WATERVILLE, ME.- The Colby College Museum of Art announced the gift of Henri Matisse’s Océanie, le ciel, a monumental screenprint on linen conceived in 1946 and printed in 1948. The significant acquisition reinforces Colby’s position as a leading academic art museum and adds to Maine’s growing profile as a major destination for American and international art. This landmark acquisition is a gift from Josephine Merrill Eastman and the Eastman family—in honor of Colby President David A. Greene. “There are few families that have had a more profound impact on artists and the arts more generally than the Eastmans,” said President Greene. “They have spent a lifetime protecting the rights of artists to own their creative and intellectual property. It was a radical notion when they fought and won their first cases, and throughout their lives they have supported the arts in compelling and innovative ways. One of my great privileges in life is to know three generations of the E ... More
LONDON.- In summer 2026, Dulwich Picture Gallery will present a major new exhibition Portrait of a City: A Century of American Photography, bringing together more than 100 landmark works by some of the most influential photographers of the 20th century. The exhibition will chart the dramatic evolution of American city life from the early 1900s to the century’s end, featuring images from New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. The works are drawn exclusively from the DNB Saving Bank Foundation’s collection in Norway. Showcasing 38 leading photographers of the modern era, Portrait of a City traces how photography has shaped our collective understanding of the American city. It demonstrates how rapid urban expansion catalysed the medium’s rise as a tool to document changing conditions, presenting a compelling visual account of a nation in motion. The exhibition opens in the early 1900s, a moment when American ... More
1986 Diego Maradona Historic "Hand of God" & "Goal of the Century" Game Used Soccer Ball - Photo Matched!
DALLAS, TX.- It is, simply put, the most famous ball in the history of the world’s most popular sport. In fact, an argument can be made that the photo-matched 1986 Diego Maradona Historic “Hand of God” and “Goal of the Century” Game Used Soccer Ball that will take its shot in the Heritage August 21–23 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction to become the most valuable soccer item ever sold is the most famous ball in the history of any sport — up there with the ball from Babe Ruth’s “Called Shot” home run in the 1932 World Series, or Mookie Wilson’s grounder that squeaked between Bill Buckner’s legs to keep the Mets’ 1986 World Series hopes alive. Maybe Terry Bradshaw’s pass that clanged off an Oakland defender and into the arms of Pittsburgh’s Franco Harris, who made the catch forever known as the “Immaculate Reception” and raced for the winning touchdown in the waning seconds of the Steelers’ ... More
Saar’s seven-decade career has been the subject of numerous exhibitions at museums around the world, and her work is represented in the collections of more than ninety institutions globally.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Roberts Projects shared that Betye Saar passed away in her sleep in the early morning of Sunday, July 26 in Los Angeles, just four days before her 100th birthday. A pioneering artist and a leading figure in the assemblage movement, Betye Saar will be remembered for a body of work that powerfully interrogated African American identity, spirituality and the intersections between diverse cultures. Emerging as a vital voice during the Black Arts Movement and second-wave feminism of the late 1960s and 1970s, Saar utilized found objects, family heirlooms and vintage ephemera to explore themes of race, gender and historical memory. Her practice transformed everyday items into groundbreaking artworks and installations, cementing her legacy as one of the most influential artists of our time. ... More
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art will host its 15th Art+Film Gala on Saturday, November 7, honoring artist Vija Celmins, one of the most influential visual artists working today, and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, a widely celebrated master of contemporary cinema. LACMA trustee Eva Chow and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, longtime champions of the museum’s film initiatives, return as 2026 Art+Film Gala Co-Chairs. Gucci continues its invaluable support as the Presenting Sponsor, a role it has held since the gala’s inception in 2011. LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director Michael Govan said, “This year, we are honoring two icons of visual creativity. Whether in painting, drawing, printmaking, or other media, Vija Celmins’s exacting renderings of the natural world blend realism and imagination, resulting in sublimely beautiful works. Likewise, ... More
Charli xcx by Harley Weir, 2024.
LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery has announced the acquisition of a new portrait of visionary artist Charli xcx, photographed by Harley Weir. The work is one of multiple acquisitions acquired through Collecting the Now, the Gallery's contemporary acquisitions fund supported by a million pound gift from the Bukhman Foundation, and is now on display in the History Makers space, Room 33, which celebrates figures who have shaped contemporary culture and public life. Charli xcx is one of the defining artists of our time. Moving between the experimental and the mainstream, she has built a career characterised by reinvention, collaboration, and a singular approach to artistry that has influenced both the sound and visual language of contemporary culture. Her work has earned widespread critical acclaim including multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards, cementing her status ... More
Stephanie Wiles. Photo by Jessica Smolinski.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.- Stephanie Wiles, who has led the Yale University Art Gallery (YUAG) as the Henry J. Heinz II Director since 2018, will retire in spring 2027 after nearly a decade of distinguished service, university leaders announced today. In a joint message to the Yale community, President Maurie McInnis and Provost Scott Strobel emphasized Wiles’ impact, noting that she has “strengthened the gallery’s role as a preeminent center for research, scholarship, and public engagement.” “We are grateful for all she has contributed to the gallery and the university,” they wrote. As director, Wiles has deepened the gallery’s commitment to its collection, which lies at the heart of its mission to preserve, study, and present art from across regions and time, acquiring under her leadership significant works across all curatorial departments, McInnis and Strobel said. Among them ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- The American Museum of Natural History opened For the Win: Objects of Sports Excellence, a special exhibition that celebrates the artistry, history, and cultural impact of the world’s most coveted athletic prizes. The exhibition opened in the Melissa and Keith Meister Gallery, part of the Museum’s Allison and Roberto Mignone Halls of Gems and Minerals, and showcases more than 70 championship rings, trophies, medals, and jewelry spanning nearly 150 years of sports history. . “Sports have always been an important cultural expression, throughout history, across cultures, and in our present day. The Museum is proud to present this exhibition, which tells key stories from sports over the past 150 years through the world’s most ... More
ROME.- Andrea Festa gallery is presenting Eternal Conduit, a solo exhibition by Anastasiya Tarasenko in Sala Nova, on view from July 9 to September 18, 2026. “I often find myself contemplating the forces of nature that shape us and the metaphors they offer for our internal emotional landscapes. The turbulent oceans of our minds are equally fraught with danger, yet those same forces also grant us an immense capacity for joy, wonder, desire, and vitality. The figures in my works exist amidst chaos: unforgiving seas, violent lightning, and monsters of the deep. The question is whether they are suffering or thriving. What joy might be found in dancing within a storm? They are naked, erotic, and vulnerable, yet there is also agency in their movement, a sense of surrender that is simultaneously an act of defiance.” — Anastasiya Tarasenko Eternal Conduit brings together a new body of paintings and works on antique cleavers by Anastasiya Tarasenko. Across intimate vignettes of rocky oc ... More
LONDON.- The Courtauld Gallery presents the first exhibition devoted to Barbara Hepworth’s lifelong fascination with colour, shedding light on an unexpected and unexplored aspect of the work of one of the most celebrated British artists of the 20th century. Barbara Hepworth (1903–1975) is best known for her abstract sculptures inspired by nature and the rugged seaside landscapes of Cornwall, where she lived and worked from 1939. Hepworth’s practice is often characterised in terms of her commitment to direct carving and ‘truth to materials’. Little attention has been given to the importance of colour in her work. Discussing her innovative use of colour in 1970, she said: “my colour has been accepted, but never understood.” Bringing together 18 sculptures and 26 drawings and paintings, The Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen Exhibition: Hepworth in Colour is the first exhibition to focus on this important but often overlooked aspect ... More
LOS ANGELES, CA.- California Poppies is a solo exhibition devoted to multidisciplinary artist Roger Herman, who is recognized as the West Coast parallel of the 1980s Neo-Expressionist movement. Presented at Carpenters Workshop Gallery Los Angeles, the exhibition shows how Herman’s depiction of flowers and mountains form part of a gestural and vividly colorful painting practice that blossoms across both canvas and ceramic works, unveiling an assemblage of color, texture, and form rooted in observations of the natural world. Herman was born in Germany but has lived in Los Angeles since 1977. From oil paintings to ceramic vessels and tables, the artist's artworks are defined by an unpredictable expressiveness that celebrates imperfection, spontaneity, and intuition. A professor at UCLA, Herman has long been a prominent figure in California’s artistic community, with his work held in prestigious collections such as Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Hammer Museum ... More
SEATTLE, WA.- The Seattle Art Museum announced that sculptor and installation artist Tara Donovan (b. 1969) is being featured as part of its Calder at SAM initiative, which celebrates the life, legacy, and work of iconic American artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976). Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan explores a connection between the two artists that goes beyond a simple color choice. For Calder and Donovan, the monochrome is a lens through which to examine materials, movement, and visual perception. Curated by Tara Donovan and Catharina Manchanda, SAM’s Jon and Mary Shirley Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, the exhibition runs from May 13, 2026, through January 17, 2027. “This is the second exhibition where we invite a leading contemporary artist to illuminate a key aspect of Calder’s artistic practice after Thaddeus Mosley last year. Donovan is looking ... More
Low Kee Hong. Photograph: Daniel Boud.
