DRESDEN.- The GRASSI Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig is marking a major milestone in global history with a thoughtful and timely exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of Papua New Guinea’s independence. Titled WanBel, the special presentation opens on 5 December 2025 and runs through 28 June 2026, bringing together remarkable works from the museum’s own collection while situating them within an international moment of reflection, connection, and cultural exchange. The word WanBel, drawn from one of Papua New Guinea’s official languages, translates literally as “one belly.” Its meaning reaches far beyond the phrase itself, evoking ideas of shared origin, solidarity, and mutual responsibility. These values lie at the heart of the exhibition, which has been developed in close collaboration with Papua New Guinea’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, the National Museum and Art Gallery in Port Moresby, and the National Cultural Commission. Together, these partners are fostering new forms of d ... More
Baron has a particular interest in Classic Maya ceramics, iconography, and hieroglyphic writing, and is one of few contemporary scholars with expertise in ancient Maya texts.
PRINCETON, NJ.- The Princeton University Art Museum has named Joanne P. Baron as Peter Jay Sharp, Class of 1952, Curator and Lecturer in the Art of the Ancient Americas. An archaeologist and scholar of Maya art and writing, Baron has a particular interest in Classic Maya ceramics, iconography, and hieroglyphic writing, and is one of few contemporary scholars with expertise in ancient Maya texts. In her new role, she will shape the research, study, interpretation, display, and growth of the Museum's collections of the art of the ancient Americas. Baron joins the Museum from Dumbarton Oaks, where she served as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology. Baron began her tenure at the Museum just ahead of the opening of its boldly designed new building, which quadruples the space for changing displays drawn from the Museum’s globe-spanning collections, now numbering more than 117,000 ... More
In this young cave bear, the third molar is just erupting, its size determined by the second tooth. Cave bears were herbivores and had second and third molars of approximately equal size (Zoological State Collection Munich). Photo: Katja Henßel, SNSB.
MUNICH.- For most mammals, teeth grow according to a fairly reliable plan. Follow the pattern, and you can often tell what an animal eats simply by looking at the size and order of its molars. Bears, it turns out, are the great exception. Researchers from the Bavarian State Natural Science Collections (SNSB) have uncovered why modern bears have such unusual teeth—and the answer reaches back millions of years into their evolutionary past. Their findings, published in the scientific journal Boreas, reveal that two key moments in bear evolution permanently reshaped how their molars develop. In many mammals, tooth growth follows what scientists call the Inhibitory Cascade Model. In simple terms, the first molar in the lower jaw sets the tone for the teeth that follow. Carnivores tend to have a large first molar and smaller ones behind it, while herbivores show the opposite ... More
PARIS.- François-Xavier Gbré is drawn to traces. For the past fifteen years or so, he has been photographing the imprints of human activity on the landscape and architecture of the African continent. In 2023, as part of the Latitudes support program developed by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, he set out to follow the railway that runs from north to south through Côte d’Ivoire. The line was built during the French colonial era to extract the country’s natural resources and transport them to the port of Abidjan, then on to the metropole. Gbré’s photographs are infused with a kind of latent historicity made up of multiple overlapping temporal layers: the colonial period, the post-Independence years, and more recent events. Radio Ballast is the title of the project. Radio refers to the device that transmits information, while ballast is the bed of crushed rock on which the rails lie. In railway jargon, the term also refers to rumors of uncertain origin: vague, unfounded new ... More
