Robert Duncanson Landscapes to Freedom. Installation view. Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island.
NEWPORT, RI.- The Redwood Library & Athenaeum has opened Robert Duncanson: Landscapes to Freedom, the first exhibition to place Duncanson’s paintings in the context of his involvement in abolitionist politics and the Underground Railroad. On view through January 2027 at the Redwood—the sole venue—the exhibition comprises twenty-eight paintings and numerous site photographs from the collection of Michael Meyer, the acknowledged authority on the artist. The exhibition documents Duncanson’s travels to, and painting of, Southern and Northeastern locations, illuminating the artist’s project of narrativizing a geography of escape nested within the pathways of the Underground Railroad. Rather than viewing his idyllic forests, rivers, mountains, and pastoral vistas as being outside of politics, Landscapes to Freedom considers them as works deeply embedded within the struggle over slavery and emancipation. Relying on decades of archival research and documentary evidence heretofore un ... More
Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence.
WASHINGTON, DC.- A new exhibition, “The Declaration’s Promise: A Revolutionary Idea,” opened July 3 at the Library of Congress, exploring the principles of the Declaration of Independence and their impact on American history over the last 250 years. The exhibition will be on view in the David M. Rubenstein Treasures Gallery through July 3, 2027. “The Declaration’s Promise” begins with America’s revolutionary moment – featuring a rarely displayed treasure, Thomas Jefferson’s original rough draft of the Declaration of Independence – and then uses language from the Declaration’s famous phrases to show the founding document’s impact since 1776. Principles of the Declaration, such as self-government, natural rights, and equality among people would become resounding themes of American history. “For more than 226 years, the Library of Congress has been collecting and documenting American history and culture, and the Library’s treasures neve ... More
Rare circa-1930s Super Shell Gasoline porcelain pump-plate sign, graded a near-perfect AGS 95 and measuring 12¼in x 12in, with incredible color and gloss. Sold for $22,200.
DENVER, PA.- A clean 1940s Harbor Petroleum Products porcelain sign with seaplane graphics glided to $54,120; a 1939 Harley-Davidson EL Knucklehead motorcycle roared off for $40,590; and a 1930s Ford double-sided porcelain neon sign with bullnose attachments brought $31,200 at Morphy’s Automobilia, Petroliana & Soda Advertising auction held July 15-16. The sale was loaded with nearly 1,300 lots of motoring-related signage and service station items designed to please even the most discerning collectors. Bidders responded with great enthusiasm, as reflected in the sale’s overall gross of more than $1.6 million (including the buyer’s premium). The event was held live at Morphy’s flagship Pennsylvania gallery, with all forms of remote bidding available. The circa-1940s Harbor Petroleum Products Co (Los Angeles) porcelain sign with seaplane graphics, ... More
At the Camutla site, stelae were observed that appear to have been placed inside civic-ceremonial spaces. Photo: CINAH Guerrero.
GUERRERO.- Archaeologists working in the Costa Grande region of Guerrero have documented two settlements that remained inhabited for decades after the Spanish conquest, offering new evidence about how Indigenous communities navigated the turbulent transition from the pre-Hispanic world to colonial rule. The sites, identified as Camutla and Sacualpan, are mentioned in 16th-century historical sources and appear to have survived until the closing decades of that century. Their archaeological remains may help researchers better understand how communities in western Guerrero reorganized, adapted, and ultimately disappeared during the first generations of Spanish colonization. The discoveries were made by specialists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) during an inspection connected to infrastructure projects included in the Michoacán Plan for Peace and Justice. The survey ... More
Anonymous, Part of the Chintalarayaswami Temple complex in Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh, India | From the series Indian Pagodas, 1858/59. 26 × 21 cm, Albuminpapier. ALBERTINA, Wien.
