Dora Maar au Chat (1941) by Pablo Picasso, reframed by Eli Wilner & Company in a carved replica of a 17th-century Dutch period frame.
NEW YORK, NY.-Eli Wilner & Company has announced that the funding allocated for June 2026 through its museum grant program has been fully utilized in support of significant reframing and frame restoration projects at several institutions nationwide. We are pleased to announce that the funding committee has expanded the program to include an additional $150,000 in grants, which will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis through July 31, 2026. The funds are intended to offset a portion of project costs, enabling the completion of conservation and reframing initiatives that might otherwise be deferred due to budget limitations. Applications are currently being accepted via email at info@eliwilner.com or by phone at 212-744-6521. ... More
John Singer Sargent, Egyptian Indigo Dyers, 1891, oil on canvas, 81 cm x 63 cm. The Mesdag Collection, The Hague. Restored by the Van Gogh Museum and now back on view at The Mesdag Collection in The Hague.
AMSTERDAM.- Following extensive conservation treatment, Egyptian Indigo Dyers by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is once again on display at The Mesdag Collection. The painting is the only work by Sargent in a Dutch public collection. Technical examination carried out during conservation revealed new details, including an underlying composition and fingerprints along the edge of the painting. Sargent painted Egyptian Indigo Dyers after travelling through Western Asia and North Africa in 1890 and 1891 in search of inspiration for murals in the Boston Public Library. In Egypt, his subjects included indigo dyers: craftspeople who practised a dyeing technique that was increasingly under pressure during the period of British colonial rule. Hendrik Willem Mesdag and Sientje Mesdag-van Houten were particularly drawn to works with a sketch-like quality that reveal the artist’s ... More
Nakatomi Hajime, Frill: Surging Waves II, 2023. Madake bamboo, rattan, 20.5 x 19 x 18.5 in. Image credit: Kubo Takashi.
SANTA FE, NM.- TAI Modern opened Nakatomi Hajime, the Japanese sculptor’s first solo exhibition in the US, on June 26. The exhibition runs through July 25, 2026. The exhibition brings together work from five series developed over more than two decades — Prism, Musubi, Auspicious 8, Frill, and FLY — work defined by a single animating question: what does it mean for something not to look like bamboo? Rather than emphasizing material qualities or classical techniques and forms, Nakatomi embraces this paradoxical inquiry. His aim is to express the beauty of bamboo through colors, shapes, sizes, and materials not typically found in bamboo art. The most recent works in the exhibition combine bamboo with other materials, such as gold. "Many people who see my work murmur, 'Is this really bamboo?'" Nakatomi has written. "That is because I create my pieces so that they do not look like bamboo. Yet, such small reactions cast ... More
Oil on canvas Portrait of a Red-Headed Woman in Red by Jean-Jacques Henner (French, 1829-1905). Estimate: $3,000-$5,000.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- A 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380SL two-door convertible; a pair of carved marble recumbent lions; and an oil on canvas portrait painting by the French artist Jean-Jaques Henner (1829-1905) are a few of the expected highlight lots in Crescent City Auction Gallery’s two-session Important Summer Estates Auction slated for Thursday and Friday, July 9th & 10th. The auction, starting at 10am Central time both days, will be held online and live in Crescent City’s auction gallery located at 1330 St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. Up for bid will be a wide range of French, English and American furniture; original paintings and watercolors; prints and etchings; Oriental carpets; decorative art items; and movie and TV memorabilia. The catalog will feature more items from famed New Orleans hotelier and property developer Joe Jaeger, Jr.; the estate of Murphy A. Bourke of New Orleans; the estate of Genevieve McClure ... More
STUTTGART.- Between physicality and transience: Berlinde De Bruyckere meets Doris Salcedo and Teresa Margolles. Three female artists, each of whom has found her own powerful visual language for the unspeakable, are currently on view in “THIS IS TOMORROW” at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Berlinde De Bruyckere (born 1964) lives and works in Ghent and is one of Belgium’s most internationally renowned artists. Since the early 1990s, she has been developing a compelling body of work centered on human existence, the vulnerability of the body, and the tension between life and death. Her work is characterized by a deep sensitivity to images — whether from art history or current events — and reflects both collective and intimate experiences: from suffering, transience, and trauma to security and beauty. A central interest of De Bruyckere lies in the physicality of the human body. Her intense engagement with this theme also influences the series “Need”. Here, body fragments ... More
