LOS ANGELES, CA.- Together with Henry Zimet of French & Company, we are delighted to announce that The Getty has acquired Georges Lemmen’s Portrait of his sister Julie crocheting. Gallery 19C exhibited this extraordinary portrait at TEFAF Maastricht in March 2026, where it was featured as one of the centerpieces of the stand. It came as no surprise that the portrait was admired by visitors to the fair, who stopped to marvel at Lemmen’s extraordinary pointillist technique. Scott Allan, Curator of Paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum commented: “We’re thrilled to add Lemmen’s Young Woman Crocheting to the Getty collection. It’s a mesmerizing painting with a lot of wall power—at once deeply absorbing in its intimate portrayal of the artist’s sister and incredibly vibrant in its Neo-Impressionist palette. It’s also the museum’s first pointillist painting, so it fills a major gap that’s been nagg ... More
Acheulean Hand Axe from Happisburgh. Lower Palaeolithic, c.700,000 - 300,000 BC. Mottled grey-blue flint; Length: 130 mm. Width: 110 mm. Depth: 35 mm.
LONDON.- Culture Minister Baroness Twycross has placed export bars on two flint handaxes that offer insights into the lives of Britain’s earliest settlers, allowing time for a UK buyer to be found. Both flint handaxes were discovered on the Happisburgh shoreline in Norfolk. Their discoveries followed the unexpected consequences of storms in the East of England, which cleared away clay on the beach shore and exposed ancient land surfaces underneath. Created using a stone or antler hammer to knock off flakes from both sides of a larger piece of flint, these handaxes have strong, skilfully shaped edges suitable for cutting and scraping. They were used without handles. One of the handaxes has an asymmetrical appearance, with small patches of orange-brown staining from the sediments in which it was deposited. This handaxe is 13cm long and weighs 465 grams. The other handaxe is distinguishable by its mottled ... More
Since 2018, Dr. Hillings has served as Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art.
ABU DHABI.- The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi today announced the appointment of Dr. Valerie Hillings as the inaugural Director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is a cornerstone of Saadiyat Cultural District, one of the world’s greatest concentrations of cultural institutions. Alongside Louvre Abu Dhabi, Zayed National Museum, Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi and teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi, it affirms Abu Dhabi’s cultural vision. As Director, Dr. Hillings will bring this vision to life leading the museum’s strategic direction, overseeing its inaugural exhibitions and programmes, and establishing an institution that is rooted in Abu Dhabi and connected to the world, one that connects cultures, inspires people and celebrates art from the 1960s to the present. Dr. Hillings brings deep familiarity with Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to the role. From 2009 to 2018, she served as the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s Curator and ... More
Circa-1905 French gasoline advertising poster by J.L. Sesourd promoting Motricine fuel from the Societe Industrielle Français des Petroles, 40in x 56in. Estimate: $4,000-$8,000.
VINELAND, NJ.- Bertoia Auctions will bid a fond farewell to summer with The Automobilia Sale on Friday, August 28. The 550-lot event will feature the second installment from the celebrated David Bausch Collection, an extraordinary assemblage reflecting more than a century of automotive history, advertising and design. The sale encompasses an impressive range of material, from original advertising posters and fine art prints to enameled gasoline and oil signs, petroliana, automotive statuary, motoring and aviation-themed gentlemen's accessories, pocket watches, cigarette cases, ceramics, and Royal Doulton tableware. Together, the collection illustrates the many ways the automobile influenced not only transportation, but also the art, fashion and popular culture of the 20th century. Adding further depth to the auction is the debut of the Lenny Hummel Collection, ... More
WINTERTHUR.- As one of the most influential Swiss photojournalists over the past 40 years, Andri Pol (b. 1961) has received multiple accolades for his work. In this period his photographs have played a key role in defining the visual identity of print media outlets in Switzerland and other countries such as Zeit Magazin, DU, Das Magazin, Facts and GEO. Now, the photographer is set to turn 65, and the occasion is being marked with a major solo exhibition titled Andri Pol – Poliversum timed to coincide with his birthday. This exhibition is being presented across all three display spaces at Fotostiftung Schweiz, including the Foyer. As a retrospective, it showcases both the essence of Pol’s photography and the sheer diversity of his thematic interests in a career stretching back to the late 1980s. There is an emphasis on the genres of photographic reportage and portraiture alongside the observations of daily life that Pol captured around the world. Although his travels often took him to remo ... More
The objects include a 91-centimeter warrior figure linked to western Mexico’s Shaft Tomb tradition, a stone bowl from Guerrero and a prismatic obsidian blade.
