Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, The Ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina with Mount Etna, 1844. LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna.
VIENNA.- Landscape painting flourished across Europe during the nineteenth century. Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793–1865) was part of this development, capturing people’s yearning for the natural world in his intimate portraits of trees, sweeping landscapes from the Vienna Woods, and influential views of the Salzkammergut. The show also features trailblazing works by contemporaries, such as John Constable and Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, inspiring us to explore Waldmüller’s realistic images of the natural world against the backdrop of wider European artistic developments. General Director Stella Rollig: “Is it even possible to find new aspects to spotlight in Waldmüller’s work? It is indeed! Waldmüller’s popularity and the Belvedere’s extensive holdings of his paintings make him one of the key artists in the museum’s collection. By juxtaposing his landscapes with works by other European artists, this exhibition promises fresh perspectives—even for enthusiasts and experts.” In the first half of ... More
Augustus Marshall, Portrait of Edmonia Lewis, about 1870.Carte-de-visite albumen print. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 22.1.5.
SALEM, MASS.- The Peabody Essex Museum presents the first major retrospective exhibition of the work of acclaimed 19th-century Black and Indigenous sculptor Edmonia Lewis. 30 sculptures by Lewis from public and private collections across the United States and abroad will be brought together with a number of additional objects in a range of media, giving visitors an opportunity to learn of Lewis’ mastery of marble and her remarkable, storied life. Co-organized by the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia and featuring newly conserved and never before publicly exhibited works, Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone runs through June 7, 2026. Born in Greenbush, New York, in 1844, Lewis became the first sculptor of Afro-Caribbean and Anishinaabe descent to achieve widespread international acclaim. Her mother was a member of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, an Anishinaabe nation in present-day Ontario, and was ... More
MADRID.- Fundación Mapfre has opened an ambitious exhibition dedicated to American photographer Helen Levitt (1913–2009), offering one of the most complete views of her career to date. Drawn from the full scope of her work and recently accessible archives, the exhibition is now on view at the foundation’s galleries on Paseo de Recoletos in Madrid, following its presentation at the KBr Photography Center in Barcelona. Widely regarded as one of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century photography, Levitt transformed ordinary urban life into images filled with mystery, tenderness, and subtle emotional depth. Her photographs often resist straightforward interpretation, turning fleeting street moments into visual puzzles that invite viewers to pause, observe, and connect on an intuitive level. Although now closely associated with street photography, Levitt’s path was anything but conventional. Born in Brooklyn to a Russian-Jewish family, she left school early but developed a s ... More
LONDON.- Flowers Gallery is presenting 56 in 26, marking the gallery’s 56th anniversary on 10 February 2026. The exhibition brings together a selection of works from the 1960s to the present day, highlighting the enduring relationships fostered by the gallery through artists closely associated with its founder, Angela Flowers (1932-2023). Featuring artists who began working with Angela Flowers during her early years as a gallerist in 1970s London, the exhibition offers a vivid snapshot of post-war and contemporary British art, encompassing painting, sculpture, and constructed forms. Recognised as one of the most influential artists of his generation and a key figure in the development of Pop Art in Britain, Richard Smith CBE (1931-2016) created monumental sculptural-shaped canvases in the mid-1960s, exploring a radical new tension between volume, colour, structure, and surface in the three vivid, box-like panels of Triptych (1965). Protruding outwards as if animated, ... More
Erica DiBenedetto, photo Marcin J. Muchalski, Diamond Shot Studio.
MADISON, WI.- The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW–Madison) has named Erica DiBenedetto, Ph.D., as its new curator. DiBenedetto will advance the Museum’s commitment to scholarship and global representation by stewarding approximately 10,000 objects in the Chazen’s collection of paintings, sculpture, glass, ceramics and multi-media works. She will also guide student research and hire and mentor undergraduate and graduate students at UW–Madison. Her appointment begins April 6, 2026. “As the Chazen Museum of Art embarks on a transformative reinstallation of the permanent collection, Erica DiBenedetto’s oversight of the Chazen’s non-works on paper holdings will play a pivotal role in shaping a museum experience that is accessible, engaging and resonates with a global audience. Her expertise will advance new scholarship and illuminate fresh perspectives within the Chazen’s ... More
PARIS.- Laurence des Cars has resigned from her role as President-Director of the Louvre Museum, submitting her decision to the President of the French Republic with immediate effect, the museum confirmed. Des Cars informed Louvre staff directly, describing her leadership of the world’s most visited museum as “the honor of my professional life.” She noted that throughout her tenure she devoted her full energy and determination to the institution and its mission. During nearly five years at the helm, Des Cars oversaw a range of initiatives aimed at modernizing and transforming the museum. In her message to employees, she praised the dedication of Louvre staff, emphasizing that reforms and projects were only possible through the collective efforts of what she called the “Louvre collective,” whose professionalism ... More
Shiona with the orange.
