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Two Groundbreaking Exhibitions Open at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago |
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CHICAGO, IL.- Two major exhibitions open today in Chicago at Wrightwood 659: Martin Wong: Chinatown USA, the first U.S. museum exhibition in nearly a decade devoted to the visionary artist Martin Wong (1946-1999); and Dispossessions in the Americas: The Extraction of Bodies, Land, and Heritage from La Conquista to the Present, an exhibition exploring the enduring legacy of colonization in the Americas. Both reflect Wrightwood 659’s mission to host exhibitions of socially engaged art and architecture that address issues facing LGBTQ+ communities, Asian art, and architecture. The exhibitions will be on view through July 18, 2026. ... More |
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| French art and antique recamier top Roland's April 11th auction |
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Nye & Company to auction furniture from the homes of JFK, Vivien Leigh and Brooke Astor |
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Shannon's to auction masterpiece by one of America's most celebrated painters and other noted art |
French Empire Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Recamier. Sold for $16,900.
GLEN COVE, NY.- Roland Auctions NY presented a treasure trove of items from the estates of Oleg Cassini, Inc. and Cassini Parfums, Ltd., both business entities of the legendary, late fashion designer Oleg Cassini in their first of two auctions on April 11th, 2026. Part two will take place on Saturday, May 2nd. This large collection of items all came from the lower two floors of the former gilded-age Cassini townhouse on East 63rd St. in Manhattan, which just recently sold in New York for $34.5 million. The collection features art, antiques, original fashion sketches and hundreds of personal photos with Jackie Kennedy, Princess Grace of Monaco and Cassini’s many other high-profile friends & associates, trophies, perfume bottles and more. Other prominent estates were also represented at their April 11th auction, with top art selections, bronze sculptures and unusual Asian Decorative Arts of all kinds, 20th Century Modern ... More |
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Cast bronze statue by Gaston Lachaise, (French/American 1882-1935), titled Penguin Charlie, circa 1925-1926. Estimate: $25,000-$50,000.
BLOOMFIELD, NJ.- Nye & Company Auctioneers will hold a highly anticipated series of spring auctions beginning with the single-owner sale of property from the collection of Mary Frances and John H. “Jack” Wood of Montclair, New Jersey on April 29, followed by the firm’s Chic and Antique Auction on April 30-May 1, starting at 10am Eastern Time each day. The auction on April 29 reflects the discerning eye and intellectual curiosity of Mary Frances and Jack Wood, longtime residents of Montclair known for their deep appreciation of fine art, design, and cultural heritage. Over decades, the Woods assembled a thoughtfully curated collection emphasizing fine paintings, carpets, and Southwestern decorative arts, blending European sophistication with American regional craftsmanship. Leading the sale is a luminous still life by Henri Manguin (French, 1874–1949), a prominent member of the ... More |
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Oil on canvas by John White Alexander (American, 1856-1915), titled Her Birthday (1913), 79 ¼ inches by 64 ½ inches. Estimate: $300,000-$500,000.
MILFORD, CONN.- Shannon’s announced their Spring Fine Art Auction scheduled for Thursday, April 30th at 6pm Eastern Time. The auction will feature over 150 lots of quality paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture, beginning promptly at 6pm Eastern Time. With an emphasis on quality American art and fresh-to-the-market offerings, the Shannon’s spring sale will be a treasure trove of unique and exciting offerings. Bidding will be available on shannons.com, through their mobile app, by telephone, or by absentee. All of the works will be available for preview at their Milford, Connecticut, gallery. A grandiose composition by John White Alexander, titled Her Birthday (1913), towers at almost 7 feet tall. Done late in his career, the work is a detailed example of the artist's mature style, picturing three vignettes of women arranging a vase of flowers. This piece is being offered at an estimated ... More |
| The National Gallery of Art receives major collection of works from American photographer Mitch Epstein |
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Joan Semmel: Feminist pioneer celebrates the aging body in transatlantic show |
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Robert Longo returns to Japan for first solo exhibition in 30 years |
Mitch Epstein, Amos Coal Power Plant, Raymond City, West Virginia 2004, 2004, printed 2025. Inkjet print, image: 72.39 x 92.71 cm (28 1/2 x 36 1/2 in.) sheet: 81.28 x 101.6 cm (32 x 40 in.) National Gallery of Art, Gift of Mitch Epstein and Susan Bell, 2025.103.2.12 © Mitch Epstein.
