Weekly Round Up of the Week of the 5 January
/The Producer’s picks for this week’s news relevant to the photography, art, design and production industries
The MoMA considers “The Idea of Africa” in an expansive new show
How did portraiture shape a vision of pan-African possibility? A new show at New York’s Museum of Modern Art explores the ways images of everyday citizens informed political ideology.
By Her Hand by Ellen Konar & Steve Goldband
A Holocaust survivor reclaimed dignity through a blouse sewn from salvaged fabric, a garment that carried her from liberation to a new life in America. By Her Hand weaves photographs, documents, and maps around that blouse to honor resilience, memory, and the enduring strength of human life amid atrocity.
The most exciting museum openings in 2026
From the idyllic Slovenian countryside to the heart of Los Angeles, here are ten of the biggest new and expanded museums opening this year.
Art World Insiders Make Their New Year’s Predictions for 2026
Despite the instability of 2025, the art world showed signs of resilience and renewal toward the year’s end.
With major fairs expanding to the Gulf and landmark biennials returning, 2026 promises a revealing and potentially revitalizing chapter for the global art market.
In 2026, Democracy Needs Museums
As the United States marks its 250th, institutions must resist the pull to simply commemorate and instead communicate the relevance of history.