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article local schedule Jun 10, 2026

Ateliê: Oak Cliff's Unique Art Gallery Restaurant Experience

Ateliê, a new restaurant on Jefferson Avenue in Dallas's Oak Cliff neighborhood, opened inside the Daisha Board Gallery, an art gallery representing artists of color, LGBTQ artists, and artists with disabilities. Co-owned by Vivaldo Gouveia and featuring executive chef Wyl Lima, the restaurant blends a dimly lit, intimate dining space with rotating art on the walls, a Portuguese name meaning 'workshop,' and a globally inspired menu that reflects Lima's Angolan heritage and fine-dining background.

museum exhibitions schedule Jun 10, 2026

Barbican Explores a Century of Pan-African Art and Culture in Major Summer Exhibition

The Barbican in London opens 'Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica' on June 11, 2026, a major summer exhibition surveying over a century of Pan-African art and culture. Featuring more than 300 works by artists including Lubaina Himid, David Hammons, Simone Leigh, El Anatsui, Chris Ofili, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, the show spans Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean, North America, and Western Europe. It explores how Pan-Africanism—a political and philosophical movement advocating self-determination and anti-colonial solidarity—has shaped visual culture, with paintings, sculpture, photography, film, and archival materials tracing movements like Garveyism, Négritude, and Quilombismo.

museum exhibitions schedule Jun 10, 2026

FAD NEWS: GRIMM Expands in Amsterdam and Launches Artist Residency in Provence.

GRIMM gallery is expanding its operations in its 20th anniversary year, with plans to open a new flagship space in Amsterdam in September 2026 and launch an artist residency program at Château Val Croissant in Provence. The Amsterdam gallery will occupy a 17th-century canal house in the historic center, complementing existing locations in London and New York. The inaugural exhibition will feature Dutch painter Robert Zandvliet, followed by shows with Charles Avery and Saskia Noor van Imhoff. The residency program, opening this summer, will accommodate up to five artists and their families, with no fixed time limits, allowing artists to return repeatedly.

museum exhibitions schedule Jun 10, 2026

Sir John Soane’s Museum Names Lacey Law and Kanto Ohara Maeda as 2026 Jerwood Artists in Residence

Sir John Soane’s Museum has announced that artists Lacey Law and Kanto Ohara Maeda have been selected as its 2026 Jerwood Artists in Residence. Supported by the Jerwood Foundation, the residency places artists in Soane’s Drawing Office, the earliest surviving working architectural office in Britain, originally installed in 1823. Law will undertake the Autumn residency, while Maeda will be the Summer resident, each developing new work over three months in response to the museum’s collections and legacy. The programme, launched in 2023 after the Drawing Office’s restoration, was renamed in 2025 to recognize the Jerwood Foundation’s three-year commitment.

museum exhibitions schedule Jun 10, 2026

Paul’s Gallery of the Month: SLQS Gallery

SLQS Gallery, founded in 2024 by Sarah Le Quang Sang in Shoreditch, London, focuses on female and queer artists and challenges traditional career classifications like "emerging" and "mid-career." The gallery has hosted ten shows, including Hoa Dung Clerget's exploration of Vietnamese diaspora through nail art, Damaris Athena's "undercurrents," and Diana Taylor's blending of digital and analogue painting. The current exhibition features Beverley Duckworth, who uses an irrigation system to grow seeds in the gallery, creating evolving artworks about networking and resistance.