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museum exhibitions schedule Nov 25, 2025 visibility 4 link 26 artists, 18 galleries

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Frieze New York 2025 is set to take place at the Shed in Manhattan, bringing together over 65 contemporary art galleries from more than 25 countries. The fair coincides with major institutional shows at the Guggenheim, Whitney Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as the recent reopening of the Frick Collection after a $220 million renovation. Notable galleries include Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Pace, and David Zwirner, alongside international dealers like Goodman Gallery and Kurimanzutto. The Focus section, curated by Lumi Tan, features 12 young galleries. On the eve of the fair, Frieze itself was sold by Endeavor to former CEO Ari Emanuel for a reported $200 million.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 30, 2026 visibility 19 link 4 artists, 5 galleries

The IFPDA Print Fair Returns to the Park Avenue Armory, Illuminating the Relationship Between Prints and Drawings

The IFPDA Print Fair is returning to the Park Avenue Armory from April 9–12, featuring 80 international exhibitors presenting 500 years of prints and drawings. The fair highlights the historical and conceptual relationship between the two mediums, with notable works including an Edward Hopper charcoal study and unique or hybrid pieces by artists like Françoise Gilot and Edgar Degas.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 16, 2026 visibility 2 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

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David Hockney will create a monumental 22-by-32-foot window installation for the Sunley Gallery at Turner Contemporary in Margate, UK. The work, based on a 2020 iPad painting of a Normandy sunrise, will be illuminated at night and is scheduled to be on view from April 1 to November 1 as part of the gallery's 15th-anniversary celebrations.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 16, 2026 visibility 3 link 1 artist, 2 galleries

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David Hockney will create a monumental 22-by-32-foot window installation for the Sunley Gallery at Turner Contemporary in Margate, UK. The work, based on a 2020 iPad painting of a sunrise in Normandy, will be illuminated at night and will be on view from April 1 to November 1 as part of the gallery's 15th-anniversary celebrations.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 13, 2025 visibility 3 link 8 artists, 3 galleries

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Adam Levine, director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art, has transformed the Ohio institution into a model for digital adaptation since taking the helm five years ago. He grew the operating budget from $15 million to $23 million, expanded the endowment by $90 million, and launched TMA Labs, an in-house consultancy focused on data, Web3, AI, and emerging technologies. The museum has acquired digital artworks including NFTs and digital numismatics, established a digital artist-in-residence program, and opened the exhibition "Infinite Images," which traces the history of computer and digital art through November. Levine, one of the youngest museum directors in the US at 38, discussed these initiatives in an interview with ARTnews.

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trending_up market schedule Oct 6, 2025 visibility 1 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

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Sotheby's Paris will auction René Magritte's 1934 painting *La Magie Noire* on October 24, with a high estimate of €7 million ($8.1 million). The work has remained in the same private collection for nearly a century, having been acquired directly from the artist by the family of WWII resistance heroine Suzanne Spaak, who was executed by the Gestapo for helping Jewish children escape Nazi persecution. The painting depicts Magritte's wife, Georgette Berger, and is the first of ten portraits in which the female body merges with sky and stone.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 1, 2026 visibility 1 link 8 artists, 5 galleries

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Photographer Graciela Iturbide is the subject of a major exhibition, "Graciela Iturbide: Vintage," at Throckmorton Fine Art in New York. The show features rare vintage prints, including her iconic work *La Señora de las Iguanas* (1979), and was made possible by the rediscovery of 19 long-lost prints that Iturbide had sent to a dealer decades ago.

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article culture schedule Mar 20, 2026 visibility 8 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

30 Iconic Feminist Works By Women Artists

ARTnews has expanded its list of iconic feminist works by women artists, adding 15 new entries to a previous selection. The article highlights specific pieces, such as Edmonia Lewis's *The Death of Cleopatra* (1876), Mary Cassatt's *The Reader* (1877), and Alice Pike Barney's *Medusa* (1892) and *Lucifer* (1902), providing historical context for each artist and their contribution to feminist discourse through art.

