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ARTnews.com
Belu-Simion Fainaru, the artist representing Israel at the forthcoming Venice Biennale, issued a statement to ARTnews rejecting calls to exclude Israel and saying, “As an artist, I do not support...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic’s roundup, introduced by senior editor Valentina Di Liscia, spotlights Ed Simon’s essay on Salvador Dalí’s religious paintings and his “nuclear mysticism,” which fused quantum physics...
ARTnews.com
The Uffizi Gallery in Florence denied claims that a February 1 cyber attack gave hackers sweeping access to its systems, after Corriere della Sera reported on April 3 that attackers demanded a ransom...
Artnet News
Artnet News reported on 2 April 2026 that experts are raising alarms after a brazen heist at Italy’s Magnani-Rocca Foundation. The article frames the theft as a serious security breach at a museum...
Artnet News
Thieves stole three works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Henri Matisse, and Paul Cézanne from the Magnani Rocca Foundation’s villa museum near Parma, Italy, on the night of March 22, 2026, according to...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic reports that online commenters reacted intensely to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly acquired “Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist” (1512–13), recently identified as...
ARTnews.com
ARTnews reports that the Venice Biennale’s Central Pavilion in the Giardini has been fully renovated ahead of the Biennale’s May 2026 opening, with a total budget of €31 million (about $36 million)....
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro said on March 19 that Russia’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale would be closed if it engages in propaganda, while also arguing that Venice should remain a place for...