Wifredo Lam, Untitled, 1974, Oil on canvas, 20 x 27 in.
MIAMI, FLA.- As Miami Art Week unfolds, Latin Art Core is presenting a major showcase at Art Miami that places Cuban modernism—particularly the legacy of Wifredo Lam—at center stage. The presentation comes at a moment of renewed global attention for Lam, whose sweeping retrospective “Wifredo Lam: When I Don’t Sleep, I Dream” opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on November 10, 2025, and continues to draw international audiences. For Israel Moleiro, founder of Latin Art Core, the timing could not be more fitting. Lam’s work, he says, embodies the depth and distinctiveness of Latin American Surrealism, a movement he considers “one of the most compelling and transformative contributions to modern art.” Unlike the European Surrealists who inspired them, Moleiro explains, Latin American artists do not merely adopt Surrealism as a ... More
Torah Finials, 1800s - 1900s. The Jewish Museum, Gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman.
DETROIT, MICH.-The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is presenting a special exhibition in partnership with the Jewish Museum in New York, highlighting the heritage, traditions, and vibrancy of thriving Jewish communities from Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Over the course of the presentation, Guests of Honor: Art of Faith will include 13 exceptional ceremonial objects, dating from the 1400s to the 1900s, that illustrate connections across faith traditions. On view from December 5, 2025, through January 3, 2027, and placed throughout the museum, this DIA Guests of Honor presentation offers a rare opportunity to experience exquisite objects of Jewish ceremonial art alongside works produced for Christian and Islamic patrons in the same period. These diverse works both demonstrate the specificity of Jewish communities, their holidays and rituals and mutual ... More
H. G. Wells. The Time Machine: An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895.
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions will present a Rare Books Signature® Auction on Dec. 15 featuring two significant private libraries whose depth, condition and scholarly importance anchor one of the most diverse and compelling offerings in recent Heritage history. From a pristine first edition of Dracula to an extraordinary assembly of H. G. Wells material and rare manuscripts from literary icons, the auction reflects the passion and discernment of collectors who spent decades in pursuit of excellence. “This auction brings together two private libraries that perfectly reflect the richness of modern book collecting,” says Francis Wahlgren, International Director of Rare Books & Manuscripts at Heritage Auctions. “Each collection was built with intelligence, taste and a commitment to condition, and each offers once-in-a-generation opportunities for collectors of literature, history and fine books. ... More
Gustave Courbet's Le Désespéré.
PARIS.- On the occasion of the official tribute paid to Sylvain Amic, President of the Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie, the Musée d’Orsay and Qatar Museums announced an exceptional agreement to loan Gustave Courbet’s masterpiece Autoportrait, also known as Le Désespéré. By virtue of an exceptional loan agreement between the Musée d’Orsay and Qatar Museums, which owns Gustave Courbet’s Autoportrait (Self-Portrait), also known as Le Désespéré (The Desperate Man, circa 1844–1845), the painting is now on display at the Musée d’Orsay. On 20 April this year, during the visit to Doha of French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, a framework agreement was signed between Qatar Museums and the Public Institution of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie - Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, with the loan of Courbet’s Autoportrait being its first implementation. The picture is to be on display at the Musée d’Orsay until the ... More
A stunning panorama of the Engadine mountain range framing the Val Bregaglia by Giovanni Giacometti sold for CHF 790 000 to a buyer in Switzerland.