SYDNEY.- The Biennale of Sydney announced Low Kee Hong as the Artistic Director of the 26th Biennale of Sydney (2028). Low Kee Hong is one of the most distinctive voices working in contemporary multi-artform curation internationally. For the 26th Biennale of Sydney (2028), he will bring together artists from across Australia and around the world, embracing contemporary art, music, architecture, performance, literature, philosophy, food, fashion and nature, recasting approaches to Biennale-making with an exhibition of contemporary art at its core. Low Kee Hong is Creative Director of Factory International based at Aviva Studios, the most significant cultural landmark in the UK since the opening of the Tate Modern in 2000. He oversees the Curatorial team at Factory International and alongside John McGrath, the organisation’s Artistic Director and Chief Executive, works to develop the artistic program for the organisation. Low recently collaborated with Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei t ... More
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LACMA unveils custom playlist for the David Geffen Galleries LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) present Currents: A Soundtrack for the David Geffen Galleries, a playlist created by KCRW Music Director Alejandro Cohen along with a special edit of Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe’s composition “Big Empty Country” to be experienced at the Zumthor-designed bench. Open, layered, and in motion, much like Los Angeles itself, Currents meanders across genres, eras, and cultural references, offering visitors a sonic companion as they journey through the galleries. Both sets of tunes are available on Bloomberg Connects and KCRW’s website. Designed by Pritzker Prize–winning architect Peter Zumthor, the David Geffen Galleries do not have a single prescribed entrance, and Currents honors that spirit. Though it unfolds with the understanding that many visitors arrive from the north side of Wilshire ... More
Patricia E. Kane, long-time Yale curator of American decorative arts, dies NEW HAVEN, CONN.- Patricia E. Kane, the Friends of American Arts Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Yale University Art Gallery, died on July 8, 2026, at Yale New Haven Hospital after a brief illness. Kane was a widely respected expert in American decorative arts who inspired generations of scholars, collectors, and museum professionals during her 58 years as a curator at the Yale University Art Gallery. Early American furniture was her passion although she demonstrated a remarkable intellectual range that spanned seventeenth century silver to contemporary craft. In 2013, Antiques and the Arts Weekly described Kane as setting “the standard for an almost old-fashioned kind of scholarship, one that is patient, thorough and astonishingly free of ego or artifice.” Kane was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and later moved to West Hartford. Family visits ... More
Luke Jerram's 'GAIA' to be suspended at Royal Festival Hall for orchestra performances LONDON.- This August, Luke Jerram’s internationally acclaimed artwork GAIA will transform London’s Royal Festival Hall as it is suspended above the stage for a weekend of heavenly, transcendental performances by the BBC Concert Orchestra. Measuring seven metres in diameter and created using high-resolution NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface, GAIA offers visitors the rare opportunity to experience our planet as viewed from space. Named after the Greek goddess who personifies Earth and installed in the Royal Festival Hall for the first time, the artwork becomes the centrepiece for a series of other-worldly orchestral concerts exploring our relationship with the Earth through music. The weekend opens on Friday 28th August with Sounds of the Earth, performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra under conductor Chloé van Soeterstède. Featuring ... More
Cukrarna Gallery presents its summer 2026 exhibitions LJUBLJANA.- This summer, Cukrarna Gallery presents three exhibitions: a new installation by Yein Lee, a solo exhibition by Phil Collins, and the exhibition untranquil now – a constellation of narratives and resonances organised in collaboration with the Hamburger Kunsthalle. The exhibition Accomplice at Gallery Parter presents a series of sculptures and a large-scale floor installation by Vienna-based South Korean artist Yein Lee. The exhibition, curated by Ema Ograjenšek, explores material instability, spatial uncertainty, and the transience of forms under conditions of environmental and societal stress. Set against an accelerating ecological crisis, ongoing geopolitical volatility, and informed by the artist’s own experience of migration, the exhibition traces identity as a process of multiplicity and transformation, oscillating between violent disruption and stabilising ... More
