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Installation view of Sargent and Paris, on view April 27âAugust 3, 2025 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Hyla Skopitz, courtesy of The Met.
NEW YORK, NY.- Opening at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on April 27, 2025, Sargent and Paris will explore the early career of John Singer Sargent (born 1856, Florence; died 1925, London), from his arrival in Paris in 1874 as a talented 18-year-old art student through the mid-1880s, when his infamous portrait Madame X was a scandalous success at the Paris Salon. Featuring a substantial collection of paintings, watercolors, and drawings, the exhibition will also include a select group of portraits by Sargentâs contemporaries. The exhibition is the largest international exhibition of Sargentâs work since 1998 and the first ever monographic exhibition of Sargentâs art in France. âThis magnificent exhibition will shed new light on a transformative period in the life and career of one of Americaâs most important painters,â said Max Hollein, The Metâs Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer. âBy situating Sargentâs work within the context of the city that formed and inspired him, Sargent ... More |
The Best Photos of the Day From April 25 to September 28, 2025, the Altinate | San Gaetano Cultural Center in Padua will host the most comprehensive exhibition ever dedicated to one of photographys most intriguing figures: Vivian Maier.
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| Dulwich Picture Gallery announces opening of major transformation in September 2025 | | Echoes of transition: Edi Hila and Thea Djordjadze bridge generations in a landmark exhibition | | Vivian Maier comes to Padua: The hidden genius of street photography takes center stage |
Carmody Groake, ArtPlay Pavilion view. Courtesy Carmody Groake.
LONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery has announced a celebratory weekend of events taking place 6-7 September 2025 to mark the completion of major development projects that will transform the public offering of the first purpose-built public art gallery. Extending the visitor experience across three acres of additional green space, it represents the biggest redevelopment at Dulwich Picture Gallery in over 20 years, incorporating a new permanent ArtPlay Pavilion and families café, as well as an expansion of the free to access Sculpture Garden. As part of the project, elements of Sir John Soanes 1811 plans for the Gallery will be restored, including a new site entrance on Gallery Road and the opening up of sweeping views across the gardens. Central to the developments is the new ArtPlay Pavilion by architecture practice Carmody Groarke housing creative play and activities for families, set in the Sculpture Garden. The ArtPlay Pavilion, supported by the Julia Rausing Trust, will immerse un ... More | |
Edi Hila, House Surrounded by Wall (from the series Transitional Landscapes), 2000. Acrylic on canvas, 131 x 163 cm. Collection of the artist, courtesy of Mitterrand Gallery © Edi Hila. Courtesy of Mitterrand, Paris. Photo: Rebecca Fanuele.
HAMBURG.- Edi Hila | Thea Djordjadze is a trans-generational exhibition of two major artists from Albania and Georgia, both countries with a communist past linked to Soviet Union, and to Eastern Europe and Western Asia history. Edi Hila (b. 1944 in Shkodër, Albania) is a seminal and highly praised artist of the Balkan region. Having witnessed and captured the social and political history of Albania, he is often referred to as »the painter of the Albanian transition«. This important survey exhibition of Edi Hila at the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Germany) and Moderna Museet Malmö (Sweden), initiated and curated by Dr. Corinne Diserens and Joa Ljungberg, has been organized in close dialogue with the artist. It includes paintings, works on paper, and maquettes, and is accompanied by a comprehensive publication published in English, German, and Swedish. Tracing key moments from the artists formative years, ... More | |
Vivian Maier, Lena Horne, New York, NY, September 30, 1954. Gelatin silver print, 2014, 40x50 cm © Estate of Vivian Maier, Courtesy of Maloof. Collection and Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY.
PADUA.- From April 25 to September 28, 2025, the Altinate | San Gaetano Cultural Center in Padua will host the most comprehensive exhibition ever dedicated to one of photographys most intriguing figures: Vivian Maier. With over 200 color and black-and-white photographs, immersive rooms, personal items, rare documents, audio recordings, and Super 8 films, this blockbuster retrospective offers a rare glimpse into the hidden life and brilliant work of an artist who was discovered only after her death. Following the record-breaking success of the Monet exhibition, the City of Padua has partnered once again with cultural group Arthemisia to bring a world-class event to the citythis time spotlighting the mysterious nanny who secretly created one of the most compelling photographic archives of the 20th century. Vivian Maier (19262009) lived a quiet life working as a nanny in New York and Chicago. But behind the scenes, she was ... More |
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| The National Museum of Norway presents first retrospective exhibition of A K Dolven | | Heritage's May 13 Imperial Fabergé & Russian Works of Art Auction unveils historic treasures | | Dafna Maimon's Kiasma exhibition transforms the body into a living museum |
Artist A K Dolven in her Oslo studio. Photo by the National Museum / Annar Bjørgli.
