Tag: Artists

  • Studio Museum in Harlem Announces 2026 Artists in Residence, First Cohort in New Building

    The Studio Museum in Harlem has announced the participants for its 2026 Artist-in-Residence program. They are Derriann Pharr,Simonette Quamina, andTaylor Simmons. The cohort will be the first to be in residence in the museum’s new building, which opened last fall. For the building’s inauguration, the Studio Museum mounted an exhibition titled “From the Studio: Fifty-Eight read more

    Studio Museum in Harlem Announces 2026 Artists in Residence, First Cohort in New Building
  • These Are the Artists in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York Show

    MoMA PS1 has announced the artist lineup for the sixth edition of its Greater New York exhibition, which highlights emerging and mid-career contemporary artists every five years. Taking over the museum’s transformed school building starting April 16, the cross-borough survey will celebrate MoMA PS1’s 50th anniversary with a bevy of site-specific installations, new commissions, and read more

    These Are the Artists in MoMA PS1’s Greater New York Show
  • Five Artists Honored, Including Claire Fujita and Yuki Kobayashi—TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 Finalist Exhibition Opens

    Warehouse TERRADA, which supports emerging artists on the foundation of its art-storage business, opened the finalist exhibition for TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 on January 16. Works by five artists poised to shape the next generation are now on view. Founded in 1950, Warehouse TERRADA began its art storage business in the 1970s. Since the 2000s, read more

    Five Artists Honored, Including Claire Fujita and Yuki Kobayashi—TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 Finalist Exhibition Opens
  • MoMA PS1 Names 53 Artists for Ambitious Survey of New York’s Art Scene

    MoMA PS1 has revealed the 53 artists who will participate in Greater New York, the Queens museum’s quinquennial devoted to New York City’s art scene. Opening on April 16, this edition of Greater New York will mark PS1’s 50th anniversary, and rather than bringing on any outside curators, the museum has this time leaned on read more

    MoMA PS1 Names 53 Artists for Ambitious Survey of New York’s Art Scene
  • When Artists Lose Their Archives

    There is a particular kind of shame that comes with losing your own work. Not the spectacular kind. Not the kind that arrives with a public failure or a dramatic ending. This shame is quieter. It settles in the body. It convinces you not to tell anyone. It suggests that if you were more responsible, read more

    When Artists Lose Their Archives
  • 5 Under-Recognized Artists Getting Their Due in New York This Season

    Elda Cerrato, who was born in Italy and based in Argentina, also made her posthumous Venice Biennale debut in 2024, one year after her death. Yet her showcase was in an overstuffed section on the Italian diaspora, making it tough for her art to shine. We ought to be thankful, then, that Cerrato is now read more

    5 Under-Recognized Artists Getting Their Due in New York This Season
  • Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems Among Latest Artists Commissioned by Obama Presidential Center

    Over the past year, the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago has announced groups of artists who have been commissioned to create site-specific installations for the center’s 19-acre campus. The most recent cohort includes Mark Bradford, Tyanna J. Buie, Jay Heikes, Carrie Mae Weems, and the duo Sam Kirk + Dorian. So far, over two dozen read more

    Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems Among Latest Artists Commissioned by Obama Presidential Center
  • In Minneapolis, Artists Mobilize to Crush ICE

    MINNEAPOLIS — A steady line formed in the hallway outside of Art Price’s co-operative screen-printing and painting studio in an old Grain Belt Beer building. Visitors held blank t-shirts, sweatshirts, and other apparel that would soon be emblazoned with anti-ICE messages and artwork, from the Minnesota state bird, the loon, dubbed a “rebel loon” in read more

    In Minneapolis, Artists Mobilize to Crush ICE
  • Roberta Fallon, Champion of Philadelphia Artists, Dies at 76

    News The artist, educator, and co-founder of local arts publication Artblog is remembered as a warm and energetic force in the community. Roberta Fallon in 2013 (photo via Facebook) Roberta Fallon, a beloved Philadelphia artist and co-founder of the digital publication Artblog, has died at the age of 76. Fallon passed away in her longtime read more

    Roberta Fallon, Champion of Philadelphia Artists, Dies at 76
  • February 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

    Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthlyOpportunities Newsletter. Open Calls The Other Art Fair Brooklyn Spring 2026(International)From May 14 to 17, 2026, The Other Art Fair returns to Brooklyn and seeks applications forgeneral boothsand theNew Futuresprogram, read more

    February 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
  • Artists Urge Jewish Museum to Save Federal ‘Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art’ from Demolition in Open Letter

