BRESCIA.-Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils the Gate of Hope at the Nerio Fischione Penitentiary in Brescia, as part of Porte della Speranza (Gates of Hope), an international project that brings art, education, and opportunities for renewal to prison communities in Italy and abroad. Porte della Speranza is an ongoing artistic, educational, and social programme that will unfold through 2026, involving ten prisons in Italy and Portugal. The project, promoted by the Gravissimum Educationis Foundation of the Holy See’s Dicastery for Culture and Education, the initiative is developed with the Italian Ministry of Justice – Department of Penitentiary Administration, the Jubilee Committee for Culture and Education, Rampello & Partners, and with the support of Fondazione Cariplo, invites leading figures from contemporary culture to create a series of “artistic gates” in close relation ... More
French Empire Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Recamier. Estimate $6,000-$9,000.
GLEN COVE, NY.-Roland Auctions NY will present a treasure trove of items from the estates of Oleg Cassini, Inc. and Cassini Parfums, Ltd., both business entities of the legendary, late fashion designer Oleg Cassini in two-parts, at auctions on Saturday, April 11th and Saturday, May 2nd, both at 10am. This large collection of items all came from the lower two floors of the former gilded-age Cassini townhouse on East 63rd St. in Manhattan, which just recently sold in New York for $34.5 million. The collection features art, antiques, various types of correspondence, original fashion sketches and hundreds of personal photos with Jackie Kennedy, Princess Grace of Monaco and Cassini’s many other high-profile friends & associates, trophies, perfume bottles and more. From prominent other estates at their April 11th auction, along with their top art selections, this auction event will also feature a selection of fine jewelry pieces, ... More
They were recovered in the United States, France, and Argentina. Photo: Gerardo Peña, INAH.
MEXICO CITY.- In a quiet but significant moment for Mexico’s cultural heritage, 160 historical and archaeological objects have made their way back home. The return, coordinated between Mexico’s Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, marks the first repatriation of 2026—and another step in a broader effort to reclaim pieces of the nation’s past scattered across the globe. The objects, now in the care of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), range from ancient ceramic figurines to colonial-era artifacts. Together, they tell a story that stretches across thousands of years—from the Mesoamerican Preclassic period to the viceregal era. “This is the result of sustained, coordinated work,” said Culture Secretary Claudia Curiel de Icaza, emphasizing that each recovered object represents more than just an artifact—it is a fragment of Mexico’s identity returning to its rightful context. ... More
MALAGA.- Christine Ruiz-Picasso, the woman whose determination helped fulfill Pablo Picasso’s long-held dream of having a museum in his hometown, has died at the age of 97. She passed away on April 6, 2026, at her home in Provence, France, surrounded by her family. Her death marks the loss of one of the most influential figures behind the preservation and promotion of Picasso’s legacy—particularly in Málaga, the city where the artist was born. Born in France in 1928, Christine Ruiz-Picasso was deeply connected to the art world from an early age. Her life became intertwined with one of the most important artistic legacies of the 20th century when she married Paul Ruiz-Picasso, the eldest son of Pablo Picasso and Russian ballerina Olga Khokhlova. Together they had a son, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, who today continues the family’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting Picasso’s work. But it was Christine’s vision, persistence, and cultural sensitivity that would ultimat ... More
Artemisia Gentileschi (Rome 1593 – post January 1654 Naples), Mary Magdalen, a fragment, oil on canvas, 148 x 111 cm, estimate €100,000 – 150,000.
VIENNA.- The forthcoming auction of Old Master Paintings at Dorotheum on 28 April 2026 includes a selection of works whose histories are as compelling as the images themselves. A dramatic fragment of a Mary Magdalen by the celebrated female Baroque painter Artemesia Gentileschi is of particular interest. It is an autograph version of another painting of the same subject in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, and dates to Artemisia's early Florentine period of 1615-1618. Few works of art reflect the visible weight of history as compellingly as this important picture. The painting is defined by a striking absence: the head and shoulders of the saint have been cut out of the canvas. The circumstances of the loss are unknown. It probably occurred during the violent upheavals in Berlin in the aftermath of World War II and the painting subsequently lay rolled up in a cellar before its quality was recognised, and it was restored. Despite the void, this ... More
The artist pavilion is conceived as a compact, circular structure that blends subtly into the landscape.