VIENNA.- Long before smartphones turned every journey into an endless stream of images, photography was already transforming the way people encountered distant places. Beginning July 22, the ALBERTINA explores that history in The World in Focus, an exhibition tracing the development of travel and expedition photography from the mid-19th century through the early decades of color photography. On view in the museum’s Tietze Galleries through October 26, 2026, the exhibition brings together 107 photographs from the ALBERTINA’s photographic collection, along with a projection of several early autochromes. Curated by Anna Hanreich, the presentation looks beyond the scenic appeal of travel images to examine the political, scientific, commercial and cultural forces that shaped their production. Photography and travel became closely linked almost as soon as the medium emerged. Compared with drawing, ... More
Funerary Monument to Doge Francesco Foscari, after conservation. Photo: Matteo De Fina.
VENICE.- Save Venice announced the completion of the conservation of the majestic 15th-century Funerary Monument to Doge Francesco Foscari in the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
When, on November 4, 1457, Francesco Foscari’s dead body was carried across Venice under a canopy of cloth gold, the whole city came out to see the spectacle. Foscari had been deposed just a few days before, on 22 October 1457, but his sudden illness and death had aroused wide public sympathy. On that cold, Winter morning, the new doge Pasquale Malipiero with the Signoria, the clergy, the scuole grandi, the nobles, and the citizens of Venice, lined up to escort Foscari on his last journey to the Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. After the funeral oration by historian Bernardo Giustinian, the remains were inhumed in the church. The tomb, which was going to occupy the right-hand wall of the Frari’s chancel, would be erected by Francesco Foscari’s wife Marina Nani ... More
Installation view.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The first major museum retrospective dedicated to groundbreaking artist Suzanne Jackson opened at the Walker Art Center. Titled What Is Love, the exhibition traces Jackson’s lifelong devotion to beauty as a political force. She began showing her work in the late 1960s, an era when Black artists in the United States were often pressed to make figurative work with a clear political message. Jackson remained committed to paving her own unique path and to creating on her own terms, producing an extraordinary body of work characterized by abstraction, lyricism, and material experimentation. What Is Love marks the most comprehensive survey of her work to-date, featuring more than 50 works and reflecting six decades of artistic innovation. Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love will be on view at the Walker from May 14, through August 23, 2026. It is co-organized by the Walker and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), where it debuted in fall 2025. At the Walker, the exhibition is cura ... More
PARIS.- “To whom do these works belong?” A simple question that has given rise to sometimes painful research calling upon memory, investigation and hopes of justice. The Musée d’Orsay has now devoted a room on its permanent itinerary to a group of works designated as MNR: “Musées Nationaux Récupération ” [National Museums Recovery]. Some of these works, found in Germany and Austria at the end of the Second World War, were entrusted to national museums’ custody in the early 1950s. The works do not belong to public collections: they have been placed under their protection and, if they were spoliated, can be restituted to their rightful owners’ legal successors. Eighty years after the Second World War, marked by the horror of the Shoah and the systematic policy of spoliation of Jewish property carried out by the Nazis and the Vichy regime, the question of the provenance of works conserved in public collections has never been more topical. It has become a fundame ... More
Cover of the exhibition catalogue "Zeitlos – Kunst heute", Prestel Verlag, München 1988
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BERLIN.- A pattern of blue and violet brush marks that has overlooked the entrance of Hamburger Bahnhof for nearly four decades is receiving a major restoration as the Berlin museum prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Created by Swiss artist Niele Toroni in 1988, the large-scale mural stretches across the open arcade on the façade of the former railway station. Although its repeated marks may appear simple from a distance, the work is closely tied to a decisive moment in Berlin’s cultural and political history. Toroni produced the mural for Zeitlos, Harald Szeemann’s influential exhibition organized when West Berlin was named European City of Culture. At the time, Hamburger Bahnhof had not yet been renovated or transformed into a museum. The Berlin Wall was still standing, although its fall was little more than a year away. The exhibition was among the first events to reveal the abandoned railway ... More
OSLO.- Norway inaugurated its new National 22 July Memorial in central Oslo on Sunday, July 19, creating a permanent place of remembrance for the 77 people killed in the 2011 terrorist attacks and for the survivors, families and communities whose lives were permanently changed. The memorial, titled Upholding, was created by Norwegian artist and writer Matias Faldbakken and now stands at Johan Nygaardsvolds plass in the newly reconstructed Government Quarter. The ceremony took place just days before the 15th anniversary of the attacks on July 22. Crown Prince Haakon attended the inauguration, which brought together government representatives, survivors, bereaved families, members of the Workers’ Youth League, known as AUF, and members of the public. Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance Karianne Tung opened the event. The program also included music by ULD, rem ... More
With the Art in Arms Reach interactive, you can digitally browse the collection at scale by holding your arms apart and seeing what artwork fills the space.
