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fromwww.theguardian.com
11 hours ago

Relentless': National Gallery of Victoria exhibition celebrates motherhood

Motherhood influences creativity, with many women feeling more productive during child-rearing than after their children have grown up.
#san-francisco
Mission District
fromSFGATE
15 hours ago

SF's newest museum is one tiny room. Guests make appointments months in advance.

The Commission Vault Museum in San Francisco showcases the history of the Recreation and Park Department in a small, unique space.
Mission District
fromSFGATE
15 hours ago

SF's newest museum is one tiny room. Guests make appointments months in advance.

The Commission Vault Museum in San Francisco showcases the history of the Recreation and Park Department in a small, unique space.
NYC music
fromGothamist
15 hours ago

MoMA PS1 is turning 50. Here's how it's celebrating.

Queens Museum MoMA PS1 celebrates its 50th anniversary with free admission and diverse programming, including a block party and exhibitions.
LGBT
fromGothamist
1 day ago

NYC's LGBTQIA+ office leader poised to tackle 'entrenched disparities'

New York City opens its first office for LGBTQIA+ Affairs, led by civil rights attorney Taylor Brown, the highest-ranking openly trans person in city government.
#lgbtq
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 day ago
SF LGBT

A librarian was fired for refusing to hide LGBTQ+ books from kids. Then something amazing happened. - LGBTQ Nation

SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 day ago

A librarian was fired for refusing to hide LGBTQ+ books from kids. Then something amazing happened. - LGBTQ Nation

Library director Luanne James was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books from youth access, sparking significant community support and fundraising efforts.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 days ago

More same-sex couples than ever are living together, and most are women - LGBTQ Nation

Female same-sex couples now outnumber male same-sex couples in the U.S., with significant income disparities persisting between the two groups.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

The Guardian view on the Women's Library at 100: a cause for celebration but not complacency | Editorial

The library was to hold material relating to women's work, too. This year's centenary is an opportunity to celebrate the institution's unique holdings.
Women in technology
fromThe Atlantic
1 day ago

The Black Daughters of the American Revolution

Karen Batchelor's discovery of her eligibility for the Daughters of the American Revolution was surprising, given the organization's long history of racism and elitism.
Social justice
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
2 days ago

Arts Gowanus unveils packed 2026 season, from Venice-themed gala to Pride art show * Brooklyn Paper

Arts Gowanus announces a busy 2026 lineup with various events, including the Patterns Gala and a major outdoor exhibition for Brooklyn Pride.
Podcast
fromArtforum
2 days ago

Schlock Jock: Joshua Citarella at the Whitney Biennial

Doomscroll podcast's live tapings at the Whitney reflect changing museum priorities and the evolving relationship between art and digital discourse.
Dining
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

How two female chefs led the way for The Musket Room's globally inspired menu | amNewYork

The Musket Room, a Michelin-starred restaurant, has evolved from New Zealand-inspired cuisine to a diverse dining experience under Executive Chef Mary Attea.
Miami
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 days ago

The Gueras Aliadas': How two American women are helping locate migrants lost in the ICE labyrinth

Fernanda's father was detained by ICE, prompting her to seek help through social media to locate him.
fromFast Company
2 days ago

The architecture world just got its second union

This contract, the second in the industry, sets a standard for workers at Sage and Coombe and beyond, according to Architectural Workers United, which has been instrumental in organizing efforts.
NYC startup
SOMA, SF
fromArchitectural Digest
3 days ago

Inside the New Museum's Long-Awaited Addition, Designed by OMA

OMA designed a glass-covered tower that integrates with an older building, featuring a complex atrium and stairway, creating a unique architectural experience.
Books
fromFast Company
3 days ago

How American independent bookstores made a massive comeback

Independent bookstores have adapted and are thriving despite the rise of online shopping.
Media industry
fromEntrepreneur
3 days ago

How to Turn Any Trade Show Into Wall-to-Wall Press Coverage

Align the internal team on key messaging before trade shows to maximize PR opportunities and ensure effective communication.
NYC LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Made in Fire Island: how artists were at the heart of the LGBTQ+ mecca

Leilah Babirye's journey to Fire Island reveals its rich history as a haven for LGBTQ+ artists and their creative expressions.
#art-exhibitions
Television
fromQueerty
4 days ago

The best LGBTQ+ movies & TV shows coming to streaming April 2026 - Queerty

April features numerous queer movies and TV shows premiering across major streaming platforms.
London
fromianVisits
4 days ago

10 to visit: Queer Britain museum leans harder on 'pay what you can' model

Queer Britain museum has increased visibility of its £10 entry fee while struggling to attract mainstream visitors despite its important social and political exhibitions.
fromWomen's Health
5 days ago

They Were Told Wrestling Was Only for Boys. Now, This NYC Club Is Proving Girls Can Fight for Their Futures.