Mildred Howard, Do We Have the Right to Remain Silent, 2021 - 2026. Signed exterior. Bronze, globe, red acrylic paint, 14 x 18 x 11 in (35.6 x 45.7 x 27.9 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Jenkins Johnson Gallery presents Trade Winds, a new group exhibition. Featuring a multigenerational selection of artists with wildly divergent practices, Trade Winds explores how contemporary art discourse is moving away from singular overwhelming trends and is instead fragmenting into a large number of concurrent and codominant threads which have their own space to succeed on their own terms. For much of the 2020s, people have waited to determine what new central theme would dominate the contemporary art field: What comes next? Is abstraction back after the popular wave of figuration? Will photography shine where painting once dominated? The emerging reality in which we live suggests that there may not be a central theme at all, but instead, we may be in an epoch that is defined by its themelessness. The concurrent potential of seemingly oppositional standpoints—abstraction and representation, formalism and conceptualism, the emotive ... More
HERFORD.- Los Angeles, late 1950s: The legendary Ferus Gallery laid the groundwork for a vibrant new avant-garde. A tightly knit network and a fertile environment for artistic experimentation took shape here, fueled by the Beat Generation’s rebellion against convention. Among its artists were key figures in postwar art, including Larry Bell, Wallace Berman, Craig Kauffman, Edward Kienholz, and Ed Ruscha—alongside the young architect Frank Gehry. Gehry, who had described the connection between art and architecture as part of his DNA from his student days onward, joined this dynamic milieu known as the Cool School. Its openness to unconventional materials, its embrace of new technologies, and its exploration of surface, space, light, and perception were reflected in Gehry’s work as much as in that of his artistic peers. Beyond the Cool School, he was also drawn to developments in New York, including Minimal Art, Robert Rauschenberg’s ... More
Shaun Leonardo, Self-Portrait Icon (Sculpture), 2007. Marble, 24 x 6 x 24 inches (61 x 15.2 x 61 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Cristin Tierney Gallery presents The Invisible Man, a survey exhibition of works by Shaun Leonardo. This marks the artist’s first solo show with the gallery, and will be on view through Saturday, August 7th. Spanning drawing, painting, video, sculpture, and performance, The Invisible Man traces Leonardo’s longstanding investigations of masculinity, race, memory, and what the body can endure under pressure. The exhibition’s title draws on Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man (1952), referencing the experience of being viewed through the lens of racial stereotypes and projection, and therefore being unseen. For Leonardo, this invisibility is both an internalized condition and a social position—one tied to the repeated failures produced by systems of oppression, constructs of masculinity, racial stereotypes, and of institutions that promise belonging while ultimately withholding it. These subsumed failures surface early in Leonardo’s self-imaging. Works such a ... More
Exceptionally Rare Announcement of Cornwallis' Surrender in The Freeman's Journal: or, the North American Intelligencer.
DALLAS, TX.- As the United States prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, collectors responded with extraordinary enthusiasm to Heritage Auctions’ weeklong series of Americana events, realizing more than a combined $8.47 million across four auctions devoted to the documents, flags, artifacts and historic treasures that shaped the nation. Held June 19-25, the four sales included three distinguished single-owner collections and the various-owner Liberty & Legacy: 250 Years of the American Spirit Americana & Political Signature® Auction, together creating one of Heritage’s most comprehensive celebrations of American history ever presented at auction. From George Washington’s written and signed dispatches during the Revolutionary War to Abraham Lincoln campaign relics, rare American flags and one of the nation’s earliest silver dollars, the sales traced ... More
For more than five millennia, Chinese civilisation has developed continuously, shaped by a long tradition of cultural openness and dynamism.