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced today the opening of ArtLens Reimagined: The Intersection of Art, Technology, and Innovation. Featuring 21 new interactive experiences across 10,000 square feet, the completely reimagined gallery transforms how visitors create, engage and connect with art through immersive, inclusive, and deeply impactful experiences using the museum’s collection. Member Preview Days are Thursday, July 23 through Sunday, July 26, 2026, with the gallery opening to the public on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. Beginning with the launch of Gallery One in 2012, the CMA has pioneered new models for using digital experiences to make art more approachable, meaningful, and accessible. Now using more than a decade of visitor research and leveraging collaboration among the museum’s curatorial, education, conservation, design, and technology teams, ArtLens Reimagined seamlessly blends physical works of art with innovative interactive experiences to help visitors of al ... More
Marie Watt; Host, 2026; Beads, reclaimed wool blankets, and embroidery floss; 16 1/4 x 22 inches (41.3 x 55.9 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Sikkema Malloy Jenkins is presenting A House Is Not a Home, a group exhibition that explores the notion of home as a place of memory, history and comfort. The exhibition features 10 artists working across painting, sculpture, textile and photography. Included are works by Josephine Halvorson, Arturo Herrera, Greg Kwiatek, Teresa Lanceta, Liliana Porter, Alessandro Teoldi, Ana Tiscornia, Ann Toebbe, Kay Rosen and Marie Watt. The exhibition takes its title from the 1964 song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David (famously recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1964 and Luther Vandross in 1981). While the poetic lyrics are rooted in love and longing, the heart of the song explores the idea that a house is merely a physical structure, whereas a home is an emotional concept requiring the presence of people to hold meaning. The song emphasizes that a dwelling only becomes a place of warmth when shared; as the lyrics suggest, a "chair is still a chair" and a "room is still a room" when empty, but a ... More
Ann Marguerite Tartsinis_Jack M. and Annette Y. Friedland Curator and Head of Costumes and Textiles_Philadelphia Museum of Art. Photo by Keith Cormier.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced the appointment of Ann Marguerite Tartsinis as the Jack M. and Annette Y. Friedland Curator and Head of Costume and Textiles. Tartsinis will lead the museum’s Department of Costume and Textiles, advancing its distinguished program of acquisitions, exhibitions, research, and public engagement. She will oversee one of the most significant collections of its kind in the United States, comprising works across cultures, geographies, materials, and historical periods, and will guide the department’s continued exploration of fashion, historic dress, textiles, and fiber art as vital expressions of artistic innovation, cultural identity, and social history. Her appointment comes at a meaningful moment for the department, as the museum honors the extraordinary legacy of Dilys E. Blum, the Jack M. and Annette Y. Friedland Senior Curator of Costume and Textiles, who passed away on December ... More
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It's Alive! A Century of Animation from the Collection opens August 1 at MoMA NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announces It’s Alive! A Century of Animation from the Collection, an expansive exhibition featuring the work that more than 35 artists and filmmakers—working largely in New York—produced in the 100 years prior to digital technology’s transformation of the medium. Opening August 1, 2026, the exhibition will bring together over 200 pieces of production art and films from the Museum’s collection created between 1908 and 2020 by such artists as Jane Aaron, John Canemaker, Sally Cruikshank, Tissa David, Jerome Hill, Candy Kugel, Emily and Faith Hubley, David Ehrlich, George Griffin, Jeff Scher, and Michael Sporn. A theatrical retrospective of animated shorts and features, including work by exhibited artists and other animators represented in the Museum’s collection, will coincide with the exhibition, with details ... More
