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An Alexander Calder Retrospective in Paris Underscores His Inventiveness

Sacha Stone, Alexander Calder with Cirque Calder (1926–31), 1929 Artwork copyright © 2026 Calder Foundation, New York/ADAGP, Paris. Photograph courtesy of Calder Foundation, New York/Art Resource, New York. Few artists have altered the course of modern sculpture as profoundly as Alexander Calder (1898–1976). From the late 1920s onward, he worked both in the United States …

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A Work Gifted to David Drake’s Descendants Is the Star of Theaster Gates’s Powerful Gagosian Show

Theaster Gates inside the exhibition, “Dave: All My Relations” at Gagosian Park & 75 in New York, with the historic work by Dave the Potter from his personal collection that he is gifting to Dave’s descendants, and seated on a new sculpture he made by pulverizing some forty-five of his own pots, 2026. Photo Maris …

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Agnes Gryczkowska Discusses Curating Marina Abramovic’s New Berlin Mega Show

Agnes Gryczkowska Agnes Gryczkowska Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Last week, Marina Abramović opened her first solo presentation in Berlin since the 1990s, the bombastically named, “Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition” at Gropius Bau. Set to run …

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2026 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Sonya Clark, John Miller, and American Artist

View of American Artist’s exhibition “Shaper of God” at REDCAT, Los Angeles. Photo Brica Wilcox. Courtesy REDCAT, Los Angeles. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced this week the 223 scholars and artists who received a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship, one of the most coveted honors in the arts. This is the foundation’s 101st class of fellows. The …

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French Politicians Vote in Favor of Bill on Artifacts Looted During Colonial Era: ‘A True Historic Monument’

A 2022 exhibition of artworks held by France in Cotonou. Photo Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Last night, France’s lower house of parliament unanimously voted in favor of a long-anticipated bill to facilitate the restitution of artworks looted during the colonial era, making good on a nearly 10-year-old pledge by French President Emmanuel Macron to return African heritage to …

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Lincoln Center Kicks Off Accessibility Project With Vibrant New Mural

Vanesa Álvarez: The Future We Create, 2026. Courtesy Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York Earlier this week, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts unveiled a mural adorning construction fencing along Amsterdam Avenue, marking the western edge of LCPA’s Upper West Side campus. The mural was designed by Vanesa Álvarez, a Spanish artist based …

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V&A Censors Catalogue After Pressure from China, Former High Museum COO Pleads Not Guilty to Theft Charge: Morning Links for April 15, 2026

http://www.sgfara.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2170792148.jpg The Victoria and Albert Museum. dpa/picture alliance via Getty I To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CHINA’S RED PEN. The Victoria and Albert Museum censored maps and images in its catalogues following objections from its Chinese printer and state authorities over content deemed sensitive to Beijing, the Guardian …

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Activist Super-Glues Herself to Display Cabinet at Berlin’s Bode Museum

Bode Museum, Berlin Insights/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. On Tuesday afternoon, police were called when an activist super-glued herself to a display cabinet at the Bode Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island. The news was reported by the German magazine Monopol. The action was claimed by New Generation, a successor movement to Last Generation, a …

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Art Dubai Unveils Leaner ‘Special Edition’ Built Around Regional Core

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – APRIL 16: General view of exhibits on Day 2 of Art Dubai 2025 at Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Centre on April 16, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Art Dubai, the Middle East’s leading international art fair, holds its 2025 edition at Madinat Jumeirah. Featuring 120 galleries drawn from …

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