SEE & BE SEEN: Discovering Art that Inspires!
- Maryam Marne Zafar
- Aug 29
- 2 min read
When Mia Guides travel we look to explore art that is not usually seen. That's some of the best places to see artists are local and yes, near to home. This month the focus is on current and future exhibitions throughout the United
States ... plus a few good art book reads for relaxing at home or on vacation.
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NYC, NY
The Magical City: George Morrison’s New York
Through May 26, 2026
THE DRAWING CENTER, New York City, NY
In The Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney Through September 14, 2025
RISD MUSEUM, Providence, RI
Liz Collins: Motherlode
Through January 11, 2026
CCS BARD HESSEL MUSEUM OF ART, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghad Modern Art Group
Through November 20
MFA BOSTON, Boston, MA Rituals for Remembering: Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons and Ana Mendieta Through February 15, 2026 https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/rituals-for-remembering-maria-magdalena-campos-pons-and-ana-mendieta
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Philadelphia, PA Mavis Pusey: Mobile Images
Through December 7, 2025
MORGAN LIBRARY and MUSEUM, New York City, NY
A Live Mind: Jane Austen at 250
Through September 14, 2026
ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
Gustave Caillbotte: Painting His World
Through October 5, 2025
HIGH MUSEUM OF ART, Atlanta, GA
Faith Ringgold: Seeing Children
Through October 12, 2025
SITE SANTA FE, Santa Fe, NM
Internationals
Through January 25, 2025
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Houston, TX
Floating World: A.A. Murakami
Through September 21, 2025
GETTY CENTER, Atlanta, GA
Queer Lens: A History of Photography
Through September 28, 2025
NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART, Kansas City, MO
Wrapped Walk Ways
Through January 18, 2026
DENVER ART MUSEUM, Denver, CO
Ink & Thread: Codices and the Art of Storytelling
On View Now
ICA MIAMI, Miami, FL
Mildren Thompson: Frequencies
Through October 12, 2025
BERKELEY ART MUSEUM, Berkeley, CA
Lee Shinja: Drawing with Thread
Through February 1, 2025
INTERESTING READS:
The Painter's Fire
By Zara Anishanslin
Harvard University Press
Clouds
By Edward Graham
Princeton University Press
The Color of Clothes
By Cally Blackman
Thames and Hudson
The Shakers: A World in the Making
Contributions by Glenn Adamson, Aaron Betsy, Jeffrey de Blois, Chris L. Halstrom, Mabel Wilson, et. al.
Vitra Art Museum
Ruth Asawa: The Tamarind Prints
Edited by Cara Manes, Dominika Tylcz
Museum of Modern Art
Ordinary People: Photorealism and the Work of Art since 1968
Edited with text by Anna Katz. Text by Gabriela Rodriquez-Gomez, Karin G. Gen, Dhyandra Lawson and Cynthia Daignault
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
And for that late night, a surprisingly read by an author that is an actor…
An Object of Beauty: A Novel
By Steve Martin
Grand Central Publishing
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