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article news schedule Dec 11, 2025 visibility 2 link 6 artists, 2 galleries

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The Vancouver Art Gallery has received a transformative gift of 131 artworks from an anonymous Hong Kong collector, forming a living collection called Art Continuum Hong Kong (ACHK) that spans works by 78 artists from the 1950s to today. Meanwhile, Barbara Dauphin Duthuit, wife of Henri Matisse's grandson, donated 61 Matisse works to the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, including paintings, drawings, and etchings. Additionally, a rare 15th-century illuminated Jewish prayer book looted by Nazis and recently restituted is heading to auction at Sotheby's in February with an estimate of at least $5 million.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 24, 2025 visibility 1 link 5 artists, 1 gallery

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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has completed an extensive conservation project on Andrew Wyeth's iconic painting "Christina's World" (1948), which will soon return to public view. MoMA senior collections photographer Adam Neese documented the process, using advanced imaging techniques such as high-magnification photography, raking light, and infrared reflectography to reveal hidden layers and reworkings by Wyeth. The analysis showed that Wyeth altered the eaves of the house, shed, and horizon line, deepening the painting's emotional isolation. The conservation team also studied the paint's chemical makeup, noting tiny bubbles from water added to egg yolks in the tempera.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 13, 2025 visibility 2 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

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Adam Levine, director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art, has transformed the Ohio institution into a model for digital adaptation. Over five years, he grew the operating budget from $15 million to $23 million, expanded the endowment by $90 million, and launched TMA Labs, an in-house consultancy focused on data, Web3, AI, and emerging technologies. The museum has acquired digital artworks including NFTs and digital numismatics, established a digital artist-in-residence program, and opened the exhibition "Infinite Images," which traces the history of computer and digital art. Levine, one of the youngest museum directors in the U.S. at 38, discussed these initiatives in an interview with ARTnews.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 13, 2025 visibility 4 link 8 artists, 1 gallery

toledo museum of art digital art ai and future proofing the museum 1234751781

Adam Levine, director and CEO of the Toledo Museum of Art, has transformed the Ohio institution into a model for digital-age adaptation. Over five years, he grew the operating budget from $15 million to $23 million, expanded the endowment by $90 million, and launched TMA Labs, an in-house consultancy focused on data, Web3, AI, and emerging technologies. The museum has acquired digital artworks including NFTs and digital numismatics, established a digital artist-in-residence program, and opened the exhibition “Infinite Images,” which traces the history of computer and digital art through November. Levine, one of the youngest museum directors in the US at 38, spoke with ARTnews about these initiatives and how he is future-proofing the museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 22, 2025 visibility 2 link 9 artists, 1 gallery

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The Musée d'Orsay has launched a landmark exhibition titled "Sargent: Dazzling Paris," marking the centenary of John Singer Sargent's death and focusing on his formative decade in 19th-century Paris. The show highlights Sargent's early friendships with artists like Monet and Rodin, his training under Carolus-Duran, and key portraits such as those of Fanny Watts and Madame X, the latter of which caused a scandal that drove him to London. The article also features five portraits that illuminate Sargent's artistic circles in Paris.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 9, 2025 visibility 4 link 19 artists, 1 gallery

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Helen Frankenthaler, the pioneering Color Field painter known for her luminous, stain-soaked canvases, is the subject of a renewed wave of exhibitions. The Palazzo Strozzi in Florence and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao recently hosted a major survey of her work, while the Museum of Modern Art in New York is currently presenting "Helen Frankenthaler: A Grand Sweep" in its atrium. Next year, the Kunstmuseum Basel will open the largest exhibition of her art in Europe to date, marking her first solo museum show in Switzerland. The article also recounts her biography—her privileged upbringing on the Upper East Side, her studies at the Dalton School and Bennington College, her relationships with Clement Greenberg and Robert Motherwell, and her invention of the soak-stain technique in 1952, which helped birth Color Field painting.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 28, 2025 visibility 3 link 6 artists, 1 gallery

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René Magritte’s *L’empire des lumières* series, comprising 17 oil paintings and 10 gouaches created between the late 1940s and early 1960s, juxtaposes a nocturnal street scene with a bright daytime sky. The article explores the origins, meaning, and market performance of these works, noting that they were inspired by a line from André Breton’s poem *L’Aigrette* and reflect Magritte’s own Brussels neighborhood. Recent auction sales have shattered records, including a 1954 version that sold for $121.2 million at Christie’s New York in November 2024, making it the most expensive Surrealist artwork ever sold at auction.

