Fellows News (July-September 2026)

Recently we reached out to our Fellows in hopes of learning more about what was happening in their professional lives—and the responses came flooding in! 

Below, you’ll find a roundup of news—awards, book and album releases, exhibits, promotions, and more—all taking place in July, August, or September of 2026.  

Fellows, thank you for sharing these events with us. 

If you’re a Fellow and would like to share information about an upcoming project, you can do so here. We’ll share more in the coming months.  

Fine Arts & Photography: 

“Stitched Cosmos,” a solo exhibition by Jennifer West (2026 Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts) is on at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice as part of the Venice Biennale until July 7.  

The photography of Catherine Wagner (1987 Fellow in Photography) is included in “Boom and Bust: Photographing Northern California,” an exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.  

“The Shadow Out of Time,” a solo exhibit by Sebastián Díaz Morales (2009 Fellow in Film-Video), is at carlier | gebauer in Madrid through July 25.  

Work by Sandow Birk (1995 Fellow in Fine Arts) is included in “America 250: Common Threads” at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art now till July 27.  

“Lost Horizon,” a show by Elliott Green (1993 Fellow in Fine Arts), is currently on at Miles McEnery Gallery through August 14.  

The work of Greta Pratt (2024 Fellow in Photography) is included in “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit” at Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle through August 16. 

Itziar Barrio (2024 Fellow in Film-Video) is included in “Outside Linear Time,” a show at the Harvest Works Building on Governors Island, through August 23.  

The sculptures of Jude Griebel (2026 Fellow in Fine Arts) are included in “The Ark,” a group exhibition at Powerhouse Arts in New York, on through August 30.  

“Pleas of Resistance,” a mid-career survey of the work of Carlos Motta (2008 Fellow in Fine Arts), is currently on display at OK Linz in Austria through September 13.  

Affrilachia: Testimonies, a monograph by Chris Aluka Berry (2026 Fellow in Photography), is included in the exhibition Photobooks USA: 2000-2025 at the International Center of Photography now through September 28. 

The work of Sheida Soleimani (2026 Fellow in Photography) is included in "Guggenheim Pop: 1960-Now," on until January 10, 2027.

“Commander Lowell,” an exhibition of the work of Molly Springfield (2025 Fellow in Fine Arts), will be at Zander Galerie Paris from July 2-August 1.  

“Enemies and Rascals,” a site-specific sound installation by Terence Gower (2010 Fellow in Fine Arts) will be at the Original Cell in the Maughan Library, King’s College London, from July 3 to October 18.  

"Hidden Realities,” a solo exhibition by Edward Bakst (1981 Fellow in Film), will open July 4 at the Arts Society of Kingston.  

“Conversations with Crows,” an exhibition of work by Fariba Hajamadi (2026 Fellow in Fine Arts), will be at Pavilhão Julião Sarmento in Lisbon starting July 4.  

“Weathering Time,” a collection of photographs by Nancy Floyd (2022 Fellow in Photography) will be exhibited at the Galerie Huit Arles starting July 6. The collection was recently announced as the 2026 OtiopenWalls Spotlight series winner.  

“Questioning from the Inside,” a retrospective of Sohyun Bae (2007 Fellow in Fine Arts), will be at the Susquehanna Art Museum from July 18 to October 18.* 

"New Work” by Daniel Heyman (2010 Fellow in Fine Arts) will be at Gallery Schoolhouse in Provincetown, MA July 24-August 11.  

“The Unintended Blues,” a solo exhibition by Leslie Wayne (2017 Fellow in Fine Arts), will be at the Arts Center at Governor’s Island from July 24-September 27.  

The work of Catherine Wagner (1987 Fellow in Photography) will be included in “Ecstatic Time: The Alchemy of Photography” at the Phoenix Art Museum from July 29, 2026-January 3, 2027.  

Cast of Mind, a book by and about the work of B. Ingrid Olson (2025 Guggenheim Fellow in Fine Arts), will be out in July. In addition, a solo exhibition of her work is on a Keijiban in Kanazawa, Japan through July 31.* 

Tania Candiani (2011 Fellow in Fine Arts) currently has work in six different exhibitions, in museums and galleries all around the world. See more at her website.  

Jennifer Sirey (2024 Fellow in Fine Arts) is currently 2025-2026 Sharpe Walentas Studio Program Fellow.  

