Daniel Hauben, No Place Like Home, 1995. Oil on canvas, 2 panels 72 x 120 inches. Photo by Adi Talwar.
BRONX, NY.-The Kingsbridge Historical Society (KHS), located at 2570 Independence Avenue in the Bronx, will host an exhibition of artwork by celebrated Bronx painter Daniel Hauben from May 1 through June 30. An opening reception will be held on May 1, from 5 to 8 PM, with additional public events happening on May 24 and June 21. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to experience the artist’s monumental cityscapes, sculpted oil reliefs, and landscapes both real and imagined. Featured among these works are several recent pieces, including the 21-foot Reflecting on the Familiar and the 9-foot centerpiece painting Emergence. Hauben is widely recognized as one of the Bronx’s most versatile and prolific painters. Working primarily in oil and pastel, he has spent more than five decades documenting the landscape and unique character of the borough he calls home. ... More
Portrait of Georg Baselitz, 2024. Photo: Martin Müller.
NEW YORK, NY.- Georg Baselitz, the Saxon-born artist who defined German visual art for a generation, profoundly influencing artists around and after him and the international world of art, has died peacefully at the age of 88. A son of schoolteachers, raised amid war, ruin, and occupation, soon turned exile in his own fractured homeland, Baselitz grew to embody the fullness of the post-War European experience. This is true not only of his expansive artistic legacy, distinct to us now and embedded in the cultural epic of mankind, but in a life led honestly, insistently, and well. Born on January 23, 1938, Hans-Georg Bruno Kern only adopted the name of Baselitz in 1961. The choice honoured Deutschbaselitz, the village of his birth, known for natural beauty that continues to draw wildlife photographers and plein-air painters. It was from them that the young Hans-Georg was first introduced to the craft of human artmaking; the birds and landscapes of the Upper Lausitz served as his earliest education of w ... More
1856-S Liberty Head $20 Double Eagle, recovered from the SS Central America, known as the “Ship of Gold,” graded MS64 PCGS, the desirable Full Serif, Bold S mintmark variety. Sold for $23,370.
DENVER, PA.- A fine example of an 1806/5 Bust Half Dollar coin, the Overton-103a variety graded PCGS MS63+, soared to $67,650 at Morphy’s Premier Coins auction held April 28. It was the top achiever of the 368 lots that came up for bid in a sale that tallied over $1.2 million, including the buyer’s premium. The catalog was a numismatist’s dream, and collectors turned out in full force. Auction categories included antique and vintage US gold and silver coins (high-grade silver dollars were especially abundant), rare Lincoln head and Indian head pennies, mint coin sets, tokens, paper money spanning multiple generations, foreign currency, bank drafts, commemorative coins, solid gold bars, and more. Most of the coins in the auction were being offered for the first time in many years. The 1806/5 Bust Half Dollar coin attracted bidders not just for its rarity but also because its high-grade condition ... More
The leading lot of the sale was a magnificent Yuan 'Jinxiang Ting' narrative jar, which realised HK$174,900,000 / US$22,320,283 and stands as the most valuable object sold at auction in Asia this year to date across all categories.
HONG KONG.- On 30 April 2026, Christie's Hong Kong Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art presented the return of The Ai Lian Tang Collection – 800 Years of Chinese Ceramics, featuring a selection of 20 iconic works from one of the world's most discerning private collections of Chinese art, spanning over eight centuries of ceramic achievement, from the Northern Song to the Qing dynasty. With a packed auction room, the sale achieved HK$376,796,500 / US$48,085,789, with 100% of lots sold, and extremely competitive bidding drove the total hammer price to 298% over the low estimate, with half of the lots sold above HK$10,000,000. The results underscore strong market demand for exceptional Chinese works of art with notable provenance across categories. The leading lot of the sale was a magnificent Yuan 'Jinxiang Ting' narrative jar, which ... More
Installation view of the exhibition Changing States by artist Kapwani Kiwanga, winner of Joan Miró Prize 2025. Photo by Davide Camesasca.
