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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 7, 2026 visibility 37 link 15 artists

A Duchamp Retrospective at MoMA Presents an Artist Who Challenged the Very Definition of Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has launched a major retrospective of Marcel Duchamp, marking the first comprehensive North American survey of the artist’s work in over 50 years. Co-organized with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Centre Pompidou, the exhibition traces Duchamp’s evolution from his early Cubo-Futurist paintings to his revolutionary "Readymades" and optical experiments. The show features seminal works such as Nude (Study), Sad Young Man on a Train and explores his various personas, including his female alter ego, Rrose Sélavy.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 8, 2026 visibility 18 link 18 artists, 1 gallery

The 14 Best Art Museum Exhibits in the World in 2026

PaperCity tapped Elaine de Kooning House founder Chris Byrne to curate a list of the 14 best art museum exhibitions worldwide in 2026. Highlights include a major Marcel Duchamp retrospective at MoMA—the first North American survey in over 50 years—featuring nearly 300 works, and Raphael's first comprehensive U.S. exhibition at The Met, titled 'Raphael: Sublime Poetry,' with 200 drawings, paintings, and tapestries. Other notable shows include 'The Shakers: A World in the Making' at ICA Philadelphia and a Guerrilla Girls exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 27, 2026 visibility 21 link 1 artist, 1 gallery

Sophie Calle explores the stories we tell ourselves

The UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art is hosting "Overshare," the first major North American survey of French conceptual artist Sophie Calle. Organized by the Walker Art Center and curated by Henriette Huldisch, the exhibition spans five decades of Calle’s career, utilizing photography, text, and installation to explore the boundaries between public and private life. The show is organized into thematic sections—the Spy, the Protagonist, the End, and the Beginning—highlighting her voyeuristic projects and autobiographical narratives.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 16, 2026 visibility 45 link 10 artists

Marcel Duchamp at MoMA: Five Revelations From the Artist’s First North American Survey in Over 50 Years

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has launched a major retrospective of Marcel Duchamp, marking the artist's first comprehensive North American survey in over half a century. The exhibition traces Duchamp’s evolution from his early satirical drawings and avant-garde paintings to his revolutionary experiments with movement and mechanization, featuring iconic works like "Nude Descending a Staircase" and "L.H.O.O.Q." alongside technical diagrams and studies for "The Large Glass."

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 17, 2026 visibility 17 link 1 artist

Portland Art Museum unveils major Hockney show

The Portland Art Museum has opened a major retrospective of David Hockney's work, featuring over 200 pieces spanning six decades. The exhibition, drawn from the collection of philanthropist Jordan Schnitzer, includes iconic works like the swimming pool series, iPad drawings, and photographic collages, and is designed with immersive, perspective-shifting gallery spaces.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 23, 2026 visibility 21 link 6 artists

Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–US Border

The exhibition "Parallax(e): Perspectives on the Canada–US Border" at The Reach Gallery Museum in Abbotsford, British Columbia, brings together archival materials from the Northwest Boundary Survey (1857–62) with new works by five Indigenous artists. The show features photographs, maps, and watercolors from British and American surveyors alongside commissions by Dr. Shawn Brigman, Dr. Michelle Jack, Deb Silver, Xémóntalot Carrielynn Victor, and Dr. T’uy’t’tanat Cease Wyss, who respond to the legacy of the border's creation through canoe culture, transboundary identity, and place-based knowledge.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 14, 2026 visibility 29 link 5 artists

MoMA Delivers with First American Marcel Duchamp Retrospective in 50 Years

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has launched a comprehensive retrospective of Marcel Duchamp, marking the first major American survey of the artist's work in five decades. The exhibition follows a chronological path through Duchamp’s radical career, featuring early pen-and-ink drawings, his transition through Cubism and Dadaism, and his revolutionary "readymades" like the urinal titled Fountain. Highlights include the rare gathering of all three versions of Nude Descending a Staircase and documentation of his final, secretive installation, Étant donnés.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 29, 2025 visibility 17 link 2 artists

Ruin and beauty loom 30 feet over museum visitors at new St. Louis Art Museum exhibition

The St. Louis Art Museum has opened "Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Sea," the first American survey of the German-born artist's work in 20 years. The exhibition features five monumental 30-foot-tall paintings, including the 2024 work "Lumpeguin, Cigwe, Animiki," inspired by Kiefer's 1991 visit to St. Louis and his memories of the Mississippi River. Museum Director Min Jung Kim curated the show, which explores Kiefer's signature use of texture, sculpture techniques, and themes of ruin and resurrection.

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