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RICHMOND, VA.- The Institute for Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University presents three solo exhibitions by multidisciplinary artists Tony Cokes, Cassi Namoda, and Diane Severin Nguyen, on view now through February 21, 2027, at the Markel Center. The fall exhibitions feature a survey spanning more than three decades of work by Richmond-born Cokes, new site-specific commissions by internationally recognized Namoda, and a kinetic sonic installation by Severin Nguyen. Together, the… More

Sarah Morris, ABI (Rio), 2013 & Paulina Ołowska, Disco Ofelia and Eleuter House (after Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz), 2019. Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection / EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art © Ari Karttunen / EMMA.

ESPOO.- What can the unfamiliar reveal about ourselves and our surroundings? Alien in Me, a new presentation of Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, brings together works by over 50 artists to explore experiences of alienation and otherness in a world undergoing constant transformation. Curated by EMMA Director Krist Gruijthuijsen, the exhibition includes Finnish and international names such as Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Louise Bourgeois, Peter Hujar, Isaac… More

Teresita Fernández. Photo: Axel Dupeux. Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London.

CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art announced today the acquisition of Soil Horizon(Cleveland), a site-specific commissioned work by acclaimed artist Teresita Fernández, whose work is characterized by an expansive rethinking of what constitutes landscape. Comprising two large-scale glazed ceramic wall murals, the work will be installed in the Jane and Jon Outcalt Family Concourse, connecting the museum’s Horace Kelley Art Foundation North Lobby with the Ames Family Atrium, beginning in… More

View of Minja Gu, Middle Ground: (Im)possible Kitchen, Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, 2026.

SEOUL.- Reproductive labour moves across national borders. Korea, once subjected to colonial rule, now occupies a quasi-imperial position, drawing on resources, labour and care from the Global South. In Yangpyeong in 2018, Minja Gu met Lusi Sapitri, an Indonesian marriage migrant. Sapitri recounted how she had once eaten jajang-myeon (noodles in black bean sauce) without knowing it was made with pork. In her Korean household she is expected to cook Korean food, with pork, as part of her… More

The opening of the Espace Riopelle – Michael Audain Pavilion marks the start of a new chapter for the Musée national des beaux -arts du Québec.

QUEBEC.- The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) began a new chapter with the grand opening of the Espace Riopelle – Michael Audain Pavilion . The new building is a lasting tribute from the centennial celebrations for artist Jean Paul Riopelle (1923–2002), honouring the work of one of the most influential Québec and Canadian artists of the 20th century. Designed by multi -award-winning Québec firm Les architectes FABG , this three storey, over 5,600 m² building is the largest space… More

Leon Barnard, Black Forest Man, 50 x 40 cm.

COLCHESTER.- Colchester + Ipswich Museums’ (CIMS) Constable 250 – a year-long programme of exhibitions, performances and events – concludes with a very special show that showcases artworks made by members of the local community, alongside paintings by seven professional contemporary artists, all of whom have been inspired by John Constable’s legacy and indelible contribution to British painting. Constable to Contemporary will also display pictures made by the next generation of exciting young… More

International museum organization calls for transparency, curatorial independence and restoration of public access to materials documenting Colombia's social and political history.

BOGOTA.- The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) has expressed serious concern over the removal of artworks, photographs, documents and historical objects from the permanent displays of the Museo Nacional de Colombia, warning that the decision could undermine public access to the country's history and threaten the professional independence of museum institutions. In a statement issued by its Museum Watch initiative, CIMAM criticized the removal of at least… More

Tina Barney, The Lincoln Room. POP, 2009 © Tina Barney.

NEW YORK, NY.- Olney Gleason announces Tina Barney: Fashion, a solo exhibition of work by American photographer Tina Barney (b. 1945), on view at 297 Tenth Avenue, New York, from October 24 through November 14, 2026. The exhibition brings together nearly four decades of Barney’s major editorial commissions and campaigns for global fashion brands, between the late 1980s and the present—works that continue to expand the range of the artist’s photography practice. Tina Barney: Fashion is presented… More

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669) Recumbent Lion, 1660. Reed pen, brown ink, and brown wash on paper, 12.2 x 21.2 cm. The Rijksmuseum (RP-T-1901-A-4524), Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt.

NEW YORK, NY.- The Morgan Library & Museum presents Rembrandt's Lions: Art and Exile in the Dutch Republic, an exhibition that brings together, for the first time, a remarkable group of drawings, etchings, and paintings highlighting the often overlooked but formative presence of migrants, immigrants, exiles, and refugees in the world and work of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606–1669). The exhibition particularly focuses on stories of diaspora, or dispersed communities, that figure prominently in… More

Irini Papadimitriou. Courtesy of the Seoul Museum of Art.

