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The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
On 26 February 2026, the Vancouver Art Gallery announced a gift of more than 800 photographs by Stephen Shore from the Chan family, largely from Shore’s landmark “Uncommon Places” series (1973–81)....
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Artnet News reported that Christie’s is launching its first New York auction devoted to anime and manga, with the story published on 27 February 2026 (site date line: 28 February 2026). The article...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic reported that Los Angeles artist Judy Baca denied allegations that she misused a $5 million grant connected to an iconic LA mural project. The article focuses on Baca’s response to...
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The provided excerpt for ARTnews’s article “Ukraine Adopts New Resolution on Evacuating Museum Objects From Conflict Zones” does not include the article’s readable body text, so key factual details...
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Laurence des Cars has resigned as director of the Louvre amid a series of crises at the museum. Artnet News reports her departure follows a $102 million jewel heist, a ticket fraud scheme, multiple...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Ukraine has adopted a government resolution intended to simplify the evacuation of more than three million pieces of cultural property from frontline areas as the war with Russia enters its fifth...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Art Newspaper reported on 23 February 2026 that Ukrainian-born jewellery artist Aleksandr Dotsenko died of a heart attack on 19 February while serving a prison sentence in Russia. Dotsenko, 65,...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
On 23 February 2026, The Art Newspaper detailed the development of a new Ukraine Cultural Heritage Fund as Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches its fifth year. Announced at the fourth Ukraine...
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An Artnet News profile published on February 22, 2026, examines sculptor James Doran-Webb’s process for making animal figures from driftwood. The article describes how he assembles found wood into...
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In an Artnet News article titled “Can Performance Art Win Over a New Generation of Collectors?”, the publication reports that performance art has been commercially sellable for decades but is being...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
More than 200 arts professionals, including artists John Akomfrah, Jasleen Kaur, Isaac Julien, and former Barbican artistic director Graham Sheffield, signed an open letter criticizing the Barbican...
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Former owners of The Art Newspaper and L’Officiel have alleged that AMTD still owes them buyout payments, even as AMTD-linked entities pursue or complete IPO listings, according to ARTnews. The...
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The US Supreme Court has struck down tariffs imposed under former president Donald Trump that had created volatility for the art market, ARTnews reported. The decision affects duties that influenced...
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On 19 February 2026, Artnet News reported that the U.S. Department of Justice released roughly 3 million additional files related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,...
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ARTnews reported that a Louvre official said fraud was “statistically inevitable” after the museum revealed a counterfeit ticket scheme. The article describes the incident as involving fake Louvre...
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ARTnews reported that billionaire collector Les Wexner said in a U.S. Congress deposition that he was “conned” by Jeffrey Epstein. The article centers on Wexner’s account of his relationship with...
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ARTnews published a Q&A with Paul Slocum, an early advocate for digital art, about efforts to build a sustainable ecosystem for digital work. Slocum discusses how artists, collectors, and...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Twenty years after the UK introduced the artist resale right (ARR), The Art Newspaper reports that the scheme—once strongly opposed by auction houses and dealers—has become broadly accepted in the...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Ireland announced a permanent “Basic Income for the Arts” (BIA) scheme on 10 February 2026, committing around €18 million, following a pilot that ran from 2022 to 2025. The pilot provided 2,000...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Paris’s Arab World Institute (Institut du monde arabe, IMA) appointed French diplomat Anne-Claire Legendre, 46, to replace Jack Lang as chair, making her the first woman to lead the institution since...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Devyani Saltzman is leaving her role as director of arts and participation at London’s Barbican after 18 months, according to reporting cited by The Art Newspaper. The Stage reported that Saltzman...
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An Artnet News report recounts how a painting that sold for $12.7 million became central to exposing a museum scandal, drawing attention to governance and accountability issues within the institution...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
French authorities have made arrests in connection with an alleged decade-long ticket fraud scheme at the Musée du Louvre that prosecutors estimate cost the museum €10 million. According to Paris...
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Christie’s will headline its London 20/21 Spring Evening Sale with a Wassily Kandinsky painting estimated at $21.3 million, according to ARTnews. The same sale will also feature a work by British...
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An Artnet News roundup reports that a major new contemporary art center is being planned in Manila, alongside updates from across Asia’s art scene. The article also surveys recent art fairs in Qatar,...
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An Artnet News report says Africa’s art market is evolving as Middle Eastern hubs intensify competition for artists, collectors, and sales. The article describes African dealers and auction houses...
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London’s National Gallery has announced a “strategic reset” after reporting a $11.2 million deficit, prompting plans to reduce staffing and adjust programming. The museum has launched a voluntary...
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French authorities arrested individuals connected to an alleged $11.8 million ticket-fraud scheme involving the Louvre, according to an Artnet News report. The investigation has added to the Paris...
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Artnet News reported that a hidden camera was discovered in a restroom at Paris’s Centre Pompidou, prompting an investigation and raising concerns about visitor privacy. The article, published on 12...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
On 12 February 2026, Jersey City mayor James Solomon said plans for a Centre Pompidou outpost in Jersey City, New Jersey, are “dead,” citing the city’s reported $255 million deficit. The most recent...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
London’s National Gallery is preparing staff reductions and program cuts after projecting an £8.2 million deficit for 2026–27, The Art Newspaper reported on 13 February 2026. The museum is offering a...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art announced that the 59th Carnegie International will feature 61 artists and collectives and run from 2 May 2026 to 3 January 2027. Reported by The Art Newspaper on...
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Artnet News reported that Austrian choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger has joined the roster of the international gallery Thaddaeus Ropac. The article characterizes Holzinger as...
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ARTnews reported that a Belgian museum holding colonial-era records related to the Congo is facing a request for access from a minerals company seeking historical documentation. The article centers...
