Diana Al-Hadid, Spun of the Limits of my Lonely Waltz, 2006. Image courtesy the artist and Kasmin Gallery, New York.
Diana Al-Hadid: unbecoming
Sculptor Diana Al-Hadid defies centuries-old conventions of femininity and womanhood in the exhibition unbecoming, on view through December 14 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University (MSU Broad Art Museum). The survey exhibition features large-scale installations that consume the gallery and push visitors to adjust to their presence, standing in stark contrast to antiquated social norms that define a becoming woman as subtle and quiet. The show spans nearly two decades of Al-Hadid’s career and marks the debut of four new works.
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Richard Ahnert, The Sweater, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.
Richard Ahnert solo show
Corey Helford Gallery in downtown Los Angeles is holding a major solo exhibition of works by artist Richard Ahnert. Known for his vivid anthropomorphic paintings that fuse classical realism with imaginative storytelling, Ahnert’s whimsical animal subjects and scenes reflect on human emotion and the natural world. Balancing playful satire and thoughtful symbolism, the artist’s paintings convey a depth of feeling and luminous detail, and explore the kinship between humans and animals. Bad Company will hang through August 23.+++
Winslow Homer (1836-1910), East Hampton Beach, Long Island, 1874. Oil on canvas, 103 ⁄16 x 2111⁄16 in. National Gallery of Art, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 2012.89.2.
Across the Nation
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. recently announced details of its “Across the Nation” partnership program, which brings key works of art from its permanent collection to regional museums across the United States throughout 2025 and 2026. Through this program, the National Gallery has lent works of art by celebrated artists like Georgia O’Keeffe, Andy Warhol, Dorothea Lange, Sandro Botticelli, Rembrandt van Rijn, Henri Matisse and Mark Rothko to 10 partner museums nationwide. “We are so thrilled to bring some of the most beloved works from the nation’s collection of art directly into communities across the country,” says Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art. Loans include paintings, photography and full-scale installations. Across the Nation is part of the National Gallery’s programming commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States of America in 2026.
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Sean Landers, Sunderland Lighthouse, UK, 2023. Petzel Gallery.
Sean Landers: Lost at Sea
Currently on view at the Newport Art Museum is Sean Landers: Lost at Sea, an exhibition that places the artist’s enigmatic and deeply personal seafaring works in dialogue with Winslow Homer’s maritime paintings, selected by Landers from the museum’s permanent collection. The show, which will be on view through December 29, includes depictions of shipwrecks, lighthouses and turbulent waters, exploring themes of adventure, loss and what it means to be “lost at sea.”
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Ursula von Rydingsvard, ALL THE CHILDREN I NEVER HAD, 2018-2024, cedar and graphite, 60 x 99 x 127 in. © Ursula von Rydingsvard. Courtesy Galerie Lelong and Talley Dunn Gallery.
Ursula von Rydingsvard show
Internationally-renowned artist Ursula von Rydingsvard will be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, this fall. On view from October 9, 2025, to January 4, 2026, Ursula von Rydingsvard: States of Becoming explores the last 20 years of the artist’s five-decade career, highlighting themes of vulnerability and open-endedness. “In recent years Ursula von Rydingsvard has relied increasingly on her instinct, both in terms of the making and meaning of her work,” says Bruce Museum curator Margarita Karasoulas. “States of Becoming explores in depth von Rydingsvard’s intuitive and iterative approach to making works in cedar and paper, revealing the constant evolution of ideas across her practice.” —
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