WASHINGTON, DC.- Today, the National Gallery of Art announced that it has received a landmark gift of 1,261 photographs by Mitch Epstein, one of the most important living American photographers, from the artist and his wife Susan Bell. Representing the full scope of Epstein’s five-decade career, the acquisition establishes the National Gallery as the most significant institutional repository for his work and notably strengthens its holdings in contemporary American photography. Over the course of his prolific career, Epstein has created an expansive body of work utilizing both richly saturated color and black-and-white with technical precision. His photographs examine American communities and the issues that affect them, from economic change to environmental crisis to civic protest, as well as probing more personal narratives, ... More |
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Joan Semmel, Shadowed Heart, 2024. Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in (121.9 x 152.4 cm) 49 1/2 x 61 5/8 x 2 in framed (125.7 x 156.5 x 5.1 cm framed).
NEW YORK, NY.- Alexander Gray Associates and Xavier Hufkens present Continuities, an exhibition of recent paintings by Joan Semmel (b. 1932). Conceived with the artist as a single presentation across New York and Brussels, the exhibition’s structure mirrors the paintings’ own logic, playing with doubling and immediacy to extend the act of seeing across continents. Semmel paints her own body as an authored image—internalized rather than observed. In her nineties, that act carries weight. While the aging female form is routinely edited from view, these canvases place it squarely at the center, without apology or disguise. Her compositions do not treat the body as symbol, memory, or ideal. Works such as Here I Am (2025) reject any impulse to memorialize or prettify. Saturated hues move across flesh in broad passages; contours blur and reassert themselves. In Red Breast (2025), bold strokes and thin washes keep figure and ground in continual exchange as Semmel’s body emerges from and ... More |
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Robert Longo, Untitled (American Samurai), 2025. All images © 2026 Robert Longo / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
TOKYO.- Pace presents Angels of the Maelstrom, an exhibition of new and recent charcoal drawings and sculptures by Robert Longo, at its Tokyo gallery from April 16 to June 17. In this presentation, which marks his first solo exhibition in Japan in three decades, Longo examines the cultural influences and exchanges between Japan and America and how the two cultures have shaped his work. His last solo exhibition in Japan was his 1995 retrospective at Tokyo’s Isetan Museum of Art, which traveled to Ashikaga City Museum and Osaka’s Kirin Plaza Art Space. Over the past decade, the artist has increasingly turned his focus to images from the media, including coverage of the January 6 United States Capitol attack and the Black Lives Matter movement. Building up his hyper realistic, black-and-white charcoal drawings in layers with painstaking attention to light and shadow, he creates highly detailed works based on news photography as well as images of protests, civil unrest, ... More |
| Brueghel achieves CHF 1.8 million |
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Mao Ishikawa makes her US debut at Alison Bradley Projects |
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Anna Condo to sell personal collection of George Condo works |
A remarkable painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, signed and dated 1622, was the focus of an intense bidding battle in the 27 March auction.