When I step onto the mat, I feel fear, but I remember the countless hours spent in training that helped unearth strength I didn't know I had.
Women
Film
from48 hills
6 days ago

Screen Grabs: Tributes to three trailblazing women filmmakers - 48 hills

The representation of women directors in major-studio films is declining, while they remain prominent in experimental and arthouse cinema.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

If I didn't have dwarfism, I'd probably be quite normcore': Midgitte Bardot on sex, drag and street harassment

Tamm Reynolds, a non-binary trans drag queen with dwarfism, is a unique performance artist known for their bold and provocative acts.
#art
Arts
fromArtnet News
5 days ago

How Artist Paris Giachoustidis Balances Fragility and Beauty

The exhibition at Filser and Gräf explores the theme of balance through the works of artists Paris Giachoustidis and Toshihiko Mitsuya.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Whitney Biennial, Can You Hear Us?

Socially engaged art struggles to maintain its integrity in a profit-driven world, as seen in the disconnect of the Whitney Biennial from current societal issues.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

In praise of upheaval: Women, art, and the refusal of stillness | amNewYork

Art emerges from upheaval, reflecting change as an inherent female quality and rejecting imposed stillness.
Arts
fromIrish Independent
5 days ago

'You have to step in and experience it' - artists on the rise of AI-generated art and the 'essential' gallery visit

Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova's exhibit combines paper quilling with mathematics, showcasing intricate art that engages viewers and emphasizes the value of handmade creations.
Brooklyn
fromBronx Times
2 days ago

Black women bookstore owners gather at The Lit Bar to celebrate their inaugural bookstore crawl - Bronx Times

Black women bookstore owners emphasize community, self-care, and resilience in their literary spaces during a panel discussion in Mott Haven.
NYC music
fromPitchfork
3 days ago

King Princess to Star in Aimee Mann's Girl, Interrupted Musical

A musical adaptation of Girl, Interrupted featuring Aimee Mann's songs will debut later this year, starring King Princess as Lisa.
#transgender
fromLGBTQ Nation
5 days ago
SF LGBT

8 unapologetically trans-owned businesses redefining fashion, art, and more - LGBTQ Nation

Trans individuals significantly influence culture and deserve visibility and support, especially through trans-owned businesses.
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago
NYC LGBT

Indelible' voices: How the NYC trans community is fighting erasure from a Lower East Side stage | amNewYork

Indelible is a forum for trans people to share their stories and foster understanding.
SF LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
5 days ago

8 unapologetically trans-owned businesses redefining fashion, art, and more - LGBTQ Nation

Trans individuals significantly influence culture and deserve visibility and support, especially through trans-owned businesses.
NYC LGBT
fromwww.amny.com
4 days ago

Indelible' voices: How the NYC trans community is fighting erasure from a Lower East Side stage | amNewYork

Indelible is a forum for trans people to share their stories and foster understanding.
Social justice
fromHarper's BAZAAR
5 days ago

The Women of the Bund Fought to Free Their Loved Ones

Visitation at Rikers Island highlights the strength and solidarity of women supporting incarcerated loved ones amidst systemic humiliation and bureaucratic obstacles.
Media industry
fromArtforum
4 days ago

Dialogues and Dreams

Artforum evolved to foster international dialogue and promote substantive commentary in response to contemporary challenges in the arts ecosystem.
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Fundacio Mies van der Rohe Presents "Transnational Narratives," a Documentary on Six South Asian Women Architects

The documentary, created by Dr. Igea Troiani, Dr. Mamuna Iqbal, artist and researcher Paula Roush, and filmmaker Rime Tsujino, brings visibility to the experiences of six architects of South Asian origin.
Women in technology
London
fromianVisits
6 days ago

A century of campaigning: Women's Library marks 100 years with new exhibition

The Women's Library, celebrating its centenary, showcases the history of the women's movement through a diverse collection of documents and exhibitions.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Opportunities in April 2026

Monthly opportunities for artists include residencies, fellowships, grants, and open calls from various organizations.
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

The Art World Is a Joke

Kamrooz Aram is everywhere this year, from Mumbai Art Week to the Whitney Biennial, and critic Aruna D'Souza is grateful. She pens a beautiful meditation on his work, reading his abstract paintings as not simply a denunciation of Western modernism nor a reassertion of Islamic visual motifs, but something else entirely - something gestural, exuberant, riotous, and incomparably his own.
Arts
Arts
fromColossal
2 days ago

