Known as Mundo Zoque, this formation, more than 100 meters long, contained urns, bowls and incense burners decorated with human and animal figures. Photo: Josuhé Lozada, INAH.
CHIAPAS.- Archaeologists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have documented 179 pre-Hispanic objects inside a difficult-to-reach cave in the La Venta River canyon, in what the institute describes as one of the most significant archaeological discoveries made in the region in recent decades. The site, known as Mundo Zoque Cave, lies near the Arco del Tiempo, a monumental natural rock formation in the municipality of Cintalapa, Chiapas. Extending for more than 100 meters, the cave contained 13 ritual deposits filled with ceramic urns, bowls and incense burners, many decorated with human figures and representations of jaguars, owls and snakes. Preliminary analysis dates the material to the regional Late Classic period, around AD 600–900. The cave was first located by local guide Jairo Díaz Barreiro, who reported it to the INAH Chiapas Center in January 2026. Archaeologists subsequently carried out verification and documentation work between February and Ju ... More
UMAN. Essays by Lauren Cornell, Omar Farah, Amber Jamilla Musser, and Roberta Smith
NEW YORK, NY.- Few artists make color feel quite as physical as Uman. Across paintings that teem with circles, grids, eyes, plants, bodies, animals and mysterious signs, color is not merely decorative or expressive; it becomes a repository for experience. “Color is memory,” the artist has said, a phrase that supplies both the title and central idea of Lauren Cornell’s opening essay in Uman, an ambitious new monograph published by Monacelli in association with the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College. The book accompanies Uman: In Between, the artist’s first institutional survey, organized by Cornell at the Hessel Museum of Art and on view from June 27 through November 29, 2026. Yet the publication is more than an exhibition catalogue. According to CCS Bard executive director Tom Eccles, it is the first volume to fully illustrate and analyze Uman’s practice, reproducing nearly twice as many works as appear in the exhibition. The result is a substantial portrait of an artist wh ... More
Colonel Sanders 1964 Executive Day Planner.
SHELBYVILLE, KY.- The historic auction of Colonel Harland Sanders' personal collection generated just shy of $300,000 in sales, with more than 100 artifacts sold across 74 lots to collectors, historians, entrepreneurs, and fans around the world. Held July 28 at the Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky, the auction attracted more than 500 bidders, both in person and online. The collection, preserved by the Settle family since their 1974 purchase of Blackwood Hall and the Claudia Sanders Dinner House directly from Colonel and Claudia Sanders, offered rare personal artifacts spanning Sanders' life, business career, and legacy. The top-selling item was Colonel Harland Sanders' Personal Handwritten Datebook and Working Planner, which sold for $30,000. Far more than a simple appointment book, the planner served as Sanders' personal working notebook in 1964, documenting observations, expenses, travel details, meals, business notes, and other aspects of his daily activities. A handwritten page ... More
Gamaliel Rodríguez, Correctional Faith, 2022. Acrylic, ink, and gold leaf on paper. 72 × 52 in. (182.9 × 132.1 cm). Colby College Museum of Art, Museum purchase from the Museum Art Purchases Fund, 2023.043
WATERVILLE, ME .- Contemporary art brings together histories separated by oceans and generations in “Imagining an Archipelago: Art from Cuba, Guam, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Their Diasporas.” The exhibition, on view now through June 6, 2027 at the Colby College Museum of Art, includes approximately 50 sculptures, paintings, photographs and immersive video and multimedia installations, including six newly commissioned works. Each of the more than 40 artists featured have connections to the island communities of Cuba, Guam, the Philippines and Puerto Rico and use their artistic practice to consider the complexity of the American experience. “Imagining an Archipelago” is the first major exhibition to use contemporary art to examine the impact of extending Manifest Destiny beyond North America. Challenging the common perception of the United States as a purely ... More
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien’s Auctions presents the Marshall Mathers Foundation Auction - a landmark benefit sale featuring more than 100 sneakers from the personal collection of Eminem. The lineup includes rare Jordan x Eminem collaborations and other iconic brands, with each pair personally signed by Eminem. This is the largest single-sale collection of Eminem material ever offered at public auction. All proceeds benefit the Marshall Mathers Foundation. View the auction and register to bid now at Julien's Auctions ahead of the August 25th sale in Los Angeles. At the center of the auction is a story two decades in the making: Marshall Mathers’ enduring commitment to philanthropy through footwear. What began in 2006 with a Nike Air Max charity series in the wake of his close friend Proof’s death has grown into one of the most consistent charitable threads in modern music culture, with every step tied to a larger purpose. Now, that story reaches its biggest stage ... More
A Lionel Messi signed Argentina FIFA World Cup 2026 home jersey.
