Ivan Alagakov, Evening by the Luga River, 2021. Pastel on paper.
SAN DIEGO, CALIF.-Henki Art presents Ebbs and Flows: The Art of Adaptation in Times of Impermanence, an online exhibition that showcases the transformative nature of water, not just as an element but as a force that mirrors resilience. Launching May 1, 2025, the exhibition brings together contemporary artists whose works embody these qualities, exploring themes of impermanence, change, and renewal through diverse media. Curated by Sissy Alcantara, Ebbs and Flows examines water as a symbol of adaptability and resilience in times of rapid environmental and social change. Through immersive compositions, rich textures, and abstract interpretations, the exhibition highlights how contemporary artists capture water’s fluidity, transformative power, and interconnectedness, inviting audiences to reflect on stability amid uncertainty and impermanence. ... More
Beautiful oil on canvas laid to artist board painting by the noted French artist Louis Emile Villa (1836-1900), titled Portrait of a Lady. Estimate: $2,000-$4,000.
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- An oil on canvas board painting by the renowned Louisiana folk artist Clementine Hunter (1887-1988), an oil on canvas laid to artist board by the French artist Louis Emile Villa (1836-1900), and a mid-19th century American late classical mahogany tester bed possibly retailed by Prudent Mallard are a few of the expected top performers in Crescent City Auction Gallery’s Estates Auction slated for May 16th and 17th, online and live in the gallery. The sale, at 10am Central Time both days, consists of 600 lots, pulled from prominent estates and collections throughout the South. Featured will be a wide range of French, English and American furniture; original paintings and watercolors; well-known prints and etchings; Oriental carpets; and decorative art items. The auction gallery is at 1330 St. Charles Avenue. The painting by Clementine Hunter – often referred to as “the black Grandma Moses,” as both artists lived to be 100 ... More
PARIS.- The Musée du Louvre is dedicating an exhibition to the Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517), recounting the unique, glorious history of an Egypto-Syrian empire that brought about a golden age in the Near East during the Islamic period. Comprising some 260 works from various international collections, the exhibition explores the rich productions of this remarkable, but little-known, society, whose visual culture considerably influenced the history of art and architecture in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/the Palestinian Territories and Jordan. This dynasty originated from an unconventional system made up of military slaves (the ‘Mamluks’), generally hailing from Turkey, then the Caucasus. They were bought or captured, then taught the principles of Islam and the art of war in the barracks in Cairo or in the great Syrian cities. They formed a military caste, of which a number gained their freedom and climbed to the top of the military hierarchy that controlled the state. The Mamluk ... More
Mathias Withoos (Amersfoort 1627 – Hoorn 1703), A Forest Still Life with an Otter and Two Fish. Oil on unlined canvas, 18 x 21 inches (45.72 x 53.34 cm.)
NEW YORK, NY.- Mathias Withoos (1627–1703) was a Dutch painter known for his richly detailed still lifes, often overflowing with exotic plants, insects, and small creatures. Born in Amersfoort, he studied under Jacob van Campen before joining the Bentvueghels, a lively group of Dutch artists who made a name for themselves in Italy. Withoos had a particular gift for painting sottobosco — lush, forest floor scenes teeming with life. His works, often a little eerie or mysterious, blended scientific curiosity with Baroque drama — a perfect match for King Charles’s return to the throne after a decade of the Commonwealth and the era’s fascination with the strange and wonderful sides of nature. Collectors with a taste for rarities, curiosities, and the exotic — like King Charles II of England — would have found his style appealing. During the Restoration (after 1660), Charles II’s taste in painting was shaped by his years of exile in France and the Dutch Republic. ... More
BERLIN.- “embrace” in the Historic Hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof is Klára Hosnedlová's largest expansive sculptural installation to date: nine metre-high flax tapestries with stone reliefs hang above a floor covered with concrete slabs. Speaker towers sourced from Berlin clubs draw visitors deeper into Hosnedlová's mythical landscape with a sound composition. As visitors make their way past muddy puddles, detailed embroideries of fleeting moments become visible on the fossil-like reliefs. “embrace” combines the organic and inorganic, permanence and decay, handcraft and industrial production. The exhibition marks the start of the annual CHANEL Commission at Hamburger Bahnhof. Klára Hosnedlová (born in 1990 in Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic; lives in Berlin) works with materials deeply rooted in the regions of present-day Czech ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s will present Color and Ingenuity: The Collection of Lucille Coleman, a remarkable assemblage of exceptional jewels from one of New York’s most beloved philanthropists. This distinguished collection is a cornerstone of the upcoming Magnificent Jewels auction, taking place live on June 17 at Christie’s Rockefeller Center in New York City. A woman of innate elegance and unwavering generosity, Lucille Coleman was a treasured figure in New York society. Her refined taste and discerning eye are reflected throughout this extraordinary collection, which features a rare concentration of works by Van Cleef & Arpels. At its core, this collection is one of the most significant groups of ‘Mystery-Set’ jewels ever to appear at auction—an iconic innovation by the maison that exemplifies technical brilliance and timeless design. Leading the collection is a Van Cleef & Arpels Ruby and Diamond Mystery-Set Brooch (Estimate: $400,000–600,000), alongside a Van ... More
Atlanta-based fashion entrepreneur and philanthropist Lauren Amos has provided a multi-million-dollar gift to the museum to fund fashion exhibitions and a new curatorial position over the next five years.