BARCELONA.- The Fundació Joan Miró presents Changing States from 30 April to 13 September 2026, the first solo exhibition in Spain by Kapwani Kiwanga, winner of the ninth edition of the Joan Miró Prize in 2025. Planned specifically for the Fundació Joan Miró’s spaces, the exhibition brings together a selection of representative works from Kiwanga’s career, together with three newly produced pieces for the occasion. Changing States is presented as the materialisation and culmination of this award following a year of work between the artist and the team from the Fundació Joan Miró. Based on close dialogue between Kiwanga and Martina Millà, curator and Head of Exhibitions at the Fundació Joan Miró and curator of the exhibition, the show provides an opportunity to experience first-hand key works from the artist’s recent career, while also incorporating new pieces. ... More
Rhodochrosite with Tetrahedrite.
DALLAS, TX.- The interest and value of most collectibles increase significantly for items that have been kept as part of important or significant collections, the knowledge and reputation of owners offering an endorsement of validation. Even better are those lots that have been in multiple top collections. Such is the case with a magnificent Smithsonite that will be among the top attractions in Heritage’s Collection of Bruce Carter Fine Minerals Signature®Auction May 16. “Bruce Carter’s collection is among the finest ever to come to auction,” says Nic Valenzuela, Heritage’s Director of Fine Minerals. “He has a very good eye for aesthetics, understands the significance of minerals and has assembled a trove of incredible specimens that will make great additions to any cabinet.” Not only is the Smithsonite among the headlining items in Carter’s collection, but it also previously was housed in the collection of Steve Smale, a famous and highly esteemed ... More
Janne Sirén. Photo: Jeff Mace.
BUFFALO, NY.- Today the Buffalo AKG Art Museum announced that Janne Sirén, PhD, Peggy Pierce Elfvin Director, would resign from his post as the eleventh Director in the museum’s 164-year history in October 2026. The Board of Directors will develop its plans to fill the vacant position throughout the summer. Sirén’s decision to move on from the Buffalo AKG marks the completion of one of the most consequential directorships in the museum’s history. Before his appointment to the role in 2013, Sirén served as Director of the Helsinki Art Museum and, before that, Director of the Tampere Art Museum. Sirén brought to Buffalo novel approaches to arts and museum management that would manifest in countless ways throughout the ensuing thirteen years. "Dr. Sirén’s accomplishments are unique,” said Alice F. Jacobs, President of the Board of Directors. “He built both a world-class museum campus and a platform—one that connects the Buffalo AKG to its community in Western ... More
Bernd Koberling, Beyond The Light - Inverted Darkness, 2013.
BERLIN.- On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026, Buchmann Galerie presents an exhibition of works by Bernd Koberling. Painter Bernd Koberling (b. 1938 in Berlin) is among the most important and influential figures of German postwar art. Koberling’s painterly œuvre is permeated by a persistent drive for renewal, which is strikingly evident in his most recent works. His current paintings are profoundly shaped by his perception of landscape during regular, sometimes months-long stays in Iceland. Since 1977 he has spent time there every year, and the island’s nature has decisively influenced his work. This is reflected in the chromaticity of his paintings and in the manifold possibilities of a form of painting that opens itself to its own means in order to produce works of powerful visual intensity. Works bearing enigmatic titles like Erdstelle (Earth Place/ Ground Point), and Moosheidegestein (Heath moss stone), position nature as metaphor for human ... More
Our Lady of the Apocalypse, Guatemala (18th century).