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trending_up market schedule Nov 21, 2025 visibility 2 link 13 artists, 1 gallery

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At Sotheby’s Modern evening auction, René Magritte’s 1942 painting *Le Jockey perdu*—which the artist considered a turning point in his career—sold for over $12.3 million, exceeding its high estimate. The work was part of a group of ten consignments from the estate of shopping mall magnate Matthew Bucksbaum and his wife Carolyn “Kay” Bucksbaum, influential collectors and philanthropists who met on a blind date in 1952. Alongside works by Salvador Dalí, Jean Dubuffet, Paul Klee, and Joan Miró, the evening sale netted more than $25 million, with remaining pieces appearing in subsequent day sales.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 16, 2026 visibility 8 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

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Raúl de Nieves has transformed the industrial architecture of Pioneer Works in Red Hook into a luminous sanctuary through his solo exhibition, "In Light of Innocence." The installation features 50 handcrafted faux stained-glass panels made from acetate and aluminum tape, replacing traditional religious iconography with symbols from tarot, Mexican folklore, and personal text. The centerpiece is a large light box featuring a skeleton that symbolizes transformation and renewal rather than death.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 7, 2026 visibility 5 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

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Artist and activist Michele Pred has opened a solo exhibition at Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York, showcasing a body of work that addresses the erosion of civil and reproductive rights. The exhibition features her signature electroluminescent wire-stitched vintage handbags, sculptures made from found objects like wooden gavels and disarmed bullets, and large-scale inflatable abortion pill sculptures. Pred’s practice, rooted in her upbringing between California and Sweden, utilizes approachable domestic objects to deliver urgent political messages regarding bodily autonomy and social justice.

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trending_up market schedule Mar 18, 2026 visibility 20 link 21 artists, 1 gallery

Paris Dealer Kamel Mennour Buys Galerie Malingue, Founded Over Five Decades Ago

Parisian art dealer Kamel Mennour has acquired the historic Galerie Malingue, taking over its prestigious 4,300-square-foot showroom on Avenue Matignon. The purchase represents a generational shift, with the younger dealer assuming control of a space founded over fifty years ago by Daniel Malingue, known for its focus on Impressionist, Surrealist, and modern masters.

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trending_up market schedule Dec 8, 2025 visibility 4 link 12 artists, 3 galleries

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Artnet News analyzed the 10 most expensive lots sold at auction in 2024, drawing on the Artnet Price Database. The top lot was René Magritte's *L'Empire de Lumières* (1954), which sold for $121.2 million at Christie's New York in November, setting a new auction record for the artist and becoming the only work to break nine figures this year. Other notable sales included Ed Ruscha's *Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half* (1964) at $68.3 million, Claude Monet's *Nymphéas* (1914–17) at $65.5 million, and Jean-Michel Basquiat's *Untitled (ELMAR)* (1982) at $46.4 million. Seven of the top 10 lots sold in New York, with Hong Kong, London, and Vienna also represented.

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museum exhibitions schedule Mar 26, 2026 source 2 sources visibility 9 link 6 artists

Hirshhorn Museum announces acquisitions by 8 major artists ahead of reopening.

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has acquired eight new sculptures by major contemporary artists for its renovated outdoor garden. The works by Mark Grotjahn, Raven Halfmoon, Lauren Halsey, Izumi Katō, Liz Larner, Woody De Othello, Chatchai Puipia, and Pedro Reyes will be installed ahead of the garden's reopening in October.

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article policy schedule Mar 10, 2026 visibility 6 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

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A coalition of Los Angeles’s leading art institutions, including the Getty, LACMA, MOCA, and the Hammer Museum, has officially pledged to adopt the Bizot Green Protocol. This collective commitment, which also includes the gallery Hauser & Wirth, establishes climate-minded guidelines for museum operations such as widening temperature and humidity parameters for galleries and reducing air travel for loans. The move was largely catalyzed by the devastating impact of recent wildfires on the region's cultural infrastructure.

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article local schedule Dec 12, 2025 visibility 3 link 9 artists, 3 galleries

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Artnet News's weekly roundup highlights six free holiday-themed art installations and events across New York City through early January 2019. Featured works include Bovey Lee's paper snowflake installation 'Flower Knot Snowflake' at 10 Hudson Yards, Studio Cadena's yellow vinyl 'Happy' installation at Flatiron Plaza, David Hoey's window displays at Bergdorf Goodman, a For Freedoms Christmas tree at the New York EDITION hotel, LAB at Rockwell Group's 'Luminaries' light show at Brookfield Place, and a Charles Dickens manuscript exhibition at the Morgan Library & Museum.