William Beckman, Blue Straw Bales and Plowed Field, 2024, oil on canvas, 72 x 99 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Forum Gallery announced William Beckman: Heartland, an exhibition presenting eighteen works by William Beckman (b.1942), recognized for more than fifty years as one of the country’s leading realist artists. Over his long career, William Beckman’s paintings and drawings of family members and the landscape of his youth have been the subject of countless exhibitions across the country and in Europe. Now at 83 years of age, William Beckman has spent the last six years focused on his landscapes and, for the first time, William Beckman: Heartland presents a cohesive body of work that tells a uniquely American story. The exhibition will be on view at Forum Gallery from January 8 to February 28, 2026. The fifteen oil paintings and three drawings on view in the exhibition show how closely William Beckman’s values and sensibilities are tied to the land where he is from. Beginning in 1970, William Beckman has painted the landscape he knows as he knows his own body. Recalling a ... More
MILAN.- A monumental tribute to forgotten alchemists: a new site-specific work by Anselm Kiefer, one of the most influential contemporary artists on the international scene, will be unveiled at Palazzo Reale. This immersive exhibition, specially conceived for the Sala delle Cariatidi, will invite visitors to engage with works that reflect on history, painting, and female memory. Promoted by the Municipality of Milan–Culture and produced by Palazzo Reale and Marsilio Arte, with the contribution of Gagosian and Galleria Lia Rumma and supported by Main Sponsors Unipol and Banca Ifis, the exhibition is part of the cultural programme of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Curated by art historian Gabriella Belli, it will be held in the Sala delle Cariatidi at Palazzo Reale in Milan from February 7th through September 2026. The Women Alchemists unfolds in a cycle of thirty-eight large-scale canvases, created to resonate with the dramatic beauty of the Sala delle Cariatidi: a majestic ... More
HARLEM, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem inaugurated its new home with new commissions by artists Camille Norment and Christopher Myers. Commissioned as a site-informed work for the Museum’s terrace staircase between the fifth and sixth floors, multimedia artist Camille Norment’s Untitled (heliotrope) (2025) is a sculptural and sound installation inspired by contemporary and historical migration. Composed of handwoven brass wires and brass tubes—a material commonly used for musical instruments—this monumental sculpture features a chorus of voices that offer a sensory experience for visitors as they traverse between the Museum’s floors. Sited in the Museum’s Education Workshop on the third floor, Christopher Myers’s Harlem Is a Myth (2025) is a wall-mounted metal-based installation depicting an intergenerational community of mythic beings gathered under a night sky. Myers ... More
Susan Dory, Alazne, 2025. Acrylic on canvas over panel, 30.5 x 40 inches.
NEW YORK, NY.- Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York will present Inner Weather, a series of new works by Susan Dory. In her sixth solo exhibition with the gallery, Dory continues her long standing investigation into interconnectivity and perception through a dynamic interplay of color, transparency, and layered form. In Inner Weather, Dory’s biomorphic and linear shapes congregate and reorganize in intricate, structured patterns. Each composition emerges from color: this series centers on radiant reds, oranges, and yellows, tones that the artist describes as an act of optimism and hope. Dory has also introduced more translucent pigments into her process, combining acrylic paint with a transparent varnish to produce a luminous, “seeing through” effect that suggests movement and transformation. Working in a studio suffused with natural light, Dory is attuned to the shifts of shadow and reflection that traverse her workspace throughout the day. As sunlight rakes across her canvases—lai ... More
WASSENAAR.- In 2026, Voorlinden will celebrate its 10th anniversary! Mark Manders' acclaimed solo exhibition Mindstudy will be on display until 18 January, and the popular collection exhibition Stillness in the storm – including Counting the Rice by Marina Abramović – has been extended until 23 August 2026. The following is also on the programme for the anniversary year: Painting on canvas, faux fur and Plexiglas panels, alongside bronze sculptures and ceramics – no medium is beyond Claire Tabouret. Voorlinden presents the first major museum survey of this French painter, showcasing the breadth of her oeuvre, her boundary-pushing practice, and her engagement with complex themes such as identity and human relationships. At times classical or romantic, then dark and mysterious, her work is infused with personal narratives or based on found imagery. In addition to this major solo exhibition, Tabouret will also unveil her stained-glass windows ... More
