December is a festive season filled with fun, present selection, and the excitement of Christmas celebrations. An art connoisseur’s schedule is also tightly packed before holidays, with galleries and museums opening festive exhibitions for holiday pastimes. If you’re a fan of abstract impressionist art, here is a list of the best December events featuring paintings by the talented contemporary artist Vian Borchert.

A recent interview at IsraeliCulture.Info with Dr. Alek D. Epstein, the newly appointed Artistic Director of the Moshe Castel Museum of Jewish Israeli Art in Ma’ale Adumim, Israel (the only dedicated art museum in Judea and Samaria), reveals his first-hand insights into how the institution has evolved into a dynamic cultural landmark.

Nel Art Gallery is getting ready for the upcoming summer season in the African continent by opening a new solo exhibition by Dave Robertson, titled Glimmers. Opened on November 6, the art show runs through November 29, inviting Cape Town’s residents and visitors to get acquainted with the art of the talented South African artist. 

Naum Knop’s legacy in 20th-century sculpture is hard to overestimate. This Argentinian sculptor, who was taught the art of carpentry by his father, introduced revolutionary art forms and ideas throughout his long creative career. At present, the Naum Knop Foundation, created by Knop’s son, is the proud holder of 1,000+ artworks by the master, and Fine Art Shippers’ art storage facility in Upper Manhattan has been entrusted to preserve nine of the wooden ones.

Despite being home to many exclusive art pieces and a holder of multi-billion-euro art collections, the Louvre was robbed again. The audacious, bold Louvre Museum robbery occurred on October 19, 2025, in the open daylight, requiring only four to seven minutes. Masked thieves entered the exhibition room with France’s royal jewels using a mechanical ladder, while two more thieves entered the museum to neutralize the guards. Once the heist was committed, the gang escaped using mopeds.

Culturally Arts Collective continues to find rare talents across the globe, opening them up to global audiences with the help of digital replicas of physical exhibitions. This time, it’s the turn of Rohen Jones to step into a new phase of international visibility thanks to the gallery replication of his recent exhibition at Taylor Books in Charleston, WV, titled “For the Sake of Drawing.”

Within almost a year after his father’s passing, William Josephs Radford has covered multiple stages in the contemplation of his grief and mourning of loss. Following the February project “White Knight,” the artist has released two more photography projects in this series, each with a distinct set of experimental techniques worth a closer look.