OSLO.- The National Museum of Norway, Oslo, presents the first retrospective dedicated to A K Dolven (b. 1953, Oslo), one of the most internationally acclaimed Norwegian artists working today. Entitled amazon, this is the most comprehensive exhibition of Dolvens work to date, and marks the museums first solo show of a contemporary Norwegian artist since its opening in 2022. Spanning over 80 works from the 1980s to the present day, the exhibition will showcase the full breadth of Dolvens multidisciplinary practice across paintings, films, installations, sculpture, photographs, sound and photography. From large site-specific installations to intimate video projections, the works range in scale from the monumental to the minimal, employing a wide variety of materials and means of expression. Id never been particularly drawn to the idea of a retrospective, says A K Dolven. But when the National Museum asked, I couldnt say no. It felt like the right ... More | |
An Important and Rare Pair of Russian Porcelain Vases from the Period of Alexander I.
DALLAS, TX.- On May 13, Heritage Auctions is proud to present its third Imperial Fabergé & Russian Works of Art Signature® Auction, a stunning showcase illuminating Russia's Imperial and artistic legacy. Anchored by the exceptional Fabergé Heritage Collection and enriched by Imperial artifacts linked to the Romanovs and their circle, a historic Fabergé punch set by Feodor Rückert, exceptional clocks and watches and museum-quality porcelain, this auction is comprehensive yet select. Drawn from prestigious private collections in the U.S., the sale features almost 100 works by Fabergé alongside masterpieces by Khlebnikov, Ovchinnikov and Bolin, offering collectors a rare chance to acquire works of unparalleled craftsmanship. "Heritage is thrilled to bring this remarkable selection of Russian masterworks to auction," says Nick Nicholson, Heritage's Director of Russian Works of Art. "The Fabergé Heritage Collection alone, with its breadth and quality, is an ... More | |
Dafna Maimon, Indigestibles, 2021. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen.
HELSINKI.- Dafna Maimons exhibition at Kiasma opens up the human body, inviting its varied components and symptoms to sprout up and sprawl out around us. Visitors pass through a velvety intestinal tunnel and a cave-sized wisdom tooth to see artworks such as a series of pastel paintings showing mysterious internal worlds. We also encounter an enlarged tardigrade, one of the worlds toughest microscopic creatures, as well as noted proponent of the mind-body split René Descartes, who appears in Maimons musical installation Homebody and whose dualistic worldview is challenged throughout the exhibition. Symptoms opens at Kiasma on 25 April 2025. Dafna Maimon (b. 1982, Porvoo) creates quietly humorous depictions of human beings who are not always aware of their own bodies needs amid the demands of contemporary existence a state viewers may recognise from their own lives. In her artistic process, Maimon explores how ... More |
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| WEISS/MANFREDI selected to design Nelson-Atkins expansion | | Walker Art Center opens first museum survey of multidisciplinary artist Kandis Williams | | Fine Photograph at Swann closing May 8 |
© WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism and Malcolm Reading Consultants.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has unanimously selected WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism as the lead architect for the museums upcoming expansion and transformation project. Their guiding theme united the trilogy of architecture, landscape, and community as reciprocal elements that work together while maintaining the majestic south lawn view into the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park. WEISS/MANFREDIs concept is aligned with the museums goals for a dynamic, open, and inviting design that will create more spaces to present all forms of art, as well as new opportunities for immersive and creative experiences for audiences of every age. The museums Architect Selection Committee made the recommendation of WEISS/MANFREDI, describing the project as the best to fulfill the museums aspirations, and the team as sensitive to Kansas City while being engaging, smart, creative, and curious. The choice was ratified by the Board of ... More | |
A collage of images of vampires and killers from horror movies with colorful squares interspersed.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- For more than a decade, multidisciplinary artist Kandis Williams (US, b. 1985) has engaged with the politics of representation, labor, and the body through an impressive array of media, from collage and sculpture to film and performance, and to writing and publishing. On April 24, 2025, the Walker Art Center opened the artistâs first institutional survey, inviting audiences to connect with her incisive and timely practice. Titled A Surface, the expansive presentation features both major bodies of work and lesser-known objects that are being shown in a museum context for the first time. Together, the depth of works captures the incredible range and intricacy of Williamsâs practice and invites engagement with themes and ideas that are especially resonant in our contemporary moment. A Surface will remain on view at the Walker through August 24, 2025. The exhibition is curated by Taylor Jasper, the Walkerâs Susan and Rob White Assistant Curator of Visual Arts, with support from Laurel Rand ... More | |
Brassaï, Couple damoureux, quartier place dltalie, Paris, silver print, 1932, printed circa 1970. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000.
NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries spring sale of Fine Photographs is rich in masters of the medium, working in all formats, including nineteenth-century panoramas, photo books, portfolios, and fine art prints. The sale will be a timed online auction open for bidding April 23 through May 8 and will begin closing at 12 PM EST. Bidding is available on the Swann Galleries App and on live.swanngalleries.com. Iconic works such as Alfred Eisenstaedts Premiere at La Scala, Milan, 1934, printed circa 1990 ($5,000-7,500), Dorothea Langes A Sign of the Times (Depression Mended Stockings, Stenographer, San Francisco), 1934, printed circa 1960 ($20,000-30,000), Gordon Parks American Gothic, Washington D.C., 1942, printed 1996 ($5,000-7,500), Brassaïs Couple damoureux, quartier place dItalie, Paris, 1932, printed circa 1970 ($10,000-15,000), and Roy DeCaravas stunning portfolio of 11 (of 12) photogravures titled Roy DeCarava, 1950-79, printed 1991 ($50,000-75,000), sho ... More |
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| GR Gallery's "Arcadia" paints a tranquil world where memory and nature collide | | PHI unites its spaces with bold new exhibitions by Nico Williams and Lap-See Lam | | BelgianArtPrize winner Suchan Kinoshita transforms Bozar with "Renovation" exhibition |
Takuya Yoshida, Red Riding Hood, 100 x 80 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- GR gallery is presenting Arcadia, a duo exhibition featuring artists Glendon Cordell, making his New York debut, and Takuya Yoshida, returning for his second project with the gallery. The show presents a total of 16 paintings on canvas that reflect -with their bright tones and uncluttered compositions- on the intertwined relationship between the artist role in their actual zone and the idealization of such place in their work. Arcadia aim to highlight the memory of our surroundings and their lasting impact on our lives through a journey characterized by rustic innocence and simple, quite pleasure. Arcadia invites the audience into an idyllic realm, carried by the gentle breeze of spring. The landscapes of Cordell and Yoshida evoke both nostalgia and the quiet beauty of everyday life. Drawing inspiration from the surroundings of their studios nestled far from the bustle of city life, in Tasmania and Hokkaido, respectivelythe artists create utopi ... More | |
Nico Williams, Uncle, 2023. 10/0 Japanese glass cylinder beads and 11/0 seed beads on thermally-fused/braided polyethylene thread, mother-of-pearl buttons. Courtesy of Gochman Family Collection. Photo: Paul Litherland.
MONTREAL.- PHI unveils its Spring/Summer 2025 programming with two major new exhibitions: Nico Williams: Bingo and Lap-See Lam: Shadow Play. These exhibitions, presented across PHIs two spaces on Saint-Jean Street in Old Montreal, mark a key step in PHIs evolution as a unified cultural destination. Nico Williamss first large-scale solo museum exhibition, Bingo offers an in-depth look at a decade of creation, featuring over 30 works, including several new pieces specially conceived for this occasion. This exhibition challenges the boundary between art and craft, showcasing how these two spheres can nourish each other. Williams, a rising figure on the international art scene and recipient of the 2024 Sobey Art Award, explores themes of gaming, economy, and cultural dynamics ... More | |
Suchan Kinoshita wanted to reuse some of the scenographic elements from the previous exhibition at Bozar.
