ULASSAI.- From December 13, 2025, to March 15, 2026, the Stazione dell’Arte and the CaMuC in Ulassai are hosting The breath of a journey, an exhibition that brings together two artists separated by five centuries yet connected by a shared sensitivity to signs, meaning, and imagination: Albrecht Dürer and Maria Lai. Now open to the public, the exhibition unfolds as a deeply human dialogue between a master of the European Renaissance and one of the most significant voices of contemporary Italian art. Curated by Marco Peri and Luca Baroni, the exhibition offers visitors a rare opportunity to encounter more than thirty original graphic works by Dürer, drawn from important private collections, alongside a focused selection of works by Maria Lai. Rather than staging a conventional historical comparison, the exhibition invites viewers to experience how different artistic languages resonate around enduring questions that continue to shape art: time, memory, spirituality, and the act of creation its ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is presenting the immersive sound installation “Devon Turnbull: HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3,” from Dec. 12 through July 19, 2026, featuring a large-scale, handmade audio system by multi-disciplinary artist Devon Turnbull. The opening of the listening room marks the museum’s kick off to a series of music, sound and design-oriented programming over the next months and is part of the “Art of Noise” exhibition, opening in full Feb. 13, 2026, and organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). Known under his creative pseudonym OJAS, Turnbull is a Brooklyn-based artist and audio engineer who handcrafts high-fidelity audio systems designed to envelop the listener in sound that is as rich in texture as it is in emotion. “Created as a ‘shrine to music,’ this listening room series invites visitors to experience music in a space designed to slow down and reflect, bringing back ... More
Oinochoe (jug) with Herakles offering a libation to Dionysos, 4th century B.C. Terracotta, height: 7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm) max. diameter: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm) depth incl. handle: 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm) foot diameter: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm) Lent by the Ministry of Culture of Italy.
SAN ANTONIO, TX.- The Ministry of Culture of Italy and the San Antonio Museum of Art announced the successful repatriation of nine significant archaeological artifacts from SAMA’s collection to Italy as part of a broader cultural agreement signed in 2023 to foster long-term collaboration and promote cultural exchange between the two institutions. This return includes a marble head of the Greek god Hermes, now back in the custody of the Italian government, and eight additional worksceramic vessels from Athens and southern Italy, and a terracotta statue of a womanwhich will remain on loan to SAMA. At that time, they may be replaced for the next eight years by a loan of other items of equal value. The Head of Department for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Dr. Luigi La Rocca, expresses his satisfaction ... More
Sosa Joseph, Banana blossoms came in her favourite colour, 2025. Oil on canvas, 36 x 24 3/8 inches (91.5 x 61.8 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- David Zwirner is presenting Rain over the river, an exhibition of new paintings by Indian artist Sosa Joseph at the gallery’s East 69th Street location in New York. This is Joseph’s first show in North America, and it follows Pennungal: Lives of women and girls, her 2024 solo presentation at David Zwirner London. A masterful colorist and storyteller, Joseph creates atmospheric paintings marked by a striking visual and psychological complexity, in which figures from her South Indian family and milieu mingle with open-ended motifs from the natural world. Oscillating between sobering reportage and intimate psychological reminiscence, her work offers an alternative approach to the artistic tradition of history painting—one in which everyday moments take on the heft of the extraordinary, and individual narratives coalesce into a richly tapestried collective history. Quasi-autobiographical yet enigmatic, ... More
Francesco Vinea, Love under the rose, 1889. Oil on wood panel, 101.5 x 70.4 cm. The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia.
PERTH.- This December, The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) invites you to wander through a gallery full of friends, families and lovers drawn from the State Art Collection (SAC). Attachment Styles: Modes of Belonging in Modern and Contemporary Art brings together some of the most recognisable works in Australian art history alongside vibrant contemporary acquisitions to reveal how artists have mapped the messy, magnetic and sometimes exasperating ways humans connect—or don’t. Highlights on display include Frederick McCubbin’s Down on his luck and Moyes Bay, Beaumaris, Hans Heysen’s Droving into the light, Arthur Streeton’s The hillside, John Nash’s The Bathers, Lucian Freud’s Naked Man With Rat and John Longstaff’s Breaking the news. AGWA Curators Robert Cook and Rachel Ciesla explain, “Using the language of attachment styles—anxious, avoidant, disorganised and secure—this exhibition offers a way to ... More
Charlotte Brontë, Letter to Ellen Nussey, Aug. 9, 1846. Charlotte Brontë Collection. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
SAN MARINO, CA.- Behind every engrossing story or poem is a writer whose own life story deepens the meaning of her words. “From Brontë to Butler” draws primarily from The Huntington’s extensive literary archives to illuminate the private lives, creative processes, and personal identities of women writers whose work spans two centuries. Anchored by Charlotte Brontë and Octavia E. Butler as chronological bookends, the exhibition brings together journals, letters, photographs, and personal items that bridge time, geography, and social context. Whether exploring family and marriage, work and gender roles, or the city of Los Angeles itself, the exhibition reveals common threads that connect individual experiences across generations. Among the highlights is Octavia E. Butler’s handwritten note from Nov. 7, 1978, in which she reflects on her determination to become a better speaker as well as writer. “Butler was driven to connect with her readers through speculative ... More
Installation view of Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries at Japan Society Gallery, New York, 2025. Photo by Go Sugimoto.
