Current news about artist Margaret Murphy 2025/ 2026

UPCOMING

Phillips Collection Juried Invitational August 1 - Sept. 20, 2026


My painting "WHETHER THE WOMEN LIKE IT OR NOT", will be in this group exhibition, Summer 2026.


The exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection.

Made possible, in part, by the Frauke de Looper Trust.


https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/2026-08-01-juried-invitational

"WHETHER THE WOMEN LIKE IT OR NOT"

Oil, acrylic, vinyl letters on wood panel, 30" x 22", 2025


Maryland artists push back against 'culture of censorship'The Baltimore Sun, Nov 10, 2025
Smithsonian Archives of American Art

I am pleased to announce that The Garage archives are now part of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art collection. The archives include exhibition postcards, newspaper reviews - such as the March 6, 2005 New York Times review of Girl Talk—online reviews, exhibition photographs, guest sign-in books, and artifacts from several garage door and indoor exhibition installations. The collection will be accessible online and in the Smithsonian archive location in the near future.


The Archives of American Art is the world’s preeminent and most widely used research center dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to primary sources that document the history of the visual arts in America. https://www.aaa.si.edu/

DC Art Bank Collection and Grant
My painting Vanitas, #BLM has been acquired by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities for its Art Bank Collection. FY 2026 Art Bank Program grant.


https://dcarts.dc.gov/public-art/art-bank

Artist Talk

Moore College of Art, March 2025

Foundations Program

MSAC Grants for Artists Award, March 2025
Special Project Residency 14C, spring 2025

I am participating in this special project residency in Jersey City from February 1st through April 13th.

@project14C

A final presentation and open studio will take place April 11th, 6-9pm, 12th & 13th from 1-4pm.

157B First Street, Jersey City, NJ