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person people schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 27 link 12 artists

Sarasota Art Museum senior curator heading to Seattle

Rangsook Yoon, the senior curator at the Sarasota Art Museum (SAM), is departing her role to join the Frye Art Museum in Seattle as the senior director of curatorial affairs. Yoon will conclude her tenure at SAM on May 1, following the opening of the major loan exhibition "Something Borrowed, Something New," which features works by blue-chip artists like Louise Bourgeois and Ai Weiwei. Her move to Seattle follows a successful two-year period in Sarasota where she curated high-profile shows and participated in regional collaborations like Skyway 2024.

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museum exhibitions schedule Apr 19, 2026 visibility 20 link 9 artists

Known in New Orleans, multimedia artist will take the world stage in Venice Biennale

New Orleans-based conceptual artist Dawn DeDeaux is preparing for a career-defining presentation at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Selected by curator Dan Cameron and featured in the central exhibition "In Minor Keys," the 73-year-old artist will occupy the final room of the Arsenale. Her work, which spans photography, video, and large-scale installation, often explores existential themes, environmental fragility, and the relationship between the antique and the futuristic.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 30, 2025 visibility 19 link 7 artists

Philadelphia museum opens $20m expansion after winning back cancelled funding from Trump administration

Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia will unveil a $20 million expansion on November 1, adding the Frances M. Maguire Hall for Art and Education—a converted 19th-century mansion with 14 galleries and an education studio. The project, which also includes four acres of new green space, was funded in part by a gift from the Maguire Foundation and follows the museum's acquisition of the adjacent building in 2021. The expansion allows the museum to display more of its 8,000+ works by regional artists, including Pennsylvania Impressionists and Violet Oakley's preparatory sketches.

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article local schedule Apr 10, 2026 visibility 14 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

South Shore Irish Heritage Trail stop showcases art from Ireland and New England

The Aisling Gallery in Hingham, Massachusetts, has become a featured stop on the South Shore Irish Heritage Trail, highlighting the work of Irish-born painter Vincent Crotty. The gallery showcases Crotty’s oil paintings, which bridge his two worlds by capturing the rugged, pastoral landscapes of County Cork and Dingle alongside the coastal vistas of New England and Maine. Crotty, who immigrated to the United States 35 years ago, has maintained a long-standing partnership with the gallery, evolving from a struggling artist into a prolific figure in the local Irish-American art scene.

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