MEXICO CITY.- Three pre-Hispanic artifacts recovered in the United States are set to return to Mexico following investigations coordinated by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit. Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture, working through the National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, announced that the objects are currently being held at the Consulate General of Mexico in New York. They will soon be transported to Mexico City by diplomatic pouch and formally transferred to INAH. The group includes an imposing clay figure of a warrior, a stone bowl and a finely worked obsidian blade. Specialists determined that all three objects are of pre-Hispanic origin and therefore belong to the Mexican nation under the country’s federal heritage law. Their return was formalized on July 15, 2026, when the objects were handed over to the Mexican consulate in New York. ... More
Léon Navez (1900 Mons–Auderghem 1967), Portrait of Gustave van Geluwe, 1925. Oil on canvas, 27.6 × 21.7″. The Hearn Family Trust.
CHESTNUT HILL, MASS.- The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College will present the exclusive exhibition Shadows and Light: Symbolist Art in Belgium; Works from the Hearn Family Trust, on display from September 8 through December 6 in the Daley Family and Monan Galleries. The exhibition showcases the most significant private collection of Belgian symbolist art in North America, assembled over more than four decades by Charles Hack, a New York-based real estate investor and prominent art collector. In 2024, Hack donated 36 important Belgian landscapes to the McMullen, making the Museum the holder of one of the foremost collections of nineteenth-century Belgian landscapes in the world. Hack collaborated closely with Shadows and Light curator BC Art History Professor Emeritus Jeffery Howe as the exhibition developed, both on the selection of pieces from his collection and on new acquisitions. ... More
Taryn Simon, One little room on fire (detail), 2026.
NEW YORK, NY.- On September 18, 2026, the Guggenheim New York will present Taryn Simon | Father Country I Do Love You, a major exhibition premiering a new body of work by artist Taryn Simon (b. 1975, New York). On view during the 250th anniversary of the United States, this presentation will bring together never-before-seen photographs, text, videos, and sculptures into a singular, interactive installation filling the entire rotunda. It will mark the first monographic exhibition by a photography-based artist in the rotunda and the largest debut of new work ever staged at the Guggenheim. Nearly a decade in the making, Father Country I Do Love You (2026) traces the real life of one unnamed federal agent through 42 individual artworks. The immense project is a labyrinth of sagas in which Simon uncovers the ripple effects of her protagonist’s actions and inactions. Through duty, devotion, loss, and happenstance, the federal agent acted as a middleman, witnessing events ... More
PARIS.- Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Marais presents Talisman, an exhibition of new works by Tehran-born, New York-based artist Ali Banisadr. Spanning paintings, sculpture and pastels, the exhibition brings together the central languages of Banisadr’s practice: densely orchestrated pictorial worlds, archetypal figures, symbolic fragments and charged objects that seem to carry memory across time. Running concurrently with Banisadr’s exhibition at the Musée national Gustave Moreau, Paris, opening on 9 September until 7 December 2026, Talisman unfolds in dialogue with the French Symbolist master, whose work has become a key point of reference for this new body of work. Talismans are loaded objects: vessels of protection, transformation and transmission. For Banisadr, imagery can operate in the same way. ... More
LONDON.- The first-ever exhibition of the portraits of the Netherlandish painter Jan van Eyck (active 1422–1441), will open at the National Gallery in winter 2026. Bringing together for the first time, from across Europe, all ten of the artist’s portraits, Van Eyck: The Portraits (21 November 2026 – 11 April 2027) will show about half of the twenty or so surviving autograph pictures by one of the supreme figures of the Northern Renaissance. The nine painted portraits will be joined by the exceptional loan of van Eyck’s only surviving drawing, the Portrait of an Elderly Man (about 1438, silverpoint and goldpoint on prepared paper, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden). This is an astounding drawing, with a dense network of strokes to sculpt the sitter’s ... More
Nancy Lee Katz (1947-2018), Louise Bourgeois, 1986. Gelatin silver print. Gift of Michael S. Sachs, Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley, 2024.1.17
BERKELEY, CA.- The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the University of California, Berkeley, announces its upcoming two-part exhibition, Nancy Lee Katz: A Private Pantheon, opening on Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Curated by Lauren Graves, Ph.D., the show presents photographer Nancy Lee Katz’s monumental portraiture project Pantheon in its entirety for the first time. Part one of the exhibition will be on view until December 17, 2026. Part two opens on January 19, 2027, and runs through May 13, 2027. Born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, Katz (1947–2018) was a prolific photographer who traveled through Europe and Morocco, working as an assistant film editor and still photographer before focusing on her own art. Between 1986 and 2010, she photographed prominent artists, writers, musicians, and thinkers she deeply admired. Created in the intimate environments of personal studios and workplaces, ... More