PRINCETON, NJ.- Jordan Eagles: Centrifuge traces Eagles’s exploration of the visual power of blood and its use as an artistic medium and metaphor across sculpture, installation, photography, and video. Throughout his career, Eagles has worked with blood as a medium for exploring the human life cycle. Over the past decade, he has created a compelling body of work using human blood—voluntarily donated by individuals from the LGBTQI+ community—to inspire dialogue about the effects of identity-based policies for blood donation and thus about wider questions of identity and personhood. The exhibition is on view at the Princeton University Art Museum’s Art@Bainbridge gallery until March 15, 2026. The artworks in Centrifuge were created both before and after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised their ... More
Emma cc Cook, Combine III, 2025. Oil, acrylic, upholstery, walnut artist frame, 44 x 56.5 x 1.5 in.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- House of Seiko will present Bucolic Cob: Bellevue, an exhibition of new work by Emma cc Cook that considers the long transformation of the Los Angeles basin—from irrigated agricultural experiment to expansive urban grid, and into its current hybrid state, where planned environment and inherited terrain remain in uneasy alignment. Central to the work is the history of large-scale water management and civic engineering, particularly the period shaped by William Mulholland’s aqueduct systems, which redirected not only resources but also patterns of habitation. A key reference for Cook is Norman M. Klein’s The History of Forgetting: Los Angeles and the Erasure of Memory, in which the city is described as a site of continual revision, where official narratives often replace or obscure what preceded them. Yet, because the region remains relatively young, earlier layers of occupation persist as faint residues, compressed into the contemporary moment rather than absorbed by time ... More
DUBAI.- Ishara Art Foundation will present ‘Urdu Worlds’, the UAE’s inaugural contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language. Bringing together major works by Ali Kazim and Zarina, the exhibition is curated by Hammad Nasar. ‘Urdu Worlds’ marks the inaugural contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language in the UAE. Curated by Hammad Nasar, the exhibition is a visual conversation around language between Ali Kazim and Zarina, and the first comprehensive presentation of Kazim’s works in the GCC. The show explores how language provides the tools with which we create and shape our internal ‘worlds’. Words, rather than simply describing our surroundings, give rise to our private lived experiences ... More
A scholar of 20th-century design, craft, and museum history, Charlap has a passion for the objects of everyday life.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA.- The Wolfsonian–Florida International University has appointed Danielle Charlap as curator, working alongside chief curator Silvia Barisione. Charlap comes to FIU after holding positions at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, where she was associate curator. “Danielle’s appointment marks an exciting moment for The Wolfsonian. Her research on postwar design, craft, and museum practices resonates deeply with our mission,” Barisione said. “She brings an analytical eye and a sensitivity to the social dimension of design in line with our ongoing effort to interpret our collection as a living language that connects past and present.” “We are delighted to welcome Danielle to The Wolfsonian. Expanding the capacity of the curatorial department is essential as the collection continues to grow,” said interim museum director Michael Hughes. “Having Danielle on board brings new ... More
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New carnivorous plant discovered in Bavaria after decades hidden in museum archive MUNICH.- A quiet rediscovery in a Munich herbarium has led to an unexpected botanical milestone: the official recognition of a new carnivorous plant native to Bavaria. Announced on December 16, 2025, by the Botanical State Collection Munich, the plant has been formally named Drosera ×bavarica, or the Bavarian sundew. What makes the discovery remarkable is not only the rarity of finding a “new” plant in Central Europe, but the fact that it was hiding in plain sight—pressed, labeled, and carefully preserved for decades. The plant was identified by botanist Andreas Fleischmann, a specialist in carnivorous plants at the Bavarian State Natural History Collections (SNSB). While reviewing the estate of Munich plant collector and carnivorous plant expert Paul Debbert (1934–2022), Fleischmann came across several unusual sundew specimens collected from a small bog in southern ... More