Library acquires original artwork from acclaimed graphic novels by Eric Drooker and Josh Neufeld WASHINGTON, DC.- The Library of Congress has acquired the original artwork and related creative materials for two acclaimed graphic novels: “Naked City,” by award-winning artist Eric Drooker and “A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge,” by journalist and cartoonist Josh Neufeld. Together, the acquisitions enhance the Library’s significant collections documenting the evolution of graphic storytelling, visual journalism and contemporary American life. Acquiring “Naked City” is especially noteworthy because it completes the Library’s holdings of the original artwork for Drooker’s celebrated “City Trilogy.” The Library already preserves the artwork for the trilogy’s first two volumes, “Flood” and “Blood Song,” offering researchers and visitors an opportunity to study Drooker’s creative development and changes in graphic novel production across four decades. “By acquiring the original ... More
New MBAL exhibition brings together Swiss and international multidisciplinary creators LE LOCLE.- The MBAL is presenting, as part of its 2026 season, the exhibition Pour tout faire, il faut une fleur (To do everything, you need a flower). Conceived by Swiss artist, graphic designer, publisher, and educator Nicolas Polli, the project offers an original reflection on the intersections between photography, graphic design, and hybrid artistic practices. The exhibition brings together a constellation of Swiss and international creators from diverse disciplines, united by a common desire to blur traditional boundaries between artistic fields. Upcycling and circularity are at the heart of this investigation, where raw materials and creative processes intermingle to generate new beginnings. The exhibition arises from a need to understand how different areas of graphic arts interconnect with one another. It explores particularly the ambivalence of an era marked both ... More
Museo Picasso Málaga launches summer campaign inviting visitors to "dive into Picasso" MALAGA.- Museo Picasso Málaga is turning the traditional museum visit into a broader summer experience with Summertime, a seasonal campaign that invites audiences to explore Pablo Picasso’s world both inside the galleries and online. Under the slogan “This summer, dive into Picasso,” the initiative presents the museum as a calm, refreshing alternative to the bustle of Málaga during its busiest months. Visitors are encouraged to slow down, spend time with the art and discover how the sea, the beach and the Mediterranean shaped Picasso’s imagination. The campaign is inspired by one of the artist’s most familiar summer images: a photograph taken by Robert Capa in Golfe-Juan on the French Riviera in 1948. The picture belongs to a memorable series in which Capa, one of the defining figures of modern photojournalism and a co-founder of Magnum ... More
Julien's announces the Whitney Houston Legacy Foundation Benefit Auction LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien’s Auctions announces “The Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation 2026 Auction,” to take place in Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 11 at 10am PST (1pm EST). The sale honors the enduring legacy of the global superstar and seeks to raise awareness and generate vital support for the Foundation’s diverse initiatives, scholarships, and services—each designed to reflect and address the values and needs of today’s youth. View the auction and register to bid now at Julien’s Auctions. A special preview of auction highlights will be on view at the Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation's 5th Annual Legacy of Love Gala, which will take place on Saturday, August 8th, on what would have been Houston's 63rd birthday. The event, themed "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," will be held at The Whitley Hotel Atlanta and features 13-time Grammy ... More
Codices of Mexico exhibition arrives at Cerro de Trincheras Archaeological Zone TRINCHERAS, SONORA.- Five of Mexico’s most significant ancient manuscripts have traveled north—at least in facsimile form—for a new exhibition at the Cerro de Trincheras Archaeological Zone in Sonora. Organized by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Codices of Mexico is now on view at the site’s Visitor Center, where it will remain through November 8, 2026. Admission is free. The traveling exhibition brings together reproductions of the Codex Mendoza, the Tonalámatl de Aubin, the Boturini Codex, the De la Cruz-Badiano Codex, and the Dresden Codex. Together, they offer visitors a window into the histories, beliefs, knowledge, and everyday lives of Indigenous peoples before and during the early colonial period. The presentation also invites audiences to discover the work of the ancient tlacuilos—scribes and artists whose role has often been d ... More
