Featuring photographs from her award-winning monograph and new unpublished works, Jamie Johnson’s long-term documentary project offers a rare and intimate portrait of childhood within Ireland’s Traveller community.
NEW YORK, NY.-Leica Gallery is pleased to present Growing Up Travelling, a powerful solo exhibition by acclaimed documentary photographer Jamie Johnson. Opening July 16 and on view through August 30, 2026, the exhibition features photographs from Johnson’s award-winning and sold-out monograph Growing Up Travelling (Kehrer Verlag, 2021), alongside new, previously unpublished works from the ongoing series. For more than a decade, Johnson has documented the lives of Irish Traveller children and families throughout Ireland. An indigenous Irish ethnic minority, the Traveller community maintains a distinct cultural identity and rich oral tradition while continuing to face widespread discrimination and social exclusion. Through years of repeated visits and sustained engagem ... More
Site-Specific Composition “Tuning, Timing, Resonance” by Composer Phil Acimovic to be Performed Live in the Park on August 15, 2026.
ENOSBURG, VT.-Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, a nonprofit arts park dedicated to fostering connections between contemporary art, nature, and community, is pleased to announce a landmark artistic initiative: a newly commissioned, site-specific musical composition by composer and educator Phil Acimovic, to be performed as part of the Park’s 2026 season. Acimovic, who first made history as the Park’s inaugural Artist-in-Residence in 2018, returns to premiere Tuning, Timing, Resonance, an original work created in direct response to the Park’s landscape, acoustics, and sculptural environment. This marks a significant expansion of Cold Hollow Sculpture Park’s interdisciplinary programming, introducing sound as a central element of the visitor experience. Performances will take place on August 15, 2026, at 1 p.m. and at 4 p.m., featuring Acimovic and a quartet of musicians performing in dialogue with ... More
7-inch-tall Old Woman in the Shoe mechanical bank, very rare, one of fewer than 10 created in a limited edition, made of lead and brass. Near Mint condition. Sold for $36,000.
VINELAND, NJ.- A phenomenal circa-1906 Bing (German) gauge 4 toy locomotive soared to $78,000; a rare, contemporary Old Woman in the Shoe mechanical bank rang up $36,000; and a ¼-inch-scale salesman sample of a 1922 Autocar rotary dump body truck made $25,200 at Bertoia’s Spring Auction held May 29-30. The event was highlighted by Part 2 of the Martin and Deborah Maloy toy collection. The auction tallied nearly $1.9 million (inclusive of buyer’s premium) and included high-quality toys, banks, trains, robots, and pre-war Japanese toys from the Bill Gallagher collection, as well as a great assortment of German wind-ups, pressed-steel toys and more. In all, 1,000 choice lots came up for bid over the course of two days. The robust results surpassed Bertoia’s expectations. “This was truly an amazing auction, filled with items of the highest quality,” said Jeanne Bertoia, ... More
Marilyn Monroe signed presentation photo from the “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” era, with LOAs from both PSA/DNA and Beckett. Estimate: $10,000-$15,000.
WILTON, CONN.- A one-page typed letter signed by Nikola Tesla regarding wireless telegraphy; a Marilyn Monroe signed presentation from the “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” era; and a Bruce Lee and Van Williams co-signed program from the 1967 International Karate Championships in California are a few expected top lots in University Archives’ online-only Rare Autographs, Manuscripts, Books & Photographs auction scheduled for Wednesday, July 28. The auction, starting promptly at 10am Eastern Time, is filled with items in many categories. The catalog in its entirety – all 430 lots – is up for viewing and bidding now on the University Archives website, www.UniversityArchives.com, plus the popular platforms Invaluable.com, Auctionzip.com and LiveAuctioneers.com. Telephone and absentee bids will also be accepted. “The July 28 auction is filled with items of incredible historical ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- The Center for Art, Research and Alliances and the Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University announced the release of Dear Mazie,: Sanctuary, Speculation, and Sky, an experimental reader that explores the legacy of artist and educator Amaza Lee Meredith (1895–1984), the first known Black queer woman to practice as an architect in the United States. Through essays, conversations, and artistic interventions, the publication situates Meredith’s life and work within broader histories of placemaking, gender, sexuality, and Black love. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1895, Amaza Lee Meredith was denied formal architecture training due to her race and gender. Undeterred, she went on to design landmark structures in her home state, where she built the remarkable Azurest South, 1939, in a modernist style never before seen in Virginia, and beyond, in New York and Texas. Also a trailblazing ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- What is art? Many of us think of the arts as entertainment—a luxury of some kind. In Your Brain on Art, authors Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross show how activities from painting and dancing to expressive writing, architecture, and more are essential to our lives. We’re on the verge of a cultural shift in which the arts can deliver potent, accessible, and proven solutions for the well-being of everyone. Magsamen and Ross offer compelling research that shows how engaging in an art project for as little as forty-five minutes reduces the stress hormone cortisol, no matter your skill level, and just one art experience per month can extend your life by ten years. They expand our understanding of how playing music builds cognitive skills and enhances learning; the vibrations of a tuning fork create sound waves to counteract stress; virtual reality can provide cutting-edge therapeutic benefit; and interactive exhibits dissolve the boun ... More
The Fountain of the Hermitage (Customs of the Amblés Valley in the Province of Ávila). Valeriano D. Bécquer. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1867. Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado.