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has acquired eight works that reflect the museum’s ongoing commitment to building a collection that is both art-historically significant and global in scope. The acquisitions strengthen Mia’s holdings in Latin American colonial art, European painting and works on paper, contemporary American art, and Asian decorative arts. Among the highlights are a silver gilt salt cellar recovered from the wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha—the first work of early Latin American silversmithing to enter the collection and the only work from this ship in an American museum collection; an 18th-century Guatemalan polychrome wood sculpture that is the only known example of its Marian subject in an American museum; and a major new painting by artist Titus Kaphar titled Do You Remember Douglas Street, that relates to his acclaimed debut feature film. “These acquisitions reflect who we are as a museum and the ways in which we serve ... More
Daisy Desrosiers by Tariq Tarey.
LONDON.- Tate today announced that Daisy Desrosiers has been appointed as the Britton Family Curator at Large, North America. Based in the USA, she will focus on the development of North American art in Tate’s collection through new research and acquisitions. Desrosiers is an interdisciplinary art historian, curator and museum leader whose practice brings together collection-building with ambitious, artist-centred curatorial work. She co-curated the 15th Shanghai Biennale and her recent work has involved a wide range of artists including Vivian Suter, Joan Jonas, Claudia Alarcón & Silät, Ming Smith, Marie Watt, Christine Sun Kim, Alvaro Barrington, Beverly Buchanan, Nancy Spero, and Naeem Mohaiemen. Since 2021, Desrosiers has been Director and Chief Curator of The Gund at Kenyon College, where she has led a transformative institutional vision. She will continue her engagement with the institution following her appointment at Tate, ensuring continuity in its programme. A ... More
ASCHAFFENBURG.- A European Collection. Masterpieces from the Khanenko Museum in Kyiv opens at the Christian Schad Museum in Aschaffenburg on April 30, 2026. The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum in Kyiv holds the most important collection of Western art in Ukraine and ranks among the leading European collections of its kind. For the first time in Germany, 73 masterpieces from the pre-modern era will be presented together in a major exhibition. The works, dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries, include paintings by renowned European artists and provide a broad overview of key developments in European art history in keeping with the didactic structure of the Khanenko Collection. The exhibition features works by some of the most significant figures in European painting, including Peter Paul Rubens, ... More
PROVIDENCE, RI.- The Rhode Island School of Design and the RISD Museum announced the appointment of Clara Fecht as senior director of development, RISD Museum, effective May 18, 2026. Fecht joins the college and museum at a pivotal moment as RISD embarks on the planning and implementation of a new strategic plan and advances its ongoing, ambitious fundraising efforts. As a key member of RISD’s Institutional Advancement senior management group, Fecht will execute a comprehensive fundraising strategy to support the operations, philanthropic growth, and global reputation for the RISD Museum. Fecht’s efforts will engage a diverse network of alumni, donors, community leaders, faculty, staff, and external constituents to cultivate meaningful relationships and secure significant support. Her work will directly advance the RISD Museum’s mission to unlock the creative process, empower audiences to participate actively in the meaning and making of art and design, and support a vision where artisti ... More
WILMINGTON, DE.- For the nation’s 250th, the Delaware Art Museum is building a living artistic record—honoring Delaware’s past and empowering future generations to tell its story through art. “Citizen Artist is a love letter to artists.” With this guiding sentiment from exhibition co-curators, DelArt’s Head Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art, Margaret Winslow, and Lynn Herrick Sharp Curatorial Fellow, Dorothy Fisher, the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) opens Citizen Artist, a sweeping and timely exhibition celebrating the enduring role of artists as essential workers—those who document, interpret, and shape the American experience. Featuring 218 objects, including loans from institutions like the Museum of Modern Art and Baltimore Museum of Art, Citizen Artist places artists at the center of a broader narrative that ... More