Film, Performance Arts, and Music: 

The Criterion Channel is featuring a full retrospective of the work of Kimi Takesue (2005 Fellow in Film).* 

“Endurance Protocols: 36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea,” an exhibit by Sarah Cameron Sunde (2021 Fellow in Drama & Performance Art), is on now through September 29 at New York University.  

“Glowing,” a new film by Beth B (2022 Fellow in Film-Video), will be screened at the Roxy Cinema in New York along with “Exposed” and “Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over” for select dates starting July 15.  

“Via Auditus,” a new work for string quartet and neuro electronics by Gene Coleman (2014 Fellow in Music Composition), will premiere at the Chigiana Music Festival in Siena, Italy on July 17.  

“Fellow Travelers,” an opera adaptation of a novel by Thomas Mallon (2000 Fellow in Fiction) will be at the San Diego Opera July 10-12.  

On July 17, Samuel Nigro (2007 Fellow in Fine Arts) will undertake the Vermont 100 Endurance run as part of an ongoing embodied practice related to his work with stone.  

Elena Ruehr (2014 Fellow in Music Composition) will be a composer-in-residence at the Eureka Chamber Music Festival from July 18-26. Her sixth piano trio and third violin sonata will be premiered. 

Gwen Marie Laster (2025 Fellow in Music Composition) will be an artist in residence at MacDowell starting July 24.  

“On Tenderness,” a new work by Molissa Fenley (2008 Fellow in Choreography) will debut at the Tese dei Soppalchi at the Arsenale of the Biennale in Venice on July 26 and 27.  

“The Past Is Present,” a film screening featuring the work of Christy Chan (2022 Fellow in Fine Arts), will be held at the Asia Art Archive in America on July 30.  

Miguel Gutierrez (2010 Fellow in Choreography) will be an artist-in-residence at the p.a.n.d.a. festival in Vermont and the Bates Dance Festival in Maine in July.  

Books:  

Dreams of Empire: A History of the Ottomans, a book by Carter V. Findley (2003 Fellow in Near Eastern Studies), will be published on July 3.  

Utopia, a book by Duncan Bell and Douglas Mao (2004 Fellow in English Literature), will be published on July 3.  

Tree of Knowledge, a collection of poetry by Victoria Chang (2017 Fellow in Poetry), will be published on July 7.  

Making Gay History, a memoir by John D’Emilio (1998 Fellow in U.S. History), will be published on July 7.  

“Lifeways: A Triptych,” an essay by Roberto Tejada (2021 Fellow in Poetry), will appear in Art &, Volume 2 from the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art on July 7.  

The Poems of Catullus, translated by Stephanie McCarter (2025 Fellow in Translation), will be published on July 14.  

It Will Come Back to You, a collection of stories by Sigrid Nunez (2020 Fellow in Fiction), will be published on July 14.  

Cloudthief, a novel by Nathaniel Rich (2025 Fellow in General Nonfiction), will be published July 14.*  

The Complete Works of John Milton, edited by Thomas N. Corns and David Loewenstein (1995 Fellow in English Literature), will be published July 19.   

In the Scholar’s Workshop: Hidden Histories of Collaboration and Authorship, a book by Ann Blair (2014 Fellow in Intellectual & Cultural History), will be published July 21.  

Answering Scepticism: Understanding Understanding, Understanding Reason, a book by Tyler Burge (1977 Fellow in Philosophy), will be published July 21.  

Yellow Pine, a novel by Claire Vaye Watkins (2014 Fellow in Fiction), will be published on July 21.  

The Rise and Fall of the Republic of West Delphi by Kathryn Kramer will be published July 28.  

Beginning Middle End, a novel by Valeria Luiselli (2020 Fellow in Fiction), will be published on July 28.*  

Other News:  

Constantino Tsallis (1982 Fellow in Physics) will receive the 2026 Sigma Phi Prize at the Sigma Phi Conference on Statistical Physics in Crete, Greece this month.  

Christopher Irmscher (2026 Fellow in Literary Criticism) will deliver the Keynote Lecture, “Henry James and the Intelligence of Flowers,” at the 10th International Conference of the Henry James Society in Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 14-18.  

Richard Goodkin (2006 Fellow in French Literature) will appear on the podcast “Let’s Have a Renaissance” on July 29.  

Fine Arts & Photography: 

Work from Guanyu Xu (2026 Fellow in Photography) will be included in the exhibition Vantage Point Sharjah at the Sharjah Art Foundation on August 8.* 

“Halloween,” a book of photographs by Larry Racioppo (1997 Fellow in Photography), will be published August 11.*  

“The Last Firefly,” a solo photography exhibition by Elijah Gowin (2008 Fellow in Photography), will be at Volland Store in Alma, Kansas, starting August 15.  