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trending_up market schedule Apr 9, 2026 visibility 9 link 1 artist

Italian Winemaker Ornellaia Reveals Marina Abramović’s Designs for Its 2023 Vintages

Marina Abramović has collaborated with the Italian winemaker Ornellaia to design labels for its 2023 vintage as part of the annual Vendemmia d’Artista project. The designs range from self-portrait drawings and photographs featuring grapes to a conceptual 9-liter bottle that instructs the drinker to listen to Nino Rota’s theme from La Dolce Vita while consuming the wine. A selection of these limited-edition bottles will be auctioned at Bonhams in June to raise funds for the Guggenheim Museum.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 5, 2025 visibility 5 link 19 artists, 11 galleries

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At Design Miami 2025, artist Nicole Cherubini presented monumental ceramic sculptures at Friedman Benda's booth, alongside Molly Hatch's installation of 288 ceramic plates at Todd Merrill's booth. The fair, curated under the theme "Make.Believe" by Glenn Adamson, saw 15 previous exhibitors drop out due to President Trump's tariffs—including a 50 percent tariff on steel and aluminum—while eight more booths appeared overall, dominated by younger, emerging talent and organic, pastel-hued designs. Established galleries like Donzello, Patrick Seguin, and Sarah Myerscough did not return, while first-time exhibitors included Arte y Ritual and Mass Modern Design.

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candle obituary schedule Nov 21, 2025 visibility 3 link 8 artists

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Dorothy Vogel, who with her husband Herbert built one of the most celebrated art collections of the 20th century while working as a librarian and a postal clerk, died on November 10 at age 90. The couple amassed thousands of Minimalist and conceptual works by artists such as Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, and Sol LeWitt, housing them in their rent-controlled Manhattan apartment. They never sold any artwork and ultimately donated their entire collection to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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article culture schedule Apr 14, 2026 visibility 5 link 3 artists

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Joshua Johnson, born into slavery in Maryland around 1763, emerged in the late 18th century as the first documented Black professional artist in the United States. After gaining his freedom in 1782, Johnson established himself in Baltimore as a self-taught portraitist, advertising his services in local newspapers and catering to the city's prominent families. His body of work, consisting of approximately 83 attributed paintings, is characterized by a distinct flatness and three-quarter profile compositions typical of early American folk art.

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article news schedule Mar 18, 2026 visibility 9 link 6 artists

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An anonymous graffiti artist known as Acer 444 successfully tagged the third-story facade of the New Museum on New York’s Bowery. The large-scale piece, featuring black lettering against a red background, was placed in a precarious, high-visibility location directly above Glenn Ligon’s neon installation. Despite the museum's security measures and its specialized aluminum mesh exterior, the artist managed to complete the work undetected before maintenance crews began removal efforts the following morning.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 3, 2025 visibility 1 link 6 artists

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Elizabeth Browning Jackson, a pioneering artist in the art-furniture movement, was rediscovered in 2021 after a phone call from Stephen Markos, founder of Superhouse Gallery, who had long admired her 1982 sculptural couch "Gloria." Markos urged Jackson to open a barn on her Rhode Island property, where she found her early works—hand-tufted rugs, cut-aluminum furniture, drawings, and prototypes—sealed away for 35 years. This rediscovery culminates at Design Miami 2025, where Superhouse presents Jackson as a foundational voice in the art-furniture movement, alongside contemporaries like Dan Friedman and Wendy Maruyama. Jackson's new exhibition "Re/construct" is also on view at Superhouse's Tribeca space through December 20, featuring reconstructed rugs based on her original 1980s designs.

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museum exhibitions schedule Dec 1, 2025 visibility 1 link 10 artists

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The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, is hosting "Art and Life in Rembrandt’s Time: Masterpieces from the Leiden Collection," an exhibition featuring 17 Rembrandt paintings from the largest private collection of his works. The show includes over 200 additional paintings and drawings by Dutch Golden Age artists such as Frans Hals, Carel Fabritius, and Johannes Vermeer, including the only Vermeer painting held in private hands. The exhibition marks the first major Rembrandt show in Florida and the largest U.S. exhibition of 17th-century Dutch paintings from a private collection, timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of New Amsterdam's founding.

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