ROME.- Andrea Festa presents “Friends Looking at Friends,” a striking series of portraits and still lifes by Sinéad Breslin. This is her second solo show at the gallery. The exhibition is on view until March 19th, 2026. Born in 1986 in Ireland and raised in London, Breslin completed her fine art education at the University of the West of England (B.A., M.A.) and has exhibited in solo and group shows across the UK, US, Mexico, Europe, Russia, and Asia. She has received multiple international residencies, including the prestigious Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy. Her work is held in private and institutional collections worldwide, from the Alex Katz Foundation in New York to Beijing’s X Museum. “Friends Looking at Friends” presents new portraits of Breslin’s peers and family members, interspersed with delicate, playful still lifes. Her practice—exploring identity, home, motherhood, and connection—has adopted a more considered approach in recent years. Aft ... More
ESSEN.- Visitors to the Ruhr Museum at the UNESCO World Heritage site Zollverein can now take part in shaping an exhibition themselves, thanks to SPEICHER II, an interactive artwork by Berlin-based artist Jörg Sasse. On loan to the museum for two years, the installation is on view from February 26, 2026, through March 31, 2028, on the 17-meter level of the museum’s permanent exhibition. Blending photography, sculpture, and archival practice, SPEICHER II functions as a three-dimensional, walk-in photo archive rather than a static display. The mobile storage structure, accessible from all sides, contains 512 framed photographs documenting life in the Ruhr region from the 1950s to 2009. Drawn from anonymous collections, photographic estates, and Sasse’s own work, the images were selected from an original pool of around 2,000 photographs and carefully edited to form a visually cohesive set. What makes the installation distinctive is the role of the audience. Organized according to 56 the ... More
Carlos Villa, Untitled (Slinky drawing), c. 1960s. Marker and ink on paper, 23.88h x 18.88w in 60.5h x 48w cm 30h x 24.86w x 1.66d in (framed) 76.3h x 63.1w x 4d cm.
MANILA.- More than a decade after his passing, Lying + Flying at Silverlens Manila marks Carlos Villa’s first dedicated exhibition in the Philippines, an archipelago that shaped him long before he ever set foot there. Born and raised in San Francisco to Philippine immigrant parents, Villa returned to his parents’ homeland only once during his lifetime. Yet the questions that animated his work, inheritance, belonging, collectivism, and the body as a political site, reverberate here with particular force. Growing up in the multicultural and politically active Bay Area, art and politics were never separate for Villa. His life’s practice braided the two together, leaving an imprint that extended beyond his community and into the larger fabric of American Modernism. He taught, organized, made things, gathered people. Villa influenced generations, shifting ground not only through what he made and the hundreds ... More
Kreshaun McKinney. Photo: Graham Carroll.
KANSAS CITY, MO.- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City has hired Kreshaun McKinney in the newly created position of Director, Civic Engagement and Community Programs, a leadership role that will build partnerships and deepen relationships that foster belonging and wellbeing. McKinney, currently Director of Learning and Engagement at Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, previously worked in the Learning & Engagement division at the Nelson-Atkins. “We are delighted to welcome Kreshaun back,” said Julián Zugazagoitia, Director & CEO of the Nelson-Atkins. “Her enormous energy and deep commitment will inspire new connections and relationships with more communities in Kansas City, as she will play a key role in advancing the museum’s mission at this pivotal moment of growth and transformation.” During McKinney’s 16 years at the Nelson-Atkins, she rose from teaching full-time studio programs in the Ford Learning Center to becoming the manager of audience engagement. She de ... More
Charlap Hyman & Herrero, VitraHaus Loft. Photo: Clemens Poloczek.