“Book of Miracles,” a photographic series by Tanya Marcuse (2002 Fellow in Photography), will open at the Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, NY on August 22.  

“Mexico Masks / Rituals,” a collection of photographs by Phyllis Galembo (2014 Fellow in Photography), will open at the Albany Institute of History & Art on August 29.*  

Film, Performance Arts, and Music: 

“Lili Elbe,” an opera by Tobias Picker (1980 Fellow in Music Composition), will have its U.S. premiere at the Santa Fe Opera August 1-27.  

“Panoramic View,” a film by Pola Rapaport (2002 Fellow in Film-Video), will show at the Flickers Film Festival in Rhode Island August 4-9.  

“Free Joan Little,” a film by Yoruba Richen (2012 Fellow in Film-Video), will show at the BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia August 6-9.  

“Juego del Tiempo,” an acclaimed dance work by Gerardo Litvak (2003 Fellow in Choreography) and Margarita Bali (1998 Fellow in Choreography) will show at Galpón de Guevara in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturdays in August and September starting August 8.  

Donald Vega (2023 Fellow in Music Composition) will release his latest album, “Play It Forward,” on August 21.  

“Piano Quintet” (2004), a work by Chester Biscardi (1979 Fellow in Music Composition), is being featured at the Maverick Music Festival in Woodstock, NY on August 23.  

“Claude & Marcel,” a new opera by composer Alyssa Weinberg and librettist Stephanie Fleischmann (2026 Fellow in Drama & Performance Art), will have its orchestration preview at SFMOMA’s Wattis Theatre on August 23.  

“Floating Metal: UNDERcurrents in My Father’s Garden,” a new work by nia love (2026 Fellow in Choreography) will debut at Florida State University’s Museum of Fine Art on August 27.  

Books:  

Translating “Teacher’s Pest” and Other Medieval French Farces for Actors, Scholars, and Students by Jody Enders (1998 Fellow in Medieval Literature) will be out August 2.  

Along the Diagonal, a book of essays by Roberto Tejada (2021 Fellow in Poetry), will be published August 4.  

Etna, a novel by Paul Yoon (2021 Fellow in Fiction), will be published August 4.  

Heartmoor, a poetry collection by Mihaela Moscaliuc (2025 Fellow in Poetry), will be published August 11.  

The graphic novel adaptation of Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman (1997 Fellow in General Nonfiction) will be published August 11.  

Political Leaders at a Distance: Methods of Analyzing Personality, a book by David G. Winter (1971 Fellow in Psychology), will be published August 12.  

Against Certainty, a collection of poems by Scott Cairns (2006 Fellow in Poetry), will be published August 18.  

Anarchitecture After Everything: A Trans Manifesto, a book by Jack Halberstam (2024 Fellow in Theatre and Performance Studies), will be published August 18.* 

Jean Toomer: Writer for a New America, a biography by George Hutchison (2011 Fellow in American Literature), will be published August 18.  

Uncovering Antioch: The Ancient City and Its Lost Treasures of Mosaic Art, a book by Robert Kanigel (2008 Fellow in General Nonfiction), will be published August 25.  

Makeshift, a novel by Peter Rock (2014 Fellow in Fiction), will be published August 25.  

Other News: 

“Understanding the Heliospheric Shield: Laying the Groundwork to Predict Habitable Astropheres,” an article by Merav Opher (2025 Fellow in Astronomy-Astrophysics), will be out in the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics this month.*  

Brandon Hobson (2022 Fellow in Fiction) will be the David A. Burr Endowed Chair of Lettters in Creative Writing at the University of Oklahoma starting this month.  

Fine Arts & Photography: 

Tetsuya Yamada (2023 Fellow in Fine Arts) will be featured in the 2026 Toronto Biennial in September.  

Looking Inside: Women with Life Sentences, by Sara Bennett (2024 Fellow in Photography), will be published September 8. 

Henry John Drewal (2004 Fellow in African Studies) will guest curate an exhibition called “African Arts: Ancient Roots, Enduring Values” at the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University, which will open to the public on September 10. The exhibition of a larger collaborative project called "Thresholds: The Otherworld is Home" and includes work by five contemporary African Diaspora artists: Aisha Tandiwe Bell, Portia Cobb, Stephen Hamilton, Daniel Minter, and Iké Udé. 

