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The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti announced it will open the Giacometti Museum and School in Paris’s 7th arrondissement in 2028, described as the first museum dedicated to Alberto...
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ARTnews.com reports that artist Jasmine Little, known for lush still-life paintings and sculptural ceramics with etched surfaces, has died at age 41. The article summarizes her multidisciplinary...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
A collection of 666 works by 135 Afro-Brazilian artists was voluntarily repatriated from a private collection in Detroit to Brazil’s National Museum of Afro-Brazilian Culture (Muncab) in Salvador,...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Hungarian painter, printmaker, and filmmaker Dóra Maurer has died aged 88, according to the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts, where she served as president from 2017. Born in Budapest on 11...
Artnet News
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...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Artist David Hockney will create a large-scale window installation for Turner Contemporary in Margate, UK, as part of the gallery’s 15th anniversary celebrations. The work, measuring roughly seven by...
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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...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Tate Modern is staging Tracey Emin’s largest retrospective to date, titled “A Second Life,” spanning work from her first solo exhibition at White Cube in 1993 through her most recent paintings. Emin,...
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...
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...
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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...
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The Art Institute of Chicago has acquired an iconic baseball-themed painting by Norman Rockwell, ARTnews reports. The article describes the work as a major addition to the museum’s American art...
Artnet News
An Artnet News article dated 9 February 2026 describes a dispute over the attribution of a work associated with Jan van Eyck, pitting art historians against an A.I. firm making authenticity claims....
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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...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Conservators at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam found that Vincent van Gogh’s Poplars near Nuenen is effectively a ‘triple painting,’ with two earlier compositions beneath the visible...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
The inaugural Art Basel Qatar opened to VIPs on 3 February 2026 in Doha, with Art Basel CEO Noah Horowitz emphasizing its commercial purpose despite an institutional, biennial-like presentation, The...
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,...
The Art Newspaper - International art news and events
Guatemala’s Museo de Arte Colonial in Antigua was shut down after authorities from the Public Ministry arrived on 29 December to enforce a court-ordered relocation of 287 artworks, ending the...
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Jewish heirs filed a lawsuit in a French court challenging the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ownership of a painting by Camille Pissarro, according to ARTnews. The case seeks to contest the work’s...
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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...
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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...
Artnet News
Artnet News reports that London’s Bernard Jacobson Gallery is highlighting a 1976 multi-artist portfolio of prints made in tribute to British painter John Constable. The portfolio includes works by...
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ARTnews reported the death of Chung Sang-hwa, a Korean painter associated with the Dansaekhwa movement, at age 93. The article notes his prominence within the monochrome painting tendency that gained...