ZURICH.- Koller’s spring auctions were highly successful across all departments, with notable prices for Old Masters and 19th century paintings and drawings, as well as for classical antiquities, decorative arts and books & autographs. Overall, total sales reached one and a half times the low estimate, underlining the continued strength of the market, particularly at the upper end. A remarkable painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, signed and dated 1622, was the focus of an intense bidding battle in the 27 March auction. Starting at CHF 200 000, bids rose over the course of a ten-minute bidding contest to a final price of CHF 1.8 million (lot 3027, estimate CHF 300 000 / 500 000). Having remained in the same family for four generations, the painting has now returned to a Swiss private collection. Works by Jan van Goyen and Salomon van Ruysdael also achieved strong results. The van Goyen sold for CHF 375 000 (lot 3038, estimate CHF 200 000 / 350 000), while the Ruysdael ... More |
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Mao Ishikawa, A Port Town Elegy, 1983-86. Gelatin silver print. Paper: 10 x 12 in (25.4 x 30.5 cm), Image: 8 1/4 x 12 in (21 x 30.5 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Alison Bradley Projects presents Mao Ishikawa: ROGUE, the Okinawan photographer’s first solo exhibition in the United States, bringing together over 30 vintage prints from four of her major series: Red Flower (Akabanaa) (1975–1977), Life in Philly (1986), A Port Town Elegy (1983–1986), and My Family (2001–2005). Spanning four decades, the exhibition highlights Ishikawa’s distinctive approach to photography—one grounded in closeness, participation, and long-term relationships with her subjects. The exhibition opens on April 16th, 2026, with a reception from 6:00–8:00 p.m., and remains on view through June 6th, 2026. Ishikawa’s early work emerged in the aftermath of Okinawa’s 1972 reversion to Japan, a moment that left intact the extensive network of U.S. military bases on the island. Produced in Koza City and Kin Town, Red Flower—originally published as Hot Days in Camp Hansen!! (1982)—centers on the social worlds surrounding Camp H ... More |
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Anna and George Condo, Los Angeles, 1997. Photo: Lindsay Brice / Getty Images.
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's announced Between Madness and Beauty: Selections from the Anna Condo Collection—a group of 27 exceptional paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by living icon George Condo, which will be offered as a dedicated single-owner sale session during the Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale, the final live auction of Spring Marquee Week of Sales taking place on May 21 at Rockefeller Center. The works come from the personal collection of Anna Condo, multidisciplinary artist who was married to George Condo from 1989 through 2017. During the time the two were together, Anna Condo recalls, “George's work was never static. I watched him move between chaos and control, figuration and abstraction, navigating the tension between beauty and distortion. There is a deep dialogue with art history, but not in a nostalgic way, rather through constant reinvention, shaped by his own psyche. In the earlier works, you feel a certain rawness, an urgency, loud and youthful, almost rock ... More |
| Jinie Park explores skin, space and kinship in New York debut exhibition |
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Tate Modern to celebrate 60th anniversary of Yvonne Rainer's Trio A |
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Squares, rectangles and desire: the 'X-classified' art of François Morellet on view at Mennour |
Jinie Park, Immense Lighting, 2026.
NEW YORK, NY.- Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York is presenting, Twins, an exhibition featuring a new body of work by Jinie Park. In her debut solo exhibition with the gallery, Park paints thinly layered, translucent assemblages of linen, muslin, and hand-woven fiber to explore materiality and activated space. For Park, A four-walled space and painting share the same principle: the space within a square. Painting has the potential to go beyond a flat surface while maintaining the shape of the square. Park constructs the surface of each work with openings as if they are pocket holes for pants or shirts. The opening simultaneously exposes the underside of the painted surfaces while its own shadow is cast on the wall behind, like a doorway connecting one room to another. In this case, Park’s use of dual panels symbolizes two figures. Two seemingly identical individuals in one space evoke the sensation of looking at a mirror. Diluted acrylic paints stain raw fabric. The liquid runs over the l ... More |
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Still from Yvonne Rainer, Trio A, 1978 © Yvonne Rainer.
LONDON.- In July 2026, Tate Modern will mark the 60th anniversary of Yvonne Rainer’s influential dance Trio A, staging free performances of the work in the Turbine Hall, presented with the support of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and in collaboration with Rose Choreographic School. This will be the first time the work has been performed live in the UK for 12 years. Choreographer, writer, dancer and filmmaker Rainer (born 1934) is known for her outstanding contribution to the evolution of performance, post-modern dance and film, developed in New York in the 1960s. Closely associated with the art of American minimalism, Rainer is noted for an innovative approach to dance which treats the body as the source of movement rather than the conveyor of plot or narrative. In 1962, Rainer co-founded the Judson Dance Theater in New York with Steve Paxton, which included Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs and Robert Rauschenberg, with many of its radical methods going on to ... More |
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François Morellet, Figure hâtive n°2, 1986. Acrylic on paper, 46 x 61 cm (18 1/8 x 24 in.).
