Fine circa 20th century CE New Zealand Maori mere (hand weapon / symbol of authority) carved from deep-green nephrite jade with swirling tonal variations and beautiful translucency. Finely-polished teardrop-shape blade culminates in pierced, knobbed grip. Length: 8.25in. Provenance: Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts; gift of Patricia M. Newman in 2022. Estimate: $4,000-$8,000.
BOULDER, COLO.- On August 22, Artemis Fine Arts will conduct an online-only auction of rare and exceptional cultural art and antiquities from the collection of the nonprofit Ralph T Coe Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. All proceeds from the 380-lot sale will benefit the Coe Center’s Rehoming Program, a bold and thoughtful initiative focused on returning Indigenous artworks to their original communities or to institutions that prioritize cultural context, accessibility, and continued care. “The Rehoming Program is at the heart of the Coe Center’s final chapter, as they will be closing later this year,” said Artemis Fine Arts’ executive director, Teresa Dodge. “Honoring the legacy of the Coe’s founder, Ralph T Coe (1929-1910), the Rehoming Program respectfully fulfills the Center’s core mission of good stewardship by ensuring each meaningful piece in their collection is not only preserved, but also responsibly reconnected with the people, places and stories from wh ... More
Attributed to Fabio Vendetti, Sanctuary Lamp with the Arms of Spain, Madrid, 1786. Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr.
NEW YORK, NY.- Beginning this fall, The Frick Collection will present a stunning exhibition of more than forty objects on loan from the Terra Sancta Museum. Ranging from liturgical objects in gem-encrusted gold and silver to richly decorated vestments in velvet, damask, and other fine materials, the works were created for the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and were largely unknown until their rediscovery by scholars in the 1980s. They represent the pinnacle of European craftsmanship in these fields during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and many have no parallel anywhere in the world. To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum offers visitors the opportunity to view these objects for the first time in North America. The exhibition features a selection from the Treasure of the Custody of the Holy Land, established in 1309 by the Franciscan order to oversee Christian holy sites in Jerusalem and the Middle East. One of the major sites that the Custody ... More
A flotilla of black ships occupies the room, each set on a polished concrete plinth with a white top as shiny as the moonlit sea in a 19th-century photograph.
SAGAPONACK, NY.- The Madoo Conservancy is presenting sculpting wind by Ugo Rondinone on view in the summer studio through September 13. A flotilla of black ships occupies the room, each set on a polished concrete plinth with a white top as shiny as the moonlit sea in a 19th-century photograph. Varying in scale, the sailboats recall hobbyist models familiar to this region—or to any seafaring community with a culture of leisure craft. Though perfectly still, the shadowy vessels appear to strain against invisible headwinds. In fact, each is titled after one of the world’s named winds—mistral, pueche, santa ana, tramontane, and others. As the show’s title, sculpting wind, suggests, the artist imagines the ships carving their way through the gusts that propel them, like blades slicing the air. And yet, despite their physical immediacy and graphic force, the title of the exhibition—and of each work suggests that the boats themselves may not be the true subject. The hulls are pieces of driftwood, shaped over ... More
Richard Pousette-Dart, Sylvia (Spring, Rocks, and Daffodils), 1979–81, painted 1985–88, Acrylic paint over aquatint, with scraping, printed in dark gray ink on wove paper, Image: 30 ¾ x 42 5⁄16 in., Collection of the Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation.
NEW BRITAIN, CONN.- The New Britain Museum of American Art presents special exhibition Altered States: The Etchings of Richard Pousette-Dart from August 22, 2025, through April 26, 2026. First-generation Abstract Expressionist artist Richard Pousette-Dart (1916–1992) excelled in a wide variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography. In 1979, he embarked on an extraordinary foray into printmaking, afforded by the opportunity to work with traditional etching techniques and tools at the Rockland Foundation, near his home and studio in Suffern, New York. By this time, his dense and complex abstract compositions of the 1940s and 1950s had transitioned to all-over fields composed of small gestures and marks, often organized around a central geometric or organic shape. Altered States is a consideration of etchings created by Richard Pousette-Dart during this period, offering a fascinating ... More
Coco Fusco, A Room of One's Own: Women and Power in the New America, 2006-2008. Performance documentation. Courtesy the artist and Mendes Wood DM.