NEW YORK, NY.- In 2025, the Coby Foundation awarded more than $850,000 to 26 projects in the fields of textiles and fashion, the largest amount in the Foundation’s 24 years of grantmaking. Grants are supporting an exciting array of projects at museums and historical organizations across the Northeast. The majority of grants support projects showcasing contemporary artists who work in fiber or incorporate textiles into their artwork. Examples include the Japan Society’s exhibition Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries, which featured a site-specific commission marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II ($50,000) and Performa’s commission of Tau Lewis: No one ascends from the underworld unmarked, the artist’s first live performance incorporating her monumental, otherworldly figures ($25,000). The Foundation also supported the Visual Art Center of New Jersey’s exhibition Leila Seyedzadeh: Under the Sky, Above the Sea ($12,000), the Samuel Dorsky ... More
LOS ANGELES, CA.- This winter, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM) presents Unearthed: Raw Beauty. This exhibition invites guests into a one-of-a-kind experience featuring some of the largest and rarest mineral specimens ever to be displayed in their natural, uncut form. “The specimens presented within Unearthed: Raw Beauty are truly magnificent in scale and rarity within the world of minerals,” says Dr. Lori Bettison-Varga, President and Director of NHMLAC. “Large-scale minerals in their uncut, raw state are rarely displayed in exhibitions like this, especially with so many exquisite examples all in one place. This array of exceptional stones and crystals, including many from our own collection, creates an otherworldly experience.” Not only will Unearthed showcase some of the most spectacular mineral specimens ever discovered, it also reveals the beauty of minerals and crystals in their ... More
Tibor de Nagy with marionette.
NEW YORK, NY.- Few things in this world transcend race, class, gender, ideology, and the ravages of war and history to unite people in their common humanity. Even fewer happen to be fabulous and fantastic to boot. But there’s one truth that stands out above all others: Everybody Loves Puppets. One person who was legendarily taken by them was John Bernard Myers. In his memoir, the co-founder of Tibor de Nagy gallery described being driven as a child by three passions: poetry, painting, and puppets. “You are the puller of strings and the master of fanciful destinies” he wrote of his early productions of Jack and the Beanstalk and Peter and the Wolf, “You cannot be touched up there, high on your bridge above the stage, the lights shining down upon who you really are... You will never know a greater liberty.” Myers met Tibor Nagy sometime in the late 1940s at the standing room section at the New York City Ballet. Shortly afterward they drummed up a scheme to make money and secure ... More
Ann Hamilton. Photo: Courtesy of Calistia Lyon.
CLEVELAND, OH.- In the Cleveland Museum of Art’s newest exhibition, Ann Hamilton: still and moving • the tactile image, internationally renowned artist Ann Hamilton used a handheld scanner to bring to life objects in the CMA’s collection that are rarely on display: small-scale figurative ceramics and crèche figures from 1300s to the 1800s. The result is a visually stunning exhibition with monumental images of the diminutive sculptures that explores the relationship between the senses, especially touch, sight, and language through photography, video, and sound. In Hamilton’s work, the sculptures become characters joined in a story that is implied but never told. Born in Lima, Ohio, and living in Columbus, Hamilton is among Ohio’s most influential and best-known artists. Among her many honors are the National Medal of the Arts, the MacArthur Fellowship, the Heinz Award, and the Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. On view Sunday, December 14, 2025, ... More
VIENNA.- With HELMUT LANG. SÉANCE DE TRAVAIL 1986–2005 / Excerpts from the MAK Helmut Lang Archive (10 December 2025 – 3 May 2026), the MAK – Museum of Applied Arts presents the first comprehensive exhibition of Helmut Lang’s oeuvre. Based on the largest and only official public archive dedicated to his legacy—which has been part of the MAK Collection since 2011—the exhibition provides profound and unprecedented insight into Helmut Lang’s mindset and creative process, focusing on his radical vision of design and identity in the years 1986–2005. Conceived as a mixed media presentation featuring large-scale, site-specific installations, the exhibition transcends the conventions of a classical fashion exhibition. It highlights Lang’s role as a pioneer who embraced artistic strategies long before he departed from the fashion industry in 2005 to focus on his art practice. Working across Vienna, Paris, and New ... More
Installation view with measuring tools.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Tools of the Trades: American Handmade Implements & Devices is the first exhibition of its kind to highlight beautifully designed, hand-crafted tools made by contemporary toolmakers in the United States. It will also be the first in a series of exhibitions for Handwork 2026, a nationwide semiquincentennial collaboration showcasing the importance of the handmade and celebrating the diversity of craft that defines America. This is a chance to see age-old devices that in some cases have not fundamentally changed for centuries, yet are interpreted anew by makers of today who are passionate about their craft and its history. Even in this age of convenience and mass production, there is a thriving network of craftspeople who labor in their workshops to produce small batches of tools to be bought and used by other makers and connoisseurs. These are enduring tools that will be used for a lifetime and can hardly compare to the kind readily available at a hardware store. A particular ... More