NEW YORK, NY.- When the clock finally ran out of time after a week of bidding, One Goal: An Auction To Benefit The Fifa Global Citizen Education Fund produced a statement win: All 27 lots sold for $652,630, a sum more than eight times the initial low estimate of what the sale would make. Fans from 24 nations in every region of the globe participated in intense online bidding that produced some big results. The two top lots of the sale both made $110,000. One of these was a ball used in the World Cup Final game at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford N.J, which saw Spain take the title against Argentina 1-0. The other top lot was part of a story followed avidly by social media and the press while bidding was ongoing: The competition for articles of clothing worn by the K-Pop phenomenon, BTS, during their iconic performance at the first-ever FIFA World Cup 2026™ Final Topps Halftime Show. In the end, it was a shirt worn by Jimin ... More
Jan van de Cappelle (Amsterdam 1625/6 – 1679), A Winter Landscape with Figures, signed with initials JVC on the end of the tree trunk in the lower center. Oil on canvas, 19.7 x 16.9 inches (50 x 42.9 cm.).
NEW YORK, NY.- When it's 90 degrees outside and the sidewalks seem to radiate heat, there's something especially refreshing about looking at a Dutch winter landscape. You can almost feel the crisp air, hear the crunch of ice under your feet, and essentially forget that it's the middle of summer. That is exactly what these two 17th century paintings offer. They both take us into the heart of a Dutch winter, but they tell two very different stories. One gives us a quiet, reflective moment, and the other throws us into the middle of a busy day on the ice. Jan van de Cappelle's A Winter Landscape with Figures is all about atmosphere. There isn't much action. A few people make their way through a frozen landscape where boats are trapped in the ice, bare trees stretch toward the sky, and a broken sled suggests that winter wasn't always easy. But that ... More
Seikigun,Vol.5, 1949-1950. Tokyo: Publisher not identified, Shōwa 24-25.
PRINCETON, NJ.- Princeton University Library celebrates the art and evolution of Japanese publishing with a new exhibition “The Art of Japanese Publishing: A Selection of Japanese Illustrated Books from the Marquand Library Collection 1660-1960,” curated by Nicole Fabricand-Person, Japanese Art Specialist, Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology and Holly Hatheway, Director, Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology. Featuring selections from Marquand Library’s collection of rare Japanese illustrated books from the 17th century through the 20th century, the exhibition opens Wednesday, September 9 in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery at Firestone Library, and will be on display through Sunday, December 6. The advent of commercial publishing in 17th-century Japan completely revolutionized the Japanese art tradition. For the first time, art was not exclusively created for the upper classes who could afford to commission it for private use. It was designed and produced for a general audience ... More
Marie Watt, Solstice (Crest), 2026. Jingles, ribbon, mesh, 16 x 12 x 8 in. Photo: courtesy PDX Contemporary.
