Shirin Neshat at the Parrish for her Exhibition Opening Shirin Neshat:Born of Fire, Photo: Jenny Gorman.
WATER MILL, NY.-The Parrish Art Museum is pleased to welcome back internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat for a special screening of her 2021 feature film, Land of Dreams (114 minutes), followed by an in-depth conversation with Corinne Erni, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Chief Curator of Art and Education and Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs. The event takes place on Sunday, August 10, from 3:30 PM to 6 PM in the Museum’s Lichtenstein Theater. The screening is presented in conjunction with Shirin Neshat: Born of Fire, currently on view at the Museum through September 1, 2025—the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the New York area in more than 20 years. “We are thrilled to welcome Shirin Neshat back to the Parrish and invite the community to experience her film Land of Dreams. We’re honored to present this screening in conjunction with her exhibition on view, which offers viewers a timel ... More
MADRID.- The National Archaeological Museum (MAN) has opened "Perpetual Present," a thought-provoking exhibition that offers a contemporary reinterpretation of the ancient Altamira cave art through the lens of modern technology. Part of PhotoESPAÑA's official program, this marks MAN's first participation in the acclaimed visual arts and photography festival. The exhibition, which began on June 12, 2025, features the work of Argentine artist Sofía Crespo. Crespo's project delves into the prehistoric paintings of Altamira (Cantabria) by employing artificial intelligence and 3D printing, offering a fresh perspective on these iconic ancient masterpieces. Crespo's approach involves creating a series of images generated from automatic models, further brought to life through 3D printing and robotic painting on clay. A particularly innovative aspect is the inclusion of multispectral images, which capture details on the cave art surfaces invisible to the human eye, adding a renewed sense of plasticity t ... More
Mr. Basseches’ leadership has been marked by a series of landmark initiatives that include three renovations and one expansion.
TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announced that Josh Basseches has made the decision to step down after a decade in his role as Director & CEO. Under his leadership, ROM has solidified its position as Canada’s most-visited museum and now ranks among the top 10 museums in North America. Mr. Basseches will remain Director & CEO until the end of the year, while ROM’s Board of Trustees initiates a search for his successor. “It has been an honour to lead this institution through what has been a truly transformative period in its history. After a decade as Director & CEO, and with the Museum well positioned for its next chapter, this feels like the right moment for me to head towards new challenges and seize new opportunities. During this time, we have created an even greater museum together, a thriving cultural and civic hub and an inspiring place to better understand the world around us. With a global reputation, an ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum presents Temitayo Ogunbiyi: You will wonder if we would have been friends, the first solo museum exhibition in the United States by Nigeria-based artist Temitayo Ogunbiyi (b. 1984). On view from June 18 to November 2, 2025, the exhibition features sculptures, paintings, and drawings installed through- out the Museum’s first-floor galleries and garden. This exhibition takes place in a milestone year for The Noguchi Museum, as the institution celebrates its 40th anniversary. For four decades, the Museum has been a space of exploration, reflection, and dialogue through Isamu Noguchi’s (1904–1988) legacy and its ongoing programming. In this spirit, Ogunbiyi’s work— focused on the intersection of play, community, and global histories— provides a poignant continuation of Noguchi’s belief in art as a tool for physical engagement and shared experience. Ogunbiyi’s work ... More
ARLES.- Bas Smets is a globally recognized landscape architect whose practice redefines what is possible in the face of climate change. Climates of Landscape is his first exhibition at LUMA Arles that brings together landscape architecture, design and ecological thinking to demonstrate how urban ecologies can be conceived and constructed. The exhibition explores the way to rethink ecosystems and our relationship to the environment. For Smets, a city can be understood as an aggregation of artificial climates. Buildings alter wind patterns and modulate sunlight exposure, while streetscapes modify runoff water and affect soil permeability. Landscape architecture can create microclimates with intention, treating the city as a living laboratory. Informed by the detailed study of how plants and other organisms transform their environments over time, landscape design introduces vegetation into an urban fabric as the agent of change and transformation. Through carefully ... More
Ann Goldstein, courtesy of Ann Goldstein.
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Board of Trustees of The Museum of Contemporary Art announced the launch of a comprehensive international search for the museum’s next director. To ensure a seamless leadership transition throughout the recruitment process, the Board of Trustees has appointed Ann Goldstein to serve as Interim Director, effective August 18, 2025, following Johanna Burton’s departure to lead the ICA Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania. The board has established a specialized MOCA Directorial Search Committee. They will work closely with a leading global executive search and leadership advisory firm to support the committee in its search and recruitment process. Goldstein will return to the institution where her career took shape to oversee all curatorial and museum advancement responsibilities including upcoming shows and strategic initiatives. In her new role, Goldstein will work closely with the staff’s senior leadership including ... More
Toddler Garden. Photo: John Smith.
DALLAS, TX.- The Perot Museum of Nature and Science announced the grand reopening of the Moody Family Children’s Museum, unveiling a bold, revitalized space designed to empower children through play, imagination and discovery. The transformed museum welcomes visitors into a dynamic, reimagined environment that ignites curiosity, sparks creativity and nurtures a lifelong love of learning. Following a comprehensive renovation nearly three years in the making, the Children’s Museum now spans 11,000 square-feet, nearly double its previous size, and features state-of-the-art, science-rooted experiences. Designed to reflect the latest understanding of how children learn, grow and explore, the updated space serves children up to age seven and encourages child-directed, open-ended experiential learning at every turn. “For years, the Moody Family Children’s Museum has been a treasured gathering spot for families,” said Dr. Linda Silver, Eugene McDermott Chief Executive Officer, Pero ... More
VEZ.- For over sixty years, Robert Couturier worked in his Paris studio at the Villa Seurat, devoting his art to the exploration of the human body—particularly the female form. Trained in drawing and lithography, he quickly developed a personal sculptural language, initially shaped by his encounter with Aristide Maillol in 1928. The death of Maillol in 1944 marked a turning point, as Couturier began to assert his own vision and become what he described as an “anti-Maillol.” Rather than adding material, Couturier preferred to hollow it out. This approach, which he called “forme ouverte,” allowed air and light to become active components of the sculpture. The body, thus transformed, appears fluid and ever-changing depending on the viewer’s perspective. Through this play of space and voids, Couturier invites the viewer to enter the work and experience it from within. He described himself as a “dessinateur de la sculpture,” as his practice relied ... More
An expansive survey of video, installation and more from Arthur Jafa, whose practice is "a counterpunch to anyone who wants to put people of color in their place" (Wes Hill).
NEW YORK, NY.- "Arthur Jafa: Live Evil," edited by Flora Katz and Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, is an indispensable and richly illustrated catalog that offers an expansive and deeply insightful survey of the acclaimed American filmmaker and artist's compelling work. This book is a testament to Jafa's decades-long practice, which, as Wes Hill aptly puts it, serves as "a counterpunch to anyone who wants to put people of color in their place." The publication masterfully navigates Jafa's multifaceted oeuvre, showcasing his powerful video art, installations, and other key works. What emerges is a profoundly unsettling yet lyrical exploration of images and histories. Jafa's unique approach brings together affective memories tied to US history, violence, repression, and modalities of survival, ... More
Olivia Bee, Somewhere Place (2022). 48 x 34 inch archival pigment print. Edition of 5.
KINGSTON, NY.- Danziger Gallery in association with Headstone Gallery in Kingston, New York shared images from the solo exhibition, “In The Secret Distance” by Olivia Bee. The show runs in Kingston through Labor Day. Concentrating on recent work the show features photographs from Bee’s life as a farmer in Oregon, documenting details of both the cycle of nature and the cycle of life as Bee records moments with her newborn son along with self-portraits, images of nature, and farm life. Bee, a celebrated prodigy of photography beginning at the age of 15 - published her first collection of photographs with Aperture titled “Kids in Love” ten years ago. It captured a free style of living with images of young people (including her) kissing and dancing, and living life to the fullest. Now in her thirties and a mother with a farm, she is both witness and steward to a life of marriage, child rearing, and farming. ... More
Mel O’Callaghan, First Sound, Last Sound, 2025. Installation view, Direct Bodily Empathy—Sensing Sound, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre, 2025. Performance, solid steel tuning forks, wooden resonance chamber, wooden, bronze and leather mallet. 20 minutes. Courtesy of the artist, Cassandra Bird Gallery, Sydney and Galerie Allen, Paris. Image: Cheska Brown.
NEW PLYMOUTH.- Direct Bodily Empathy–Sensing Sound explores sound as a medium, and the dimensions of sympathetic resonance, attuning with shared vibration, embodied knowledge, and the physical act of deep listening. The exhibition spans sonic structures and resonant objects, graphic scores and visual music, tangible motion sculptures and kinetic installations, architectural soundings, experimental films, composition, and choreography. Taking a polyphonic approach, Direct Bodily Empathy places leading twentieth-century artist Len Lye in concert with his contemporaries, elaborating on these historical echoes through new commissions and recent works by Aotearoa and international ... More
Mori Yoshiko. Photo: Shintsubo Kenshu.