Explore Art UK's Digital Database of More Than 6,600 Street Art Murals

Art UK archives over 21,000 public artworks, including street art and murals, to preserve ephemeral experiences and document local history.
Arts
fromBerlin Art Link
3 days ago

Review of Group Show Anahita Sadighi Gallery | Berlin Art Link

The exhibition 'Let Us Believe in the Dawn of Spring' celebrates renewal through diverse artistic expressions coinciding with the Persian New Year.
Women
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

Independent opens exhibition at Outernet to celebrate International Women's Day

The Independent celebrates influential British women through an exhibition marking International Women's Day, featuring 50 women across art, politics, sport, and business who have made significant sacrifices to succeed.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Art Movements: Frieze Partners With ... the Whitney?

Frieze partners with NYC institutions for performances and exhibitions, while Patsy Phillips retires after a significant career in Native American arts.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Required Reading

Calida Rawles' art explores the duality of water as both healing and destructive within the Black diaspora's history.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

15 Shows to See in New York City This April

New York's art scene thrives on experimental exhibitions in smaller venues, showcasing diverse and innovative works that challenge conventional narratives.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Culture of care: surreal celebrations of Iranian tenderness in pictures

Sheida Soleimani's work reframes caring for bodies as a political act in her exhibition, Forest of Stars.
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Prints and Multiples Are Great Entry Points for New Collectors-For Now

Prints and multiples are experiencing a market transformation with rising entry-level prices and a shift towards historically significant works.
fromJuxtapoz
6 days ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Last Days to See Kate Meissner's New Paintings @ Lyles & King's Project Space, NYC

"These works are an exploration of the human body's elasticity and capacity to metamorphose. Informed by my own experience of pregnancy and the birth of my first child last year, these paintings are a meditation on physiological transformation and the body's underlying animalistic and mammalian nature."
Arts
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Endless's Street Art Calls Attention to London's Homeless Crisis

A street art installation by Endless highlights homelessness in London, juxtaposing it with the city's wealth.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
4 days ago

'The sharp perception only a woman can bring to observing other women': Dorothy Bohm's photographs go on show at Lee Miller's former home

Dorothy Bohm's exhibition 'About Women' showcases seven decades of her female-focused photography, highlighting her legacy as an influential woman photographer.
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 days ago

Cecily Brown Turns Pastoral Visions Into Painterly Chaos in Her London Museum Debut

Cecily Brown's museum debut in London features new works that reinterpret her early memories of England through children's book illustration styles.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Grimanesa Amoros and the architecture of illumination

Light is a powerful force in art, transcending culture and language, and is essential to understanding perception and truth.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

It's dedicated exclusively to female artists, from Frida Kahlo to Tracey Emin': readers' favourite unsung museums in Europe

We visited the Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, in Mougins, a small village on a hill near Cannes. Full of exclusively female artists from Berthe Morisot in the 19th century and Frida Kahlo in the early 20th to contemporary figures such as Tracey Emin it houses an incredible collection of often overlooked art and artists. We visited on a rainy October day and it was remarkably quiet and calm. I particularly enjoyed the abstract works well worth a trip up the hill.
Travel
#art-market
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

The Best April Fools' Jokes in the Art World This Year

April Fools' Day inspires creative and humorous pranks across arts and humanities, showcasing institutions' ability to engage in lighthearted satire.
fromArtnet News
4 days ago

At Art Basel Hong Kong, Wet Paint Hits Galleries, Malls, a Semi-Secret Space, and More | Artnet News

Hong Kong's particular and seductive Metabolist city planning is an ode to consumption as a great totalizer of culture, and to contemporary art as merely a niche commodity form among many others.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago

5 Art Job Openings That Are Definitely Not Exploitative

Qualifications for art-related positions often include unconventional traits and low compensation.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

The New Museum Returns, but Humans Are Left Behind

The exhibition explores humanity's struggle against technology through diverse multimedia installations and thought-provoking artworks.
fromColossal
6 days ago

April 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

The 6th edition of Earth 2026 juried awards invites artists worldwide to explore and express the power, beauty, and resilience of our wounded planet as we approach World Earth Day.
Arts
Arts
fromArtforum
4 days ago

Can the Biennial Serve a City, or Just "Big Art"?