    The latest attempt to save the New Deal-era artwork from the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building in Washington, D.C., involves a letter written by a group of artists urging the Jewish Museum in New York to save the murals and sculptural reliefs created by Jewish artists like Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and Seymour Fogel. The read more

    Artists Urge Jewish Museum to Save Federal ‘Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art’ from Demolition in Open Letter
  • Seyni Awa Camara, Sculptor Beloved by Artists Ranging from Louise Bourgeois to Pharrell, Has Died

    Seyni Awa Camara, a sculptor whose clay creations made in a remote Senegalese town captured the European art world’s attention in the late ’80s and gained a vast following in the decades afterward, has died. DakArt News reported Camara’s death on social media on Sunday. Because Camara’s birth year has not definitively been reported, ARTnews read more

    Seyni Awa Camara, Sculptor Beloved by Artists Ranging from Louise Bourgeois to Pharrell, Has Died
  • Gallerist Marian Goodman, Unwavering Champion of Vanguard Artists, Dies at 97

    The art dealer Marian Goodman, who was revered for her enduring commitment to the artists that she represented, and for her disinclination to follow either aesthetic or business trends, died on Thursday in a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 97. The New York Times, which first reported news of her death on Sunday, did read more

    Gallerist Marian Goodman, Unwavering Champion of Vanguard Artists, Dies at 97
  • ‘Secret Mall Apartment,’ Documentary About Providence Artists Living In Mall, Releases on Netflix

    Secret Mall Apartment, the 2024 documentary film recounting the story of several artists who secretly lived inside a Providence mall for four years, released on Netflix Friday. Originally released in theaters in last March, becoming one of the year’s hit documentaries, the film has since been available for rental on Amazon Prime Video and Apple read more

    ‘Secret Mall Apartment,’ Documentary About Providence Artists Living In Mall, Releases on Netflix
  • Two Artists Consider How Chicago Shapes Its Youth in 'World in My Eyes'

    Joy Machine is thrilled to presentWorld in My Eyes, a duo exhibition of Chicago artistsKayla Mahaffeyand Joseph Perez, a.k.a.Sentrock. World in My Eyesis, first and foremost, rooted in the lives of everyday people. Both Sentrock and Mahaffey have long depicted friends and neighbors in their own Chicago neighborhoods, exploring how our city shapes its youngest read more

    Two Artists Consider How Chicago Shapes Its Youth in 'World in My Eyes'
  • CHANEL Culture Fund Names Winners of Its 2026 Next Prize, with 10 Artists Awarded €100 K. Each

    The CHANEL Culture Fund has named the recipients of its 2026 CHANEL Next Prize, awarding €100,000 each to ten artists working across visual art, performance, design, music, and film. The fashion house’s Culture Fund is aglobal programme of initiatives and partnerships that “seek to champion equality of voice and give visibility to global game changers read more

    CHANEL Culture Fund Names Winners of Its 2026 Next Prize, with 10 Artists Awarded €100 K. Each
  • 40 Years On, DC Artists Revisit Don Miller's MLK Mural

    Features Since 1986, the 56-foot painting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library has served as a visual portal into the civil rights leader’s life and legacy. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC, with Don Miller’s “King Mural” (photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images) Washington, DC — Last month, DC-based read more

    40 Years On, DC Artists Revisit Don Miller's MLK Mural
  • Joan Mitchell Foundation Names 31 Artists for Residency in New Orleans

    The New York–based Joan Mitchell Foundation has named the 31 artists who will participate in its 2026 residency program. Taking place at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, the residents will participate in either six-week or 14-week residencies during three seasons (spring, summer, fall) this year, with no more than nine residents being on read more

    Joan Mitchell Foundation Names 31 Artists for Residency in New Orleans
  • The Artists Collective launches as an artist-led investment platform

    The Artists Collective has officially launched as the UK’s first artist-led investment collective, following a period in which it quietly backed 20 early-stage technology companies. The platform brings together established cultural figures, including Maya Jama, Daniel Kaluuya, Jack Whitehall, Roman Kemp, and Tom Grennan, alongside experienced venture investors to support early-stage businesses. Its model combines read more

    The Artists Collective launches as an artist-led investment platform
  • December 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

    Rotterdam Photo 2026 Open Call: Echoes of Silence—War in the Artist’s SoulFeaturedRotterdam Photo invites photographers worldwide to explore how war and collective trauma resonate in the artist’s inner world. ‘Echoes of Silence’asks: What happens when artists are not eyewitnesses to conflict but still carry its emotional legacy? How does violence linger in memory—not as an read more

    December 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists