LONDON.- The first major monographic exhibition in the UK devoted to Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664), will open at the National Gallery this spring (2 May – 23 August 2026). Along with Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682), Zurbarán was one of the leading painters of 17th-century Spain. His paintings, which include stunning life-size depictions of saints, soaring altarpieces and contemplative still lifes, are celebrated for their naturalism, directness and deep emotional power. This exhibition of over forty paintings will span the chronological and iconographic breadth of the artist’s career. It will unite exceptional works from public and private collections, including the Musée du Louvre ('Saint Bonaventure on His Bier' and 'Saint Apollonia') and the Art Institute of Chicago ('The Crucifixion', 'Saint Romanus of Antioch' and 'Saint Barulas' and Juan de Zurbarán’s 'Flowers and Fruit in a Chinese Bowl'), the two partner museums to ... More
ST IVES.- This summer Tate St Ives presents the first UK museum exhibition of the work of Lithuanian American artist Aleksandra Kasuba (1923-2019). The show covers seven decades of Kasuba’s wide-ranging career, from her early paintings and mosaics to her later sculptures and public artworks, including her innovative spatial environments. Kasuba was a visionary artist, often inspired by forms found in nature, such as shells, rocks, vegetation and marine life. Driven by a desire to forge a deeper connection between humanity and the natural world, Kasuba created art that imagined alternative ways of living. Kasuba’s work drew on different disciplines, and in the late 1960s, she collaborated with the Experiments in Art and Technology (EAT) group, made up of artists, engineers and scientists. In 1944, because of successive occupations by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, Kasuba fled Lithuania. After living in a displaced persons camp in Germany, she emigrated to America in 1947, first sett ... More
Jennifer Rubio and Stewart Butterfield. Photo by Olivier Simille.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that, through their Rubio Butterfield Foundation, recently elected Trustee Jennifer Rubio and her husband, Stewart Butterfield, have pledged over $23 million to endow the Museum’s long-standing internships for undergraduate and graduate students in perpetuity. The couple’s extraordinary gift will forever ensure that The Met, already the single largest art museum in the country to offer 100 percent paid internships, can further enhance access and remove financial barriers to participation in the program. In recognition of Rubio and Butterfield’s extraordinary generosity, the college and university student internship program will be named after the couple, beginning in September 2026. In addition to the endowment, the Rubio Butterfield Foundation has also made an additional pledge to support the Museum’s new Tang Wing for modern and contemporary art, opening in 2030. “Jen and Stewart’s exceptional gift substanti ... More
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TORONTO.-CONTACT Photography Festival opens 30th edition of its annual citywide event spanning May 2026. CONTACT is the Toronto-based Festival dedicated to exhibiting, analyzing, and celebrating photography and lens-based media. The Festival provides numerous opportunities to experience a diverse range of exhibitions across greater Toronto, with hundreds of events including openings, artist talks, workshops, portfolio reviews, the CONTACT Photobook Fair, and more, sparking community engagement and nurturing an appreciation of contemporary lens-based practices. Over the last 30 years, CONTACT has achieved some very impressive figures, through its engagement with artists and the community. The Festival has attracted over 20 million visitors and presented the work of over 8500 artists. CONTACT has produced over 4500 exhibitions, 200 public art projects, and over 2000 free public programs. “Our 30th anniversary is a milestone for our orga ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- An exhibition of large-scale sculptures and drawings by Mark di Suvero will be on display at Paula Cooper Gallery from May 2nd through July 17th. Exhibited for the first time, Avanti! (c. late 1990s) is a human-intervention sculpture that incorporates a twenty-three-foot-long horizontal beam suspended within a vertical steel circle. An intersecting beam connected to the base holds a small platform that, when activated, allows a viewer to use their shifting body weight to rock the work back and forth. Assembled in the late 1990s and incorporating elements di Suvero began working on much earlier, Avanti! was produced in the artist’s outdoor studio in Long Island City. Avanti! will be accompanied in the main gallery by the artist’s 1986 sculpture Nelly, comprised of intersecting steel I-beams connected by a curved, hand-cut ... More
Bettina Pousttchi, Guard rails, steel, 184 (h) x 73 x 85 cm. 72½ (h) x 28¾ x 33½ in.
BERLIN.- The exhibition “Variations on Subject and Object” presents recent works by Bettina Pousttchi and Clare Woods. The new red sculpture by Bettina Pousttchi from the Vertical Highways series is made from guardrails, which the artist has transformed and arranged into a vertical composition. For several years, Pousttchi has incorporated objects into her sculptures that structure the physical experience of urban space. By bending, pressing, and altering their color, she relieves these everyday objects of their regulatory function and detaches them from their original context of meaning. They become signs of change, fluidity, and dissolving boundaries. With her serial use of the source material, the artist conceptually draws on Minimal Art as well as to Marcel Duchamp’s readymades. Through her intervention in form, she creates a variation of a prefabricated element into a new, autonomous object. In relation to the red-lacquered sculpture, handcrafted ceramics are ... More
BERLIN.- On the occasion of Gallery Weekend Berlin, the Neue Nationalgalerie presents Regular Animals, an interactive installation by the artist Beeple (Mike Winkelmann). The work marks a new phase in Beeple’s practice, expanding his engagement with artificial intelligence and digital culture into a fully immersive physical–digital hybrid envi- ronment with robotics. Through anthropomorphic figures of animals bearing the heads of globally recognizable personalities, Beeple creates a sociopolitical allegory of contemporary power structures. With this presentation, Beeple’s work is shown in Germany for the first time. Regular Animals consists of autonomous robotic dogs moving freely within a pen-like enclosure. Each robotic figure is fitted with a hyper-realistic silicone head modelled after prominent contemporary figures such as Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, and Beeple himself. As the robots roam the space, they capture images of their surroun ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Jane Lombard Gallery is presenting Your Birth is My Birth, the first exhibition at the gallery by the collaborative duo Merryn Omotayo Alaka and Sam Frésquez. Building upon their ongoing series, Hairland, this new body of immersive sculptural work collectively chronicles a speculative ecosystem in which evolution stems from Kanekalon Hair. Transforming the gallery into a conservatory, the works look to the natural world to explore physical sensations of intimacy, familiarity, and otherness. The exhibition marks the artists’ New York debut, and will be on view at Jane Lombard Gallery from May 1st - June 13th, 2026. Influenced by epiphytes: non-parasitic plants, such as many orchids, bromeliads, and mosses, the collective body of work stems from a botanical fiction. Developing within the framework of what Omotayo Alaka and Frésquez refer to as the Kanekalon forest, the artists’ have centered this exhibition on five main species of works: Listening Roots, Hearing Bells, Mother & ... More
Rodney McMillian, Piggy Bank (globe II), 2025-2026. Globe, fabric, wire and acrylic, 37.5 x 35 x 29.5 cm 14.8 x 13.8 x 11.6 inches.
BERLIN.- Capitain Petzel announces Rodney McMillian’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, coinciding with Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026. Los Angeles–based artist Rodney McMillian (born 1969 in Columbia, South Carolina) is known for his multidisciplinary practice encompassing painting, sculpture, installation, performance, and text. His work often engages with themes of race and social inequality, drawing attention to overlooked materials and marginalized histories. McMillian frequently uses found objects such as blankets, tarps, and architectural fragments, transforming them into poignant statements on care, survival, and political resistance. Through his work, he challenges dominant narratives and invites viewers to reflect on the social structures that shape everyday life. The exhibition is anchored by McMillian’s recently completed film, based on a text by the American journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Wells-Barnett made a name for herself through he ... More
Jan Van Huysum (1682–1749), Fruit and flowers in a wicker basket and other fruit on a marble ledge, a column and terracotta urn with other flowers behind (estimate on request; in the region of £3,000,000).