HONG KONG.- The Hong Kong Palace Museum and the Palace Museum jointly unveiled the new thematic exhibition “The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: The Forbidden City and the World—Cultural Encounters” (“The Forbidden City and the World”). Positioned within a global context, the exhibition presents the Forbidden City as a vital platform for dialogue between China, other parts of Asia, and Europe. Spanning more than 600 years of history, the Yuan (1271–1368), Ming (1368–1644), and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, the exhibition weaves a rich tapestry of interactions in diplomacy, trade, science and technology, philosophy, and craftsmanship, inviting visitors to appreciate the rich cultural legacy embodied by the Forbidden City. Since its opening in 2022, the HKPM has maintained a close partnership with the Palace Museum to promote Chinese culture and foster cultural exchange between China and the rest ... More
WARSAW.- On June 26, two exhibitions open at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw: In the Very Bowels of Changes: Surrealism and Antifascism, and Ways of the Black Spread Over the White Land. One offers a new look at Surrealism, its ever-relevant ideas and struggle for liberty and equality. The other explores Poland’s relationship to Blackness and Sub-Saharan Africa in times of the Polish People’s Republic. The two combined take viewers on a brave, multicultural journey through different continents, countries, and places with a common cause: opposing violence and fostering solidarity on an international scale. Since its emergence in the 1920s, Surrealism has confronted a number of political movements that contradicted the ideals of equality and freedom. Surrealists would condemn Europe’s colonial project, organize themselves against fascists, fight in the Spanish Civil War, join the resistance during World War II—to be denounced as “degenerate” by the Nazis, face int ... More
Don Heck Tales of Suspense #39 Iron Man First Appearance Splash Page 1 Original Art (Marvel, 1963).
DALLAS, TX.- Serious collectors are bidding on the very birth of the Iron Man franchise, the moment Tony Stark’s heroic alter ego began to live, walk and conquer — page 1 of Tales of Suspense No. 39 from March 1963. The original artwork depicting a monumental character introduction is one of many priceless pieces of Comic Books history available in Heritage Auctions’ Comic Art Signature® Auction and Comic Books Signature® Auction July 9–12. The July 10 and 12 Comic Book Art auction offers a trove of original art from the genre’s foundational artists including Joe Shuster, Alex Schomburg, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby and Charles Schulz. The overlapping July 9 and 11 Comic Books auction features seven of the top 10 most valuable Golden Age comic issues and nine of the top 10 Silver Age issues per the ranking in the 2026 Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, the bible of the hobby, headlined by a CGC 4.5 copy of Action Comics No. 1 foll ... More
View of "RTX Living in the Space Age Hall" at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. The Hall explores how innovations in space technology have transformed our lives. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, Mark Avino.