ZURICH.- Koller’s Modern, Contemporary and Swiss Art auctions once again showed the strength of the Swiss art market, as sales totalled over 1.5 times the estimates. The success included jewellery and watches, with some lots boasting over 20 telephone bidders, alongside active bidding in the full salerooms and online. A stunning panorama of the Engadine mountain range framing the Val Bregaglia by Giovanni Giacometti sold for CHF 790 000 to a buyer in Switzerland (lot 3029, estimate CHF 300 000 / 500 000). Pablo Picasso’s colour linocut ‘Buste de femme d’après Cranach le Jeune’, 1958, from an edition of 15 artist’s proofs, was the subject of a bidding war that ended at CHF 600 000 for a bidder in Germany (lot 3621, estimate CHF 350 000 / 500 000). Paul Cézanne’s ‘L’après-midi à Naples’ from 1876–77, from a small group of erotic paintings which the artist created in response to Edouard Manet’s infamous ‘Olympia’, sold for CHF 5 ... More
SYDNEY.- The Art Gallery of New South Wales presents Ron Mueck: Encounter, the largest exhibition of the internationally acclaimed Australian sculptor ever shown in the country. Celebrated for his vividly lifelike figures and remarkable shifts in scale, Ron Mueck (born 1958, Melbourne; lives England) has reshaped the language of contemporary figurative sculpture. Encounter brings together nearly a third of Mueck’s exceptional output over a three-decade career, featuring major works sourced from public and private collections across Australia, Europe, Asia and North America – most never before seen in Australia. The exhibition traces the emotional and psychological terrain for which Mueck is renowned – moments of vulnerability, connection and solitude rendered with astonishing precision. At the heart of the exhibition is the world premiere of Havoc 2025, a powerful new immersive sculpture created especially for Sydney. This ... More
Visitors in Westwood | Kawakubo on display from 7 December 2025 to 19 April 2026, at NGV International, Melbourne. Photo: Dan Castano.
MELBOURNE.- Opening 7 December 2025, the NGV’s world-premiere summer blockbuster exhibition pairs two global icons – and iconoclasts – of the fashion world for the first time, British designer Vivienne Westwood (1941 – 2022) and Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo (b. 1942) of Comme des Garçons. Born a year apart in different countries and cultural contexts, each brought a rule-breaking radicalism to fashion design that subverted the status quo. Today, their critically acclaimed collections are celebrated globally for questioning conventions of taste, gender and beauty, as well as challenging the very form and function of clothing. Through a showstopping display of nearly 150 innovative and ground-breaking designs, Westwood | Kawakubo explores the convergences and divergences between these two self-taught rebels of the fashion world. The exhibition brings together important loans from international museums and private collections – including New York’s Metropolitan ... More
KLEINBURG.- This winter, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection presents Stan Douglas: Tales of Empire, a landmark exhibition surveying three decades of work by internationally acclaimed Vancouver-based artist Stan Douglas. On view from December 5, 2025, to March 22, 2026, the exhibition brings together five major photographic series that explore the histories, legacies, and enduring reverberations of colonialism across continents and centuries. Curated by Frances & Tim Price Executive Director and Chief Curator Sarah Milroy, Tales of Empire investigates the power structures, mythologies, and lived realities shaped by imperialism through Douglas’s technically masterful and conceptually incisive lens. The Nootka Series (1996) — Created on the northwest coast of Vancouver Island, this series traces the enduring ... More
Wake Island: P. O. W. Archive Including Handmade American Flag Pieced Together While a Prisoner.
DALLAS, TX.- Eighty-four years and a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor changed the course of world history, Heritage Auctions is proud to present the Dec. 8 Arms & Armor, Civil War & Militaria Signature® Auction, offering memorabilia that serves as tangible evidence of the determination and courage of American service members in the Pacific theater and Europe, along with items from around the world spanning centuries of warfare and peacekeeping, spycraft and sport, empire-building and entertainment, created through fine craftsmanship or improvised ingenuity. Among the American service members called into action in the Pacific theater immediately following the Day of Infamy was Sgt. Andrew J. Paszkiewicz, a career soldier born in 1899 who had served in World War I and was stationed at Wake Island when it was attacked simultaneously with Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He was wounded in the ensuing battle, dubbed "the Alamo of the Pacific, that lasted until Dec. 23, at which point ... More
BILBAO.- The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao presents Arts of the Earth, an ambitious exhibition that explores the way contemporary art interacts with the soil as a material space and shared ecosystem. In line with the Museum’s institutional commitment to environmental sustainability, Arts of the Earth offers a multidisciplinary, diverse cartography of art forms — including the visual arts, architecture, design and crafts — that provide a snapshot of the inventory of tools, possibilities, and future scenarios in the face of climate change and the ecosocial crisis our planet is experiencing. The show underscores collaboration and co -creation with ecosystems as alternatives to the mere extraction of resources or modification of materials, considering today’s concern with the health of our planet and in particular with the survival of the soil — its living, sensitive, fertile matrix — as the core of a survey of artistic ... More
Adrian Culverson, Float, 2023. Fabric, paint, wood, stuffing. Photo provided by the artistAko Castuera, Shisa Bridge.