KASTERLEE.- A quiet forest in Kasterlee, Belgium, is about to become home to a new kind of artistic life. On June 6 and 7, 2026, the MASEREEL art center will officially open a newly built artist pavilion—an architectural project that signals not just expansion, but a rethinking of how artists create, collaborate, and connect with their surroundings. Designed by U/Define and FRANTZEN et al, the pavilion replaces a cluster of aging A-frame residences from the 1970s. But rather than simply updating the facilities, the new structure introduces a completely different philosophy—one rooted in circular design, shared living, and a deep sensitivity to the landscape. At first glance, the pavilion’s circular form stands out. But its shape is not just aesthetic—it’s functional. The design gently organizes the rhythms of daily life for artists in residence, balancing moments of solitude with opportunities for exchange. Inside, the building accommodates nine artists, each with the opti ... More
The HRM joins hundreds of cultural institutions around the globe on the free Bloomberg Connects app.
YONKERS, NY.- Today, the Hudson River Museum (HRM) announced the launch of a new digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Bloomberg Connects app enhances on-site visits and makes the Hudson River Museum accessible for off-site visits, offering free exclusive multimedia content. The HRM’s guide offers new insights and details about collection highlights from the nineteenth century to the present, including audio commentary from Masha Turchinsky, Anita K. Hersh Director and CEO, Laura Vookles, Chair of the Curatorial Department, and Shilpi Chandra, Assistant Curator. Key works in the collection include Red Grooms’s The Bookstore, and influential paintings by John White Alexander, Hermann Fuechsel, Fitz Henry Lane, Winfred Rembert, and more. The Museum will continue to add new exhibitions and collection items over time, allowing visitors to gain new insights with each visit. ... More
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané, Hologram (Mantis palace), 2021. Pulse hologram, 25 x 20 cm. 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.
SAO PAULO.- Like a mesh of interconnected ideas, Daniel Steegmann Mangrané’s first exhibition in São Paulo since 2018 invites observation and engagement with the cosmos through works that simultaneously reveal and shift perceptions. Titled Uma folha translúcida no lugar dos olhos [A Translucent leaf instead of the Eyes], the exhibition presents works in various media, including paintings, sculptures, and holograms, which function as a magnifying glass for the web of connections between living forms, the material, the organic, and the geometric. Before pursuing the arts, Steegmann Mangrané dreamed of studying biology, and his fascination with nature never really faded. Upon fulfilling his long-held desire to explore the Amazon Rainforest and Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, the artist became interested not only in their biodiversity but also in Indigenous cosmologies and their ways of relating to the ... More
Thomas Cole, Diagram of Contrasts, 1834, oil on panel, 23 ½ x 35 in., Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Gift of Richard T. Sharp, TC.2025.5
CATSKILL, NY.- The Thomas Cole National Historic Site announced today the exhibition Thomas Cole: An American Visionary – a dynamic installation of landscape paintings, painting objects, and easels of Thomas Cole (1801-1848) that explores his evolution into an artist of international renown. Cole’s paintings conveyed a visual identity for a young nation and continue to inspire artists to this day. The exhibition illuminates Cole’s beginnings as an artist, his creative process and inspirations, his deep connection to the Catskill Mountains and the Hudson Valley, and his emergence as an international artist. The exhibition also explores Cole’s role as teacher and mentor to Frederic Church (1826- 1900), the 200th anniversary of whose birth is being celebrated this year. The exhibition includes 16 original paintings by Thomas Cole and one by Frederic Church (painted while a student of Cole), ... More
Kengo Kuma. Photograph by J.C. Carbonne.
LONDON.- The National Gallery announced that Kengo Kuma and Associates with BDP and MICA have won the competition to design its new wing, part of the museum’s £750 million Project Domani.* In the largest and most significant transformation of the National Gallery since its formation 200 years ago, Project Domani also includes the move to extend its historic collection beyond 1900, making it the only museum in the world which exclusively displays paintings, where visitors will be able to view the entire history of painting in the Western tradition. The Gallery launched an international architectural competition for a new wing to house its expanded collection in September 2025. 65 submissions were received, with six architects** shortlisted to take part in a design competition. The Jury Panel*** found the design submission from Kengo Kuma and Associates with BDP and MICA ‘exemplary’ and awarded it the highest available score. They commented, “The design is both innovative and ... More
Installation view of Demian DinéYazhi' (Diné), my ancestors will not let me forget this from Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969, June 24–November 26, 2023. Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY. Photo: Olympia Shannon, 2023.