Hyperallergic
A solo exhibition by painter Amy Sherald set a new visitor record at the Baltimore Museum of Art, according to Hyperallergic. The article reports that attendance for Sherald’s show surpassed previous...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
UK cultural organisations focused on prisons criticised government contractor Serco for removing artworks from court custody suites across England and Wales, according to a report discussed by The...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
London’s Southbank Centre has been granted Grade II listed status by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, giving statutory protection to key parts of the Brutalist arts complex, The Art...
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ARTnews reports that a viral video falsely claimed the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s stolen Rembrandt is referenced in the so-called “Epstein files.” The article states there is no evidence that...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
David A. Ross resigned as chair of the Master of Fine Arts in art practice department at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), effective 3 February, after newly released “Epstein Files” documents...
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ARTnews reported that investigators found decades-long mismanagement and corruption at China’s Nanjing Museum. The investigation described systemic governance and financial problems spanning many...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
During Mexico City Art Week, the satellite fairs Feria Material and Salón Acme drew record crowds at VIP previews on 5 February 2026, with Material reporting its biggest opening-day attendance ever...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Galería Tianguis Neza, a pop-up gallery operating every Sunday inside Mexico City’s La Lagunilla street market, sells artworks directly from artists at “precios de tianguis” (street-market prices) to...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Mexico City is planning a large cultural programme to coincide with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in June at the recently renovated Estadio Azteca—its third World Cup opening match after...
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Artnet News reported on 8 February 2026 that a tranquil painting by Canaletto has become one of the Venetian artist’s most expensive works, reflecting continued demand for top-tier Italian Old...
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U.S. Department of Justice releases of millions of Jeffrey Epstein investigation files in early February 2026 revealed that New York collectors Leon Black and Ronald Lauder sometimes bought major...
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Art Basel Qatar’s early sales were characterized by high-stakes, private negotiations involving VIP collectors, including members of Gulf royal families, according to Artnet’s market reporting dated...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic’s article examines what happens when artists lose control of their archives—materials such as correspondence, sketches, photographs, and administrative records that shape how their work...
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The Louvre has indefinitely postponed announcing the winning architect for its planned $776 million expansion, according to ARTnews. The delay leaves the project’s next steps uncertain and pauses a...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic’s article considers how the art world has responded in the years following Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, focusing on reputational fallout and the scrutiny of elite networks that...
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A previously unknown drawing attributed to Michelangelo was submitted to Christie’s via its “Request an Auction Estimate” service and subsequently offered at auction. The work sold for $27 million,...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Saudi Arabia is spotlighting its Modern art history with museum exhibitions and auctions as international attention shifts toward the Gulf ahead of Art Basel’s inaugural fair in Qatar and Frieze’s...
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In a column published by Artnet News on 5 February 2026, collector and gallerist Adam Lindemann argues that the art world is facing an oversupply problem similar to the wine industry’s glut, with too...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Stephen Friedman Gallery began an administration process on 2 February 2026, effectively liquidating the business after around 30 years, and both its London and New York spaces are now shut,...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Newly released US Department of Justice documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, made public on 30 January 2026, name several prominent art-world figures, including former French culture minister Jack...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic reported that newly released Epstein-related files include detailed allegations involving financier and art patron Leon Black. The excerpt provided does not include the publication date...
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A rare 17th-century Rembrandt drawing sold for $18 million at auction, setting a record as the artist’s most valuable work on paper, Artnet News reported. The article characterizes the result as...
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Newly surfaced “Epstein Files” documents described by Artnet News outline how convicted financier Jeffrey Epstein helped structure opaque art-world transactions involving billionaire Leon Black’s art...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
At Sotheby’s “Origins II” auction in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, held on 31 January 2026, Saudi painter Safeya Binzagr set a $2.1 million record when her 1968 work Coffee Shop in Madina Road sold,...
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Art Basel Qatar opened its first edition in Doha on 3 February 2026 with strong VIP interest but limited first-day sales, according to Artnet News. The fair features 87 exhibitors in a booth-less...
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ARTnews reported that Sotheby’s second sale in Saudi Arabia totaled $19.6 million, signaling continued growth in the kingdom’s auction market. The sale set a record for a Saudi artist, according to...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
On 2 February 2026, The Art Newspaper detailed President Donald Trump’s recent interventions in Washington, DC architecture, including demolishing the White House’s historic East Wing in October to...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) announced it is closing permanently and entering liquidation, with all programmes cancelled and 39 staff made redundant; the closure took effect on 30...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Pakistani artist Rashid Rana will present Black Square (2025) at the inaugural Art Basel Qatar (5–7 February 2026; preview days 3–4 February), a wall-based photomontage grid made from hundreds of...
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ARTnews reported that newly surfaced files indicate Jeffrey Epstein advised financier Leon Black on the purchase of a Pablo Picasso painting priced at $115 million from the Gagosian gallery. The...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic’s article titled “Attention, Fascism Ahead” could not be summarized from the provided text because it contains only webpage font and style code rather than readable article content. No...
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Artnet News reported on January 30, 2026, that the Metropolitan Opera has explored monetizing two monumental Marc Chagall murals—The Sources of Music and The Triumphs of Music—installed at Lincoln...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic reports that another NFT platform is shutting down, reflecting continued contraction in the market for non-fungible tokens. The article frames the closure as part of a broader pattern...
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic argues that policies associated with President Donald Trump are creating new risks for the US art market, including uncertainty for galleries, collectors, and cultural institutions. The...
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Sotheby’s recorded its highest total for a modern and contemporary art sale in Singapore since 2023, according to ARTnews.com. The result was presented as a sign of renewed strength in the city’s...