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The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Art Institute of Chicago has agreed to restitute Jean Metzinger’s 1913 painting “Woman With a Fan” to the heirs of Jewish collector Emanuel Lewenstein, concluding it was likely a forced sale...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has begun a six-month study to measure bacteria on the surface of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch (1642) as part of its five-year “Operation Night Watch” restoration and...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The UK government has placed an export bar on Rembrandt’s Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet (1657), valued at £71m, calling it the most expensive object ever to receive national-treasure status under the...
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Artnet News reports that the Rijksmuseum will mount a major Willem de Kooning survey in Amsterdam in October, featuring more than 120 works and billed as the largest European exhibition of his art in...
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A painting depicting the interior of Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Kerk and likely by Dutch Golden Age artist Hendrick van der Burgh has been identified as Nazi-looted property from the collection of Dutch...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
A late-June European heatwave, with temperatures in the mid-to-high 30s Celsius, has highlighted uneven museum preparedness for climate extremes, as some institutions serve as air-conditioned refuges...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Art Newspaper revealed a previously unknown “Gachet Archive” containing extensive material from Dr. Paul Gachet (1828–1909)—Vincent van Gogh’s physician in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890—and Gachet’s...
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ARTnews’s June 12, 2026 “Industry Moves” roundup reports that conservation scientist Francesca Casadio, currently vice president and Grainger Executive Director of Conservation and Science at the Art...
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A French judge has ruled that a judicial court in Rouen, Normandy, can proceed with a lawsuit brought by heirs of Claude Monet against Wildenstein & Co. The complaint concerns a 2004 exchange in...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
A podcast episode from The Art Newspaper reviews New York’s recent auctions, noting record-setting prices for works by Jackson Pollock, Constantin Brancusi, and Mark Rothko alongside more mixed...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Art detective Arthur Brand announced that Toon Kelder’s painting Portrait of a Young Girl has been found hanging in a home near Utrecht in the possession of heirs of Dutch SS commander Hendrik...
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A Dutch government-appointed Committee on Heirless Jewish Looted Art recommended transferring guardianship of “orphaned” Nazi-looted objects in the Netherlands Art Property Collection (the NK...
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To mark its 50th anniversary, Museum Ludwig in Cologne has mounted a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition featuring more than 300 works spanning sculptures, paintings, and immersive installations. The...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama said he is considering legal action after alleging he was assaulted by police during a traffic dispute in Tamale in Ghana’s Northern Region over the weekend of 21–22...
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Artnet News reports that the Louvre is lending its marble sculpture “Sleeping Hermaphroditus” to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The work will be shown in the Rijksmuseum’s forthcoming exhibition...