CLAREMONT, CA.- The Claremont Lewis Museum of Art exhibition She Opens the Door: Women Artists and Writers Shape Language and Space, curated by CLMA Poet-in-Residence Chloe Martinez, will showcase contemporary women artists from Claremont and the greater Los Angeles area whose work encourages us to think about gender, community, and agency. The exhibition will open with a reception on Saturday, December 6 from 6-9 p.m. and will remain on view through March 22, 2026. She Opens the Door will feature nine artists whose artworks question what “women’s work” might be, often drawing from materials and techniques traditionally considered “craft” to offer sharp cultural critiques and new visual languages. In addition to selecting the artworks, Chloe Martinez will contribute her own poetry and writing to complement the artwork, while also inviting other creative writers to participate. A limited-edition catalog will be available featuring images of works of art alongside the poetry and ... More
Birgit Jensen, SEARCHING FOR MUSHROOMS I, 2023. Acrylic on linen, 39 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. 100 x 75 cm.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The German painter Birgit Jensen explores the relationship between truth and artifice -- and the role mediation plays in it -- through the unlikely medium of landscape painting. Her process begins with photographs, which she digitally edits, then manipulates into layers of geometric marks or patterns. From them, she painstakingly constructs multi-layered paintings on canvas. Up close, the imagery breaks into pixelated noise. From a distance, they appear nearly photographic. These paintings are the physical embodiment of the old riddle about the relationship between perspective and understanding: the closer one stands to the problem, the more inscrutable it becomes. They’re a reminder of our increasing dependence on screens for our comprehension of the world, and that more and more, our experiences are not “real,” but are designed, constructed, or virtual. Jensen's paintings, though convincing, are not actual places, but complex arrangements of hue and pattern that the ar ... More
PERTH.- The Art Gallery of Western Australia presents Pippin Drysdale: Infinite Terrain, a landmark retrospective honouring the extraordinary career of internationally renowned ceramicist Pippin Drysdale. Spanning over forty years of practice, the exhibition features work from the State Art Collection alongside significant loans. It offers a rare opportunity to explore Drysdale’s adventurous spirit, collaborative processes, and her singular ability to interpret the world through porcelain. Her vast fields of flowing lines and mesmerising colour evoke landscapes both intimate and expansive, inviting viewers into layered readings that intertwine memory, place, and imagination. "Through ceramics, I immerse myself in the art I love, fueled by passion and commitment. Though discomfort often lingers, it nudges me into the depths of my subconscious, where true treasures are born. In this dance of commitment and uncertainty, I find the freedom to create authentically," expressed artist Pippin Drysdale ... More
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Van Abbemuseum acquires Tenderlymilitant.exe by Anna Zoe Hamm EINDHOVEN.- The Van Abbemuseum announced the acquisition of Tenderlymilitant.exe: A Weapon Armoury for the Queer-Feminist Counter Apocalypse by designer and researcher Anna Zoe Hamm, a recent graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven. The work joins the museum’s design collection, which was significantly enriched in 2022 by the landmark acquisition of fifty seminal works from Lidewij Edelkoort’s pioneering private collection. Tenderlymilitant.exe was acquired on the recommendation of Lidewij Edelkoort. Following the acquisition of her collection, it was agreed that Edelkoort would be entitled to propose one new acquisition each year — a way to keep her collection current and to further intertwine it with the museum’s holdings. This acquisition reflects Van Abbemuseum’s ongoing commitment to design as a speculative and artistic practice that engages with pressing social, ecological and political issues. Hamm’s graduation project presents an armoury of hand-crafted brooms, ... More
Kunsthalle Basel unveils bold 2026 lineup spotlighting the next generation of boundary-breaking artists BASEL.- With an unwavering commitment to emerging artists, Kunsthalle Basel is delighted to break the frame again in 2026, with a program curated by Mohamed Almusibli: Join us for the institutional debuts in Switzerland of Diambe, Janiva Ellis, and Özgür Kar. See what’s next at Dominique White’s and Gili Tal’s largest solo exhibitions to date. Discover Shuang Li as she presents her first institutional solo exhibition in Europe, and look closer as we invite Barcelona’s art space Cordova to co-curate the Back Wall Project by Samuel Guerrero. “Working with artists at pivotal moments in their careers is a privilege and a responsibility. Our 2026 program brings together artists whose practices push the boundaries of contemporary art, inviting audiences into exhibitions of risk, reflection, and reinvention.” – Mohamed Almusibli, Director & Chief Curator Diambe presents their first institutional solo exhibition in Switzerland, offering an expansive installation th ... More