Installation view of Raphael: Sublime Poetry, on view March 29–June 28, 2026 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Rebecca Schear.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Met’s blockbuster exhibition Raphael: Sublime Poetry closed its three-month run at The Met Fifth Avenue after welcoming an extraordinary 6,800 visitors per day on average, making it the Museum’s highest-attended exhibition since 2018. It is also among the Museum’s most visited shows of the past 10 years, behind only two others: Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer (2017–18), which, like Raphael: Sublime Poetry, was curated by Carmen Bambach, the Marica F. and Jan T. Vilcek Curator in The Met’s Department of Drawings and Prints, and The Costume Institute’s Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (2018). Raphael: Sublime Poetry drew over 562,000 visitors from its opening on March 29 through its closing on June 28, 2026. The number represents nearly half of all visitors to the Museum during this time period. “This truly extraordinary, landmark exhibition offered an unprecedented look at the brilliance and legacy of Raphael, a tru ... More
TUCSON, AZ.- The University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography (CCP) will open “Animality: 100 Years of Photographs” on Aug. 8, an exhibition exploring the many kinds of relationships between humans and animals across a century of picture-making. The exhibition runs through Dec. 12 and is free and open to the public for visitors of all ages. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10a-4:30p. Drawing on more than 100 photographs and archival objects from CCP’s permanent collection, “Animality” features nearly 300 animals across 30 species — plus hundreds of bats — captured in a wide range of photographic formats by a diverse group of photographers. The exhibition is organized around 11 thematic groupings addressing human-animal interactions, human and animal expressions, and animal welfare. “Animality” was created in collaboration with seven University of Arizona honors ... More
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New exhibition explores Korean papermaking traditions through handmade hanji garments KENT, OHIO.- The Kent State University Museum announces “Aimee Lee: Every Last Scrap,” a solo exhibition featuring internationally recognized artist and scholar Aimee Lee. Opening Aug. 14, the exhibition features garments created entirely by hand from hanji (han = Korean; ji = paper), traditional paper made from the bark of mulberry trees. Through labor-intensive papermaking, natural dyes and the careful reuse of every scrap of material, Lee transforms traditional hanji into sculptural garments that connect centuries-old Korean craftsmanship with contemporary artistic practice. “Aimee Lee invites visitors into a world of brilliantly colored, exquisitely crafted garments made entirely of handmade paper,” said Sarah Spinner, Ph.D., J.D., director of the Kent State University Museum. “These are not clothes to be worn, but works of art that encourage us to think ... More
Rome's Centrale Montemartini completes major accessibility overhaul ROME.- Centrale Montemartini, one of Rome’s most distinctive museums, has completed a €473,066 accessibility project that reshapes how visitors move through and experience the former thermoelectric power station. Funded through Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the 22-month project focused on removing physical and sensory barriers throughout the museum. The improvements extend from the street and entrance plaza to the galleries, elevators, restrooms and visitor services. The goal, according to the Capitoline Superintendency for Cultural Heritage, was not simply to add individual accessibility features, but to create a more coherent and independent visitor experience. Centrale Montemartini is part of the Capitoline Museums and is celebrated for its unusual combination of classical art and industrial archaeology. Ancient Roman ... More
UB Art Galleries announces fall season exploring art, ritual, and belief BUFFALO, NY.- This fall, UB Art Galleries launches a season with three exhibitions that explore how artists from different generations and regions use repetition, processes, and materials to address questions of belief. Natvar Bhavsar: Free Yourself, Constructed Belief, and Karle Norman: Leather Prayers showcase a range of artistic voices—from Bhavsar, now in his nineties and a key figure in postwar abstraction, to mid-career artists and those who are just starting their journeys. The exhibitions draw on traditions from India, the Middle East, Judaism, Christianity, and American subcultures. Through painting, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, and works on paper, students from various disciplines, including studio art, art history, religion, psychology, and across the humanities, will find multiple points of entry. Viewed alone or collectively, the three shows ... More
