Paper conservator Ilona Osara is toning the areas of The Defence of the Sampo that have been repaired with Japanese paper using water-soluble paints. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Aleks Talve.
HELSINKI.- The Ateneum Art Museum, which is part of the Finnish National Gallery, has received a significant bequest of approximately 700,000 euros from a Finnish private individual. As requested by the donor, 150,000 euros of the bequeathed funds will be used for the needs and acquisitions of the Finnish National Gallery’s conservation unit. The donor’s wish is that their name is not published. Thanks to the bequest, a long-planned project can be realised earlier than expected: the conservation of the Kalevala-themed sketches by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, held in the collection of the Finnish National Gallery, for the cupola frescoes of the Finnish pavilion at the 1900 Paris Exposition. Of these, Heathendom and Christendom (1899) will be on display at the Ateneum from 26 September 2025 to 1 February 2026 as part of the exhibition Gallen-Kallela, Klimt & Wien. One of the highlights of Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s (1865–1931) international career was his prominent role in the Finnish pa ... More
LIMASSOL.- Esteemed art dealer Massimo Martina announced a prestigious collaboration with Yacht Way Magazine for their booth at the upcoming Limassol Boat Show 2025. This premier event, the 9th edition of the Eastern Mediterranean's largest boat show, will take place from Thursday, May 22nd to Sunday, May 25th, 2025, at the Limassol Marina. Visitors to the Yacht Way Magazine booth will have a unique opportunity to experience the allure of modern art alongside the pinnacle of maritime luxury. The collaboration will feature insights into Massimo Martina's curated collection of authentic, limited-edition bronze sculptures by the iconic master of Surrealism, Salvador Dalí. Art enthusiasts and yachting connoisseurs might also have the distinct pleasure of viewing one of these magnificent Dalí sculptures, a highlight of the collection, displayed at the booth. Massimo Martina, base ... More
The first comprehensive English-language monograph on Keiichi Tanaami’s kaleidoscopic oeuvre, which merges Japanese postwar culture and American-style comics with a genre-defining artistic output.
AUSTIN, TX.- As an anime enthusiast who has always been fascinated by the interplay of color, narrative, and emotion on the page, discovering Keiichi Tanaami’s first comprehensive English-language monograph felt like unearthing a hidden treasure chest brimming with surreal wonders. From the very moment you hold this 256-page hardcover—its generous 9-4/5 by 12-3/5 trim size offering a tactile promise of immersive artistry—you know you’re in for something extraordinary. Rizzoli’s October 22, 2024 release does far more than catalogue Tanaami’s kaleidoscopic oeuvre; it invites you to experience his visionary world through five meticulously curated modules that feel as episodic and satisfying as a multi-cour anime series. Flipping through the ... More
Conservator Egidio Arlango treats the sculpture of Chris the Redeemer atop the frame of Titian's Assunta. Photo: Matteo De Fina.
NEW YORK, NY.- Save Venice, the American non- profit organization dedicated to preserving the art and architecture of Venice, announced the publication of www.assunta.savevenice.org, a digital platform dedicated to Titian’s monumental Assumption of the Virgin (1516–1518), also known as the Assunta, housed in the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice. The website will be presented to the public virtually on Monday, May 19, 2025. This previously unpublished visual archive documents Save Venice’s ambitious 2018–2022 conservation of Titian’s altarpiece, undertaken by Giulio Bono, along with the restoration of its monumental frame by Egidio Arlango. It features a treasure trove of macro photography from photographer Matteo De Fina and Infrared reflectograms captured by Davide ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale, the second and final evening sale of the Spring Marquee Week took place Wednesday, May 14, 2025 in the auction house’s Rockefeller Center saleroom in the heart of New York City. The room was filled with energy from start to finish, with spirited bidding coming in globally from clients on the phone, in the room, and online. In total, the sale achieved $96.5 million, selling 92% by lot and 97% by value bringing the week’s running total to $626.5 million. The top lot of the sale was Baby Boom, a 1982 triple portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat, which sold for $23.4 million. The sale showcased an array of the finest art from the post-war and contemporary eras, beginning with a dedicated group, For Art’s Sake: Selected Works by Tiqui Atencio & Ago Demirdjian. The selection achieved a combined total of $25.4 million, led by Cecily Brown’s Bedtime Story, which sold for $6.2 million. Records were set for four artists in total, includin ... More
Auguste Rodin, Petite Ombre de la Porte de l'Enfer, ca. 1906-1911, bronze, height: 12 1/4 in. Sold: $112,500.
