Why? Why Not? Because!, Henry Davis, and Charlotte Davis.

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article local schedule Feb 19, 2026 visibility 4 link 1 artist

2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition

The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is hosting its 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition from March 7 to March 29 at The Art Gallery. The showcase features the culminating work of five Master of Fine Arts candidates: Diane Chen, Ashley Jeneé Collins, Caroline Holmes, Sheldon Wong, and Mia Zheng. The exhibition represents the final requirement for the terminal degree in visual arts, highlighting a diverse range of practices from personal narratives to broader contextual explorations.

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article local schedule Feb 7, 2026 visibility 2 link 1 artist

Black Excellence fills Columbus Arts Council with warmth, artistry and community

The Columbus Arts Council in Mississippi hosted the opening reception of its second Black Excellence Art Exhibition, featuring fiber artist Stephany Brown reading from 'Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South' and a poem by Alabama Poet Laureate Ashley M. Jones. The exhibition showcased a diverse range of works including Brittany Horne's luminous portrait of her daughter, Brown's hand-sewn quilts, Kenneth Smith's stained glass mosaics, and live music by vocalist-pianist Kyia King. Culinary arts students from East Mississippi Community College contributed food honoring Black chefs and agricultural scientists, creating a multisensory celebration of Black artistry and heritage.

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article local schedule Dec 20, 2025 visibility 3 link 1 artist

Winter Welcome brings creativity and community spirit to Grays

On December 18, Grays Shopping Centre hosted Winter Welcome, a community celebration produced by Thurrock-based arts organization Together Productions in collaboration with Welcome to the UK. The event featured visual arts activities, a 'Creating Home' art exhibition by the Together Create Visual Arts Collective with artists Marsha Ashley and Salina Jane, participatory singing led by Ashley Beauchamp and Thames Opera Company, and food prepared by Welcome to the UK community members. Thurrock's Deputy Mayor Cllr Steve Liddiard attended, and shoppers enjoyed a pop-up performance.

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museum exhibitions schedule Sep 20, 2025 visibility 2 link 1 artist

“Testing the Waters” – New art exhibition at Chichele College opens as part of the Northants & Rutland Open Studios Art Festival

Four local artists—Ashley Medlock, Emma Saul, Annabelle Benjamin, and Ellen Bletsoe—are presenting a group exhibition titled “Testing the Waters” at Chichele College, an English Heritage site in Higham Ferrers. The show runs from 20-21 September and 24-28 September 2025, as part of the Northants & Rutland Open Studios Art Festival, the largest visual arts event in the county. Each artist contributes contemporary works in painting, ceramics, and abstract forms, set against the medieval backdrop of the historic building.

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Military uniforms become art in new Missouri exhibition

A new exhibition at the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri, titled "Camouflage: In Plain Sight," transforms military uniforms and related objects into works of art. The show features over 50 items, including a deconstructed World War I uniform by contemporary artist Ashley V. Blalock and historic pieces like a Civil War jacket, exploring how the visual language of warfare is repurposed for artistic expression.

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