PARIS.- In François Morellet’s work, geometry is never cold: it vibrates, tightens, malfunctions. Beneath the neutrality of the system, a licentious humour disturbs the lines and forms as the paintings mirror the positions of the Kama Sutra. With Geometry in spasms / Pornometry, the artist introduces eroticism into the rigour of the concrete and makes an inventory of the sexual positions with the use of simple shapes: rectangles and squares. He perverts the austere vocabulary of systematic abstraction by breathing into it a deliberately irreverent dimension. Behind the large white monochromes, “the geometric figures are disfigured by anthropomorphic figuration with pornographic leaning” as Morellet wrote at the time. Playing with the fundamental elements of the vocabulary of abstraction, his compositions become the protagonists of an ambiguous choreography. The geometry seems to suddenly vibrate with a physical tension: ... More |
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 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation appoints Raquel Villar-Pérez as Curatorial Fellow
FRANKFURT.- Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation awards its international Curatorial Fellowship to Raquel Villar- Pérez. This new initiative strengthens the Foundation’s commitment to promoting curatorial practice in contemporary photography and an international exchange among peers. The fellowship supports mid-career curators, offering them the opportunity to grow their research-oriented exhibition practice. Raquel Villar-Pérez is an independent researcher, writer, and curator of photography based in the UK. Her work focuses on image-makers whose practice engages with migration, transnational feminisms, and social and environmental justice through decolonial and expansive approaches. She has collaborated with international art institutions and publishes widely in leading photography and art journals. She is pursuing her Ph.D. at the Edinburgh ... More Boy George to auction iconic wardrobe
BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Julien’s Auctions announced Bold Luxury: Boy George Edit. Rising to global fame in the 1980s as the pioneering voice behind the band Culture Club, Boy George blended pop music with soul influences. With a career spanning over four decades, he remains a global cultural icon and an influential figure in both Fashion and Music. A portion of the proceeds from the auction will benefit MusiCares®. This auction includes a curated selection of fashion, music memorabilia, and art from Boy George. His mantra, “Fashion for the Fragile, Style for the Brave,” is reflected throughout the designer looks featured in the sale. Expect to see custom pieces by avant-garde designers such as Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, and John Galliano, as well as costumes he wore in Taboo and his iconic hats designed by renowned milliner Philip Treacy. While ... More Art Gallery of Ontario acquires three sculptures by modernist Elizabeth Wyn Wood
TORONTO.- One of Canada’s pre-eminent modernist sculptors, Elizabeth Wyn Wood (1903-1966) captured her love of the rugged Canadian landscape and the resiliency of the human figure in marble, stone and bronze. This spring, to celebrate the recent acquisition of three works by Wyn Wood, the Art Gallery of Ontario presents a focused installation of her works. Opening April 25, 2026 in the Jennings Young Gallery on Level 2, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, is curated by Renée van der Avoird, the AGO’s Associate Curator of Canadian Art. “Elizabeth Wyn Wood’s contribution to sculpture in Canada was profound – as an artist, educator, and advocate. A student and peer of the Group of Seven, she was tireless in her defense of the medium, stepping out of their shadows to chart a new way forward,” says Renée van der Avoird, the AGO’s Associate Curator of Canadian ... More Designing for Berlin: How a Soviet-zone academy shaped the face of a city
BERLIN.- The exhibition “Designing for Berlin” focuses on a central aspect of design: the education of designers. It is presented in collaboration with the Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge and the weißensee academy of art berlin, which celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2026. Found-ed in 1946 in north-east Berlin, within the Soviet occupation zone, the academy reflects the city’s post-war history with all its ruptures and transformations. The institution’s profile has been shaped by modernist designers such as Herbert Hirche, Mart Stam and Selman Selmanagić. Their pedagogical approaches, including a shared foundation course, a close connection to professional practice and interdisciplinary work, continue to define design education at Weißensee today. “Designing for Berlin” brings together historical and contemporary works from the fields of product design and graphic design. ... More The National Gallery of Canada and the Sobey Art Foundation reveal 2026 Sobey Art Award longlist
