Savneet Talwar, director of SAIC's graduate art therapy program, was placed on leave after she asked her students to create a mock therapeutic treatment plan for a queer Arab woman who sympathized with pro-Palestinian protests and feared retaliation under the Trump administration. Palestine, or the “P-word” as many refer to it nowadays, has become a third rail of creative and academic spaces.
Riya Kamat is a junior at Singapore American School and the founder of Shadows of Progress, a podcast exploring who benefits and who gets left behind as technology evolves. At just 17, her work spans platform economics, women’s labour, technology ethics, and systems design.
Art Week NYC will take place November 11-14, 2026, in New York City. The inaugural four-day event invites collectors, patrons, and art enthusiasts to experience the city’s vibrant art landscape. Highlights include three days of openings and activations with gallery participants invited by Artforum, organized by neighborhood, and a full day of public programming hosted jointly by the New Museum and Artforum.
Independent 20th Century, a fair dedicated to diversifying the 20th century canon, has just announced the specifics of its fifth edition, which will take place in the Breuer building on Madison Avenue from September 24-27. The fair will host fifty-six exhibitors and welcome contributions from more than 130 artists. Luxembourg + Co. gallery will present Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Sue Fuller. Mariane Ibrahim gallery will showcase Lorraine O’Grady and Jose Gamarra. Barry Campbell gallery will show a show called “The Women of Stable Gallery” featuring Ethel Schwabacher, Alice Baber, Janice Biala,
Avant Arte has released a report on the next generation of art collectors. They treat art as an important source of meaning. They buy art to support artists and follow their own tastes. They enter the market earlier and collect faster. They use Instagram as their primary tool for discovering artists.
Carmen Maria Machado is a guest curator of RocĂo GarcĂa's exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. The largest survey of Arthur Jafa’s work is coming to New York. Phoenix Art Museum will showcase 100 works by Native American artists tracing creative resilience over the course of a century.
The Art and the Senses short documentary series from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City interrogates how we encounter art beyond sight. The film features interviews with museum curators and scenes from MoMA’s touch tours, where educators guide visitors with visual impairments through works by feel.
Phoenix Art Museum has received a gift of 185 works by Indigenous artists from the William P. Healey Collection of Native American Art. Cara Romero, Allan Houser, and Jaune-Quick-to-See Smith are among the artists featured in the gift. Phoenix Art Museum will premiere an exhibition titled "The Way We Came: A Century of Indigenous Art" in August of this year. The exhibition will be curated by Dr. JoAnna Reyes and Tony Abeyta.
The Atlantic is opening the first set of tickets for its three-day flagship event, The Atlantic Festival, which will take place from September 17 to 19, 2026 at Perelman Performing Arts Center and Virtually. Atlantic subscribers receive an exclusive 30 percent discount on festival passes. The Atlantic is partnering with Juilliard to present “A Soundtrack of a Nation’s” on the opening night.