Christina Vassallo. Photo by by Tasha Pinelo, Game Day Communications.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announced today the appointment of Christina Vassallo as its new executive director, effective January 5. As the former executive director of Philadelphia’s Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM), and most recently the Alice & Harris Weston Director of the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati, Vassallo brings more than 15 years of dynamic and visionary leadership experience to the Center. In her new role, she will lead the development, evolution, and implementation of the Center’s grantmaking and community-building strategy, working with staff to enhance the visibility of grantees and deepen connections across the Philadelphia region’s cultural sector. Vassallo has served at the CAC since March 2023, leading a strategic planning process that established new institutional priorities centered on community engagement, organizational sustainability, the museum’s local and global connections, and a ... More
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Lynne and Richard Pasculano create $50 million endowment for The New York Public Library NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library announced a landmark $50 million gift from philanthropists Lynne and Richard Pasculano that will permanently endow the Library’s adult education programs, which support English language learning, workforce development, digital tech literacy, and more. The endowment will help maintain and grow the Library’s adult education programs, prioritizing branches that serve under-resourced communities where these programs stand to make the greatest impact. This gift builds upon previous commitments from the Pasculano family totalling $18.5 million to support adult learning at the Library, including establishing the flagship Pasculano Learning Center at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. In recognition of this gift, the Library has officially renamed its Vice President of Branch Libraries and Patron Services to “The Pasculano ... More
Library Innovator in Residence launches mobile self-guided community adventures WASHINGTON, DC.- Artist, developer and 2025 Library of Congress Innovator in Residence Vivian Li is inviting the public to explore three American communities with Anywhere Adventures, a new interactive mobile website that showcases local history through items from the Library's digital collections. The web application launched on December 11, 2025, offering users their first opportunity to engage with these curated historical experiences. In addition to Li’s hometown of Seattle, Anywhere Adventures spotlights Chicago and Southeastern Wyoming. These communities were nominated by Americans as part of a crowdsourced outreach campaign in early 2025. With dozens of historical photographs, maps, newspaper articles and more from the Library of Congress collections, this mobile site offers self-guided tours of locations across the selected areas. The website ... More
Weronika Zalewska to represent Poland at Malta Biennale 2026 with Archive of Hesitations VALLETTA.- Adam Mickiewicz Institute announced that Weronika Zalewska will be representing Poland at the second edition of Malta Biennale. Her video installation, Archive of Hesitations, curated by Ada Piekarska, will be on view in the Polish Pavilion from 11 March to 29 May 2026 in Fort St Elmo, Valletta. In Archive of Hesitations, the familiar format of the game show will become a device for examining how contemporary societies learn to recognize, evaluate, and structure knowledge. The project emerges from the Polish transformation of the 1990s and early 2000s, a moment shaped by fantasies of “becoming the West”. New models of knowledge and identity circulated primarily through soft formats of entertainment—game shows, commercials, edu-tainment programmes that promised objectivity and neutral competence. These formats shaped social aspirations, ... More
DHL and the Van Gogh Museum extend partnership AMSTERDAM.- The Van Gogh Museum and DHL are extending their partnership. The collaboration brings together DHL’s reliable and sustainable logistics expertise and the Van Gogh Museum’s educational prowess. In the year ahead, DHL Express will continue to handle worldwide delivery of orders from both the online museum shop and the DHL Express Service Point located inside the museum. The partners will also bring schoolchildren closer to the work and life of Vincent van Gogh through the Dutch Van Gogh Goes to School educational programme. DHL Express has been the Van Gogh Museum’s official logistics partner since June 2020. Since then, DHL has ensured the sustainable shipping of all webstore orders which are delivered through DHL’s climate neutral GoGreen programme. All orders are now sent in sustainably produced boxes and envelopes, featuring ... More