SANTA FE, NM.- SITE SANTA FE will present Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969, on view June 5 through September 7, 2026. Curated by Candice Hopkins (citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation), Executive Director and Chief Curator of Forge Project, the exhibition marks a homecoming to New Mexico, following its tour in the Northeastern United States and Canada. It is grounded in a pivotal moment in 1969, when Indian Theatre: An Artistic Experiment in Process was first published in Santa Fe at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), the same year as the Occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes. For the first time, the 1969 document will be presented as an object in the exhibition for visitors to experience. ... More
If jido was a poet by Aneeza Shami Zizzo.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Material Remembrance explores the human desire for storytelling through fiber art, featuring work by Cameron Taylor-Brown and Aneesa Shami Zizzo. Both artists create abstracted imagery referencing historic places and personal memory using textile materials, showing deep commitment to their craft and the mastery of technique that speaks to the breadth of their experiences. Material Remembrance is a featured exhibition of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026. Taylor-Brown’s mixed-media weavings present a nuanced perception of the world around her as she examines both her personal history and the history of cloth. Her Reflections series of landscapes explores the interplay of real and reflected, positive and negative - and invites the viewer to imagine what might be there…and then again, what might not. Her series Threads of Time examines her response to places of significance in the story of cloth such as a stairwell in an historic weavers’ building in Lyon, France. Z ... More
Jabberwocky, 1976–77, Mary Lovelace O'Neal (American, born 1942), lampblack pigment, glitter, and pastel on unstretched canvas, 84 × 144 in. Courtesy the Artist and Jenkins Johnson Gallery New York and San Francisco.
RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) celebrates a defining decade in the career of African American abstract painter Mary Lovelace O’Neal (born 1942) with the powerful new exhibition Mary Lovelace O’Neal: Blacker Than a Hundred Midnights Down in a Cypress Swamp. The exhibition will be on view at VMFA from April 18 through August 2, 2026. Admission is free. “The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents art and exhibitions that foster important dialogues in our community,” said Director and CEO Alex Nyerges. “Visitors to Mary Lovelace O’Neal: Blacker Than a Hundred Midnights Down in a Cypress Swamp will be drawn in by the immersive artwork and inspired to consider their connection to humanity.” Lovelace O’Neal’s work is rooted in her activism, which began while she was a student at Howard ... More
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Stunning 16mm doc portrait of nonagenarian Agatha Bock in rRural Manitoba opens at Film Forum NEW YORK, NY.- Film Forum will present the U.S. theatrical premiere of Amalie Atkins’ Agatha's Almanac on Friday, May 15. Agatha Bock, a petite, slope-backed nonagenarian, labors in her massive vegetable garden, maintains her rural Manitoba home with astounding DIY resourcefulness—baking and canning almost everything she eats—and needs no assistance from her niece Amalie. As Amalie films Agatha’s daily routines over a period of six years, it becomes clear that she’s the one who has a thing or two to learn: like how to survive without running water for a decade and still enjoy every day; how to harvest and transport a 15-lb watermelon (you kick it along with your rubber boot) so you can slice and feast on it, then preserve its heirloom seeds; and why living on your own may be tough but is as colorful and vivacious as any married life. Atkins’ eye for beauty ... More
Saudi Arabia inaugurates Black Gold Museum, exploring oil through contemporary art RIYADH.- His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Minister of Energy and Chairman of KAPSARC’s Board of Trustees, alongside His Highness Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Culture, officially inaugurated the Black Gold Museum at KAPSARC, marking a significant milestone in Saudi Arabia’s cultural landscape. The Black Gold Museum is the first of its kind, exploring the profound transformation and impact of oil on global development and societies through modern and contemporary art. It offers visitors the opportunity to engage with the story of “black gold” in an entirely new way. Unlike traditional science or industry museums, the Black Gold Museum approaches oil through an artistic, cultural, and human lens. It features a permanent collection of more than 350 artworks from over 30 countries, created ... More
MIT List Center explores debt and dependency in "Performing Conditions" CAMBRIDGE, MASS.- Performing Conditions gathers twenty-five artists and collectives whose works formally enact debt and dependency. Rather than depicting labor or representing exploitation, these works perform the relationships they examine, reflexively incorporating their own conditions of production, reproduction, circulation, and display. Performance, here, extends beyond theater and dance to include the performance of ventures, financial instruments, and workers. The labor considered is not only the output of those recognized as artists, but also the creative production and reproduction performed by everyone. The exhibition’s cast of laborers is correspondingly wide: an actor whose livelihood is tied to a financial algorithm, the submissives who execute an artist’s paintings, hospital workers who perform a childbirth simulation, the plantation ... More