NEW YORK, NY.- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum announced today the winners of the 2026 National Design Awards. Launched in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council, the National Design Awards celebrate excellence and leadership in design, recognizing the innovation and impact of individual designers and organizations across 10 categories. Award recipients are selected by a multidisciplinary jury of practitioners, educators and leaders from a wide range of design fields and will be honored at the Smithsonian National Design Awards Gala May 19 in New York City. “At Cooper Hewitt, we celebrate design not only for its impact and innovation, but also for its role as a civic force—one that reflects shared values rooted in the common good, fuels creativity and shapes everyday life,” said Maria Nicanor, director of Cooper Hewitt. “The National Design Awards demonstrate the potential and possibilities of American design, ... More
MILAN.- MIA Photo Fair BNP Paribas presents the fifteenth edition of the Italian fair dedicated to photography, taking place at Superstudio Più in Milan from Thursday 19 March to Sunday 22 March 2026 (invitation-only preview: Wednesday 18 March 2026). Organised by Fiere di Parma and directed for the third consecutive year by Francesca Malgara, the fair is held under the patronage of the Municipality of Milan and is supported by BNL BNP Paribas — long-standing main sponsor since 2012 and title sponsor since 2025 — as well as Deloitte which, with the patronage of Fondazione Deloitte, became a main sponsor of the fair last year. The camera lens focuses on the everyday lives of people living in the outskirts of Milan, exploring a humanity composed of faces that tell stories, dreams and aspirations. This is consistent with our IncluCity Project, developed to foster the social inclusion of young people in complex socio-cultural contexts. The selection committee has chosen 111 exhibitors, i ... More
Ikemura has been painting and sculpting girls since the 1990s.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- For her first exhibition in Los Angeles, Leiko Ikemura presents a range of works produced over the past decade that explore the relationship between the female body and the natural world; between the heavens and the horizon line, or as she describes it: “the place where two worlds come together”. This in-between space – straddling both light and dark, the sky and the ocean, as well as both interior and exterior worlds – is represented by a huge metallic mesh wave within the gallery, a dividing line and architectural feature designed in collaboration with her partner Philipp von Matt. One of Ikemura’s hybrid creations – a girl whose head has been replaced by a brace of birds – greets visitors outside the gallery. Inside the exhibition, the recurring figure of a reclining girl or woman is repeated throughout, firstly in a series of large-scale, colored bronzes, such as Lying in Yellow Dress (2021), which depicts a peacefully sleeping creature in a yello ... More
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Centro Botín international open call: 33rd annual Art Grants, 2026 workshops and recent acquisitions SANTANDER.- Fundación Botín announced the 33rd edition of its Art Grants, offering six scholarships for artists of any nationality. This scheme has an expected duration of nine months and an endowment of 23,000 euros for each selected project. The Art Grants support artists´ development, research and production. In addition, the programme includes the public premiere of the works developed over the grant period in a collective exhibition at Centro Botín, Itinerarios. At the end of the grant period, Fundación Botín continues its commitment to the artists by closely following their career and, where appropriate, by acquiring works for the Collection or inviting to present their work in the exhibition series Enredos. Artists interested should make an initial application using the registration form available on the websites of Fundación Botín and Centro Botín, and submit the required ... More
A collection of works by Derek Boshier acquired by Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales LONDON.- Drawn from archival photographs and drawings, this group of works includes several from Derek Boshier's Routes series, charting the artist’s time in rural Wales, a country to which he had a deep personal connection to. In the 1970s, Boshier began experimenting with film and photography, producing series that traced journeys through sequences of captured ‘stills’. The works will now be housed in the permanent collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales. 'In 1973 Boshier's first retrospective at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery showcased the artist's growing concern with the way the scale and significance of an object could be changed by placing it in different contexts... Concerned with what the artist described as 'change of pace, face, alteration, variation, transformation, modulation, permutation, shift, merging and difference', a series of documentary ... More
From Cabellut to James Bond: International art and iconic heritage up for auction at Auctim ANTWERP.- Auctim is organizing an exceptional online auction of modern and contemporary art. The collection includes international masterpieces by artists such as Lita Cabellut and Matteo Pugliese, as well as unique objects from the history of cinema and Belgian heritage, including original parts of the Atomium. With this auction, Auctim is putting the spotlight on a collection that bridges the gap between international contemporary art and iconic pop culture. The absolute highlight is ‘Girl with tattoo’ (Lot 1), an impressive canvas from the Corals series by world-famous Spanish artist Lita Cabellut. The core of the auction consists of powerful, figurative, and abstract works. In addition to Cabellut's masterpiece, there are striking contributions from Arne Quinze, with the work ‘Rock Strangers’ (Lot 47), and the expressive style of Princess Delphine. Her works ‘Love me, love ... More