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will open five new galleries Wednesday, July 1, the 50th anniversary of the opening of its building in Washington, D.C., and in time for the nation’s 250th anniversary. The remaining two renovated galleries will open in the fall, which will complete the multi-year project. “We celebrate the nation’s remarkable achievements in aviation and space exploration every day,” said Chris Browne, the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the museum. “As we finish our renovation this year, visitors will now be able to enjoy the Smithsonian’s world-class aerospace collection in a modern facility, one that will last the next 50 years and beyond.” Galleries opening Wednesday, July 1: • Flight and the Arts Center • Jay I. Kislak World War II in the Air • U.S. National Science Foundation ... More
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Hammonds House Museum presents powerful dual exhibition by artist Steve R. Allen ATLANTA, GA.- Hammonds House Museum is presenting a powerful dual exhibition by artist Steve R. Allen. The exhibition explores multiple themes including Black identity and spirituality. The exhibition runs through August 23, 2026. Infinite Inheritance: Afrofuturism, Sacred Geometry, and the Ancestral Imagination of Steve R. Allen and O Jogo Bonito (The Beautiful Game): works by Steve R. Allen together present an expansive exploration of Black identity, spirituality, excellence, and cultural continuity through the artist’s distinct “Fractal Afro Futuristic” visual language. Across both exhibitions, Allen examines the intersections of mathematics, ancestral knowledge, athletics, memory, and imagination, creating richly layered compositions that move fluidly between history, spirituality, and visions of Black futures. Through intricate patterns, repeating forms, symbolic ... More
Monika Barth's "Beneath the Surface" opens at Fabrik der Künste in Hamburg HAMBURG.- Fabrik der Künste opens “Beneath the Surface”, an exhibition by German artist and photographer Monika Barth, today, bringing together a body of work that moves between abstraction, memory, sensory perception, and quiet observation. On view from June 26 through July 12, 2026, the exhibition is presented as part of Fotosommer, accompanying the festival program of the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026. The opening reception took place on Thursday, June 25, with remarks by Dr. phil. Belinda Grace Gardner, art and literary scholar, lecturer, and curator. At the heart of the exhibition is Barth’s series “Beneath the Surface,” a group of photographs rooted in the artist’s close observation of a familiar biotope near her own surroundings. Rather than presenting nature as a distant landscape, Barth turns her attention to the subtle marks, ... More
Birth of a legend: Tom Brady rookie among biggest stars at Heritage's Summer Sports Card Catalog Auction DALLAS, TX.- Each year, as the NFL Draft reaches its later rounds, broadcasters implore their viewers to remain tuned in until the final player is selected. “Remember, Tom Brady was chosen in the sixth round …” At this point, even the most casual of football fans knows the story of what is widely regarded as the greatest draft pick in the history of any sport. Brady was a player many college teams would have been glad to add to their roster, and would have represented a real improvement over some of the passers who lined up under center for many of those other programs. But his time in Ann Arbor was hardly the stuff of legend. He posted a record of 20-5 as a starter for the Wolverines, throwing for 4,773 career yards and 30 touchdown passes. But NFL scouts were not convinced he was bound for greatness. In addition to sliding to the 199th overall choice ... More
Lyman Allyn exhibition features works by artist Howard McCalebb NEW LONDON, CONN.- The Lyman Allyn Art Museum announces the opening of Howard McCalebb: The Golden Mean, on view from June 27 through October 6. The exhibition features a selection of sculptures, drawings, paintings, and collages by Norwich-based artist Howard McCalebb, highlighting the enduring influence of the Golden Ratio throughout his work. Over the course of a prolific career spanning several decades, McCalebb has drawn inspiration from the myriad forms and patterns generated by the Golden Ratio, a mathematical proportion long associated with natural growth, harmony, and visual balance. For McCalebb, this universal structure, combined with a palette of near-primary colors, provides a framework that transcends cultural boundaries and serves as a foundation of his artistic practice. McCalebb’s large-scale sculptures and other works ... More
Casemore Gallery opens group exhibition 'Automata Sigils' featuring six women artists SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Casemore Gallery presents Automata Sigils, opening June 27, 5-8 pm. This exhibition assembles six women artists whose work engages technological systems, coded structures, and historical apparatuses to offer conceptual perspectives on craft and design. The title of the exhibition is taken from two seemingly opposed ideas: the automaton and the sigil. One suggests programmed action, mechanical repetition, and systems of control; the other invokes symbols, rituals, and the production of meaning through belief. Moving between these poles, the artists in Automata Sigils creatively repurpose historical and present day technologies and materials such as a Jacquard loom, steel mobiles, 1970s computer paper, ulexite crystal, archival photography, and digital video manipulation to transform these tools into sites of speculation ... More