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Sean Layh awarded Packing Room Prize SYDNEY.- Melbourne artist Sean Layh has been named the winner of the Packing Room Prize 2026 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for his portrait of Australian actor Jacob Collins as Hamlet. Layh’s portrait marks his first time as an Archibald Prize finalist, selected from 59 finalists for Australia’s most prestigious art award. Now in its 35th year, the Packing Room Prize, valued at $3000, is awarded to the best entry in the Archibald Prize as judged by the Art Gallery staff who receive, handle and unpack artwork entries and hang the finalists for exhibition. William Newell and Alexis Wildman, senior installation officers and members of the Art Gallery’s Packing Room team, today announced Layh as the winner of the Packing Room Prize at an event unveiling the finalists for the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes 2026. ‘Sean’s entry was an instant standout for the Packing ... More
Jiajia Zhang transforms Swiss Institute into a prismatic mirror of modern Shanghai NEW YORK, NY.- SoiL Thornton: Metabolizing eviction try, work_mp3 and other games of topping
SI is presenting Metabolizing eviction try, work_mp3 and other games of topping, the first institutional solo exhibition by artist SoiL Thornton in New York City, where they live and work. Crossing boundaries of media, Thornton’s work grapples with identity, systems of order, and regulative apparatuses. “Topping” implies relations of control and power, which unfold here in the dynamics and negotiations between artist and curator, artist and institution, artist and city, as well as between the artist, their peers, and their own artistic production. It is both a method and a condition. Within this framework, meaning is broken down, processed, and transformed through lived circumstances shaped by precarious systems. The exhibition thus traces the fragile ... More
'Dragon Ball Z' leads Heritage's May 15-17 Art of Anime Vol. VIII Auction featuring 1,200+ lots DALLAS, TX.- Heritage’s May 15–17 The Art of Anime, Vol. VIII Signature® Auction brings together more than 1,200 lots spanning the most influential, beloved and visually arresting works in anime history—an expansive three-day event that underscores both the depth of the category and the continued strength of the global market for original animation art. “This is truly one of the most comprehensive anime auctions we’ve ever presented,” says Jim Lentz, Heritage’s Vice President of Animation & Anime Art. “From cornerstone franchises to rare production material and first-time offerings, this sale represents the very best of what collectors are looking for right now.” Leading the auction is a powerful tribute to one of anime’s most enduring cultural forces: Dragon Ball. First broadcast in Japan in 1986 and based on Akira Toriyama’s landmark manga, the franchise—along ... More
Darwin first edition achieves $120k in Fine Books at Swann NEW YORK, NY.- Swann Galleries’ Spring Fine Books auction featuring Focus on Women on April 23 was a resounding success, bringing $1,209,919 against pre-sale estimates of $645,200 to $930,200. Featuring exceptional works spanning early printed publications, including incunabula, through the twentieth century literature and art books, the sale saw an 88% sell-through rate and reached 121% of its pre-sale estimates by value. Of the auction, Devon Eastland, senior specialist for books and manuscripts, noted, "We were beyond pleased with the results of this spring's Fine Books sale featuring Focus on Women. Books performed well across the board. The cumulative sales results outstripped the high estimate, indicating robust competition for children's books, astronomy, Darwin, early printed books and more. We had the distinct pleasure of successfully selling ... More
El Museo del Barrio announces the curatorial team for LA TRIENAL 2027 NEW YORK, NY.- El Museo del Barrio announces the curatorial team for LA TRIENAL 2027, the museum’s signature survey of Latine contemporary art, featuring artists living in the United States, Puerto Rico, and diasporically. The exhibition will be curated by Susanna V. Temkin, Interim Chief Curator at El Museo del Barrio, alongside Zuna Maza, Assistant Curator, with Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas serving as Guest Curator. Temkin, who joined El Museo in 2018, has been a part of the curatorial teams for the previous two editions of La Trienal in 2021 and 2024, playing a key role in the project’s reconceptualization, which expanded from the institution’s previous “S Files” series (1999-2013). For FLOW STATES – LA TRIENAL 2024, Maza lead the project’s accompanying publication alongside the exhibition’s curators. Together, this all-women curatorial team brings ... More