BRUSSELS.- Suchan Kinoshita, winner of the BelgianArtPrize 2025, presents a new body of work at Bozar. With her exhibition, Renovation, Kinoshita takes over the Antechambers of the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, creating a subtle interplay between objects, natural light, sound and spatial perception. Suchan Kinoshita (Tokyo, 1960) studied in Germany and the Netherlands. She has lived and worked in Brussels since 2012. For more than thirty-five years, the artist has created projects and exhibitions that challenge our expectations and disrupt our perceptions. Kinoshita's work encompasses an impressive variety of media and techniques: sculptures, installations, videos, sound creations, performances and more. Her work also includes elements of theatre and experimental music, two fields in which the artist has long been active. Time and the role of the spectator are also two important ... More |
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Artists-in-residence examine human-AI relations, life sciences, and Virtual RealityDRESDEN.- Since 2017, the Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections (Kustodie) at TUD Dresden University of Technology has been developing and presenting exhibition projects and collaborative formats at the interfaces between art, science and the universitys teaching and research collections. In artistic residency programmes such as the Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden, which was initiated in 2020, artists work at TUD in close exchange with scientists from all disciplines. The Kustodie has been partnering with S+T+ARTS (Science, Technology & Arts) an initiative of the European Commission that seeks to optimally combine technology and artistic practice since 2024. In addition to TUD, the consortium also includes the following partners: Ars Electronica (AT), INOVA+ (PT), La French Tech Grande Provence (FR), Media Solution Center Baden-Württemberg ... More Ei Arakawa-Nash to represent Japan at the 2026 Venice BiennaleTOKYO.- The Japan Foundation announced the appointment of artist Ei Arakawa-Nash for the Japan Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Since the early 2000s, Arakawa-Nash has been at the forefront of renewing the visibility and advancement of performance art internationally and has mined its vintage forms such as Gutai, Tokyo Fluxus, Happenings, Judson Dance Theater, and Viennese Actionism. His work, initially appearing spontaneous or improvised, is underpinned by a deep commitment to collaboration as well as addressing the specific contexts of the people for whom it is created. His participatory installation Mega Please Draw Freely was presented at Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London in 2021, and will be up for 6 months at Haus der Kunst, Munich, starting this coming July as a part of the exhibition For Children. Art Stories since 1968. Ei Arakawa-Nash was selected ... More Austin Thomas opens her sketchbooks and her practice in 'Pocket Utopia: Open Book' at Morgan Lehman GalleryNEW YORK, NY.- Morgan Lehman Gallery is presenting Pocket Utopia: Open Book, an exhibition showcasing over a decade of notebook drawings by Austin Thomas. More than personal sketches, these pages function as both talismans against daily responsibilities and portable studio spacesexpanding the traditional boundaries of drawing. Created in transit, in conversation, and within the public sphere, Thomas's notebooks transform drawing into a social actinviting engagement and interaction. At the heart of the exhibition is a drawing desk originally created by Thomas for The Drawing Center's Playpen exhibition in 2004. Now on loan from artist Danielle Dimston, the desk bears the marks and patina of twenty years of artmaking. More ... More Buffalo AKG opens Adam Fuss: Visual ResonanceBUFFALO, NY.- Today the Buffalo AKG Art Museum announced Adam Fuss: Visual Resonance, the artists first museum show in more than ten years. The exhibition will open on Friday, April 25, and will remain on view in the museums Hemicycle Gallery through Monday, September 29. Adam Fuss (British, born 1961) works with early photographic processes and camera-less techniques to capture one-of-a-kind images. He is known for taking up nineteenth-century innovations in the medium, such as the photogram, which is made by placing objects on light-sensitive paper, with breathtaking results. In this way, Fuss subverts the primacy of the camera and celebrates the print as an independent object. By their very nature, his images capture an aspect of reality that is otherwise fleeting. Drawn predominantly from the Buffalo AKG's collection, with key loans from the artist and a private ... More Stephen Friedman Gallery debuts Andreas Eriksson's lyrical landscapes in new solo showLONDON.- Stephen Friedman Gallery presents 19, a solo exhibition by Swedish artist Andreas Eriksson. Rooted in the rural landscape surrounding the artists home and studio in Medelplana, Sweden, this new series of large-scale paintings continues Erikssons sustained exploration of landscape painting as topography and visual contemplation. This body of work takes inspiration from the woods that the artist walks in each day with his dog. It is a dedication to the dense thickets and clearings, the knots of branches and felled trees that he passes daily. His delicate patchworks of feathered brushwork respond to the macro undulations and micro textures of his surroundings as they shift with the weather and the passing of time. Alongside the paintings, Eriksson has produced a collection of photographs of the same landscape. He notes that he approaches his photographic ... More Chioma Ebinama channels myth, manga, and midnight in haunting exploration of feminine powerLONDON.