BOSTON, MASS.- Grogan & Company, Fine Art and Jewelry Auctioneers, announced the success of its Fine Art Auction on May 10, concluding the excitement of their Spring Auction Season. The auction achieved strong results across all collecting categories, with a 92% sell through rate and total sales reaching over $1.4 million. 38% of lots exceeded their pre-sale estimates, underscoring the continued strength and depth of Grogan & Company’s fine art department. From fresh-to-market 19th-century landscapes to appealing modern pieces, the sale drew competitive bidding from a global audience and a robust turnout of private collectors bidding both over the phone and in person. Leading the day was Petite Ombre de la Porte de l'Enfer by Auguste Rodin, Lot 45, a striking bronze with exceptional provenance that achieved $112,500 following strong international interest. Maritime scenes and American landscapes also performed well, with The Start of the Great 1866 Transatlantic Yacht Race by James Edward Butter ... More
Juan Uslé, Soñé que revelabas (Snake), 2024-25. Vinyl, dispersion, and dry pigment on canvas, 120 ⅛ x 89 ⅜ in (305 x 227 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Galerie Lelong, New York, opened solo exhibition by Juan Uslé, CIEN DIAS DE ABRIL, the artist's second with the gallery. The exhibition presents new paintings through which the artist advances his exploration of rhythmic abstraction, creating compositions that register the passage of time and invoke a sense of place, producing works that are at once deeply personal and universally resonant. This exhibition will be followed in October 2025 by a major retrospective at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain. Uslé's distinctive approach centers on rhythmic, short brushstrokes arranged in bands of shimmering color. By shifting between opaque and transparent passages, he generates a dynamic sense of movement across the surface. Beyond their formal qualities, the titles of his works—such as Breathing Earth, Partitura urbana [Urban Score], 21 días de abril [21 Days of April], and Transitum [Transition]—offer insight ... More
Fred Tomaselli, Weed, 2024. Acrylic, leaves, photo collage and resin on wood panel, 30 x 24 in. 76.2 x 61 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan presents All About 25, an exhibition celebrating the gallery’s twenty-fifth anniversary, on view from May 16 through July 25, 2025 at James Cohan’s 52 Walker Street location. All About 25 features the work of artists who have shaped the gallery’s past, present, and future. Many of the paintings, sculptures and installations made specifically for the exhibition symbolically tie to the number 25. Participating artists include: Ranti Bam, Kathy Butterly, Alexandre da Cunha, Simon Evans and Sarah Lannan, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Spencer Finch, Gauri Gill, Michelle Grabner, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Federico Herrero, Yun-Fei Ji, Byron Kim, Mernet Larsen, Teresa Margolles, Kelly Sinnapah Mary, Josiah McElheny, Jesse Mockrin, Lee Mullican, Christopher Myers, Jordan Nassar, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Kaloki Nyamai, Scott Olson, Eamon Ore-Giron, Katie Paterson, Naudline Pierre, Matthew Ritchie, Hiraki Sawa, Shinichi Sawada, Yinka Shonibare, Elias ... More
Free and open to the public, visits to the participating Madison Avenue galleries offer the opportunity to discover, learn and have access to view current collections.