Amanda Church (2015 Fellow in Fine Arts) will be featured in The Pursuit of Happiness exhibition on September 10.  

Janet Biggs’ (2018 Fellow in X) solo exhibition Path of Totality, will be presented by the Cristin Tierney Gallery on September 10th through October 24. 

Margaret Honda (2022 Fellow in Fine Arts) will be featured in the exhibition Coyote Time, on September 12. 

Kathe Burkhart (2017 Fellow in Fine Arts) will be featured in the Ten Years of Fierman exhibition on September 16.   

A solo exhibition titled We Are a Constellation, by Mark Thomas Gibson (2022 Fellow in Fine Arts), will open at Fleisher/Ollman in Philadelphia on September 17. 

Crystal Z Campbell (2021 Fellow in Fine Arts) will debut a solo exhibition After Touch: Mimosa Pudica, with Rivalry from September 18 – October 30. 

Much Here Is Beautiful: Photography Surveys of the U.S. Bicentennial, featuring work by Mark Klett (2004 Fellow in Photography), will open at the Smithsonian American Art Museum on September 18. 

Monica Majoli (2026 Fellow in Fine Arts) will have an exhibition at the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archive in West Hollywood with LAND (the Los Angeles Nomadic Division), running from September 19-November 21.

Lothar Osterburg’s (2010 Fellow in Fine Arts), Cabinet of Wonders, will be exhibited in the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum until October. 

Deanna Dikeman’s (2023 Fellow in Photography) exhibition, Leaving and Waving, will be featured at the Images Vevey Festival. 

Film, Performance Arts, and Music: 

Fancy Dancer, by Larissa FastHorse (2025 Fellow in Indigenous Studies), will have a regional premiere at History Theatre in St. Paul, MN on September 12. 

Rufus Lamar Reid (2008 Fellow in Music Composition) will be featured in the Monterey Jazz Festival on September 25. 

Books: 

Sidekick, a collection of poems, by Naomi Shihab Nye (1997 Fellow in Poetry), will be published September 1.  

American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump, a biography, by Kai Bird (1984 Fellow in General nonfiction), will be published September 1. 

Switzy, a novel by Emma Cline (2024 Fellow in Fiction), will be published September 8. 

Curved Air: A Biography of Sickle Cell Anemia and the Quest to Cure the First Molecular Disease, by Kevin Davies (2017 Fellow in Science Writing), will be published September 8.  

The Emancipationists: Nineteenth-Century Jews' Campaign for Citizenship, by David Sorkin (2005 Fellow in German & East European History), will be published September 8. 

How Bright the Path Grows: The Women Who Made the March on Washington, a narrative history, by Marcia Chatelain (2025 Fellow in Intellectual & Cultural History), will be published September 9. 

The Unbecoming, poems, by Kathy Fagan (2023 Fellow in Poetry), will be published September 22.  

A History of Timelessness: Constructing Authenticity at the Ise Shrines, an expanded and revised English version, by Jordan Sand (2022 Fellow in East Asian Studies), will be published September 2026.  

Days & Chances, the sixth book of poems by Joanna Klink (2019 Fellow in Poetry), will be published September 15.  

Bunny Matthews: His Life, Art, and Obsessions, a monograph, by Michael Tisserand (2025 Fellow in General Nonfiction), will be published September 18.  

Governing Growth: The Postwar Transformations of Capitalism and Democracy by Peter A. Hall (2018 Fellow in Political Science), will be published September 22. 

Soul City: Oakland, U.S.A., a photographic archive, by Ken Light (2021 Fellow in Photography), will be published September 22.  

How to Truly Love: An Ancient Guide to a Life of Kindness, a translation of a fifth-century Buddhist meditation guide, by Maria Heim (2005 Fellow in Religion), will be published September 29.   

PLY, a novel by Hernan Diaz (2022 Fellow in Fiction), will be published September 29th. 

Darkness Becomes Bright: On the Brief Life and Immortal Art of Edgar Allan Poe, by Emily Ogden (2026 Fellow in General Nonfiction), will be published September 29. 

Other News:  

Rebecca Donner (2022 Fellow in General Nonfiction) will begin a Fellowship at the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.  

Christian McMillen (2026 Fellow in U.S. History) will be member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study beginning in September. 

Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens American Democracy, an article, by Suzanne Mettler (2019 Fellow in Political Science), will be published September 23. 

*Denotes Guggenheim Fellowship project