Christie's marks Art Deco centennial with auction in New York NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's presents 1925 | A Modern Vision, a dedicated auction celebrating the centennial of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes—the landmark event that launched Art Deco onto the global stage. It is especially fitting that this tribute to the movement's enduring legacy will take place in New York City, where Christie's headquarters at Rockefeller Center sits at the heart of one of the world's most iconic Art Deco environments. Surrounded by architectural masterpieces from the very era being honored, the sale reflects both the historical significance and continued relevance of Art Deco design. Open to the public on December 5, the exhibition at Christie's New York precedes the Design and Tiffany sales on December 11 and 12 and features seminal works by the most celebrated creators of the era, including Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann, André Groult, Jean Dunand, Eugène Printz, Albert Cheuret, Edgar Brandt and more. Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann designs for th ... More
Shin Sang Ho's sculptural odyssey comes to light in exhibition GWACHEON.- Shin Sang Ho: Infinite Metamorphoses is a retrospective of the work of Shin Sang Ho (1947– ), who has developed a unique artistic language as he has responded to social and artistic changes over the past six decades. Shin entered the field of ceramics in the 1960s in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, where he operated a wood-fired kiln and produced traditional ceramic ware. Shin has deconstructed the traditional forms and meanings of Korean ceramics, while constructing a new order upon that enduring foundation. Accordingly, the title of the exhibition Shin Sang Ho: Infinite Metamorphoses encapsulates the artist’s nonconformist approach as well as his persistent subversion of the historical and social hierarchies rooted in the medium of clay. In the early stage of his career, Shin Sang Ho entered the crafts department in 1965, the same year his career as a ceramicist began after winning a prize at the Korea Industrial Artists’ Association Industrial Art Competition. For him, tradition ... More
Copenhagen Contemporary presents exhibition program 2026 COPENHAGEN.- Copenhagen Contemporary revealed its exhibition program for 2026. In 2025, CC launched a brand-new education concept, CC Create. Unfolding in an 800 square meter open studio, the world-renowned British performance artist Monster Chetwynd (b. 1973) is the first artist in the program. Chetwynd transformed the studio into a spectacular universe, where visitors can express their creativity and engage in collective learning through play and artistic exploration inspired by the artist’s own methods. Monster Chetwynd’s practice spans installation, performance, film, and painting. Their work is famously playful and effervescent, mixing the glamorous, grotesque, and nightmarish. Chetwynd invites visitors to take part in collaborative projects that blur conventional boundaries between artist, artwork, and audience. Why does new technology give rise to both hope and fear? The relationship between humans and technology is one of the great dramas of the modern age, often portraying machin ... More
RSA welcomes winter with 'Nature turns,' a tranquil celebration of the season's quiet beauty EDINBURGH.- This Winter, the Royal Scottish Academy presents Nature turns in the RSA Lower Galleries. Bringing together works in painting, print, drawing, photography and sculpture, the exhibition explores calm and solace in the natural world through winter scenes and subjects. The thirty exhibiting artists all share a close connection with the Academy. Alongside Royal Scottish Academicians, the exhibition features artists who have participated in RSA New Contemporaries, received RSA awards such as the William Littlejohn Award, John Kinross Scholarships and Residencies for Scotland, and others whose work has been part of the Academy’s wider programmes. Together, their contributions demonstrate the depth and diversity of creative practice nurtured by the RSA. Winter can be seen as a season of contrasts, outwardly still and restrained yet quietly preparing for transformation. Nature turns reflects this dual character, inviting viewers to contemplate the quiet beauty of the season and the sense of re ... More
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On a day like today, English painter David Bomberg was born
December 05, 1890. David Garshen Bomberg (5 December 1890 - 19 August 1957) was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys. Bomberg was one of the most audacious of the exceptional generation of artists who studied at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks, and which included Mark Gertler, Stanley Spencer, C.R.W. Nevinson, and Dora Carrington. In this image: David Bomberg, Bomb Store, No.3, 59 x 74 cm.
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