MUSEUMS — Recent Stories and All-Time Faves From Around the World

MCA Chicago's NICK CAVE: FOROTHERMORE retrospective showcases artist's kaleidoscopic style across a three-decade career

National Museum of Mexican Art MACHA, December 15, 2022, National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th St., Chicago, IL, Free

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 — UK Natural History Museum

SJMA's exhibit KELLY AKASHI: FORMATIONS features works inspired by the natural world and the artist's family history. Review by Lily LeaVesseur

Natural History Museum (London) WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – Interview with Competition Juror Dr. Natalie Cooper

Elmhurst Art Museum NATURE'S BLUEPRINTS: BIOMIMICRY in ART and DESIGN — PICTURE PREVIEW - June 17 - August 14, 2022

Center for Italian Modern Art STAGING INJUSTICE: ITALIAN ART 1880-1917, a group show exploring Italian painting and sculpture

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology presents Head to Toe, exploring the history of women’s fashion by examining accessories

Dr. Diana Marsh talks about changing nature of museums and her recent work on access for Native and Indigenous communities

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents COMICS: 1960S TO NOW and Department of Cultural Affairs presents WHERE COMICS CAME TO LIFE

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago presents Nick Cave Retrospective, a career-spanning retrospective on the Chicagoan artist, Nick Cave

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's CHICAGO COMICS: 1960s to Now, celebrates Chicago’s role as a national center for comics and cartooning

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza presents the results of the restoration work that had been done in full view to the public

McAninch Arts Center Presents FRIDA KAHLO LECTURES Report— how Kahlo portrays her voice in her art, especially through animals

McAninch Arts Center Presents FOLK ART TO FINE ART Review--Cesáreo Moreno Lecture - a prelude to the much anticipated Frida Kahlo exhibit

Whitney Museum Presents DAWOUD BEY: AN AMERICAN PROJECT – Preview Photographer Dawoud Bey's career retrospective, entitled An American Project

Whitney Museum of American Art hosts Madeline Hollander’s first U.S. solo museum exhibition. The is the artist’s first video installation

Whitney Museum of American Art presents Working Together: The Photographers of the Kamoinge Workshop is an exhibition of over 150 photographs

Gray New York presents Reframing Minimalism: McArthur Binion and his Contemporaries in New York, 1973 – 1992.

Whitney Museum of American Art presents Salman Toor’s first solo museum exhibition creating views of young, queer men living in New York City

Museo de Pedro de Osmo of BARRANCO Lima Peru provides a compact intro to Peruvian cuture through religious art & a special Andean exhibit

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in the Barranco section of Lima Peru caters to locals interested in modern art, giving tourists a view of local tastes

MATE - Museo Mario Testino showcases the work of local fashion and celebrity photographer Mario Testino, a top pick museum of locals

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza Presents BALENCIAGA AND SPANISH PAINTING – PREVIEW

PIEGARO GLASS MUSEUM Umbria Italy Review – Ancient Glassworks Frozen in Time preserving medieval glass making techniques and glass antiques

Museo Larco Lima Peru Tour Review - chock full of pre-Columbian treasures in pristine condition that startles. Recommended to visit twice if possible.

Saint Teresa Colonial Art Museum AREQUIPA PERU TOUR, is a hidden in plain sight art oasis, with interesting deconstructions of how the art is made

MATERA PEASANT MUSEUM Review – History Unpacked from Attic Trunks --- a recommended followup to a Matera Cave Museum tour, especially for history buffs

MCA Presents Ingri Fiksdal’s STATE Review – For Fashion Textile Lovers - Now through Sunday February 10, followed by a free event next week at "The Bean"

MCA Tatsu Aoki’s TAIKO LEGACY 15 and REDUCTION 6 Preview, , Saturday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Museum of Contemporary Art

Juanita de Arequipa mummy at Museo Santuarios Andinos is presented in a dramatic fashion, re-telling what her experience would have been as a human sacrifice in Inca times