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art announced today that Atlanta-based fashion entrepreneur, philanthropist and long-time board member Lauren Amos has provided a multimillion-dollar gift to the museum to fund fashion exhibitions, a curatorial position and related programs over the next five years. The Lauren Amos Fashion Project will be the High’s first multi-faceted initiative dedicated to fashion design in its nearly 100-year history. As its inaugural program, the Lauren Amos Fashion Project will provide foundational support for “Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements,” the first major retrospective featuring the work of the Dutch couture designers, which will make its U.S. debut at the High this fall (Oct. 10, 2025-Feb. 8, 2026). The High will be commencing the search for a curator who will be responsible for the museum’s fashion efforts, including development of new programs, scholarship and a major forthcoming exhibition ... More
Steinway Model A Grand Piano, painted by landscape and decorative arts artist Arthur Edward Blackmore and reputed to have once belonged to the famed model and actress Evelyn Nesbit (Estimate: $30,000-50,000).
NEW YORK, NY.- Lark Mason Associates announced the upcoming sale of a rare and historically significant Steinway Model A Grand Piano, painted by landscape and decorative arts artist Arthur Edward Blackmore and reputed to have once belonged to the famed model and actress Evelyn Nesbit. With an estimate of $30,000-50,000, online bidding starts May 1st and runs through May 15th on iGavelAuctions.com. Crafted in 1897 by Steinway & Sons in New York (serial number 88495), this richly painted mahogany piano was decorated in a “French Renaissance” style by Arthur Edward Blackmore (1854–1921), who signedand dated the painted panel at the end of the lid. Commissioned by the prominent industrialist and art collector Isaac D. Fletcher, the piano was purchased directly from Steinway for his newly built mansion at the corner of East 79th Street and Fifth Avenue ... More
Alexa Guariglia (American, b. 1990), Aberlour, 2025. Gouache, Watercolor, and Ink on Paper, 34 1/2" x 37 3/8" (87.5 x 95 cm) Framed: 38 1/4" x 41 1/8" (97 x 105 cm).
NEW YORK, NY.- Yossi Milo is opening Alexa Guariglia’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery on Thursday, May 1, from 6-8 PM. Alexa Guariglia (b. 1990; New York, NY) deploys watercolor, gouache, and ink on the surfaces of her works on paper, sensationalizing daily life in gestural forms and precise zones of pattern. Observing her surroundings with an earnest, anthropological eye, Guariglia animates fragments of memory into compositions of urban and collective space. The artist pursues this in small-scale, individual portraits and vast scenes with grouped ensembles of figures, all of which are grounded as deeply in optimism, style, and humor as in embellishment and sheer detail in pursuit of the sublime. In Guariglia’s practice, pattern is essential, taking center stage as both a universal method of adornment and a metaphor for the organizing principles that create beauty within a chaotic ... More
Ellen Carey, Pulls (CMY).
NEW YORK, NY.- Celebrating Polaroid’s outsized impact on art and visual culture—and its historic encouragement of artistic experimentation—Rago, Wright, and LAMA will offer works from the institutional collection of the legendary camera maker, including a New York exhibition, major single-owner auction event, and curated thematic offerings. Rago, Wright, and LAMA bring works from The Polaroid Collection to auction, recognizing the historic legacy of one of the most recognized names in the photographic discipline. This significant initiative will launch with a New York exhibition and the landmark May 29th auction Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, followed by further curated offerings to be announced. Highlights of the inaugural auction include works from David Hockney, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Sarah Moon, Richard Hamilton, Dawoud Bey, William Wegman, and Harold Edgerton, and are currently on view at Rago/Wright’s New York gallery through May 9th. Beloved by popular audi ... More
Alan Bray, Neighbors, 2025, casein on panel, 11 x 14 in.