MADRID.- Families sharing afternoon chocolate, villagers dancing during a patron saint’s festival, pilgrims resting beside a fountain and rural laborers carrying out difficult work with quiet dignity come together in a new exhibition at the Museo del Prado. The museum has reunited for the first time the complete series of eight genre paintings created by Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer between 1866 and 1867. Commissioned for Madrid’s former Museo de la Trinidad, the paintings were dispersed among different institutions beginning in 1877 and have not been shown together as a complete group until now. Presented in the Prado’s Gallery 60 under the title “Valeriano D. Bécquer (1834–1870): Genre Paintings,” the exhibition offers an unusually direct view of everyday life in 19th-century Spain. Although Valeriano ... More
The third of four AAR Eagle Mk 1s built by Dan Gurney’s All-American Racers Inc. concern.
NEW YORK, NY.- RM Sotheby’s announced the offering of the extraordinary AAR Eagle Mk 1, chassis 103, widely regarded as one of the most beautiful Formula One cars of all time. A landmark achievement in American motorsport engineering, the Eagle Mk 1 remains the only American-built Formula One design to ever win a Formula One Grand Prix. Conceived by Dan Gurney’s All-American Racers, with early support from Carroll Shelby, the Eagle represents one of the boldest and most ambitious efforts ever undertaken by an American constructor in Formula One. Combining breathtaking design with advanced engineering, it has become an enduring icon of Grand Prix racing. From 13 July – 4 August, the car will be on display at Sotheby’s New York galleries as part of the 250 Years of American Art & Culture exhibition. It will then travel to California for display at RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction, taking place 13-15 August, before being offered via RM Sotheby’s ... More
Julio González, Daphné, 1937. IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Generalitat.
VALENCIA.- Bringing together 148 works, all from the IVAM Collection with the exception of four drawings from the Diputació de València’s Alfons Roig Collection, the exhibition Women in the Work of Julio González presents a previously unseen selection that underscores the wealth and singularity of the museum’s holdings relating to the representation of women in the artist’s work. The show is divided into thematic sections that emphasise the major stages in Julio González’s artistic development, forging links between life and creation, intimacy and history, portraits of women in the family circle and modern women, rural and urban women, motherhood and readers, academic or abstract nudes, real and idealised figures. González’s sculptures are also charged with meaning, depicting the emancipation of contemporary women and their shift from the private to the public sphere. Paying tribute to Julio González’s work is also to recall the three women who remained faithful to h ... More
Restoration process of the work “La terraza” by Carmen Laffón.
MADRID.- A quiet rooftop in Madrid, worn by time but softened by warm light, has been given renewed life through a careful restoration at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza. The museum’s Conservation and Restoration Department has completed conservation work on Carmen Laffón’s The Terrace, Madrid, painted between 1973 and 1975. The painting is among the works featured in the temporary exhibition Carmen Laffón. Variations. The intervention addressed areas where the paint had begun to lift from the surface and where small portions had already been lost. Preventive conservation measures were also introduced to ensure that the work could be exhibited safely and remain stable in the years ahead. The painting belongs to a series of urban views that Laffón produced during the 1960s and 1970s. During those years, she frequently turned her attention to terraces, rooftops and the landscapes visible from them in Seville and Madrid, the two major cities ... More
Jorge Mariño Brito, They, the Spirits of Dear Friends, 2026. Oil on canvas. 200 x 150 cm.