OTTAWA.- The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Sobey Art Foundation (SAF) today revealed the 30 Canadian contemporary visual artists who have been longlisted for the 2026 Sobey Art Award, representing a diverse cross-section of talent from every corner of the country. Funded by the Sobey Art Foundation, the Sobey Art Award is Canada’s most established contemporary visual arts prize and provides a total of 465,000 CAD in prize money. The award recognizes Canadian contemporary visual artists who are at a critical juncture in their careers and brings them national and international recognition. The six shortlisted artists, whose names will be announced on May 26, will be featured in an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada starting in September 2026. The artists on the longlist for the 2026 Sobey Art Award from each of the six regions ... More Casino Luxembourg celebrates 30 years with immersive digital showcase
LUXEMBOURG.- Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain celebrates its thirtieth anniversary with FORA, a diverse programme of exhibitions and events each conceived as an open forum—a space for the circulation of ideas, experimentation, and dialogue between artistic practices and audiences. Resonating with this idea, the exhibition Screentime/s explores the way in which contemporary digital environments—video games, computer-generated images, immersive worlds, virtual realities—become spaces for the restaging, transformation, and invention of symbolic narratives. In these systems, ancient mythical structures are replayed (figures of metamorphosis, origin stories, liminal states, relationships between humans and non-humans), reconfigured by current technologies and projected into contemporary or future imaginary worlds. Screentime/s questions ... More Landmark offering celebrates George Platt Lynes and his circle
NEW YORK, NY.- Rago / Wright presents A Ménage with George Platt Lynes on May 6th, a significant offering of works by the influential American photographer George Platt Lynes, accompanied by a compelling selection of art and objects drawn from Lynes’s intimate circle and creative community, including works by Man Ray, Jared French, and Paul Cadmus. In conjunction with the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) Photography Show, an exhibition of select highlights will be on view at Rago / Wright’s New York gallery from April 11th to 29th; on April 23rd, the gallery will host a book signing with John Dempsey in celebration of his newly published volume Fire Island Art: 100 Years. Currently experiencing a renewed wave of institutional attention, Lynes is widely recognized for his striking portraiture of cultural luminaries such as Salvador ... More Bulgaria to present fictional research lab at Venice Biennale
VENICE.- The Bulgarian Pavilion - The Federation of Minor Practices - is conceived as the headquarters of a fictional research lab operating within a care oriented political imagination. Positioned ahead of the present, the Pavilion looks back at the early 21st century as the moment when the conditions for this future first became visible. The near past of this formation is presented through four films in the presentation which have been newly commissioned for the occasion: ● Gery Georgieva’s "UWU Channel Radiance" which mobilises digital myth and prophecy to question regimes of identity, pleasure, and mediated truth. ● Veneta Androva’s "Spray and Pray", a work that examines infrastructures of disinformation through the ecology of mushroom websites and algorithmic systems. ● Rayna Teneva’s "Geography Is Destiny" is a new film which traces the entanglement ... More Qatar reveals collaborative 'gathering of remarkable people' for Venice Biennale
VENICE.- The National Pavilion of Qatar has announced details of its presentation for the 61st International Venice. Biennale, commissioned by Her Excellency Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Chairperson, Qatar Museums. untitled 2026 (a gathering of remarkable people); Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sophia Al-Maria, Tarek Atoui, Alia Farid, Fadi Kattan builds on artist Rirkrit Tiravanija’s decades-long practice of inviting collaborators to activate his architectural and spatial scenarios. For the 61st Biennale, Rirkrit Tiravanija has designed a tent-like structure to serve as a place for cultural exchange, with a film by Qatari-American artist Sophia Al-Maria, live performances organized by Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui, a large-scale sculpture by Kuwaiti-Puerto Rican artist Alia Farid, and a culinary programme of Middle Eastern cuisine designed by Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan. Produced by Qatar Museums and presented by Rubaiya Qatar (Qatar’s contemporary art quadrennial), a gath ... More |
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On a day like today, Spanish painter Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes died
April 16, 1828. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (30 March 1746 - 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters. Goya is often referred to as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of Western art. In this image: Portrait by Vicente López Portaña, 1826.
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