Ishara Art Foundation launches Ishara House in Kochi with inaugural exhibition Amphibian Aesthetics KOCHI.- Ishara Art Foundation announced the launch of the Ishara House in Kochi, Kerala, with its inaugural exhibition, Amphibian Aesthetics. Located within the historic Kashi Hallegua House and designed by the artists and scholars of the Aazhi Archives, the Ishara House is conceived as a dynamic site for contemporary art, research and exchange. Under the artistic direction of Riyas Komu, this new initiative unfolds through curated exhibitions, public programmes and collaborative projects that deepen Ishara’s commitment to cross-cultural dialogue. The Ishara House marks a significant new chapter for the Foundation, one that extends its mission beyond the UAE, to a city shaped by centuries of maritime movement, cultural exchange and artistic imagination. Amphibian Aesthetics opens this journey by foregrounding the interconnectedness of the human, aquatic, terrestrial, ... More
Members' exhibition "Water" brings 52 artistic perspectives to the Museum für Photographie Braunschweig BRAUNSCHWEIG.- The Museum für Photographie Braunschweig closes its exhibition year with Water, a wide-ranging members’ exhibition that brings together photographic and film works by 52 artists from the museum association. On view from December 13, 2025, to January 25, 2026, the exhibition forms the museum’s final contribution to the Braunschweigische Landschaft’s thematic year dedicated to water. Following an earlier exhibition that presented competition entries by four artists, Water expands the conversation by opening it up to the museum’s broader community. The result is a rich and varied exploration of a subject that is as visually compelling as it is socially urgent. The participating artists approach water from multiple angles—personal, environmental, poetic, and documentary—revealing how deeply it is woven into both everyday life and global concerns. ... More
Moderna Museet seeks Curator of International Contemporary Art STOCKHOLM.- Moderna Museet is now seeking an internationally renowned curator to work with exhibitions and the collection, focusing on international art from 1989 onwards (Reference number MM2025/111). Moderna Museet is looking for someone who will take initiative and is committed to strengthening the museum’s position as a pioneering international art institution, at the same time clearly making accessibility to a broad audience a priority. As Curator of International Art from 1989 onwards, you will work independently as well as collaboratively across the organisation. You will work closely with colleagues and management in shaping the museum’s strategic direction. Operatively, you will be expected to take initiative and have the ability to take the lead in daily work and with exhibition projects in collaboration with the museum’s entire organisation. You will be the museum’s ... More
Spaces that can be felt: Kunsthaus Bregenz reveals its 2026 exhibition lineup BREGENZ.- What can an art institution still achieve today? Its task lies less in presenting art than in responding to current events: in opening up spaces where the world can be touched—as an experience. Kunsthaus Bregenz, with its iconic architecture, is particularly well suited to the task. With its austerity, its permeability, and its materiality, it is not merely a place of presentation, but a resonance body. KOO JEONG A focuses on incidental occurrences that emerge from patient observation. Invisible phenomena become tangible through sounds and smells–the invented and the found become closely interwoven in the process. KOO JEONG A’s work is characterized by an exceptionally quiet language and restrained gestures: a few precisely placed elements are enough to create an effect. Kunsthaus Bregenz offers an ideal setting for this. Its size and spaciousness allows ... More
Brent Wadden weaves memory, labor, and repetition in exhibition at Almine Rech BRUSSELS.- To weave: to cross one thread with another, to bind fragments into form, to create tension, pattern, structure. It is one of humanity’s oldest gestures — domestic, ritual, artisanal. In Brent Wadden’s hands, weaving is not only a method but a process, an artistic language. It binds past to present, solitude to community, work to trance, matter to memory. Almine Rech presents two exhibitions of Wadden’s work: an intimate presentation of three pieces in Paris, and a larger constellation in Brussels under the title ‘Best Before’. Together, these exhibitions map a return — a weaving towards one’s origins. Wadden’s practice unsettles categories. His handwoven textiles, stretched onto canvas, move between painting and craft, between the studio and the loom. The grid of warp and weft becomes a place where color and line accumulate, where small irregularities grow into structures ... More
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On a day like today, artist Johannes Vermeer died
December 15, 1675. Johannes Vermeer (October 1632 - 15 December 1675) was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. He is considered one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age. During his lifetime, he was a moderately successful provincial genre painter, recognized in Delft and The Hague. He produced relatively few paintings, primarily earning his living as an art dealer. He was not wealthy; at his death, his wife was left in debt. In an undated image provided by Kelly Schenk/Rijksmuseum, “The Milkmaid” undergoing pigment analysis in 2020 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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