- Maureen Paley presents Real love is a love that sets you free at Studio M. This is Chioma Ebinamas third exhibition with the gallery. The show explores contemporary femininity and how it has been shaped through narratives spanning myth and manga. These works also champion the potential for love to be a space for liberation. Real love is a love that sets you free is a collection of works on paper that mediate on nighttime. As Ebinama observed, Night was once a sacred time, but now, for most people in the post-industrial world, it feels spiritually empty. Historically, its been associated with feminine power, but today its seen as dangerous especially for femme people in urban centres. Across her recent work, Ebinama has drawn from manga, celebrating the media which has found popularity through its exploration of modern loneliness and vulnerability. Of particular importance ... More National Museum of Asian Art secures Henry Luce Foundation grant to launch multiyear Cambodian partnershipWASHINGTON, DC.- The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to the Smithsonians National Museum of Asian Art, initiating a multiyear collaboration between the museum and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Organized in multiple stages, the initiatives first phasefocused on project planning through 2025is funded by the Henry Luce Foundations grant. The partnership between the museum and the ministry is built on the co-creation and mutual exchange of knowledge, and it aims to raise global awareness of Cambodias cultural heritage, especially that of the repatriated objects of Koh Ker, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Experts from across the National Museum of Asian Art will design ... More Jake Longstreth brings sun-soaked stillness to London in "California Landscapes"LONDON.- Galerie Max Hetzler, London, is presenting California Landscapes, a solo exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Jake Longstreth. This is the artists second solo exhibition with the gallery, and his first in the London space. In his practice, Jake Longstreth recounts the changing landscapes of our time. Devoid of human presence, his works are characterised by a quiet observation of rural and suburban North America. Through meticulously rendered depictions of nature and manmade structures, Longstreth captures the essence and specificity of a time and place. Absorbing the landscapes around him, the artist reflects back his everyday world, inviting us to pause, linger and truly look. His works, which often incorporate glimpses of manufactured constructions peeping through the undergrowth, are not intended as critiques on society. Rather, portraying what he ... More New Museum announces site-specific commission by Klára Hosnedlová for Atrium StairNEW YORK, NY.- The New Museum today announced that Klára Hosnedlová will create a site-specific commission for the Museums new Atrium Stair as part of the New Museums reopening exhibition program. The presentation, which will be the celebrated young artists first museum project in the United States, will be on long-term view beginning in fall 2025. This project continues a collaborative initiative with Danish textile company Kvadrat launched in 2017 to premiere ambitious new productions by emerging artists. Drawing on Eastern Bloc architecture, science fiction aesthetics, and centuries-old craft techniques, Hosnedlová creates complex sculptural installations in which the juxtapositions of materials are mirrored by intersecting questions around labor, gender, and historical memory. For her New Museum commission, Hosnedlová will wind a spine-like metal ... More The Annual Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair will be held 9th May - 11th May, 2025 BUXTON.- Specialist displays of superb Art Deco furniture, sculpture and objets dart will be a major attraction at The 59th Annual Buxton Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair at the Octagon, Buxton Pavilion Gardens, from 9th 11th May 2025. This prestigious and popular event brings together more than forty specialist dealers from across the country and is a major highlight in the social calendar of Buxton and the Peak District. Says organiser Sue Ede from Cooper Fairs, It is always a privilege to present the annual Buxton Antiques Fair, a major opportunity for collectors and connoisseurs to view and buy a selection of the very best art and antiques available. Now with a wide range of rare and unusual decorative pieces, the fair offers something for everyone and all in the splendid surroundings of the Pavilion Gardens. Joining the fair to exhibit Art Deco will be Jeroen Markies, ... More |
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Flashback On a day like today, Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel was born April 25, 1921. Christiaan Karel Appel (25 April 1921 - 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement Cobra in 1948. He was also an avid sculptor and has had works featured in the museum of Great Samo and MoMA. In this image: Karel Appel, Big Bird Flying Over the City, 1951. Oil on canvas, 49 3/16 x 65 3/4 inches (125 x 167 centimeters) © Karel Appel Foundation, c/o ARS New York, 2014. Courtesy of the Karel Appel Foundation and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.
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