NEW YORK, NY.- A prestigious roster of 46 internationally acclaimed galleries will open their doors for tours and discussions of their current exhibitions during the Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk on Saturday, May 17 from 11am-6pm. The Madison Avenue B.I.D., in association with ARTnews, organizes this much-anticipated annual event. The event encompasses many of the foremost galleries located on Madison Avenue between East 57th and East 86th streets and the adjoining side streets. Free and open to the public, visits to the participating Madison Avenue galleries offer the opportunity to discover, learn and have access to view current collections, meet the artists, and attend a wide range of talks and tours conducted by gallery curators. Art enthusiasts and collectors are required to schedule an appointed time for the gallery talks or tours. Acquavella Gallery Talk: 3pm. Director Esperanza Sobrino will provide ... More
COLOGNE.- What if the historical photographs housed in a city's archive could speak not just of human lives, but also of the creatures who shared those streets, parks, and buildings? That's the compelling question at the heart of a new exhibition by Polish artist Marta Bogdańska, currently on view at the Kölnisches Stadtmuseum as part of the Internationale Photoszene Köln's "Artist Meets Archive" program. Bogdańska, born in 1978, embarked on a deep dive into the museum's extensive photographic collection for this year's project. The result is a thought-provoking multimedia exhibition that turns the lens – or perhaps, encourages a look behind the lens – on the presence and experiences of animals in Cologne's urban landscape throughout history. Archives are typically built by people, for people, naturally reflecting a human-centric view of the world. Bogdańska's work directly confronts this bias, asking: What non-human stories are hidden within these vast ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Agnieszka Kurant investigates collective and nonhuman intelligences, the future of labor and creativity, and the exploitations within digital capitalism. Collaborating with scientists and philosophers, she sets up systems made of multiple agents (molecules, animals, bacteria, AI algorithms or crowds of people) to produce evolving forms oscillating between biological, digital, and geological, natural and artificial, life and nonlife. The gallery will present its first solo exhibition of Kurant's work in July 2025. Recent solo exhibitions include MUDAM, Luxembourg (2024); Kunsthal Gent (2023); Kunstverein Hannover (2023); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2022) and SculptureCenter, New York (2013). In 2015 she realized a commission for the façade of the Guggenheim Museum, and in 2021-22 a permanent commission for the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge. Her work was also exhibited at the Jeu de Paume, Paris (2025), Gwangju Biennale (2024), Sydney Biennial (2024); Centre Pompidou and Pinault ... More
David Juda and Nina Fellmann at 16 Hanover Square. Photograph: Hugo Glendinning.
LONDON.- Annely Juda Fine Art will be moving to 16 Hanover Square in the autumn of 2025, after 35 years on nearby Dering Street. The move not only celebrates the gallery’s near 60-year legacy in London, it will also provide a new space to cultivate and showcase their roster of both eminent and early-career artists. The new space will continue to be led by co-Directors David Juda – who founded the gallery with his mother Annely in 1968 - and Nina Fellmann, who has been with the gallery since 2003. The inaugural exhibition in the Hanover Square space this autumn will be a series of recent work by one of the gallery’s longest standing represented artists; David Hockney. Combining both paintings and iPad drawings of the night sky from Hockney’s Normandy studio, this is the first time Hockney’s ‘Moon’ series (2020 – 2023) will be shown as a group in the UK. Annely Juda Fine Art will take over the lease on the whole Grade II listed Georgian townhouse on Hanover ... More
Crystalline Pendentives, 2024, Oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches, 152.4 x 121.9 cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Miles McEnery Gallery is presenting Under Your Skin and Over the Moon an exhibition of new paintings by Douglas Melini, on view 8 May - 21 June at 525 West 22nd Street. Accompanying the exhibition is a fully illustrated publication featuring a text by Dan Cameron. Douglas Melini has long explored the rhythmic resonances that connect the natural and built worlds. By combining unexpected materials, Melini blurs the boundaries between painterly and naturalistic forms; reclaimed wood hums with synthetic vibrancy, and mushrooms emerge from rigid, mechanistic structures. His newest body of work eschews the geometric abstraction that has long defined his practice, embracing the more traditional painterly approach of oil on canvas—though his technique and subject matter remain anything but conventional. Melini has created a painted surface that is soft and fuzzy, like moss growing on a rock. This allows the viewer to not only see the painting visually, but ... More
Quote I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture. Claude Monet