LONDON.- Famously secretive about his technique, the 18th-century Dutch master Jan van Huysum was dubbed 'the Phoenix of Flower Painters' by a contemporary in recognition of his unparalleled role in the revival of realism in Dutch painting. Two superlative examples of the genre, showcasing van Huysum's technical virtuosity and sophisticated composition, Fruit and flowers in a wicker basket, 1720s (estimate on request; in the region of £3,000,000) and Flowers in a terracotta vase, 1734 (estimate on request; in the region of £3,000,000), will be leading highlights in Christie's Old Masters Evening Sale on 30 June 2026, during Classic Week in London. These tightly-packed, sumptuous displays – bursting with fruits and a profusion of flowers – were intended to celebrate nature, while also serving as lavish displays of wealth and abundance. When the two paintings last appeared on the market over twenty years ago, they smashed ... More
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MEXICO CITY.- In the dense landscape of southern Quintana Roo, a forgotten Maya city is beginning to come back into view. What started as a report from local residents has led archaeologists to document a remarkable pre-Hispanic settlement—one that is now officially recognized by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH). The site, known as El Jefeciño, owes its name to the sheer scale of its architecture. Spread across what is believed to be at least 100 hectares, the settlement includes around 80 structures, some rising more than 14 meters high. Though still largely unexplored, its presence adds a new chapter to the story of the ancient Maya in this part of Mexico. The rediscovery of El Jefeciño is a reminder of how local knowledge continues to play a vital role in preserving cultural heritage. Residents in the municipality of Othón P. Blanco first alerted authorities during ongoing fieldwork tied to the Maya Train Archaeological Salvage Project. Archaeologist Manuel ... More
The Shed. New York, NY. Courtesy Brett Beyer.
NEW YORK, NY.- The Shed today announced the naming of its Level 2 Gallery as The Darla Moore Gallery, in recognition of a transformative, unrestricted $25 million gift from philanthropist and founding board member Darla Moore. This pivotal investment marks a key moment for The Shed to strengthen its long-term sustainability and enable continued innovation in its mission as a leading arts nonprofit. “The belief that art is a catalyst for transformation is foundational to my philanthropy. I believed in The Shed from the very beginning because it represented something New York, and the world, truly needed: a space where artists could take risks and audiences could experience something entirely new,” said Darla Moore. “It is incredibly meaningful to continue supporting an institution that pushes boundaries and creates opportunities for artists to realize ambitious ideas. I’m proud to stand behind its future and its role in the cultural life of this city.” Moore’s support ref ... More
Indus Kohistani people. Kohistan (present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Iran). Jatho Ceremonial Dress (detail), mid-20th century. The Art Institute of Chicago, Louise A. Lutz Endowment Fund.
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announces Embroidered Traditions from Morocco to Afghanistan, on view May 2, 2026 through January 25, 2027. This exhibition, drawn primarily from the Art Institute’s collection, is the museum’s first devoted exclusively to the artistic and cultural traditions of Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA). With more than 70 works from the region, the exhibition will showcase textiles, jewelry, and adornment—most of which have never been displayed publicly before—from the 18th through the 20th century. This show will highlight the region’s distinctive beauty and iconic visual expressions. Artists in SWANA have used, and continue to use, centuries-old embellishment techniques to share cultural expressions of identity, status, and long-held belief systems. Cultural groups ... More
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Mia awarded international grant to restore rare Renaissance tapestry MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), together with TEFAF New York Lead Partner Bank of America, announced the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) as a recipient of the 2026 TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund (TMRF). Joint support from the TMRF and the Bank of America Art Conservation Project™ will enable the conservation of The Meeting of Dante and Virgil, a monumental 16th-century Italian tapestry of exceptional rarity and importance, and the only early Medicean tapestry in a public collection outside Italy. Established in 2012, the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund supports the conservation and related scholarly research of significant works held in public collections. This year marks the first time the fund has supported the treatment of a tapestry. Home to a world-renowned collection spanning 5,000 years of history, ... More