TOKYO.- Mori Yoshiko, the first Chairperson and now Chairperson Emerita of the Mori Art Museum, announced the establishment of the Mori Contemporary Art Foundation (MoriCAF), with the goal of promoting Japanese contemporary art to the international art world. The foundation will provide ongoing support to boost Japanese contemporary art on the global stage through the Curator Residency Program, which offers opportunities for overseas curators to conduct research on artists in Japan and interact with art professionals, as well as the Mori Art Award, which recognizes excellence in Japanese artists from a global perspective. Through these activities, MoriCAF aspires to contribute to the promotion and further development of Japanese contemporary art, bolstering and sustaining its presence in the international art world. Representative Director and founder Mori Yoshiko explains her vision for MoriCAF as follows: “Established in 2003, Mori Art Museum has actively built ... More
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LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles Public Library presents Looks Like a Home to Me: Inside the Progressive Art Studio, an exhibition of artwork by more than 100 artists who have developed their artistic voices in studios across the region that provide special support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The exhibition will be on view in Central Library’s Getty Galleries, 630 W. Fifth St. from June 21 to Dec. 7, 2025. A progressive art studio is a creative space that provides inclusive, individually- tailored opportunities for artists—often individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities—to explore and develop their artistic voices in a professional, supportive environment, with other artists and mentors. Studios offer resources, tools, and staff to encourage artistic growth and meaningful engagement within the broader art world. “Los Angeles Public Library is proud to share the beautiful work of more than 100 California artists supported by progres ... More
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PICA announces award-recipients for the Hatched National Graduate Show 2025 PERTH.- Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA) has announced the award-recipients of the 2025 Hatched: National Graduate Show’s Dr Harold Schenberg Arts Awards – the country’s most prestigious exhibition and art prize for recent art school graduates – presented to three Hatched artists in recognition of their outstanding talent and to support their professional and artistic development. Celebrating Hatched’s 34th year, the awards were presented by acclaimed artist and Hatched alum, guest judge Archie Moore at Friday’s PICA After Dark: Opening Night Party – held at the expansive 3,500 sqm off-site Hatched 2025 venue in the heart of Perth’s CBD, open from 2 August to 5 October. In 2025, the ‘most exceptional’ prize was awarded to Tom Duffy of the University of Wollongong (NSW) for his painting triptych Djagats (The Newly Arrived/Native Dignity), Grace Yong ... More
Shiro Ohtake: Retina at Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary of Art MARUGAME.- The Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art (MIMOCA) is presenting Shinro Ohtake’s (b. 1955) first solo exhibition at the museum in 12 years, following Shinro Ohtake: NEWNEW in 2013. Ohtake began exhibiting in the late 1970s, and has since participated in major international exhibitions including Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev’s documenta 13 (Germany) and Massimiliano Gioni’s 55th Venice Biennale (Italy). He has had numerous exhibitions both in Japan and overseas, including a large-scale solo show that opened at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and traveled to venues in Ehime and Toyama. Spanning nearly half a century, his practice has produced an immense and diverse output driven by staggering creative energy. Among his vast body of work, this exhibition focuses on the Retina series as a lens for deeper ... More
LAS Art Foundation presents Sensing Quantum symposium BERLIN.- A global move to quantum-led technologies is already underway. What fundamental questions does this raise? Organisations around the world are racing to harness the potential of quantum technologies, with sectors including AI, computing and communications set to be transformed. LAS Art Foundation brings together experts in the field to address fundamental questions about the rise of quantum technologies and to explore the implications and possibilities they open up. Join scientists, philosophers, artists and writers including Shamira Ahmed, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian, Tommaso Calarco, Libby Heaney, Michael Lebert, Hartmut Neven, Roger Penrose, Laure Prouvost and Tobias Rees for a day of panel discussions at silent green’s Betonhalle in Berlin on Saturday, October 25, 2025. RSVP to receive first notification on ticket release (22/15 EUR) ... More