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA prepares for 2026-2027 performance series LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) presents the 2026–2027 season of Wonmi’s WAREHOUSE Programs, bringing historic, new, and site-specific live artworks to The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on select dates from September 18, 2026 through March 2027. Founded in 2019, Wonmi’s WAREHOUSE Programs has become a distinctive space within MOCA for artist-led experimentation, bringing audiences unique live art experiences that emphasize embodied, sensory, and time-based forms while exploring performance’s capacity to reflect on contemporary conditions and celebrate strength and connection. The season opens with the iconic multi-disciplinary performance, Beat of the Traps, created by Mike Kelley, Anita Pace, and Stephen Prina, from September 18–20. Debuting in 1992 and reconstructed in 2025 in conjunction ... More
First Ralph Steadman selling exhibition in 30 years to open in London LONDON.- The first selling exhibition of original artworks by the legendary artist and writer Ralph Steadman (b.1936) in 30 years will open in London this autumn. Out of Line will survey Steadman’s prolific career - from the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he drew humorous cartoons for the Manchester Evening Chronicle, Punch and newly founded Private Eye magazine, to his observations on American culture during the 1970s and 1980s and scathing visual commentaries on domestic politics in the late 1990s. Plus, of course, his iconic work with the late Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005). “Ralph has been hugely prolific throughout his long career and still draws every day,” explains Annunciata, one half of the husband-and-wife team behind TIN MAN ART. “With Out of Line, we wanted to present a broad survey of his oeuvre, so from an absolutely vast portfolio, ... More
Ella Walker to undertake next Courtauld Commission LONDON.- Artist Ella Walker (b.1993, Manchester, UK) will create two new site-specific commissions for the Courtauld Gallery. Opening 3 September 2026, the new artworks will be presented in The John Browne Entrance Hall and the Ticketing Hall of the Courtauld Gallery and will be free to visit. This is the second Courtauld Commission, a series of annual commissions by contemporary artists for the Courtauld Gallery, which launched in 2025 with new works by artist Rachel Jones. Ella Walker creates monumental canvases that act like dream-like stages. They are dominated by female figures whose gestures and interactions are both familiar and confounding, eschewing expected behaviour and transcending fixed roles. The new artworks continue the artist’s dialogue with traditional techniques and subjects from the Renaissance period, richly represented ... More
Crow Museum of Asian Art announces full fall exhibition lineup DALLAS, TX.- From centuries-old Southeast Asian textile traditions and contemporary Japanese bamboo sculpture to New Deal-era works and immersive installations, the Crow Museum of Asian Art’s fall exhibition season explores history, material culture, and storytelling across generations and geographies. Headlining the season are two major exhibitions opening at the Crow Museum’s Dallas Arts District and UT Dallas locations. Both drawn from significant private collections, Unseen Worlds: Southeast Asian Textiles from the Spancake Collection (Aug. 22, 2026–June 20, 2027) debuts at the UT Dallas campus location, featuring approximately 150 objects from Houston-based collectors Jenny and Steve Spancake. Unseen Worlds marks the first solo exhibition dedicated to the Spancake Collection. Opening at the Dallas Arts District location, Twisted, ... More
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On a day like today, French American artist Marcel Duchamp was born
July 28, 1887. Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (28 July 1887 - 2 October 1968) was a French American artist, chess player, and inventor who played a key role in the development of the avant-garde in the United States and in New York City, where he spent the last 25 years of his life. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, as one of the three artists who helped to establish the post-industrial perspective in art history, and his work is considered the progenitor of conceptual art.
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