MMCA Gwacheon celebrates 40th anniversary: Imaginations in Light GWACHEON.- Marking its 40th anniversary, MMCA Gwacheon reflects on the unique character of a museum where nature, architecture, and art intersect. Through a constellation of exhibitions, educational initiatives, design interventions, and public programs, the anniversary program revisits the histories and spaces of MMCA Gwacheon through a contemporary lens while opening new perspectives on its future. In the sculpture park, Lingering Grounds invites visitors to engage with sculpture within the natural landscape, while a special screening program dedicated to outdoor sculptors will be presented in the museum auditorium. Across key public spaces throughout the museum, Lightscape explores light through works from the collection, creating a continuous encounter between natural light and the artistic interpretations of light by artists such ... More
Shortlist for UK Town of Culture revealed LONDON.- Fifteen towns have been shortlisted to become the UK’s first Town of Culture, after nearly 400 places from across the country entered the landmark competition. This comes as the government confirmed that it has received an incredible 398 bids from over 400 hopeful towns as part of the competition, demonstrating that culture belongs everywhere and shining a light on the many towns across the UK that are vital to our national story. Fifteen towns will now compete for the inaugural UK Town of Culture 2028 title. The shortlisted towns are: • Small towns: Ilfracombe, Isle of Bute, Lerwick, Sandown, Strabane, and Stockton Town Centre Ward • Medium towns: Corby, Great Yarmouth, Leith, Pontypridd, and Port Talbot • Large towns: Basildon, Birkenhead, Grimsby and Rotherham Shortlisted towns will now receive £60,000 each to develop their full bids, which will ... More
The Morgan awarded $2.5 million from the Lilly Endowment NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum has received a $2.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment's Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative to support The Morgan Illuminated, a major project that will expand access to the Morgan's renowned collection of medieval and Renaissance religious manuscripts through a new digital portal, educational resources, and public programming. Hosted on the Morgan’s website, The Morgan Illuminated will provide free, cover-to-cover access to hundreds of the collection’s most significant illuminated manuscripts through a searchable digital portal, scheduled to launch in 2029. In addition to high-resolution images and robust search tools, the platform will feature educational resources and interpretive content exploring these manuscripts and the role of religion in shaping history, art, and culture. Through programming and ... More
South London Gallery to host major solo exhibition by Monika Sosnowska LONDON.- This autumn, the South London Gallery (SLG) will present Weight of Matter, a major solo exhibition by Polish artist Monika Sosnowska (b. 1972, Ryki). Spanning the Main Gallery and two floors of the Fire Station, the exhibition will feature some of Sosnowska’s monumental sculptures, including deconstructed forms rendered in steel, concrete and other materials associated with modernist architecture. Sosnowska’s sculptural practice explores urban transformation, and how architecture reflects social and political change, in particular the implosion of the Communist regime in Poland and the legacy of modernism. Her interest lies in the impact that architecture and space have on people and the challenges involved in transforming existing structures. At the SLG, a monumental site-specific installation in the Victorian Main Gallery will unite a group of previously ... More
CLAMP presents Anthony Peyton Young exhibition From the Ground Up NEW YORK, NY.- CLAMP is presenting "From the Ground Up," an exhibition of recent ceramic sculptures and drawings by Anthony Peyton Young. Merging historic Southern craft traditions and contemporary explorations of identity, Young employs humor and caricature both to dismantle received stereotypes and to explore how those same stereotypes may contribute to the formation of subjectivity. By the 1840s, a tradition arose in the Edgefield District of South Carolina of creating face jugs, also known as face vessels or grotesque jars. These ceramic vessels in the form of human heads often bore distorted features, giving them a humorous or frightening aspect, but, for the Black artisans, probably enslaved, who made them, they almost certainly held ritual significance. Kaolin, plentiful in the area, was used for the white eyes and teeth, tracing a relationship back ... More
Villa Romana seeks Director FLORENCE.- For over 120 years, Villa Romana has served as an artists’ residence for the winners of the Villa Romana Prize, Germany’s oldest art prize. Particularly talented, primarily younger visual artists from Germany are given the opportunity to further develop their artistic practice during a prolonged stay in Florence. The four prize-winners are provided with a studio and a furnished apartment free of charge. In addition, Villa Romana has made a name for itself in recent years through various events on-site, in the region, internationally, and offers artists a variety of options to immerse themselves in both of these contexts. The organisation is run by Villa Romana e.V., which is based in Frankfurt. Responsibilities • Artistic, business-related and organizational management of the Villa Romana in Florence • Hosting and support of the fellows and visitors • Organization ... More
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