Sowing Light: Bang Hai Ja retrospective marks 140 years of Korea-France relations SEOUL.- The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea presents Bang Hai Ja: Sowing Light Across Heaven and Earth (Bang Hai Ja : Semer la lumière à travers ciel et terre) at MMCA Cheongju from Friday, April 24 to Sunday, September 27. Held as part of the celebrations in 2026 marking the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and France, this exhibition is a retrospective of Bang Hai Ja (1937–2022), an artist who built a distinctive artistic world nourished by the cultures and arts of both Korea and France while traveling between the two countries. In addition to works from the MMCA Collection, more than half of the exhibited works are France-based pieces being introduced in Korea for the first time, including prestigious collections from the Centre Pompidou and Musée Cernuschi in Paris. The exhibition offers a comprehensive overview ... More
Farkhondeh Shahroudi explores the 'vulnerability of existence' in first solo show at Barbara Thumm BERLIN.- Galerie Barbara Thumm is presenting ‘Widerruf’ (Revocation), the first solo exhibition by German-Iranian artist and poet Farkhondeh Shahroudi, at the gallery. As the title suggests, the exhibition reflects the current era of uncertainty, where everything can be revoked at any moment, including ceasefires, social infrastructure, human rights or international law. However, the revocation of old ideas or ideologies also opens up space for new ways of thinking. Born in Tehran in 1962, Shahroudi studied painting there and took part in the revolution against the Shah as a young woman. She fled into exile in Germany with her son in 1990. In Dortmund, she studied design and art. Over the course of more than 30 years, she has developed a complex body of work that increasingly departs from painting to operate at the intersection of visual art, poetry, theatre, ... More
Ryan McLaughlin traces a decade of itinerancy and abstraction in Portland PORTLAND, ORE.- Adams and Ollman presents Säntis Bindle II, an exhibition of paintings by Ryan McLaughlin. The exhibition brings together a select group of works from the past decade, tracing the artist's sustained investigation into the formal and conceptual possibilities of painting. Säntis Bindle II reveals an artist deeply engaged with the materiality of paint and art historical traditions, while also examining language and systematic structures and other informational frameworks. Working between figuration and abstraction, McLaughlin demonstrates a steadfast commitment to exploring how paintings are made and how images are constructed, read, and experienced. The exhibition opens on Saturday, May 1, with a reception with the artist from 5–7pm, and will remain on view at the gallery in Portland, Oregon, through May 30, 2026. McLaughlin studied ... More
Second annual CHANEL Commission at Hamburger Bahnhof: Lina Lapelytė BERLIN.- Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart presents We Make Years Out of Hours, a new large-scale installation and performance by Lina Lapelytė, marking the second edition of the CHANEL Commission at Hamburger Bahnhof. On view from May 1, 2026 to January 10, 2027, Lapelytė transforms the museum’s historic hall into an evolving landscape shaped through collective acts of building, singing, and listening. At the centre of the space, 400,000 wooden cubes circulate through human hands, forming temporary structures that are continuously reshaped while voices resonate across the hall in songs drawn from fifteen poetic texts. Rather than presenting a fixed monument, the work unfolds as a shared environment in which performers and visitors participate in the slow construction of a collective experience. Working at the intersection ... More
Paulo Nimer Pjota brings a magical, post-apocalyptic cosmos to the South London Gallery LONDON.- Paulo Nimer Pjota (b.1988, São José do Rio Preto) is a Brazilian artist who predominantly works in oil, tempera and acrylic on canvas. His paintings draw on art history, popular culture, mythology and folk tales, merging multiple and often contrasting references to create new, imaginary scenarios. His approach borrows from the sampling and remixing practices adopted in Brazilian hip-hop and rap music, as well as on his experience as a graffiti artist as a teenager. Even then he was an aesthetic disrupter, pushing against the rules governing street art, which he found to be restricting. Breaking down cultural hierarchies has remained at the heart of his practice ever since. At the SLG, Pjota presents a new series of paintings against an expansive mural painted directly onto the gallery walls to create a magical environment populated by mythical characters, dragons, ... More