NEW YORK, NY.- Garvey|Simon is presenting Alan Bray: Inhabited Landscape at DFN Projects, 16 East 79th Street, New York, NY. This exhibition marks Bray’s fourth solo show with Garvey|Simon and continues his deep exploration of inland Maine. This body of work focuses largely on natural habitats and dwellings. The exhibition also includes a rare graphite drawing—the second one the gallery has ever had on view. Bray’s Maine is not the postcard vision of rugged coastlines and lighthouses. Decades of living in the state’s lesser-known interior—densely forested and isolated—have drawn the artist toward more intimate subjects. In his most recent works, he favors the nests and dwellings of woodland creatures over sweeping vistas. While a singular mountain scene appears in this exhibition, his focus remains on the intricate architectures of natural phenomena, where small moments hold immense presence. Rendered with exacting detail, Bray’s subjects—whether ... More
NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian announces an exhibition of drawings by Jim Shaw at Park & 75, New York. Made between 2012 and 2024, the works find the artist continuing his journey through the maelstrom of American society, taking inspiration from such sources as vintage advertisements and borrowing from the aesthetics of comic books and album covers. They feature images of complex forms such as trees and hair; references to popular culture and counterculture; surreal representations of the artist’s dreams; and allusions to bizarre religious cults and political conspiracies. In the works on view Shaw details scenarios from the domestic to the fantastical, often combining elements of both. “Most of these drawings,” he explains, “involve nostalgia for advertising images from a period when the single image was staged and fetishized.” Study for “Rinse ... More
SYDNEY.- Abdul Abdullah has been named the winner of the 2025 Packing Room Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for his portrait of fellow artist and friend Jason Phu. Abdullah’s portrait, titled No mountain high enough, marks his seventh time as an Archibald finalist and was selected from 57 finalists in the Archibald Prize, Australia’s most prestigious art award. Now in its 34th year, the Packing Room Prize, valued at $3000, is awarded to the best entry in the Archibald Prize as judged by the Art Gallery staff who receive, unpack and hang the entries. Alexis Wildman, senior installation officer and member of the Art Gallery’s Packing Room team, says: ‘We were instantly drawn to Abdul Abdullah’s portrait of Jason Phu. Both are accomplished artists whose works have a distinct style and engage with complex social and cultural themes using wit ... More
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Ho Tzu Nyen appointed Artistic Director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale GWANGJU.- Singaporean visual artist and curator Ho Tzu Nyen has been appointed Artistic Director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale, set to open in September 2026. The Gwangju Biennale Foundation (Acting President Lee Sang-Gap, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Economic Affairs of Gwangju Metropolitan City) announced on April 23rd the appointment of Ho Tzu Nyen, acclaimed for his incisive exploration of Asian modernity, as Artistic Director of the 16th Gwangju Biennale. In line with its mission to shape contemporary art discourse, the Gwangju Biennale Foundation sought a curator who could bring a distinctive and resonant vision to its next edition. Among the shortlisted candidates, Ho Tzu Nyen was recognized for his proposal centered on the transformative power of art. His curatorial approach, designed to ignite a much-needed driving force in a time of global uncertainty, is expected ... More
Award winning environmental sculptures arrive in Dundee for new exhibition DUNDEE.- Home to Dundee’s nationally significant whaling collections, including the famous Tay Whale, The McManus is showcasing a poignant installation that asks what can we do today to protect these majestic creatures. Mella Shaw is an artist and an environmental activist using themes of balance, fragility and loss to raise awareness and inspire change. In Sounding Line her focus is on the overuse of marine sonar which is having a devastating effect on particularly deep-diving whale species that rely on echolocation. This sonar is used by the military and by companies searching for new gas and oil reserves. This body of work was the artist’s response to a devastating mass beaching of nearly a hundred dead whales across the Hebrides and West Coast of Scotland and Ireland in 2018 – that was largely unreported at the time. Taking its name from the sounding line, a length ... More
Paul Thiebaud Gallery honors AAPI month with vibrant works by Asian American artists SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Paul Thiebaud Gallery announces the opening of Where Things Begin: 10 American Artists of the Asian Diaspora on Thursday, May 1, 2025, with a reception from 6-8pm. On view will be paintings, drawings, and sculptural reliefs by Freddy Chandra, Aaron Chung, Marc Katano, Yasuhide Kobashi, Joshua Moreno, Grace Munakata, Arthur Okamura, Sono Osato, Barbara Takenaga, and Leo Valledor. The exhibition explores how American artists with heritages from across Asia respond to and navigate the influence of both Eastern and Western aesthetics in the creation of their work. Through abstraction and forms of representation, the exhibition highlights each artist’s unique balance and synthesis of these traditions. The exhibition will be on view through June 7, 2025. Eastern and Western ... More