Regional juried exhibitions have evolved, with new triennials emerging to address local artmaking and economic growth, but face challenges in meeting diverse expectations.
Arts
fromGothamist
5 days ago

A one-man psychedelic art empire thrives in Brooklyn

Alex Aliume's Brooklyn studio attracts thousands of visitors with his unique glow-in-the-dark art and immersive experiences.
Arts
fromVogue
5 days ago

In Tribeca, a Pillar of Cape Town's Artistic Community Finds New Ground

Southern Guild opens a new gallery in Tribeca, New York, after learning from its previous Los Angeles location, emphasizing fresh energy and confidence.
#contemporary-art
Arts
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Free Art Show: Feminicons by Georgia Dominici (SF)

Georgia Dominici's solo art show 'Feminicons' opens March 5th at Hotel Biron Wine Bar, featuring acrylic paintings exploring female archetypes through contemporary pop art style with a raffle benefiting the artist.
Arts
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Free Art Show: Feminicons by Georgia Dominici (SF)

Georgia Dominici's solo art show 'Feminicons' opens March 5th at Hotel Biron Wine Bar, featuring acrylic paintings exploring female archetypes through contemporary pop art style with a raffle benefiting the artist.
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

At the Every Woman Biennial, Joy Becomes a Form of Resistance | Artnet News

Founded in 2014 as a tongue-in-cheek alternative to the esteemed Whitney Biennial, the Every Woman Biennial has evolved into an intergenerational showcase that mixes emerging talent with established feminist art stars while maintaining the scrappy, activist energy that inspired it in the first place.
Arts
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

The Biggest Week of the Spring?

The New Museum reopened with mixed reviews, alongside various art fairs and Asia Art Week events in New York.
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

What Do We Really Think of the New New Museum?

The new New Museum is many things: contemporary, perhaps, but also a science, history, anthropology, and many other museums in one. It echoes the desire of its patron class to own the world and its affiliated courtier class to deliver it to them on a silver platter, or encased in perforated metal, in this case.
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 weeks ago

Inside the Forum Where Women in the Arts Are Taking on the Status Quo

What began as a passion for collecting became a responsibility. She not only believes in the artistic genius of women, but she wants society in general to hold men and women artists in equal esteem-and to place the same monetary value on their work.
Arts
Arts
fromArtnet News
3 weeks ago

Inside the First Edition of Conductor: The Art Fair of the Global Majority

Conductor: Art Fair of the Global Majority debuts April 30-May 3, 2026, centering artists from Africa, Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Oceania, and Indigenous nations historically underrepresented in New York's art market.
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Art Problems: How Do I Get Gallery Representation?

Dealers like artists with established sales records because it lowers their already considerable financial exposure. Renting a gallery space in Tribeca costs anywhere between $8,000-30,000 a month on top of staff, marketing, and daily operations. With that kind of overhead, very few business owners can afford to take on the financial risk of untested artists.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Embracing Friction in the Art World

On Franklin Street in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters 'a small, stubbornly human space for friction.' Friction—the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way—is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré's current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
Arts
Arts
fromArtnet News
4 weeks ago

Indira Cesarine on the Feminist Issues Driving the Untitled Space

Indira Cesarine founded Untitled Space to platform marginalized voices in art, operating as gallerist, artist, editor, and curator while exploring female identity through personal and collective experience.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guardian view on an explosion of solo exhibitions by women: move over old masters | Editorial

Major UK art institutions are finally increasing exhibitions of female artists after decades of severe underrepresentation, marking a significant shift from historical gender disparities in museum programming.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

"By Design" Treats Women Like Objects

A woman transforms into a chair in a surrealist comedy that exposes how consumer culture conflates femininity with material desire and envy.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

Art Movements: New Leaders Everywhere

Jean Cooney will become executive director of Creative Time; major museum leadership changes include Sally Tallant leaving Queens Museum, Yasha Grobman in Jerusalem, and Amy Sherald signing with CAA.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

After the Strike, Will Art Galleries Be Allies?

If deleting the social media post tomorrow would change nothing about how artists are paid or how resources are allocated, the gallery's allyship is disposable.
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Gallery Shows Featuring Estates Are Everywhere. Here Are 5 to Catch

Exhibitions of deceased artists and estates are rising, signaling momentum for historical reappraisals and potentially making January a season for such shows.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

This Is the Year We Redefine Art Institutions

Museums face intensified scrutiny and changing roles as artists, workers, and communities renegotiate governance, authorship, and representation, prompting institutional shifts and new precedents.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 months ago

A Plea to Museum Leaders

Museums should voluntarily recognize workers' unions to avoid forced elections, fear-mongering, and union-busting tactics.
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Why Galleries and Fairs Are Pausing | Artnet News

Art institutions and dealers are increasingly adopting strategic pauses—temporary hiatuses or skipped seasons—to reassess operations, programming, and futures.
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