Raven Halfmoon's colossal tributes arise in the Texas desert MARFA, TX .- Ballroom Marfa is presenting Raven Halfmoon: Flags of Our Mothers, the first major traveling exhibition for the artist, featuring new and recent works made over the last five years. The exhibition opened May 1, 2026 and continues through October 11, 2026. For this iteration, Ballroom Marfa has commissioned the artist to develop site-responsive additions to the exhibition that will offer a fresh perspective on Halfmoon’s exploration of memory, ancestry, and form. The title of the exhibition, Flags of Our Mothers, is a tribute to the matriarchs in her life and all the Indigenous women, who over many centuries, have created and endured, keeping their stories and traditions present, active, and alive. Opening weekend, May 1–2, 2026, will feature a series of celebratory programs, including an artist talk with Halfmoon and her long-time collaborator, sculptor ... More
Old Masters, New Amsterdam: New York Historical celebrates 400 years with Rembrandt and Hals NEW YORK, NY.- This spring, The New York Historical provides visitors with a unique glimpse into life in New Amsterdam through portraits, genre scenes, and still life paintings created by renowned 17th-century Dutch masters. In this first-of-its-kind exhibition, which celebrates the 400th anniversary of the founding of New Amsterdam, paintings by Rembrandt van Rijn and his contemporaries help imagine the world of the Dutch settlement that would eventually become New York, depicting people at home, at the marketplace, at prayer, at play, and in taverns. Featuring objects from The New York Historical’s collection and more than 60 Dutch 17th-century paintings, including works from the Leiden Collection—among the largest and finest collections of 17th-century Dutch art in private hands—the exhibition also includes works from a variety of institutions, including ... More
Heritage's May 19 American Art Auction spans the category's spectrum, from Rockwell to Gilliam DALLAS, TX.- Heritage’s May 19 American Art Signature® Auction presents a tightly edited and deeply considered survey of the category, bringing together masterworks that trace the evolution of American art from the 19th century through the modern era. Anchored by exceptional examples of illustration, Western painting and postwar abstraction, the sale reflects both the historical depth of the field and its continued expansion. “This auction really captures the full breadth of what defines American Art today,” says Aviva Lehmann, Heritage’s Deputy Chairman of Fine Art. “We’ve brought together a focused, high-quality group of works that moves from the Hudson River School through to artists like Sam Gilliam, whose inclusion reflects how the category continues to evolve in meaningful and thoughtful ways.” That evolution builds on the momentum of Heritage’s ... More
The Southbank Centre launches 75th anniversary celebrations with the Pin Drop LONDON.- Celebrating its 75th anniversary at the centre of the UK’s cultural landscape, the Southbank Centre today unveils the Pin Drop, a temporary installation that towers over Europe’s largest arts centre, marking the start of You Are Here – the centrepiece of the 75th anniversary programme. Designed by Gareth Pugh and Carson McColl, the Pin Drop stands 20 metres tall and is suspended 20 metres from the ground. Echoing the optimism of the Festival of Britain and the area’s cultural rebirth in 1951, the Pin Drop draws inspiration from Skylon, a slender, seemingly floating vertical landmark that became an emblem of post-war renewal on the South Bank. The Festival of Britain galvanised the nation, using art, science, technology and design to imagine a brighter future after the trauma of World War Two. Taking place from May to September 1951, the Festival kickstarted ... More
New exhibition honors fallen poet Maksym Kryvtsov through Ukrainian art CHICAGO, IL.- The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is presenting Between Voice and Silence, an international group exhibition on view May 1 through June 28, 2025. The exhibition brings together three artists, Katya Lisova (Kyiv), Matvii Vaisberg (Kyiv), Ira Bondarenko (Ann Arbor), whose works in textiles, printmaking, ceramics, and fiber examine empathy, resilience, and the endurance of cultural identity against the backdrop of Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine. The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Ukrainian poet Maksym Kryvtsov (1990 2024), who was killed defending his country in January 2023, only months after the publication of his debut collection. His writing, which locates tenderness and humanity amid destruction, serves as a moral and artistic touchstone for the works on view. Between Voice and Silence takes its title Maksym’s poem “In that space between ... More
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