Art

April 20, 2026

Monet Paintings Hidden for 100 Years Resurface at an Auction in Paris

For more than a century, two paintings by Claude Monet remained out of public view, held in private collections and largely unknown to scholars. Their recent reappearance in Paris has drawn widespread attention as they head to auction at Sotheby’s. The works, Les Îles de Port-Villez (1883) and Vétheuil, effet du matin (1901), reveal two distinct phases of Monet’s artistic development. Neither painting appeared publicly for over 100 years.

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April 19, 2026

Obsolete Compact Discs Are Transformed Into Towering, Shimmering Sculptures

At the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF), artist Tara Donovan unveils Stratagems, a captivating installation that reimagines a once-familiar technology as something immersive. Composed of thousands of stacked compact discs (CDs), the work rises into luminous formations that shimmer, refract, and continuously shift as viewers explore the space. What begins as recognizable material quickly transforms into an optical experience that feels both architectural and atmospheric.

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April 18, 2026

New York’s 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Marks 12th Edition Celebrating Afro-Brazilian Creativity

In the next few weeks, New York will practically be buzzing with art fairs. This month, the Other Art Fair will land in Brooklyn; then, come May, Frieze will return to the Shed in Hudson Yards, and NADA will take over the Starrett-Lehigh Building just a couple of blocks away. But NADA won’t be the only art fair held in this iconic Chelsea building on May 13–17.

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April 16, 2026

Suspended Labyrinth of Woven Pathways Invites Visitors To Wander in Midair

In 2019, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) tapped Ernesto Neto to produce a monumental, site-specific piece for one of its galleries. About a year later, the museum unveiled the commission, which would become one of the Brazilian artist’s largest crochet works to date. Now, after much anticipation and weeks of reconstruction, SunForceOceanLife has returned to MFAH’s Cullinan Hall following its original debut.

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