BRISBANE.- Historical photographs never intended to depict intimacy have inspired a powerful series of contemporary paintings in Cuban-born, Brisbane artist Jorge Mariño Brito's debut solo exhibition, opening at Mitchell Fine Art in Fortitude Valley Brisbane this July. Jorge Mariño Brito trained in medicine and psychiatry before turning to contemporary art. Today, his practice combines painting, papermaking and printmaking to explore intimacy, vulnerability and emotional connection between men. Working from historical photographic archives, Brito uncovers images of men bathing, resting and embracing photographs catalogued as military or social history but rarely recognised for the intimacy they reveal. Visual representations of male relationships have been shaped by restrictive cultural norms that limit the expression of tenderness or emotional openness. Jorge Mariño Brito reinterprets this tradition by presenting male figures engaged in gestures of closeness, trust, ... More
Reem will oversee the gallery’s activities in Ramallah.
RAMALLAH.- Zawyeh Gallery announced the appointment of Reem Anani as Gallery Manager at its Ramallah branch. Reem is a communication and management specialist with over 15 years of professional experience, Reem has led strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and partnership initiatives across the public and private sectors in Palestine. Descending from a family deeply rooted in art, she combines her professional expertise with a lifelong connection to the Palestinian art scene. Reem holds a Bachelor’s degree in Media and Communication from Birzeit University, in addition to professional certificates in decision-making, women’s leadership, and business communication from Frankfurt School. In her new role, Reem will oversee the gallery’s activities in Ramallah, working closely with artists, collectors, curators, and cultural partners. She will lead exhibition coordination, strengthen relationships with the gallery’s network, and support the continued promotion and supp ... More
ZAMORA, SPAIN.- Some of the Prado Museum’s most familiar paintings are leaving the traditional museum setting behind and appearing in villages, public spaces and natural landscapes across the Spanish province of Zamora. The outdoor art route, titled “In a Place Being Reborn,” brings 15 full-scale reproductions of Prado masterpieces to 14 locations in Zamora, Sanabria and La Carballeda. Created with the Provincial Council of Zamora, the project invites visitors to travel through an area still recovering from the devastating wildfires of the previous year. Rather than gathering the works in a single exhibition space, the organizers have distributed them across the region. Each reproduction is presented at its original scale, complete with a frame and an explanatory label, transforming streets and outdoor gathering places into temporary extensions of the Madrid museum. The route begins in the city of Zamora, where Rubens’s dramatic Saint George ... More
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Laurenz Theinert exhibition in Stuttgart lets the market decide what art is worth STUTTGART.- What happens to the value of a work of art when its price falls every day? A new exhibition by German photographer and light artist Laurenz Theinert will turn that question into a nine-day public experiment at Schacher – Raum für Kunst in Stuttgart. Titled Obsolescence Programmée, the exhibition opens on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at 6 p.m. and continues through July 26. During the brief run, the price of every photograph in the gallery will be reduced by 10 percent each day. The concept creates a tension familiar to anyone who has hesitated over a purchase: waiting makes the artwork more affordable, but it also increases the chance that someone else will buy it first. Rather than presenting the value of art as something fixed, the exhibition allows prices to settle at the point where a visitor finally decides a work is worth acquiring. ... More
Frieze Masters: David Aaron explores power, belief and survival LONDON.- At Frieze Masters 2026, David Aaron will exhibit museum-quality pieces exploring how power, faith, and survival have been expressed across millennia - from prehistoric giants to the divine authority of ancient Egyptian rulers and the enduring symbolism of the Roman Empire. Presented at stand C02 from 14–18 October 2026, the display brings together exceptional antiquities and rare natural history specimens in a dialogue dating back approximately 68 million years ago. Bronze Corinthian helmets, monumental Egyptian sculpture, Roman marbles, and dinosaur fossils will collectively illuminate how societies and species projected dominance, permanence, and spiritual belief. Among the principal highlights is a wooden Egyptian Statue of a Female Offering Bearer from the Late 11th- Early 12th Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. Remarkable ... More
