September 2025 Art News

Before he had reached the age of 30, Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) did something that some of his fellow artists considered somewhat odd: Dürer, a highly skilled painter, devoted a significant portion of his artistic output not to the lucrative creation of paintings but to the making of multiples—woodcuts and engravings intended not as versions of paintings or illustrations for books but to be collected and enjoyed as works of art in their own right. 

The exhibition, Painting Without Rules, is not only an immersion into American abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler’s work, but it is also an opportunity to see and understand how friendships among committed artists are important.

203 Fine Art is pleased to present Second Wave: The Beginning of a Post-War Era, an exhibition  that explores the lasting influence of artists who, supported by the GI Bill, helped shape the  evolving artistic landscape of Taos, New Mexico in the years following World War II.  

Alone, occupying a single wall in the Parrish Art Museum’s light-drenched first gallery space in Water Mill, NY is an improbably massive (10 feet by 20 feet by 1 inch), strangely delicate sculpture that the artist refers to as a painting. Enigmatically titled Fern Friend Grief Growth (2024), it is made of marble and acrylic on plaster-coated canvas mounted to medium-density fiberboard.

At a time when climate change solutions feel farther from the national agenda than they have in years, cultural institutions across the United States are staging exhibitions that seem like well-timed efforts to keep the environmental conversation alive.

Leonardo da Vinci and his works have attained a level of global notoriety unparalleled by many other artists. His paintings, inventions, drawings, and codices are coveted by art and history institutions as testaments to his genius and technical prowess.

This September, Studio Shop Gallery, the oldest retail business in Burlingame and one of California’s longest-standing art galleries, celebrates a remarkable milestone: 110  years of connecting people with fine art, custom framing, and community. Established in 1915,  the gallery has not only survived – it has flourished – through wars, challenging economic times,  shifting cultural landscapes, and a rapidly evolving art market.  

Influencer marketing has been a mainstay of consumer brands for years, but only recently have museums embraced the trend with the same enthusiasm. With about 300 million people globally considering themselves content creators, there are plenty of partners to choose from.