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Madrid welcomes Joel Meyerowitz with major exhibition MADRID.- The Spanish capital today opens its arms to one of the most influential photographers of our time, Joel Meyerowitz. A landmark exhibition showcasing his pivotal early work, "Europa 1966-1967," premieres at the Centro Cultural de la Villa "Fernán Gómez," coinciding with the announcement that Meyerowitz is the recipient of the esteemed PHotoEspańa 2025 Honorary Award. Meyerowitz, a New York native born in 1938, is celebrated globally as a pioneer who fundamentally shifted the perception and use of color in art photography. This exhibition, which originated at the Museo Picasso Málaga, offers Madrid audiences a deep dive into a transformative year that helped forge his signature style. Running until July 13th as a highlight of the PHotoEspańa 2025 festival, the show is a must-see for photography enthusiasts. Curated by Miguel López-Remiro, the exhibition brings ... More
Driehaus Museum opens exhibition of works by botanical artist Rory McEwen opens CHICAGO, IL.- McEwen’s vibrant paintings balance the scientific detail of traditional botanical art with a modernist perspective influenced by other visual artists of his time. A student of the Old Masters as well as his contemporaries, McEwen developed a distinctive style over the course of his career, painting on vellum and using large empty backgrounds on which his plant portraits seem to float. In his paintings, he forged his own personal interpretation of twentieth-century modernism, portraying individual flowers, leaves, and vegetables as subject matter, “as a way of getting as close as possible to what I perceive as the truth, my truth of the time in which I live.” McEwen was a modern-day Renaissance man, whose artistry extended to sculpture, poetry, and most notably, music, where he was a successful folk revival musician and host of the popular 1960’s music show, Hullabaloo! ... More
Sullivan+Strumpf pens two exhibitions in Melbourne MELBOURNE.- Sullivan+Strumpf opened two stunning exhibitions at their Naarm/ Melbourne gallery on view until Saturday June 15, 2025. Chinese-Australian artist Lindy Lee’s practice has long focused on the relationship between material and process, drawing on her interest in Zen Buddhism and Taoist philosophy and the concept of silence. In this significant exhibition titled The Silence of the Elemental, she invites viewers to reflect on the profound silence inherent in nature and existence, offering an immersive experience that speaks to the quiet beauty of the world around us. The result of over a decade spent working with the raw, elemental forces of nature, The Silence of the Elemental encompasses a diverse range of media, including Lee’s signature fire and rain drawings—in which delicate perforations are scorched into ink-soaked paper marked by the rain, flung bronzes, perforated ... More
Tate Britain unveils preliminary designs for new Clore Garden LONDON.- Tate today unveiled first-stage designs for the new Clore Garden at Tate Britain by landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith Studio and architects Feilden Fowles. The designs have been developed and discussed at a series of public consultation events held at Tate Britain. Realised in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and made possible by generous funding from the Clore Duffield Foundation, the new Clore Garden will transform the landscape in front of Tate Britain. It will offer a beautiful and inviting new green space for visitors and local residents to enjoy. Placing nature, art and community at its centre, the new garden will be a rich, varied environment carefully designed to complement and enhance the gallery’s neo-classical architecture and withstand the UK’s changing climate. The new Clore Garden features an organic pattern of luxuriantly planted spaces ... More
Land art pioneer Alan Sonfist opens first Italian solo show, exploring ecology in the city TURIN.- PAV Parco Arte Vivente is presenting Seeds of Time, the first institutional solo exhibition by Alan Sonfist in Italy, curated by Marco Scotini. Born in 1946, the American artist Alan Sonfist’s work has always focused on the relationship between art and ecology, pioneering a dialogue that has been influential both for contemporary discourse and in the historical context of the Land Art movement. Seeds of Time explores the formative years of Sonfist’s career, focusing on the 1960s and 70s, and highlighting the groundbreaking nature of his work. In his work, Sonfist expands the concept of community to include non-human beings and sees his installations as “public monuments” that no longer commemorate human history alone but celebrate the entire natural ecosystem. In doing so, he revitalises environmental history and the various species in any one location. Describing ... More
Why Look at Animals? EMST Athens opens landmark exhibition on non-human rights ATHENS.- ΕΜSΤ / National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, announced the inauguration of its ambitious new flagship exhibition, Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives, which officially opened on May 15, 2025. Curated by ΕΜSΤ’s artistic director, Katerina Gregos, and extending across seven floors of the museum, the exhibition draws inspiration from John Berger’s seminal 1980 essay Why Look at Animals?, reflecting on how animals have been marginalised and rendered invisible in human societies, and the moral imperative of rethinking our relationship with them. Unlike exhibitions that simply explore the role or representation of animals in art history, Why Look at Animals? A Case for the Rights of Non-Human Lives breaks new ground as the first major exhibition to offer a profound ethical and philosophical exploration of humanity’s complex, fraught ... More