SEATTLE, WA.- The Frye Art Museum announces three acquisitions made through its new partnership with Assembly Art Fair, welcoming the first works by Carly Feddersen (b. 1982, Wenatchee, WA, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), Joe Feddersen (b. 1953, Omak, WA, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), and Marie Watt (b.1967, Seattle, WA, Seneca Nation of Indians) into the museum’s collection. Made possible with support from the museum’s Lele Barnett Acquisition Fund, the purchases reflect the Frye's commitment to supporting artists whose practices are rooted in the Pacific Northwest while contributing to broader conversations in contemporary art. Selected by Director and Curator of Collections Faith Brower, the acquisitions include woven sculptural works by Joe Feddersen and Carly Feddersen, two generations of artists whose distinct practices draw on Indigenous traditions while engaging contemporary culture with wit, ... More
MELBOURNE.- Celebrated for her bold floral still lifes and strikingly modern woodblock prints, iconic Australian artist Margaret Preston (1875–1963) was a central figure in the development of modernism in Australia who significantly shaped the country’s cultural and aesthetic landscape. The first exhibition on the artist in more than two decades, Margaret Preston, charts the artist’s entire career through more than 200 of her paintings, prints and sculpture, alongside archival materials. The landmark exhibition also contextualises Preston’s practice and legacy by placing her work in direct dialogue with that of her peers, as well as work by contemporary First Nation artists. Opening 4 September at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, the NGV’s new retrospective exhibition will feature Preston’s most celebrated works, including Flannel flowers 1938 and Shoalhaven Gorge, New South Wales 1940–41 from the NGV Collection, alongside key loans ... More
Dawson joins Rago/Wright at a moment of continued growth for the firm's Fine Art department on the West Coast, complementing the expertise Rago/Wright brings to the region through its LA Modern Auctions (LAMA) affiliate.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Rago/Wright announced that Lilly Dawson has joined as Associate Director, Fine Art based in the firm's Los Angeles office. This appointment strengthens the firm's West Coast presence with a seasoned specialist whose career spans more than three decades at leading auction houses, galleries and private advisory, and whose expertise encompasses American, Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art. Dawson joins Rago/Wright from her own practice, Gray Dawson Art Advisory which she has run since 2023 advising clients across London, Los Angeles and New York on Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art. She brings more than three decades of experience spanning both the auction and gallery worlds. She began her career in American art at Christie's ... More
The Classical Art department ranged from medieval decorative arts to 20th-century works on paper.
PARIS.- From a million-euro Vietnamese painting and a rare Ferrari to a Michael Jackson stage glove and a 21-carat Colombian emerald, Aguttes has taken stock of some of the strongest results achieved across its departments during the first half of 2026. The Paris auction house’s six-month review reflects the breadth of its specialties, ranging from fine jewelry, watches and classic cars to Asian art, Old Masters, modern and contemporary art, design, sports memorabilia and pop culture. Among the most significant results of the season was a work by Vietnamese painter Nguyễn Văn Thọ, known as Nam Sơn, which crossed the €1 million mark and established a new world auction record for the artist. The Luxury & Art de vivre departments produced several notable results during the opening months of the year. A transformable 18th-century jewelry ensemble featuring a Colombian emerald with a central stone weighing 21 carats sold for €498,000. The emerald ... More
Allee Willis sitting in her Willis Wonderland home and recording studio with some of the items heading to auction. Photo: Maryanne Bilham.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Julien’s Auctions announced today “Atomic Kitsch: The Allee Willis Collection,” the industry leading entertainment auction house’s exclusive auction event celebrating the extraordinary life and career of the renowned visual artist, art director, sculptor, art collector and Grammy-Award winning, Tony- and Emmy-nominated songwriter who brought the world some of the biggest hit songs of all time including Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” and “Boogie Wonderland,” and the Friends theme song “I'll Be There For You,” taking place Tuesday, August 18th, 2026 10am PT online at juliensauctions.com. A Detroit-born-and-bred artist, Allee Willis’ love for Black music and culture developed early as a teenager when she would hang out on the Motown Records’ lawn to listen to the music coming through the walls. She started her career in New York as a copywriter for Columbia Records and Epic and in 1974, ... More