NEW YORK, NY.- El Museo del Barrio announces Coco Fusco: Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island, the first U.S. survey of the influential Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist and writer Coco Fusco (b. 1960, lives in New York). Spanning more than three decades of Fusco’s groundbreaking career, the exhibition will be on view from September 18, 2025 to January 11, 2026. Widely recognized for her incisive explorations of the dynamics of politics and power, Fusco’s interdisciplinary practice spans video, performance, installation, photography, and writing. Tomorrow, I Will Become an Island traces her extensive practice through a selection of more than twenty of her works, created since the 1990s and extending to a new photographic series on view for the first time at El Museo del Barrio. “Coco Fusco stands among the most provocative voices in contemporary art. Her work challenges conventions, sparks vital conversations, and continues to resonate powerfully ... More
David Alekhuogie, Pull_Up w/o/b, 2017. Archival pigment print on canvas. 50 × 40 in (127 × 101.6 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Hammer Museum at UCLA announced today the 28 artists participating in the upcoming edition of its acclaimed Made in L.A. biennial, opening this fall. This is the seventh iteration of the Hammer’s biennial, highlighting the practices of artists working throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Organized by curators Essence Harden and Paulina Pobocha, the exhibition is on view October 5, 2025 – March 1, 2026. Hammer Museum director Zoë Ryan said, “Every two years, the Made in L.A. biennial offers a chance for local and international audiences to celebrate the incredible work being made by artists in this city. Los Angeles is still grappling with the terrible fires of the last few weeks but, as we look ahead to the fall, I hope this biennial can demonstrate the resilience of artists and this city.” In a joint statement, curators Harden and Pobocha said, “From the outset of this process, our primary objective was to look at art, and to see as much ... More
Detail of Judy Pfaff, La Calle, La Calle Vieja, 1990. Enamel paint on plywood and steel, found objects. 56 x 156 x 62 inches (142.2 x 396.2 x 157.5 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Cristin Tierney Gallery will participate in Independent 20th Century. Visit them in Booth C1 to view a special presentation of historic Judy Pfaff works from the late 1980s and early '90s, including works on paper, mounted mixed-media wall works, and a large-scale sculpture installation. The fair opens with an invite-only preview day on Thursday, September 4th, and continues through Sunday, September 7th. For over five decades, Judy Pfaff has redefined what it means to be a sculptor, creating innovative spatial works that blend painting, assemblage, and architecture into sprawling site-specific installations. Through both intense planning and improvisational decision-making, her dynamic compositions—often described as “painting in space”—meld disparate everyday objects, conventional and unconventional materials, colors, shapes, and surfaces into ad hoc environments that transform the spaces they inhabit. Pfaff has continually reinvented her unique visual language. W ... More
From decorative 1890s Art Nouveau posters via typographical ads from the 1960s to social media-led work of the 2010s, Jens Müller explores how this persuasive visual language reached every part of society and changed the world.
NEW YORK, NY.- Through the turbulent events of the last century-and-a-half, graphic design—with its vivid, neat synthesis of image and idea—has distilled the spirit of each age. It surrounds us every minute of the day, from minimalist packaging to colorful adverts, environmental graphics to sleek interfaces: graphic design is as much about reflecting society’s aspirations and values as it is about transmitting information. Now published as part of the popular Basic Art series, this vibrant compendium lays out the evolution of graphic design from its inception in the 1890s up until the present day. Using his sweeping knowledge of the field, author Jens Müller has curated hundreds of examples from across the globe, arranged by decade. Each chapter also includes thumbnails of significant movements and influential publications, plus concise ... More
Matt Kleberg, Coral Corral, 2025. Oilstick on canvas, 42 x 34 inches.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Berggruen Gallery will present Bless Babel, an exhibition of new work by San Antonio-based artist Matt Kleberg. This exhibition will mark the gallery’s second solo exhibition with Kleberg. The exhibition will be on view from August 21 through October 16, 2025. The gallery will host an opening reception for the artist on Thursday, August 21 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. In Bless Babel, each painting builds around a singular central niche, suggesting the absence of a subject. Confronted with this vacancy, the viewer finds themselves at the center of Kleberg’s geometric abstractions. Influenced by architectural and ritualistic spaces, the works in Bless Babel investigate the tropes through which conception is framed by institutional or personal belief. Kleberg’s paintings are not interested in objective truth, but rather in how belief transforms our relationship to space and objects. These paintings are not portals, unless you believe they are. They are not windows, ... More
Varda Caivano, Untitled, 2025. Oil on velvet, 60 x 39 x 2 cm. 23 5/8 x 15 3/8 x 3/4 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Mendes Wood DM is presenting Nocturnal Music, Varda Caivano’s inaugural New York solo exhibition. Caivano, whose painterly mark is defined by abstraction, experimentation, and studies of light, approaches art as laboratory work where thinking becomes making, with the studio process remaining the most important aspect of her practice. Her ideas are experienced through a relationship with the object, emphasizing direct material encounters. Working with charcoal wash, oil, and oil stick on jute and velvet, the artist engages materials through layered, iterative processes. Oil transforms between states – dust, liquid, waxy substances – changing its condition while remaining essentially the same. Velvet emerges as particularly resistant in this new body of work, with silk velvet chosen over mass-produced analogs. The pressure and direction of her mark determine whether a certain color is seen or not. In this way, Caivano cultivates a live ... More
Philip Taaffe, Glyphic Field, 2014 (detail). Mixed media on canvas, 110 3/8 x 249 3/8 inches.
(280.4 x 633.4 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Luhring Augustine announced a group exhibition that highlights the work of Lygia Clark, Sarah Crowner, Mark Handforth, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Rezac, and Philip Taaffe. Sliced Tropics & Cosmic Dancers, which borrows from the titles of two works included in the presentation, opens in the Chelsea location on September 12. These six artists share a kindred interest in disrupting of familiar forms, employing unique strategies such as manipulations of lines and planes – folding, pinching, slicing, splicing – and radical shifts in scale to reshape and reimagine recognizable and quotidian motifs. Lygia Clark (b. 1920, Belo Horizonte, Brazil – d.1988, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is one of the preeminent artists of the twentieth century, whose pioneering body of work reimagined the relationship between audience and the art object. A founding member of the 1950s Brazilian Neoconcretist ... More
Riera I Aragó, Yellow propeller Airplane, 2024. 52 x 30 x 10 cm. Painted iron.
LONDON.- Bluerider ART London·Mayfair is presenting the group exhibition “Unspoken Red Swings”. This exhibition explores the intersection of visual, spiritual, and emotional dimensions, delving into the profound interplay of colour, texture, and poetic depth. Featuring a range of international contemporary artists, including paintings, installations, and sculptures, the exhibition responds to the emotional intensity of classical literature. Through layers of colour and sculpted textures, it creates a cross-temporal and cross-cultural dialogue on time, memory, and sentiment, inviting audiences to experience how contemporary art perpetuates the eternal essence of literary poetry in both abstract and figurative forms. “Unspoken Red Swings” is inspired by the timeless verse of Chinese poet Ouyang Xiu (Song Dynasty, 1007-1072) “Tearful eyes question the flowers, but they remain silent; scattered ... More
Winter Storm Jingle Dress and Belt, by Aerius (Jingogiizhigookwe) Benton-Banai (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribe) is framed by works in the foreground by Marie Watt (Seneca Nation of Indians [Turtle Clan] and German-Scot Ancestry) Sky Dances Light: Forest IV, Forest V, Forest VI (detail).