Altman Siegel presents "Casual Time": A study in precision and emotion SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Altman Siegel presents Casual Time, an exhibition featuring Rodolfo Abularach, Xiaochi Dong, Victoria Gitman, Kim Tschang-Yeul, and Alexandre Zhu. Using closely cropped, tightly considered compositions, these works showcase the power of precision, in both form and subject, to describe the range of human emotion and experience. Through reduced, distilled, narrative slices, these works conjure an entire universe of feeling - pushing representational painting to its apex. Incorporating organic forms, either in subject or within the physical makeup of the works themselves, this intergenerational and international group of artists demonstrate unlikely connections between a commitment to material, process, and meaning. Xiaochi Dong and Alexandre Zhu’s use of earth pigments in the form of charcoal or volcanic Akadama soil, respectively, find particular ... More
Dallas Hard Rock Café stained-glass windows offered at Heritage DALLAS, TX.- For more than two decades, they presided over what Dan Aykroyd once dubbed “The Supreme Court of Rock ‘n’ Roll”— the Dallas Hard Rock Café on McKinney Avenue. Over the last 15 years, they cast their colorful glow over the dining room of the beloved Arts District gastropub The Meddlesome Moth. Now, with that acclaimed restaurant having closed its doors in May 2025, these three one-of-a-kind stained-glass tributes to rock legends Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis are being offered for sale through Heritage Auctions. The windows were originally commissioned in 1986 by Hard Rock Café co-founder Isaac Tigrett and created by a team of skilled Texas artists. Styled after pre-Victorian stained glass, they were the first rock ‘n’ roll-themed windows ever installed in a Hard Rock location. For 21 years, they remained fixtures of the Dallas cultural landscape, ... More
Academy Museum announces upcoming film, education, and public programs LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Academy Museum presents its new film series, public events, and education programs for August. Learn more about our upcoming programs below. As part of the Spotlights Screening Series, be sure not to miss the 40th Anniversary of Pee-wee’s Big Adventure on August 9. Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer is on view at the Academy Museum through October 26, 2026. Aug 2–Aug 16 | August’s Drop-in Workshop for Families is inspired by the exhibition Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer. Families can design and create their own miniature props. Aug 9 | The program will begin with a donation to the Academy Museum of the red bicycle screen-used in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. The donation will be made by Allison Berry on behalf ... More
Art Gallery of Alberta announces new Board Co-Chairs EDMONTON.- The Art Gallery of Alberta announced updates to the leadership of its Board of Directors. As Leon Zupan concludes his tenure as Board Chair, the AGA welcomes two new Board Co-Chairs, Peggy Garritty and Sheila O’Brien. Leon Zupan served six years on the AGA Board before becoming Chair in January 2020. Drawn to the AGA as a place to connect people of all ages to art, Leon’s dedication and leadership guided the organization through exciting and challenging times. His contributions have shaped the AGA’s strategic vision and strengthened its role as Alberta’s hub for visual arts and culture. “We are very grateful to Leon for his years of service and leadership at the AGA, and we look forward to the fresh vision Peggy and Sheila will bring as Co-Chairs.” -Catherine Crowston, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the AGA. Peggy Garritty completed a four-year ... More
Nasher Sculpture Center announces the 2025 Nasher Artist Grant winners DALLAS, TX.- The Nasher Sculpture Center announces the winners of the 2025 Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Grant in Honor of Jeremy Strick, a program that provides annual financial support to North Texas artists through the distribution of grants that may be used to fund the purchasing of equipment and materials, travel or research, studio space, or artist-run curatorial projects. The 2025 grant awardees are Hakeem Adewumi; Sheridan Hines; Claudia Maysen; Kris Pierce; and PRP (Permanent Research Project), an artist space run by Jake Elliot Hargrove, Michael Mazurek, and River Shell. The winners were chosen by a jury that included artists Jesse Morgan Barnett, Ciara Elle Bryant, Benito Huerta, and Dan Jian. Nasher Curator Dr. Leigh Arnold and Nasher Curator of Education Anna Smith serve on the jury annually. Each Nasher Artist Grant awardee will receive $2000 ... More
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On a day like today, English painter Thomas Gainsborough died
August 02, 1788. Thomas Gainsborough (christened 14 May 1727 - 2 August 1788) was an English portrait and landscape painter. He was born the youngest son of John Gainsborough, a weaver in Suffolk, and, in 1740, left home to study art in London with Hubert Gravelot, Francis Hayman, and William Hogarth. In 1746, he married Margaret Burr, and the couple became the parents of two daughters. In this image: A self-portrait of British painter Thomas Gainsborough, painted about 1787, is seen to the right as a security guard watches over paintings in the Thomas Gainsborough exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Monday, June 9, 2003, in Boston.