RISD Museum reimagines the entry experience with "ways of lLooking" galleries PROVIDENCE, RI.- This March, the RISD Museum opened Ways of Looking, a pair of introductory galleries designed to transform how visitors enter and experience the museum. Rather than functioning as a traditional orientation space, Ways of Looking presents the RISD Museum Way, the museum’s distinctive framework for engaging with art through four lenses: process, meanings, origins, and connections. The galleries serve as both welcome and provocation, offering visitors practical tools while inviting them to question, interpret, and participate. “We believe museums should make their thinking visible,” said Tsugumi Maki, Museum Director. “Ways of Looking shares the framework we use as an institution and invites visitors into that process. It positions them not as passive viewers, but as active participants in making meaning.” The installation is designed ... More
Kunstverein Pforzheim confronts imperial regimes in new global survey PFORZHEIM.- The new artistic directors of Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus, Janusz Czech and Daria Schroth, have opened a large-scale international group exhibition titled Un/Settled Futurities: Diasporic Re/Imaginaries, an interdisciplinary exhibition exploring the complexities of identity, survival strategies, and modes of existence through the lenses of diaspora, memory, and futurity. The exhibition also addresses radical historical interventions in art and civil society, as well as exclusions and closures produced by imperial-colonial security regimes, including travesti uprisings, political mimes, and insurgent politics. Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus, in cooperation with A.K.T;—a space for societal discourse and an interdisciplinary laboratory for the future that engages with current sociopolitical questions—has launched an accompanying program ... More
Vivek Vilasini's new 'Visual Essays' open in Mumbai MUMBAI.- Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai – …and for those who sing their national anthem in somebody else’s mother tongue. marks Vivek Vilasini's third solo exhibition at Sakshi Gallery. Opening on April 9, the exhibition will remain on view until May 7, 2026 at Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai. The show is conceived as a series of visual essays, with each work functioning as an independent yet interconnected inquiry. Resisting an overarching theme, the artworks allow viewers to access the show through multiple entry-points. Vilasini's practice often moves between global and local frameworks, disrupting this division by transposing uniquely local references into larger socio-political and mythical contexts. His works have consistently engaged with migration, movement, and the frictions that emerge when cultural and ideological systems collide. One of the works addresses language, examining the chasms that emerge when languages ... More
David Hockney transforms Turner Contemporary's iconic window MARGATE.- Celebrating the gallery’s 15th anniversary this spring, Turner Contemporary announced that David Hockney realised the next Sunley Window. Measuring seven by ten metres, Hockney’s work transforms the gallery’s iconic floor-to-ceiling window in the Sunley Gallery overlooking Margate’s beaches and the North Sea. It marks the first time a major work by the artist is exhibited in Margate. Marking the beginning of spring, Hockney’s window depicts a sunrise in Normandy, where he produced an extraordinary body of work in response to the changing seasons, weather, and light. Originally made as an iPad painting, the window adapts a work he made in 2020 titled 27th April 2020, No. 1, which reflects his long-standing engagement with digital technologies. Hockney’s Normandy paintings have been widely celebrated for their immediacy, optimism and close attention ... More
'I Am No Longer' explores identities in flux at Patricia Armocida MILAN.- Galleria Patricia Armocida announced “I Am No Longer”, a group exhibition with works by Monica Kim Garza (Alamogordo, USA, 1988), Jeffrey Cheung (San Francisco Bay Area, USA, 1989), Valentina Grilli (Milan, 1983), Lucia Jones (Wales, UK, 1992), Simone Miccichè (Bologna, 1992), Danni Pantel (Erlangen, Germany, 1989), and Zehui Xu (Weihai, China, 1998) opening on Thursday, April 9th at 6:30 p.m. “I Am No Longer” is a phrase made up of just four words, deliberately incomplete: an ellipsis that reveals a space of silence, marking a before and an after, a rupture and at the same time a transformation. It is a threshold of narrative and identity that runs through the practices of the artists in this exhibition, inviting us to reflect on the processes of change in the self, on identities in flux, and on the tensions between memory, body, space, ... More
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On a day like today, Dutch painter Gerrit Dou was born
April 07, 1613. Gerrit Dou (7 April 1613 - 9 February 1675), also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his trompe-l'œil "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt. In this image: Girl Chopping Onions, 1646.
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