SHELBURNE, VT.- An exhibition at Shelburne Museum showcases the works of five Native American artists who incorporate sound in paintings, three-dimensional works and textiles. Making a Noise: Indigenous Sound Art is the latest in the museum’s series of exhibitions focusing on Native American art. On view through October 26, Making a Noise features five contemporary artists who draw on historic forms to create complex, culturally pressing works that speak to a history of healing and resistance. Many of these works are interactive, using sound to engage visitors to in their layered meanings. “The artists in Making a Noise create works that invoke historic methods and materials, yet are cutting-edge cultural expressions of today,” said Victoria ... More
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Queens Museum announces fall exhibition - Fia Backström: The Great Society NEW YORK, NY.- In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Philomela finds herself held captive in a rural site, her tongue severed by her abuser. Voiceless, she embroiders scenes of her plight on tapestries. These embroideries might be one of the first predecessors to documentary photography. Using photography and embroidery as recording tools, Fia Backström’s The Great Society explores how communities take shape and survive in the face of converging environmental and extractive crises. The exhibition is based on extensive field research in West Virginia, where the artist began traveling and meeting with locals in 2017. Backström responds to the area’s photographic history, government hearings, and community embroidery practices through her own material and computational processes that include photography, videos, language, and textiles. The Great Society takes ... More
"Coming Home" by Bay Area artist Ryan Carrington in the Art Kiosk, Redwood City, CA REDWOOD CITY, CA.- Fung Collaboratives is thrilled to announced its newest exhibition in the Art Kiosk, Redwood City, CA titled Coming Home by Bay Area artist Ryan Carrington. They exhibition is free to the public with a closing date of September 7th and reception for the artist on September 6th at 4 p.m. In his Coming Home exhibition at the Redwood City Art Kiosk, Carrington utilizes classic symbols of Americana to explore the ever-shifting definition of the American Dream. His textile work specifically investigates the rich conceptual history that pre-worn garments and iconic patterns, such as gingham, have to share. Through using the uniforms of blue and white-collar workers to create American flags, he provides a conduit for empathy between our stratified society by inspiring dialogue across communities of people that represent the far-reaching corners of our culture, history, ... More
Australian painter Euan Macleod explores the UK landscape in new exhibition LONDON.- Messums London will present for the second time a series of work from Australian-based artist Euan Macleod (b. 1956). With a 40-year artistic career and over 100 solo exhibitions behind him, Macleod continues to create vivid and fresh work. An eminent painter in Australia and New Zealand, this new collection of work follows the artist on a journey throughout the UK; interpreting new and different landscapes with his particular style. Best known for his landscapes in which expressive figures roam, this series of works on paper considers the landscape in terms of the setting for human activity – past, present or future – and of places infused with human history. Painting en plein air is an important part of Macleod’s practice, enriching the work he does in the studio. Being part of the landscape and observing it first hand, results in a deeper understanding of each ... More
Friedrichs Pontone explores light and shadow in group exhibition NEW YORK, NY.- Friedrichs Pontone is presenting Second Shadow, a group exhibition featuring works by seven artists. Second Shadow explores the concept of a second shadow, or the partial light shadow cast by a summer solstice. The artworks obscure their natural representations either by existing among multiple layers or by the contrast between light and shadow, creating an obscure deeper truth about the subjects. Emil Alzamora (Peruvian, b. 1975) approaches the creation of work in unorthodox ways. In an effort to explore the human form, both physically and psychologically, he often distorts, elongates, or deconstructs his subjects with the intention of revealing an emotional or physical truth. His paintings and his sculptures exist within the tension between the aesthetic and the conceptual. The beauty of these artworks is ultimately enhanced by the underlying meaning that is ... More
