Graduate candidates work with renowned visiting artists during an eight-week summer intensive for MECA&Dās MFA in Studio Art. Participants in the 2026 Summer Visiting Artist Lecture Series are Nyugen E. Smith, Garrick Imatani, Colin Self, Jeffry Mitchell, Allison Schulnik, CristĆ³bal MartĆnez, Liz Collins, Taraneh Fazeli, and Gail Spaien.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art changed its name to the Philadelphia Art Museum. The new name was met with derision. The director was fired and the institution was left with a reported $6 million deficit. The sector has a hesitancy about rebranding its institutions.
Art Basel opens its doors in Switzerland this week. The fair has instituted a price freeze on booth fees and expanded its step-up program for first- and second-year exhibitors. It has also launched Basel Exclusive, a new opt-in program through which galleries agree to withhold select works from digital previews until the fair opens. Vincenzo De Bellis is Art Baselās global director of fairs and chief artistic officer.
Paddy Johnson is an artist who curates exhibitions. Most of his friends are other artists, who want to be included in the shows he's putting together. Paddy is navigating a power dynamic dilemma in the art world: curating art for venues where his friends want to show, but his friends may not be able to return the favor.
The Frank Bowling Foundation will launch in London on June 24, 2026. It was set up as a Charitable Incorporated Organization on 24 January 2024. The foundationās formal launch aligns with the unveiling of its first public initiative āFrank Bowling: Driven to Draw,ā an exhibition opening at the Royal Drawing School on June 25.
There are too many artworks in the National Gallery and the Louvre. The New York Met has tens of thousands of artworks. The average viewing time is only 27 seconds. An hour's trip exposes you to 133 paintings. If he could curate his own National Gallery, he would prefer to see one painting rather than thousands.