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Tanya Crane explores identity and African history in new Racine Art Museum jewelry show RACINE, WIS.- Responding to her own biracial background, Tanya Crane imbues her enamel, metal, and found object jewelry with reflections on history, resiliency, migration, community, adornment, humanity, identity, family, and heritage. As she considers how traditions shift across space or through time, Crane creates patterns that echo designs of global Indigenous makers. This exhibition features jewelry inspired by historical adornment in RAM’s permanent collection—specifically, incised metal bracelets and neckpieces from West Africa that were used as currency. Objects like this were exchanged within trade or barter networks, not only for local agricultural and luxury products but also in transatlantic slave trade negotiations. This potential compelled Crane to cautiously move forward with her explorations. As she states, “The research for my jewelry encompasses both a response to my immediate landscape and my family stories relative to the impacts of the Great Migration. It is throu ... More
Crystal Bridges unveils new 'Art Everywhere' program BENTONVILLE, ARK.- As part of Crystal Bridges’ 114,000 square foot expansion, the museum has launched a new public art initiative aimed at expanding the role of contemporary art on its campus. Art Everywhere transforms unexpected areas into immersive art experiences, blurring the boundaries between collection galleries and the transitional spaces that connect them. Through site-responsive commissions by ten artists, Art Everywhere activates high-traffic and unconventional locations throughout Crystal Bridges and the Momentary, including hallways, stairwells, elevators, crosswalks, and even restrooms, and invites visitors to encounter art in new, memorable ways. Crystal Bridges provided the artists with a broad invitation to consider exploring relationships with the natural environment as well as the museum’s distinctive sense of place in the Ozark ... More
The Carle announces new Chief Curator and Director of Education AMHERST, MASS.- The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art announced two new senior staff who will help lead the Museum: Rebecca Klassen as Chief Curator, and Craig Langlois as Director of Education. “We are thrilled to welcome Rebecca to The Carle and are delighted that Craig is already making such a positive impact as a member of our leadership team,” said Jennifer Schantz, Executive Director of The Carle. “As we advance our strategic plan, Rebecca’s deep curatorial experience and commitment to research and scholarship will help to continue establishing The Carle as the leading voice in picture book art, while Craig’s innovative approach to education and community engagement is expanding opportunities for visitors of all ages to connect with the art, artists, and stories that inspire us. Together, they will strengthen The Carle’s leadership ... More
Joseph Bellows Gallery presents John Banasiak's 'George Brown's Bar' photographs online LA JOLLA, CA.- Joseph Bellows Gallery is presenting George Brown's Bar, an online exhibition of photographs by John Banasiak documenting the life of a neighborhood tavern on Chicago's South Side during the early 1970s. Created while Banasiak worked weekends tending bar, these photographs offer an intimate portrait of a close-knit working-class community at a moment when the neighborhood bar still served as the social and cultural heart of everyday American life. Rather than approaching his subjects as an outside observer, Banasiak photographed people he knew. Regular patrons, families, veterans, laborers, musicians, and friends appear throughout the series with a familiarity that could only have come through trust and shared experience. His photographs move effortlessly between celebration and contemplation—couples dancing, conversations unfolding ... More
Singapore Art Museum presents Maria Taniguchi: Afterimage SINGAPORE.- Singapore Art Museum is presenting Maria Taniguchi: Afterimage, the first monographic museum exhibition of the acclaimed artist in Singapore. Taking its title from visual sensations that linger in a viewer’s field of vision, Afterimage highlights recurring concerns that run through Taniguchi’s practice, including repetition, time, and labour. The exhibition is anchored by Taniguchi’s “brick paintings” (2008–ongoing), towering canvases made by individually filling hand-drawn rectangular cells. Rather than a deliberate response to the art historical legacy of modernism, the brick-like geometric pattern that repeats across Taniguchi’s canvases reflect the embodied process of their own production. The subtle shifts in colour that accumulate across these surfaces document the days, weeks, or months devoted to each painting. Untitled and unnumbered, ... More
Missoula Art Museum galleries partially close for major exhibition installation MISSOULA, MONT.- Throughout August, the Missoula Art Museum (MAM) will temporarily close three of its four galleries as staff prepares for the installation of Joe Feddersen: Earth, Water, Sky, opening during First Friday on September 4. While portions of the museum will be closed, MAM remains open and invites visitors to explore exhibitions from its collection, experience artworks in the MAM Art Park, and enjoy a new partnership that celebrates Missoula's vibrant arts community. On view is Land and the Cosmic: Works from the MAM Collection, an exhibition that explores the landscape as memory, identity, and kinship through works that examine our relationship to place. Visitors can also experience USA/250: An Ongoing Experiment: Works from the MAM Collection, featuring artists including Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Judy Chicago, Ken Little, David Spear, ... More
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to open in December ABU DHABI.- The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi has announced that Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will open its doors on December 11, 2026, further strengthening Abu Dhabi’s position as a leading global capital for the arts. Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is a museum of modern and contemporary art and will be a space for encounter and exchange, promoting a more connected and diverse global community through art. The museum has a unique identity and vision, shaped by Abu Dhabi’s artistic landscape and designed to reflect the United Arab Emirates’ stories and beyond, encouraging curiosity among younger generations about modern and contemporary art. The museum joins a growing community of museums and cultural institutions in Saadiyat Cultural District, including Louvre Abu Dhabi, Zayed National Museum, Natural History Museum Abu ... More
Neon Museum to host Steve Wynn talk on history of The Mirage LAS VEGAS, NEV.- The Neon Museum – the Las Vegas non-profit illuminating the city’s cultural legacy through historic signage and storytelling – will present "Reflections of The Mirage: A Conversation with Steve Wynn” on October 22. Taking place in the showroom at Golden Nugget Las Vegas, the evening will examine the conception, development and legacy of The Mirage Resort & Casino, a project that helped usher in a new era for Las Vegas and the modern destination resort. “The Mirage represents a pivotal chapter of modern Las Vegas. The conversation will focus on 1987 - 1992 and provide an opportunity for Mr. Wynn to reflect on the concept, construction, opening, and operations of a resort whose influence continues to be felt today," said Aaron Berger, CEO of The Neon Museum. "Las Vegas remains one of the most iconic cities in the world and Mr. ... More
Tang Teaching Museum announces year-long interdisciplinary exhibition 'A Feeling of With' SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY.- The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery presents A Feeling of With, a year-long exhibition featuring three interconnected explorations of how people understand themselves in relation to one another and the world. On view August 8, 2026, through July 18, 2027, A Feeling of With is organized by Rachel Seligman, Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs and Malloy Curator, in collaboration with six Skidmore College faculty members from English, dance, art history, environmental studies and sciences, mathematics, and religious studies. Across three galleries, relation becomes both the exhibition’s subject and the structure through which artworks, disciplines, and ways of knowing encounter one another. Behind, Below, Within considers how these three prepositions arrange space, movement, emotion, ... More
First New York solo museum exhibition of Diego Marcon to feature new commission NEW YORK, NY.- The New Museum presents the first New York museum solo exhibition of artist Diego Marcon (b. 1985, Busto Arsizio, Italy; lives and works in Lombardy, Italy), whose work in moving image and installation coopts familiar forms from horror movies, slapstick comedy, and cartoons to subvert cinematic archetypes and call into question accepted norms of family life and childhood. On view September 24, 2026, through January 31, 2027, Arrivederci, Piggies! stages four of Marcon’s most significant films as a total installation, including his newly commissioned film Krapfen. This film merges human choreography with green-screen CGI to explore the relationship between a child and their family, who are represented by floating articles of clothing. Krapfen—the word for a traditional Austrian jam doughnut, from which the work takes its name—is repeated ... More
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On a day like today, Canadian-American illustrator Joe Shuster died
July 30, 1992. Joseph Shuster (July 10, 1914 - July 30, 1992) was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938). Shuster died on July 30, 1992, at his West Los Angeles home of congestive heart failure and hypertension. He was 78. In this image: Shuster (seated) with Jerry Siegel in 1942.
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