Crac Occitanie presents its summer and autumn 2026 exhibition program SÈTE.- With Plastic Newspaper, Lucy McKenzie (a Scottish artist born in 1977) revisits the major themes that have characterised her work over the past five years: statuary, fashion and window display, feminist critiques of power and elites, craftsmanship, leisure, and the mass media. The exhibition brings together a wide-ranging selection of murals, sculptures, posters, and installations. McKenzie explores the formal and cultural inventions that turned everyday life into a permanent spectacle, much like the painted panoramas of the nineteenth century—spaces of art, science, and entertainment where playful experience merged with mass spectatorship. The monograph Lucy McKenzie: The Tenant, with a text by Marie Canet, has been published by Bierke Verlag in June 2026. The exhibition explores gesture, material and the blurring of boundaries between the visual ... More
Ina Sarikhani Weston elected new Chair of National Portrait Gallery LONDON.- The Trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, London, have elected Ina Sarikhani Weston as Chair of the Board of Trustees, in accordance with the Museums and Galleries Act 1992. Ina will take up the position in October 2026 when the current Interim Chair, Professor Shearer West’s term comes to an end. Ina Sarikhani Weston is the co-founder, director and curator of The Sarikhani Collection of art from Iran, which supports loans, exhibitions, research projects, publications and philanthropy, including several academic posts. Ina is passionate about art, culture and the importance of collaboration and has developed close relationships with partner institutions in the UK, Europe and the US. Ina is a founder member of the International Council of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Visiting Member of its Ancient Near Eastern ... More
Contemporary artist Mariel Capanna creates abstract paintings inspired by iconic works HARTFORD, CONN.- The Wadsworth presents Mariel Capanna as the latest artist to be featured in the long-running MATRIX series showcasing emerging contemporary artists. Born and based in Philadelphia, Capanna explores themes of time and memory through oil paintings on panel and her practice as a fresco artist and instructor. Inspired by The Wadsworth’s collection and the 250th anniversary of American independence in 2026, Capanna made a new series of paintings based on iconic works in the museum’s American art collection, by artists such as Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944), Bob Thompson (1937-1966), and John Trumbull (1756-1843). The paintings combine the color palettes of the source paintings with Capanna’s subjective impressions of related films she watched while completing the paintings, which are some of her largest ... More
Dorset Museum & Art Gallery to commemorate fossil hunter Mary Anning with major 2027 exhibition DORSET.- Though she rarely travelled outside of her native Dorset, Mary Anning’s fossil discoveries have inspired countless imaginations across the world. That is why in 2027, 180 years after her death, a major new exhibition, guest curated by the best-selling author Tracy Chevalier, will commemorate Mary’s life and remarkable legacy. Though she was a familiar figure on the shoreline of Lyme Regis during her lifetime (1799-1847), Mary Anning has only recently become more widely acknowledged as a skilled palaeontologist and fossil hunter. Her discoveries, made in the early 1800s, brought scientific attention to a world of extinct marine reptiles, at a time when, led by religious beliefs, few people thought animals could become extinct. Not only did Mary find fossils, but she also cleaned, sold and studied them, coming to understand their anatomy ... More
Photoworks Festival 2026 announces theme focused on global uncertainty and climate change BRIGHTON.- Un/Stable: Lands, Anxieties, Dreams is the theme for Photoworks Festival 2026. It considers how identity, place, memory, community and the environment are interconnected, asking what it means to live through uncertainty while imagining or creating hopeful futures. The festival addresses issues including climate change, belonging, resilience and social change and is Directed by Louise Fedotov-Clements, Photoworks. Exhibitions across Brighton & Hove encourage us to question assumptions, embrace multiple perspectives and think critically about the relationships between people, histories, landscapes and technology. Featuring artworks created by a range of artists - young people, emerging and established practitioners, each exploring subjects that include ecosystems, global and personal archives, forest restoration, ecological and social ... More
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On a day like today, Czech painter Alphonse Mucha died
July 14, 1939. Alfons Maria Mucha (24 July 1860 - 14 July 1939), known in English as Alphonse Mucha, was a Czech painter, illustrator, and graphic artist. Living in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, he was widely known for his distinctly stylised and decorative theatrical posters, particularly those of Sarah Bernhardt. He produced illustrations, advertisements, decorative panels, as well as designs, which became among the best-known images of the period.
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