Staff at both the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) voted to strike over pay and working conditions in late July as European cities recover from a record-breaking heatwave that put long-standing employee concerns in the spotlight. Exactly how poorly equipped many European museums are to withstand extreme climatic events became equally evident.
August 2026 Art News
The Canton Museum of Art is proud to present Good Times: The Artistic Journey of Ernie Barnes in collaboration with the Ernie Barnes Estate, Ortuzar, New York, and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, coming August 18 – November 1, 2026. In pop culture Barnes’ artwork appears on album covers, television, and movies, especially his iconic dance hall scene, The Sugar Shack (1976).
Don Nice (1932–2019) was a relatively unknown, idiosyncratic artist whose roots spread across the American art landscape from 1960s Pop art back to mid-20th-century American modernism.
Opening August 14, 2026, Ventana Fine Art presents an exciting two-artist exhibition of works by Cassidy Watt and Javier Barbosa.
The Smithsonian Institution, long regarded as a trusted keeper of the nation’s shared history, has spent the summer fighting to defend its independence.
Blue Rain Gallery is pleased to present The Good, the Bad and the Raven, a new exhibition of glass sculpture by internationally acclaimed Tlingit artist Preston Singletary, on view August 14–27, 2026, in Santa Fe. Created in collaboration with bestselling author Garth Stein, the exhibition debuts a new body of work that brings the rich storytelling traditions of the Northwest Coast into dialogue with the complexities of the modern world.
Weaving—the process of interlacing various sets of threads—is one of the oldest and most significant forms of craft in human history. Weaving techniques were already known in the Paleolithic period and employed to make baskets, ropes, and shelter out of plants and branches. The oldest textiles, also crafted with plant fibers, were found in Peru and dated to around 10,000 B.C.
Santa Fe Art Auction’s Native Market sale will be held this year from August 11th through 13th, featuring nearly 600 lots of classic to contemporary Pueblo and Indigenous art from throughout the United States and beyond. Each year, the auction is held just prior to SWAIA’s famous Indian Market, Santa Fe’s most renowned annual event and the largest market for Indigenous art in the world. The auction will begin live online at 9:30 MST each day, with a hosted preview reception held on Friday, August 7th.
Few artists have embraced advancements in reproduction and new digital technologies with the gusto of British-born, universally loved artist David Hockney (1937-2026).