Kelly Akashi selected to create outdoor art commission for new Williams College Museum of Art WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.- Williams College Museum of Art announced today that artist Kelly Akashi has been selected to create a site-specific artwork on the grounds of the new museum, set to open in the fall of 2027. This commission will create a new moment of welcome, signaling WCMA’s relationship to its natural surroundings, the campus community, and its collections and exhibitions. The commissioned artwork will be installed in the east meadows, facing toward campus, in late 2027. Akashi will visit Williams throughout 2026 to collaborate with the building’s architects and landscape architects and meet with the campus community. “I'm looking forward to developing my new sculptures over this next year in close dialogue with the wooded and diverse landscape and the new building's design,” Akashi said. “The project centers on works that are at once botanical, ... More
Board of Trustees leadership changes announced at Nelson-Atkins KANSAS CITY, MO.- As Evelyn Craft Belger completes the final year of her four-year term as Chair of the Nelson-Atkins Board of Trustees and transitions to Vice Chair, the Board has unanimously decided her successor will be Donald Hall, Jr. Hall is the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hallmark Cards, Inc. Don Hall, Jr.’s involvement in the Nelson-Atkins spans years, as he was first elected to the Board in 2016 and has served as Chair of the Investment and Artistic Content and Educational Strategies Committee. “The Nelson-Atkins has transformed in recent years under the guidance of Evelyn Craft Belger, and the momentum will continue with the leadership and support of Don Hall and our incredible Board of Trustees,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO of the Nelson-Atkins. “The Nelson plays a vitally important role in our community,” ... More
Centre Pompidou-Metz presents its 2026 program (METZ).- The year has begun to unfold through five figures, five forces, five ways of inhabiting the world. In January, Louise Nevelson: Mrs. N’s Palace opened the season. The first exhibition of this scope in France, this homage returns to the force of her monumental assemblages, where spirituality, geometry, and magic converge. These “environments” reshaped the grammar of sculpture and layed the groundwork for installation art. The exhibition unfolds as a true scenographic experience—an immersion in a total work. In April, François Morellet: 100 per cent brings together one hundred works spanning more than seventy years, from early figurative paintings to experiments with light. Oscillating between mathematical order and optical disruption—between reason and unreason—it follows two essential lines in his work: geometry and a sustained reflection on art itself. ... More
$450,000 sale of Albert Uderzo Astérix and Obélix cover leads Heritage International Comic Art Auction to $2.9 million DALLAS, TX.- Two Albert Uderzo original Astérix and Obélix artworks and two by Jean Giraud, aka Moebius, reached or surpassed the six-digit mark during the April 18–19 International Comic Art Signature® Auction, led by the instantly recognizable cover painting from Les Lauriers de César, which realized $450,000. The sale was a rare opportunity for collectors to obtain an Uderzo painting and Heritage Auctions’ first time to offer one. Consistently ranked among the five best-selling comics of all time with over 380 million copies sold worldwide, Astérix is a pillar of global popular culture. Few of Uderzo’s cover paintings have ever hit the open market, though, despite the comic’s worldwide popularity and long publication run, as most remain ... More
Celeste Rapone debuts at Esther Schipper Berlin BERLIN.- Esther Schipper Berlin is presenting Hyperarousal, Celeste Rapone’s first presentation with the gallery. For this occasion, Rapone debuts three paintings that explore the heated juncture of sensuous stimulation and nervous irritation in narratively dense compositions. With their flattened and compact bodies, the female protagonists of the exhibited paintings allegorize the hysteric glamour of millennial angst and the libidinal energies that drive it. Intuitive attention to detail and a witty sense of irony allow Rapone to portray the anxious vibe peculiar to her generation in ambiguous, twisted, and borderline cringe scenes. Caught between agitation and paralysis, the edgy millennials we encounter in her work inhabit a somewhat delicate vulnerability. Here, the theatrical anticipation of doom meets the pleasurable suspension of its arrival. Female vigilance appears captivated between the fear and the enjoyment of potential danger. Rapone paints alla prima, without preliminary draw ... More
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