Armenian Museum of America announces an exhibition of works by System Of A Down's Serj Tankian WATERTOWN, MASS.- The Art of Disruption: The Art and Impact of Serj Tankian is a landmark biographical and multimedia exhibition celebrating the creative, activist, and diasporic journey of Serj Tankian—musician, visual artist, poet, and outspoken advocate for human rights. Inspired by his 2024 memoir Down with the System, the exhibition immerses visitors in the dynamic intersections of music, painting, and protest that define Tankian’s work. Known globally as the electrifying frontman of System Of A Down, Tankian has used his platform to advocate for genocide recognition, environmental justice, and Armenian cultural identity. This exhibition repositions him not only as a groundbreaking musician but as a multidisciplinary artist and activist whose influence spans generations and borders. Curated by Ryann Casey. Sponsored by Carolyn Mugar and the Alan ... More
Gary Gissler's "Against Interpretation" challenges viewers to look beyond the surface NEW YORK, NY.- Anita Rogers Gallery announces ‘against interpretation,’ a solo exhibition of works by Gary Gissler from 2008-2025. The exhibition will be on view September 3 through October 4 at 494 Greenwich Street, Ground Floor in New York City. The gallery will host an opening reception with the artist on Wednesday, September 3, 6-8pm. RSVP here. Literature and language play a central role in Gissler’s work, both in conceit and in practice. Gissler’s large mixed-media panel works appear to be minimal, abstract paintings (and, in many regards, they are) but are actually constructed from meticulously hand-cut and layered fragments of printed text by artists, thinkers, and writers such as Susan Sontag, Herman Melville, Bob Dylan, and Aldous Huxley. The artist’s process and the resulting works mirror one another; both are journeys of searching, of questioning, and of deep ... More
Exhibition features seven paintings by Shawn Huckins with a playful, contemporary twist NASHVILLE, TN.- Cheekwood Estate & Gardens names Shawn Huckins, an American painter best known for his fusion of technical skill and satirical wit, as the 2025 INTERVENTIONS artist. An exhibition featuring his work will be on view from August 30 – October 26, 2025. INTERVENTIONS launched in 2021 as an arts initiative to activate the historic period rooms and invite artists to seek inspiration from the Cheek family. The series features renowned artists from around the globe who imagine and implement a connection between their contemporary work and the fine and decorative arts within the Cheek Mansion. “We are excited to bring Shawn Huckins’ work to Cheekwood and to the Nashville community,” said Sarah Sperling, Cheekwood Senior Vice President of External Relations and Museum Affairs. “He is a talented artist who has put a fascinating spin on the paintings ... More
Nerman Museum to launch new monograph on ceramic artist Linda Lighton OVERLAND PARK, KAN.- The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at Johnson County Community College announced the Linda Lighton: Love & War, A Fifty-Year Survey, 1975-2025 book launch occurring at the Nerman Museum’s Café Tempo on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, from 5-8 p.m. This monography is accompanied by an exhibition by the same name that will be opening to the public at the Nerman Museum on December 13, 2025. Linda Lighton: Love & War, A Fifty-Year Survey, 1975-2025, is a 208-page book, published and internationally distributed by Hirmer. Attendees will be able to purchase their own copy of the book, priced at $50. This richly illustrated monograph gives a comprehensive overview of her pioneering body of work, which pushes the boundaries of ceramic sculpture. For fifty years, American artist Linda Lighton (b. 1948) has created a powerful ... More
Yorkville Murals Festival 2025 returns as Toronto's ultimate summer send-off TORONTO.- Yorkville Murals Festival (YVM) returns for its highly anticipated sixth edition from August 23–24, transforming Toronto’s most stylish neighbourhood into a bold celebration of contemporary muralism, music, wellness, and cultural immersion. The weekend-long event fuses large-scale art with fashion-forward activations and rooftop energy—launching with a headline DJ set by international electronic artist Kaskade. This year’s festival unveils five new murals—including a monumental 26,000 sq ft rooftop transformation of the Cumberland Parkade—alongside an open-air inflatable art installation in Village of Yorkville Park, a new wellness and recovery series, and an expanded lineup of DJs and live programming. YVM continues to blur the lines between art and experience, offering something for every kind of cultural explorer. In line with the festival’s “No Empty ... More
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August 18, 1863. Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (August 18, 1863 - March 18, 1930) was an American painter best known for his series of 78 scenes from American history, entitled The Pageant of a Nation, the largest series of American historical paintings by a single artist. In this image: The First Thanksgiving 1621.
