August 2025 Art News

The Buffalo AKG announced that Northern Lights, a celebration of the boreal ecozone’s influence on Nordic and Canadian artists, will open at the museum on Friday, August 1, and will remain on view through January 12, 2026. The exhibition is jointly organized by the Buffalo AKG and the Fondation Beyeler, where it opened on January 26 in Basel, Switzerland.

One of the greatest artists of the medieval Northern Renaissance, iconoclastic Netherlander Hieronymus Bosch created highly detailed surrealistic works centered around religious themes.

The Met’s Emily Sargent: Portrait of a Family presents a thoughtfully curated glimpse of the Sargent family, centering primarily on the long overlooked watercolor paintings of Emily, sister to the illustrious John Singer Sargent. 

A visual history of Zoroastrianism—allegedly humanity’s oldest monotheistic religion—materializes only to the most determined eyes. Buried under millennia of crucifixes, stars of David, and crescent moons, symbols of this four-thousand-year-old faith have been overshadowed and repurposed as cultural and political motifs; yet like its worshippers, Zoroastrian art has not vanished, but rather learned silently to adapt and influence.

The Tampa Museum of Art announces the opening of In a New Light: American Impressionism 1870–1940, Works from the Bank of America Collection, on view from August 7 through November 30, 2025. This sweeping exhibition brings together over 100 works by more than 75 artists to explore the evolution and uniquely American adaptation of Impressionism. The exhibition showcases the diversity, beauty, and depth of regional art colonies across the country, from New Hope and Taos to Carmel and Cape Ann.

Jonah Lobe is responsible for some of the most iconic characters in the video game phenomena Skyrim, Fallout 3, and Fallout 4– including the Skyrim Dragon and the Fallout Deathclaw.

Gold is perhaps the most iconic metal—an immortal symbol of wealth. Even in the ancient world, this precious resource was an object of great attention, highly desired yet hard to find. The Romans and Greeks were able to locate it in its purest form, however, only in a limited number of areas and in the form of nuggets from mines or small particles collected from rivers or desert sand.

In the Palestre Grande of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, a new exhibit–Essere Donna Nell’antica (To Be a Woman in Antiquity)– offers visitors a glimpse into what life was like for the women of the ancient city.

Santa Fe Art Auction’s annual Native Market sale will be held this year from August 12th through 14th, prior to SWAIA’s Santa Fe Indian Market—a vibrant, renowned annual event and the largest market for Indigenous art in the world. Native Market will feature many fine works by Pueblo and Indigenous artists, spanning from traditional pieces from the mid-nineteenth century to contemporary art from Native artists practicing today, many of whom have exhibited and won awards at Indian Market.