The National Art Center, Tokyo talks on manga in London and Paris TOKYO.- In January 2026, ahead of the opening of the exhibition Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi, and Waki Yamato, the National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) held talk events in London and Paris featuring Rei Yoshimura, Curator at the NACT and one of the few researchers who specialize in this field. The talks took place in the cities where “MANGA<->TOKYO” (La Villette, 2018) that the NACT has organized and “Manga” (the British Museum, 2019) that Yoshimura had been deeply involved in planning, were previously held. In conversation with local specialists, Yoshimura discussed how to bring manga to the museum and the diverse world of shojo manga. At Japan House London, Yoshimura gave a lecture titled “Bringing Manga to the Museum.” “I am often asked the following question: is manga art? For us, Japanese people, manga is a visual art form ... More
Berenice Olmedo challenges hegemonic notions of wholeness in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, CA.- François Ghebaly is presenting Nabila, a new sculpture by Berenice Olmedo exhibited at the gallery’s Los Angeles space. Mexico City-based artist Berenice Olmedo creates sculptures and kinetic installations that often integrate prostheses and orthoses. Her works, which are fusions of medical plastics, armatures, and surgical implants, challenge notions of human wholeness. In her practice, Olmedo considers standardized or hegemonic expectations of the human body and explores the extent to which external aids are essential to contemporary life. By reusing forms and materials from the medical field in her sculptures, she challenges dominant fixations on efficiency and optimization in favor of a more mutualistic, politically inextricable view of embodiment. Olmedo’s 2026 kinetic sculpture Nabila is one such anthropomorphic assemblage, ... More
Jeff Williams merges industrial waste and geological time at Kate Werble NEW YORK, NY.- Kate Werble Gallery is presenting the gallery’s first exhibition with Jeff Williams, Electro Slag. Williams’ installation of new sculptures merges the animal and mineral through hand cast elements, recycled slag, industrial extrusions, and human made fossils. Subjecting his materials to transformations in the studio, Williams uses a range of physical processes such as crushing, fusing, crumpling and chopping. They are man-made stalactites and stalagmites, extending down from the ceiling on mesh grips or stretching up from the floor on melted beams. The works in Electro Slag are based on Williams’ exploration of the material evidence left by ecological processes from geological and biological phenomena found in Central Texas. The impressions he captures are from two proximate sites: the destructive soil disturbances created by feral hogs, an invasive ... More
Willa Wasserman unveils "Purple Apple" at Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel SAO PAULO.- Fortes D’Aloia & Gabriel presents Purple apple, Willa Wasserman’s first solo show in Brazil, opening February 25 at FDAG Jardins, in São Paulo. The exhibition brings together intimate, small-scale paintings on linen and brass alongside expansive works on fabric, produced between New York, where she lives, and São Paulo, where the artist is currently undertaking a residency at Casa Onze. Wasserman engages questions of intimacy, gender, and metamorphosis, weaving references to classical painting and material culture with contemporary expressions of queer experience. Working on fabric and metals, the artist treats the support as an active participant in each composition. Oil, silverpoint—traces drawn through the friction of silver on a primed surface—and chemical processes are applied in ways that allow oxidations, stains, and tonal shifts to surface and ... More
Jessica Silverman announces representation of Rebecca Manson SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Jessica Silverman announced representation of Rebecca Manson, whose debut solo show with the gallery runs through February 28, 2026. The New York-based artist is a virtuoso sculptor who explores nature’s microcosms, magnifying delicate details into large, intensely tactile forms. Her practice reimagines ceramics as visceral fantasies where sight is subverted by touch and form surpasses function. Manson’s relationship to clay began at age eight when she started taking pottery classes. She has since spent her career leveraging its materiality to examine embodiment, empathy, and the relationship between vitality and decay. Though her sculptures often assume abstract or winged forms, they are rooted in the figure. Her journey from pottery to sculpture has embraced clay furniture, porcelain sunflowers, and animal pelts, all acting ... More
Crystal Bridges Museum and the Momentary announce new Deputy Director, Curatorial Affairs BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary announced the promotion of current Chief Curator Austen Barron Bailly to deputy director, curatorial affairs. In her new role, Bailly will continue to support the institution as it expands access to all through a complete gallery transformation and substantial expansion set to open June 6 and 7, 2026. Since 2019 in her role as chief curator, Bailly has provided strategic vision and executive leadership for all art functions of the museum including acquisitions, collection development and care, exhibitions and installations, interpretation, publications, and partnerships. In her new role as deputy director, curatorial affairs, Bailly will continue to guide curatorial strategy while expanding her leadership across departments, including oversight of the Crystal Bridges Library and Archives and research ... More
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On a day like today, French artist Honoré Daumier was born
February 26, 1808. Honoré-Victorin Daumier (February 26, 1808 - February 10 or 11, 1879) was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, whose many works offer commentary on the social and political life in France, from the Revolution of 1830 to the fall of the Second French Empire in 1870. He earned a living producing caricatures and cartoons in newspapers and periodicals such as La Caricature and Le Charivari, for which he became well known in his lifetime and is still remembered today. In this image: Félix Nadar, Honoré Daumier, 1856/1858. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie.
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