SEOUL.- The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) has appointed Irini Papadimitriou as Artistic Director of the 14th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, scheduled to open in August 2027. Currently serving as Director of Exhibitions at Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Papadimitriou is a curator whose practice critically examines the relationships between art, technology, and society. Her previous roles include positions at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and FutureEverything in the United Kingdom.… More

Chassica Kirchoff, J.J. Medvecki Curator of Arms and Armor. Photo by Brett Carson.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Philadelphia Museum of Art announced the appointment of Dr. Chassica “Chaz” Kirchhoff as the J. J. Medveckis Curator of Arms and Armor. Kirchhoff joins the PMA from the Detroit Institute of Arts. She begins her new role on November 30, 2026. “We are delighted to welcome Chassica as the J. J. Medveckis Curator of Arms and Armor. She brings a deep knowledge of the field, and her curatorial and scholarly achievements make her ideal for the role,” said Daniel Weiss, the George D.… More

Kiri Dalena, Erased Slogans, 2008–ongoing. Series of digital prints. © Kiri Dalena.

EDINBURGH.- The Rupture is an international collaboration bringing together the University of Edinburgh's Talbot Rice Gallery, Inside-Out Art Museum in Beijing and the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Manila. Conceived by Tessa Giblin and Carol Yinghua Lu, with Joselina Cruz completing the curatorial partnership, the project responds in real time to a world undergoing profound political, social and economic change, echoing Mark Carney's declaration that "we are in the midst of a rupture”… More

Professor Lesley Lokko OBE.

LAGOS.- Design Week Lagos 2026 was officially inaugurated at the National Theatre in Lagos on 22 October with the 180 New Ideas exhibition and IDEA Honours awards ceremony. Design Week Lagos runs until 25 October 2026 at the National Theatre Lagos and venues around the city. Making a New Africa: From Material to Market is the theme running through Design Week Lagos 2026, which features a programme exploring how African design can move beyond international recognition to shape manufacturing,… More

Abdij van Park.

LEUVEN.- After fifteen years of restoration, the historic monastic complex of Park Abbey in Leuven is opening fully to the public for the first time. Museum PARCUM marks this exceptional moment with Threading Landscapes: Art at Park Abbey, an ambitious exhibition featuring work by 24 contemporary artists from around the world. Nine artists have developed new projects in direct response to the abbey, its architecture, landscape, biodiversity, archives and history. This moment represents more… More

Graphic: LSD, Leonard Neumann.

BERLIN.- The 14th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art takes place from June 5 to September 12, 2027 at various locations across Berlin and is curated by Vasyl Cherepanyn. Under the title Central Europe Eastern Time, the 14th Berlin Biennale proposes a new reading of Berlin from the East and offers a perspective on Europe shaped by those regions, experiences, and societal realities that have long been pushed to the margins of the European narrative. The title serves as a navigation tool, an… More

Eliyah Mesayer, Letters from a Huntress no. 3, 2026. Sirio Ultra Black uncoated paper (185 g/m²), MDF board, black resin, suede string, 100 x 70 cm. 39.37 x 27.56 in.

COPENHAGEN.- In Letters from a Huntress, Eliyah Mesayer’s first solo exhibition with NILS STÆRK, the artist continues her ongoing project Illiyeen, an imaginary state. Conceived as both a poetic nation and a conceptual manifestation, Illiyeen is brought into being through stories, rituals, and symbols. It has its own flag, uniforms, postal service, national anthem, and manifest, offering a place for those who exist between borders – between reality and fiction, politics and poetry. Within the… More

Olga Costa, Girl with Red Ribbons, no date, oil on Masonite, Charles Butt Collection. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

HOUSTON, TX.- American Modernism from the Charles Butt Collection is the first exhibition organized from the collection of philanthropist and Texas native Charles Butt. Featuring over 80 works of art by such icons as Stuart Davis, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence, Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell and Andrew Wyeth, as well as Texas artists like Everett Gee Jackson and Mary Bonner, the exhibition reflects and recontextualizes the multifold histories of American art by sharing Butt's… More

Eva Fabbris. Photo: Camilla Maria Santini.

ROME.- The Fondazione Società delle Api announces the appointment of Eva Fabbris as Artistic Director. Already a member of the Advisory Board since its inception, Fabbris takes on a role that marks a new phase in the institutional development of Società delle Api, strengthening its curatorial structure while preserving the collective dimension that has characterized the Foundation. Her directorship will help give curatorial form to an already collective approach, which involves the role of… More

Michelangelo Pistoletto, 'Avant et après l'Arte Povera', exhibition view, GALLERIA CONTINUA, Paris. Photo: © Hafid Lhachmi - ADAGP Paris, 2026.

PARIS.- Galleria Continua is presenting, in its Marais exhibition space, in the heart of Paris, the solo exhibition of Michelangelo Pistoletto, Avant et après l’Arte Povera. Michelangelo Pistoletto is not only an Arte Povera artist, but one of the protagonists of the movement that Germano Celant theorised and defined in 1967. Arte Povera represents only one stage within a practice that now spans seventy years. Pistoletto’s artistic path began earlier and, above all, has continued to develop… More

Santiago Mostyn. © Ellika Henrikson.

GOTHENBURG.- Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Santiago Mostyn as curator of the 14th edition of the project, taking place at art centres and collaborative venues throughout Gothenburg, from September 4–November 21, 2027. Santiago Mostyn is an artist based in Stockholm who works within film, installation, and performance. His practice can be viewed as an ongoing visual research framework in which non-aligned histories and… More