Kieren Karritpul's vibrant paintings celebrate Ngen'giwumirri culture at Tolarno Galleries MELBOURNE.- Tolarno Galleries is presenting Kieren Karritpul’s exhibition of paintings, YERR Wurrkeme Marrgu / New Works. Karritpul is a Ngen’giwumirri man who lives and works in the remote community of Nauiyu/Daly River, 230km south of Darwin. He comes from a family of master weavers and artists and has been making art since he was 15 years old. “I paint at home on the floor, either inside or out on the verandah,” says Karritpul. “My uncle used to tell me, ‘You have to sit on the floor so the ancestors can watch from above and guide you as you work.’” Growing up in Nauiyu, Karritpul would often observe his mother, grandmother and great-grandmother as they made dilly bags and fish nets. Many of the paintings in the exhibition depict these traditional objects in intricate detail, revealing the different designs and varieties of weave that give them form. ... More
Emilio Villalba turns everyday life into vivid art in paintings from home at Dolby Chadwick Gallery SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents Paintings from Home, an exhibition of recent work by artist Emilio Villalba. "I can only paint what I truly know, what I see myself reflected in," says Villalba. From intimate portraits of his wife, Michelle, and his closest friends, to amalgamations of objects that could be found in his kitchen, his studio, the market, or the street, the artist builds scenes from his life by way of his unique visual language. He renders deeply personal affects—both on and off the canvas—in everything that surrounds him. Every known corner of San Francisco, the place he's called home for more than 15 years, could be his muse. This exhibition follows Villalba's debut solo institutional presentation, Everything is Something at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas. Presented as a survey of his artistic evolution, and a homecoming of sorts, ... More
Philippe Decrauzat explores the mechanics of vision in exhibition at Nara Roesler RIO DE JANEIRO.- Nara Roesler Rio de Janeiro is presenting Soon the shades disappear, Philippe Decrauzat’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. The show features around 20 works from the Screen and Gradient series, produced between 2024 and 2025, which further develop the artist’s ongoing research into the fundamental elements of visual communication, such as color, light, lines, and forms, and their relationship to visual perception. Works from these same series have previously been shown in exhibitions in Geneva, Madrid, and Austria, and are now being presented in Brazil for the first time. The exhibition’s title is drawn from the studies conducted by Czech anatomist Jan Purkinje in the 1820s, one of the early pioneers in the field of visual perception. In these studies, Purkinje describes the images formed by the eye when closed and subjected to pressure on the eyelids. ... More
Christie's Middle East continues to expand: Sophie Stevens appointed in new role as Head of Jewellery DUBAI.- Christie’s announced that Sophie Stevens has been appointed Head of Jewellery in the Middle East, effective from 30 April 2025. This new role and appointment reflect the ever-growing luxury market in the region, reinforced by the evolving interest in vintage and contemporary jewellery and gemstones, from both new and established clients. Based in Dubai, Sophie will be travelling extensively across the region, working closely with the existing international luxury teams, continuing to strengthen Christie’s presence in the auction and private sales market, bringing her 15 years of expertise to the role. Sophie joins Christie’s following a career where, most recently, she held the position of Jewellery Specialist, VP, at Sotheby’s Middle East for the last 8 years. Sophie Stevens, Christie’s Head of Jewellery Department Middle East, comments, “To be joining Christie’s ... More
Gagosian to exhibit new paintings by Anna Weyant at TEFAF New York 2025 NEW YORK, NY.- Gagosian will participate in TEFAF New York 2025 with the presentation of a new body of work by Anna Weyant. Displayed in a booth with lavender walls and pine-colored carpet chosen by the artist, these intimately scaled, precisely composed paintings of jewelry explore themes of display, adornment, and commerce. Made in the tradition of trompe l’oeil illusionism, the works on view (all 2025) represent the glow of delicately crafted gold chains, the opalescent sheen of pearls, and the sparkling facets of gemstones. Depicted with close attention to directional light and shadow, these bracelets, earrings, and necklaces are centered on flat painted grounds of light brown, mounted as if in a jewelry box or displayed in a store. Several of the depicted pieces feature price tags as if for sale. Weyant’s jewelry paintings convey unchanging stillness. The oversize pearls, stylized flowers, ... More
Paul McCartney: Rearview Mirror: Photographs, December 1963–February 1964
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On a day like today, American photographer Sally Mann was born
