Ballroom Marfa
Marfa, Texas
Founded in 2003 by Virginia Lebermann and Fairfax Dorn, Ballroom Marfa is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and a dynamic, contemporary cultural arts space where varied perspectives and issues are explored through visual arts, film, music, and performance. The gallery is housed in a converted dancehall that dates to 1927.
As an advocate for the freedom of artistic expression, Ballroom Marfa’s mission is to serve international, national, regional, and local arts communities and support the work of both emerging and recognized artists working in all media.
Ballroom Marfa is particularly interested in helping artists and curators achieve projects that have significant cultural impact but would be impossible to realize in a traditional gallery or museum setting.
Adriane Colburn, Up From Under the Edge, 2009 (detail) / Photo Fredrik Nilsen
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Ballroom Marfa
Marfa, Texas
Founded in 2003 by Virginia Lebermann and Fairfax Dorn, Ballroom Marfa is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and a dynamic, contemporary cultural arts space where varied perspectives and issues are explored through visual arts, film, music, and performance. The gallery is housed in a converted dancehall that dates to 1927.
As an advocate for the freedom of artistic expression, Ballroom Marfa’s mission is to serve international, national, regional, and local arts communities and support the work of both emerging and recognized artists working in all media.
Ballroom Marfa is particularly interested in helping artists and curators achieve projects that have significant cultural impact but would be impossible to realize in a traditional gallery or museum setting.
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Adriane Colburn, Up From Under the Edge, 2009 (detail) / Photo Fredrik Nilsen
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Kishio SugaLong-term viewKishio Suga brings together a representative group of the artist’s sculptures, dating from the 1960s to the ’90s, that probe the slippages between seeing and knowing. Works culled from Dia’s holdings are complemented by key loans...
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Sean Scully, 48Apr 18, 2026 – Dec 24, 2028LongHouse welcomes the world-renowned Irish American artist Sean Scully into the garden with his colored stack entitled 48, 2024, a work that epitomizes his deliberate use of stripes and color, with gestures toward land, sea, and sky.
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40th Anniversary Archival PresentationMar 19 – Dec 20, 2026The MIT List Visual Arts Center traces its origins to the Hayden Gallery (founded in 1950), which brought artists and the MIT community together through diverse exhibitions and residency projects.
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The Other Side of the MountainOct 14, 2026 – Mar 21, 2027
The Other side of the Mountain brings together contemporary artists working across the African continent and within the Afro-Nordic diaspora. They explore how cities and modern landscapes shape our connections to one another…
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Nan GoldinPhotographerNan Goldin is an American photographer known for her deeply personal and candid portraiture. Goldin’s images act as a visual autobiography documenting herself and those closest to her.
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Soft Power FestivalBerlin Art Week / Sep 11–13, 2026Soft Power is a transdisciplinary festival and permanent platform at the intersection of art, music and social dialogue. Presented as part of Berlin Art Week 2026, the festival brings together exhibitions, performances, concerts, DJ sets, conversations...
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Oulu2026: PlayJan 14 – Dec 31, 2026Fotografiska Tallinn brings a photo exhibition to Finland for the first time. Entitled PLAY, the group exhibition is part of the European Capital of Culture programme...
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Fondazione PradaInternationalFondazione Prada, a cultural institution founded in 1993 by Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, believes that art and study are useful and necessary to understand the world’s changes through new and engaging perspectives.
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A Nail to Hang the Day OnJun 5 – Sep 22, 2026The Kunstverein in Hamburg cordially invites you to the opening of A Nail to Hang the Day On on Thursday, June 4, at 7 pm. Embedded within even the most basic household item is an emotional charge that binds it to the lives of those who use it...
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Boris MikhailovPhotographerUkrainian born Boris Mikhailov is one of the leading photographers from the former Soviet Union. For over 30 years, he has explored the position of the individual within the historical mechanisms of public ideology...
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Shenzhen Art and Technology BiennaleMay 30, 2026 – Apr 30, 2027The inaugural edition of the Shenzhen Art and Technology Biennale (SATB) opens to the public from May 30, 2026, to April 30, 2027 at Shenzhen International Museum of Art (SIMoA). With its theme A Glimpse of the Infinite, this edition is directed by Zikang Zhang.
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Panorama: Dreams and PlacesFeb 19 – Oct 18, 2026Aiming to present a thematic narrative on contemporary photography and lens-based art in Türkiye, “Panorama: Dreams and Places” brings together a comprehensive selection of works produced since the 2010s by 18 artists from different generations.
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Make Some Noise: Desire. Stage. Change.Jan 31 – Sep 20, 2026With sound, performance and bold expression, the exhibition Make Some Noise: Desire. Stage. Change. encourages movement and change.
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Art Week Tokyo 2026November 4–8, 2026
Art Week Tokyo 2026 expands its activation of the city’s diverse array of museums and art spaces. New institutional highlights include Nam June Paik: The 20th Anniversary of His Passing at Watari-um…
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Sony World Photography Awards 2026Awards & Exhibitions AnnouncedWorld Photography Organisation is a leading global platform dedicated to the development and advancement of photographic culture. Its programming and competition initiatives provide valuable opportunities for artists working in photography...
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American Icon: The US Flag in ArtJun 6 – Dec 6, 2026
Across generations, the Stars and Stripes has inspired pride, protest, and profound artistic expression. From battlefields to modern cultural movements, our flag’s journey through art reveals a nation constantly redefining itself.
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1 / X, high speed splashJul 5 – Sep 25, 2026With: Adjoa Armah, Jack O’Brien, Victor Ruiz Colomer, CAConrad, June Crespo, Lamin Fofana, Georgina Hill, Estéfana Roman Matesanz, Iris Touliatou and Paulino Viota The sound of splashes appears and disappears, as the premonition of a path to our people, our…
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The Assault of IllusionMar 18 – Sep 27, 2026The Assault of Illusion presents a reading of art as a tool for producing illusions and deceptions and explores how this, throughout its history, has progressively shaped both our desire and what we understand as “reality”.
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