Montclair Art Museum opens Victoria Sambunaris photography exhibition on American landscapes MONTCLAIR, NJ.- The Montclair Art Museum is presenting Victoria Sambunaris: Transformation of the American Landscape, an exhibition of photographs by acclaimed American artist Victoria Sambunaris. The exhibition brings together large-scale photographs and related materials from Sambunaris’s ongoing exploration of the American landscape and its transformation through human intervention, industry, and infrastructure. For more than 25 years, Sambunaris has traveled alone across the United States, often spending months on the road with a 5×7-inch field camera, documenting places where the natural and manmade converge. Her photographs capture rail lines cutting across deserts, mines carved into mountainsides, power plants rising from vast open terrain, and traces of human activity embedded within remote landscapes. Timed to coincide with the 250th ... More
Eye Filmmuseum announces global 'Queer Power' cinema programme for World Pride 2026 AMSTERDAM.- The first same-sex marriage in the world was officially solemnised in the Netherlands in 2001: a major victory for the queer movement. Twenty-five years on, the rights and freedoms of the LGBTQ+ community are under mounting pressure worldwide. With Amsterdam hosting World Pride in 2026, Eye Filmmuseum announces a summer programme of queer films from all around the world as a celebration of the hard-won recognition of diversity. It’s not just Eye putting the diversity and pride of the LGBTQ+ community front and centre this summer: all of Amsterdam will be joining in. In 2026, the global World Pride event comes to the capital of the Netherlands, bringing millions of visitors from all over the world together for a historic celebration of freedom, diversity and inclusivity. Some facts: homosexuality is punishable by law in more than seventy ... More
Handbags Online: The Paris Edit 2026 a landmark, record-setting edition PARIS.- The 2026 edition of the sale Handbags Online: The Paris Edit has set a new world record for an online handbag sale, totalling €5,836,666. The sale sparked intense competition among collectors from 47 countries worldwide, with 98% of lots sold and 83% achieving prices above their high estimates. “This sale sets a new benchmark for Christie's and confirms the strength of the international market for collectible handbags. The exceptional results achieved reflect the growing interest of collectors in the rarest, most innovative and most iconic pieces, making handbags one of the most dynamic categories in the luxury market today.” -- Lucile Andreani, Head of Handbags & Accessories, EMEA Region, Christie's A 2024 Hermès Birkin 20 Faubourg Rouge Sellier, an ultra‑limited edition of fewer than 10 examples, achieved a new world record for the category ... More
Buk SeMA announces children's exhibition 'I Embrace You' by artist Kwon Byungjun SEOUL.- When we meet someone who looks different from us or thinks differently than we do, we naturally begin to wonder why. As we ask these questions, we begin to think about “difference.” Yet being different does not mean being wrong. When different people, ideas, and experiences come together, the world becomes richer and more colorful. Artist Kwon Byungjun dreams of such a world through “robots” and “sound.” In 2017, people from Yemen arrived on Jeju Island, South Korea. They were refugees, people who had left home to escape war or danger. They had traveled a long way in search of a safe place to live. But not everyone welcomed them warmly. Some worried that their jobs or daily lives might become less secure and argued that the refugees should be sent away. Looking at these people, Kwon Byungjun thought about “strangers.” A stranger ... More
Museum de Fundatie seeks curator ZWOLLE.- At Museum de Fundatie, with locations in Zwolle and Heino,connects people with art through an impressive collection of over 16,000 works. The museum is looking for a Curator of 19th- and 20th-Century Art who will passionately contribute to the museum's ambition of stimulating dialogue and offering new artistic perspectives. Join the team and help bring art to life in a special way for visitors. Museum de Fundatie is one of the leading art museums in the Netherlands. From our locations in Zwolle and Heino, we connect people with art, artists, and new ideas. Through exhibitions, public programmes, education, and research, we make art accessible to diverse audiences and foster dialogue about the world we live in today. Our collection comprises more than 16.000 works spanning different periods, disciplines, and geographical contexts. The collection serves ... More
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