The Des Moines Art Center celebrates its 76th edition of the Iowa Artists exhibition series featuring Henry Payer DES MOINES, IA.- For the 76th edition of Iowa Artists, the annual exhibition celebrating homegrown creativity, the Des Moines Art Center welcomes Sioux City, IA-born artist Henry Payer (b. 1986). A member of the Ho-Chunk tribe, whose ancestral territory spans areas in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa, Payer explores his history and identity as an Indigenous American in his exhibition titled Aagakinąk Haciwi: We Live Opposite Each Other. The show features the artist’s signature mixed media works that combine imagery from both Native traditions and Western popular culture. Through layering and recombining material drawn from personal experience and archival research, he creates a unique visual language. Referencing dispossessed ... More
Henry Art Gallery to present landmark survey of Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege SEATTLE, WA.- The Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington will present ojo|-|ólǫ́, a major exhibition by Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, Na’nízhoozhí [Gallup, New Mexico]), co-presented by The Bell Gallery at Brown University. ojo|-|ólǫ́ brings together Riege’s textile, sculpture, video, and performance practices. A trained weaver, Riege combines customary Diné practices with contemporary cultural forms in works that evoke Diné mythology, the history of Euro-American trading posts in and adjacent to the Navajo Nation, and the notion of “authenticity” as a value marker of Indigenous art and craft. The exhibition, the artist’s largest solo presentation to date, is based on Riege’s material research and engagement with the Navajo collections held by Brown’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the University of Washington’s Burke Museum of Natural ... More
Thibault Hazelzet's multidisciplinary universe debuts at Carpenters Workshop Gallery LONDON.- Hazelzet’s work is characterised by what he calls “delicate brutalism” – a play of raw materiality, where abstraction meets figuration. The artist’s practice entails a transversality of various mediums that answer to each other, with designs that mix porcelain and sandstone with mixed metals. Such objects form part of a creative universe that always maintains coherence despite its multiplicity of materials. The exhibition features jewellery inspired by 19th century wax cameos that Hazelzet found as a child in a book belonging to his parents. Reproducing the images imprinted on these cameos, the designer casts jewellery pieces featuring scenes and figures from art history and classical mythology. Instead of being set in the metal, the stones are incorporated in the wax casting and embedded in the piece. Among the exhibited jewellery is a new set of chain necklaces with detachable pendants, which can also be worn as belts. These sit alongside a vast collection of ... More
Marilyn Nance unveils an interconnected constellation of gestures at Kunstinstituut Melly ROTTERDAM.- Marilyn Nance started making photographs of daily life in New York City at the age of eighteen. At age twenty-three, Marilyn joined the FESTAC ‘77 United States delegation as technical support for the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture in Lagos, Nigeria, where she created one of the most vibrant visual records of the Pan-African gathering. She continued making images with an equal attention to historical events, family moments, community gatherings, trips abroad, and quiet moments. While studying and taking care of her photographs, she began using the title Spirit Faith Grace Rage to tie together her work made across different times and geographies. For Marilyn, Spirit is the underlying energy of an event; Faith lies in the belief that everything works towards the greater good; Grace acknowledges the spiral of time and the beauty, love and joy that lives in the everyday; Rage is that built up energy that finds expression and moves us forward. As Marilyn pa ... More
The power of the image: Photo Elysée announces a provocative 2026 season LAUSANNE.- In 2026, Photo Elysée will present a series of exhibitions that foreground the power of imagery – how the visual representation of reality affects our interpretation of it. The museum will explore the noise of the world with Luc Delahaye and Alfredo Jaar; discover new vistas with Ella Maillart; parse modern-day mores with Hannah Darabi and Salvatore Vitale; and, in a major exhibition, spotlight humankind’s relationship with animals through 200 years of photography. These shows will encourage visitors to ponder questions of reality, memory, political engagement and living beings. This major monographic exhibition looks at 25 years from the career of French photographer Luc Delahaye (b. 1962). His portfolio of work – from the war in Iraq to the war in Ukraine, from Haiti to Libya, and from OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) conferences to COP (Conference of the Parties) gatherings – indexes many ways in which today’s world has gone awry. Del ... More
Yiqi Guo - A Young Composer Rings the Bell PHOENIX, AZ.- Few composers transition seamlessly between different instrumentations while maintaining a cohesive artistic voice, but when Yiqi Guo's handbell composition premiered at ‘Bells Beyond: New Music for Handbells,' audiences witnessed exactly that. Where Lights Dwell, which was featured in Bells Beyond, was as layered and ingenious as his previous compositions, while being thoughtfully adapted to a new medium. Guo structured his composition in layered textures that highlight the contrasting timbres of different handbell and choir chime sizes, allowing each register to contribute a distinct sonic color to the overall tapestry. While not strictly confining himself to a single meter, Guo moved between meters in a subtle way that enhanced the melodiousness of the piece. The end result was a mesmerizing handbell composition which immersed the audience in a reverberant soundscape. Bells Beyond, a new professional handbell ensemble, premiered ten works at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chan ... More
From Pussy Riot to Paul McCarthy: Torrance Art Museum tackles ethical resistance TORRAANCE, CA.- The Torrance Art Museum announces its first two exhibitions of the 2026 season, presenting a compelling and timely program that reflects the diversity, urgency, and creative vitality of contemporary art in Southern California. On view from January 10 through February 21, 2026, the exhibitions will be presented in TAM’s Main Gallery and Gallery Two. As political forces increasingly tighten their grip on cultural institutions, Defending Ethical Integrity: The New Degenerate Art emerges as both a rebellion and a celebration of fearless self-expression. This exhibition confronts authoritarian narratives, censorship, and the suppression of creative autonomy, asserting art’s essential role in ethical resistance and social critique. Evoking the legacy of the Nazi Party’s 1937 Degenerate Art exhibition—an effort to vilify and silence artists—this exhibition reclaims the term “degenerate” as a symbol of defiance and integrity. The exhibition includes Elana Man ... More
National Museum of Asian Art to present Paintings from India's Himalayan Kingdoms in new exhibition WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced “Of the Hills: Pahari Paintings from India’s Himalayan Kingdoms,” on view from April 18, 2026, through July 26, 2026. Juxtaposing canonical masterpieces and never-before-seen works, the exhibition’s 48 paintings and colored drawings reveal the ingenuity of artists who drew from both local and transregional traditions. For centuries, scores of small Hindu kingdoms dotted the region where the tallest mountains on Earth rose from the plains of north India. Around 1630, their rulers began commissioning paintings that proved extraordinary—some with intricate details, delicate shading and naturalistic figures; others vivid, glittering and stylized. “These paintings are swoon-worthy,” said Debra Diamond, the Elizabeth Moynihan Curator for South and Southeast Asian Art. “Created with opaque watercolors made from ground pigments, beetle wings and gold, it’s no surprise that they are am ... More
Xippas Punta del Este presents Sebastián Gordín's first solo exhibition in Uruguay PUNTA DEL ESTE.- Xippas Punta del Este is presenting Notes to the Ear, the first solo exhibition of Sebastián Gordín in Uruguay. The artist presents a small anthology of works created between 2023 and 2025, consisting of three sculptures and a series of flat marquetry pieces that subtly evoke vinyl record covers. Emerging in the Argentine art scene in the late 1980s, Gordín is one of the most prominent artists of the so-called “generation of the 1990s” and one of the most notable figures in the contemporary regional art scene. Although his early works were developed in the language of painting, the artist is best known for his original approach within the undefined space of contemporary sculpture. While many authors have shown interest in exploring the wide range of cultural elements Gordín uses as resources for his works—from the traditions of literary and cinematic science fiction to illustrated books or Argentine soccer culture—few have focused on unraveling the narratives his wo ... More
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