The Audain Foundation funds the appointment of two Vancouver Art Gallery curators VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery announced the appointment of two curatorial positions that underscore the Gallery’s ongoing commitment to British Columbian and Indigenous art: Dr. Adrienne Fast as Audain Associate Curator of BC Art and Dr. Camille Georgeson-Usher as Audain Senior Curatorial Advisor on Indigenous Art. These roles ensure that vital expertise in Indigenous and British Columbian art is embedded in the Gallery’s curatorial vision, shaping ambitious exhibitions and guiding strategic acquisitions for the permanent collection. These appointments have been made possible through the support of the Audain Foundation, whose longstanding relationship with the Vancouver Art Gallery has been instrumental in advancing the study and presentation of art from British Columbia. The Gallery's Audain Curator of British Columbia Art position ... More
Ultra-rare copies of Pokémon Red Version and Legend of Zelda lead Heritage's Video Games Auction DALLAS, TX.- Sliding a Nintendo Entertainment System game cartridge out of its protective sheath was a rite of passage for lucky kids in the 1980s and '90s. Some — knowing the personalities of their well-loved NES machines — might insert the game with a fluid motion, or pop it into the 8-bit console with a self-proclaimed expertise surely no neighbor kid could perfect, so "We can play, but only I touch the games." The feel of a hard-edged rectangular controller was a high-tech dream back then, not to mention one's ability to quick-fire a code to gain advantage before the game even begins (more on that later). For many, playing a beloved video game is a sense memory, one that can come back with super-speed just by looking at a game box. The Legend of Zelda, Rad Racer, Super Mario Bros., Contra: Intrinsic to the games offered in Heritage's May 23–24 Video Games Signature® Auction, ... More
Medals celebrating arrival of Norwegian immigrants in America offered through Heritage ANA US Coins Auction DALLAS, TX.- Call it a centennial celebration ... of a centennial celebration. The Restauration — a Norwegian ship carrying 45 immigrants, many of whom settled in Minnesota and became an integral part of the community — arrived in America in 1825. One hundred years later, the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia celebrated the arrival of the Restauration and the launch of the Norse-American community with the striking of a series of medals. Now, a century after the centennial celebration, a selection of the rarest of those medals, from the collection of David F. Schmidt, will be offered in the ANA US Coins Signature® Auction August 26-31. Heritage Auctions is an ANA Event Auctioneer Partner. “This is a very important collection of medals and die trials. David ... More
Imperial Fabergé & Russian works realize $2.45 million in Heritage's May 13 Auction DALLAS, TX.- On May 13, with its third major auction in the category in the last two years, Heritage has continued to prove itself an international leader in Russian decorative arts with its stunning Imperial Fabergé and Russian Works of Art Signature® Auction, which set auction records and realized $2.45 million. The auction saw more than 400 bidders competing for 148 historically significant lots that showcased Russia's exquisite decorative arts legacy from before and after its Revolution. Heritage's diligence, scholarship, and connection with this category has shifted the market's focus from Europe back to the United States. The auction's top-selling lot — a turn-of-the-last-century Fabergé shaded cloisonné enameled gilt silver punch service by Feodor Rückert — sold for $750,000 with premium, setting a world record at auction for a Fabergé punch service. A pair of Imperial porcelain factory vases ... More
0-eA presents YANARI curatorial symposium at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum TOKYO.- YANARI (Rattling A House) is a two-day curatorial symposium exploring the entanglements of media, exhibition-making, and geopolitics through the prism of spectral reverberation. Taking place at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, the programme brings together artists, curators, and scholars to engage with curatorial thinking attuned to discursive rupture and historical residue. Through screenings, performative lectures, academic panels, the symposium reflects on how curatorial practices respond to inherited forms of instability—both material and affective—within screen practices, exhibition histories, and geopolitical imaginaries across East Asia. (1) Technology of the Spirit features screenings and presentations by the artistic directors of the upcoming 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. This “exhibition-as-séance” draws on the long history of attempts to contact worlds beyond waking ... More
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On a day like today, American photographer Richard Avedon was born
May 15, 1923. May 15, 1923. Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 - October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. An obituary published in The New York Times said that "his fashion and portrait photographs helped define America's image of style, beauty and culture for the last half-century". In this image: Humphrey Bogart, October 2, 1953 by Richard Avedon.
