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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 4, 2026

Saving Alice’s Adventures in New York. Her Mural Traveled a Rabbit Hole Too.

The Museum of the City of New York has opened the exhibition “Another Wonderland: Abram Champanier’s Alice Mural,” featuring 16 painted panels that form the only surviving Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) mural originally created for a hospital children’s ward. The mural, based on Lewis Carroll’s *Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland*, was painted by artist Abram Champanier and has been preserved and reassembled for public display.

museum exhibitions schedule May 7, 2026

Art Abounds on Campuses Outside of New York City

Academic museums at Princeton, Yale, Cornell, and Skidmore have organized several standout exhibitions worth visiting beyond TEFAF New York. These shows highlight the rich programming happening on campuses outside the city, offering diverse artistic perspectives and scholarly depth.

museum exhibitions schedule May 6, 2026

Brandywine Conservancy and Museum picks architects for $100m expansion project

The Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, has selected Kengo Kuma & Associates, along with landscape architects Field Operations and Schwartz Silver Architects, to lead a $100 million expansion project. The plan includes a new 40,000-square-foot museum building, renovation of the existing 19th-century grist mill museum, and a ten-mile loop of walking trails connecting the two buildings to the historic studios of artists N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2025, with completion in autumn 2029. Nearly half the funding has been raised, including contributions from the Wyeth Foundation for American Art and Wyeth family members.

museum exhibitions schedule Apr 17, 2026

Metropolitan Opera and MoMA Together Put Kahlo at Center Stage

The Metropolitan Opera and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) have launched a rare cross-disciplinary collaboration centered on the life and work of Frida Kahlo. The project features a new operatic production at the Met, complemented by a specialized exhibition at MoMA conceived by the opera's set designer to provide visual and historical context.

article culture schedule Apr 15, 2026

Honoring Frederic Church: Beyond the Hudson River School

Art historians and curators are re-evaluating the legacy of Frederic Church, arguing that his contributions extend far beyond his traditional classification as a Hudson River School landscape painter. New research highlights his sophisticated engagement with 19th-century science, his architectural achievements at his estate, Olana, and his role as a global traveler who captured the spirit of the Andes and the Arctic.

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