Waddesdon Manor to become renewable energy trailblazer WADDESDON.- The National Trust and Rothschild Foundation have announced a partnership that will oversee the transition of Waddesdon Manor’s reliance on fossil fuel heating to a state of the art, low carbon ground source heat pump (GSHP) system. The Manor and its historic gardens are owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation and this major project showcases their shared commitment to tackling the climate crisis and safeguarding the UK’s heritage for future generations. It puts down an unmistakable marker of the Rothschild Foundation’s intentions for the future, with sustainability and the environment at the heart of the organisation's strategy, alongside art and community. Waddesdon Manor’s current gas heating system is over 25 years old, with seven boilers and three hot water cylinders burning almost one million kWh of gas a year. The GSHP will remove gas ... More
Gainsborough's House announces its autumn season SUDBURY.- This autumn, Gainsborough's House will open three major exhibitions on the same day, bringing together one of Britain's most celebrated contemporary artists, one of the country's most exciting emerging painters, and a long-overdue reassessment of a pioneering printmaker. Gainsborough's House will present the largest UK museum display of work by Glenn Brown CBE in more than a decade, featuring paintings and drawings made over the last 10 years. Inspired by Suffolk's ancient woodlands and the artist's own rural surroundings, the exhibition explores Brown's fascination with trees as living, almost human presences. Works will be displayed throughout both the gallery and historic house, creating a unique dialogue between contemporary art and one of Britain's most important artistic sites. One of the most exciting young ... More
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents first US solo museum exhibition by GaHee Park SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will present GaHee Park: Behind the Curtain, opening August 7, 2026. Curated by Dorothy Dávila, the exhibition presents recent paintings by Seoul-born, Montreal-based artist GaHee Park (b. 1985) and marks her first solo institutional exhibition in the United States. Spanning the last five years of Park’s practice, Behind the Curtain brings together paintings that explore sexuality, mortality, fantasy, identity, and alienation through Park’s distinctive surrealist lens. Rendered in subtle hues of gray and pink, Park’s uncanny, often erotic images subvert the viewer’s gaze, shifting the artist’s female subjects into a role of quiet power and evincing a femininity that also reads as feminist. Both visually captivating and subtly unsettling, her work inverts interiority and the external world to construct ambiguous, layered ... More
Luxmuralis illuminations return to the Old Royal Naval College to explore ancient civilisations with Lost Worlds LONDON.- Luxmuralis returns to illuminate the Old Royal Naval College with Lost Worlds, a spectacular new light and sound installation inspired by the civilisations, myths and natural wonders of the ancient world. Created by acclaimed sculptor and artist Peter Walker, with an original score by composer David Harper, Lost Worlds reimagines the artistic achievements of the Etruscans, Egyptians, Romans, Mayans and Anglo-Saxons through immersive projection, colour and sound. Art has shaped the history of the Old Royal Naval College for centuries. Three hundred years after Sir James Thornhill completed the magnificent iconography of the Painted Hall in 1726, Walker draws upon the same enduring spirit of artistic innovation. His ... More
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On a day like today, American painter Edward Hopper was born
July 22, 1882. Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 - May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. He is one of America's most renowned artists and known for his skill in depicting modern American life and landscapes. Hopper's work, spanning oil paintings, watercolors, and etchings, predominantly explores themes of loneliness and isolation within American urban and rural settings. His most famous painting, Nighthawks (1942), exemplifies his focus on quiet, introspective scenes from everyday life. In this image: Edward Hopper, Landscape with Automobile, 1962. Charcoal on paper, 9 x 11 in. (22.9 x 27.9 cm). Courtesy Jill Newhouse Gallery.
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