The Motherland Calls statue in Volgograd. AFP via Getty Images Nikolai Chesnokov, chancellor of Moscow’s State Academy of Physical Education, died on Thursday at the site of a World War II–era monument in the Russian city of Volgograd, according to reports in the local media. He was 68. Chesnokov had traveled to the city to …
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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – MAY 20: Fans take pictures of the mural of Pope Leo XIV during a rain delay in the game between the Seattle Mariners and Chicago White Sox at Rate Field on May 20, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images) Getty Images When white smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel …
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Janet Dawson, St George and the dragon, 1964. ©Janet Dawson/National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Women rule museums this summer, taking over grand halls and big galleries. Pipilotti Rist is set to do a major commission in Beijing, while Vija Celmins will get a retrospective in Switzerland that will feature a large chunk of her oeuvre. …
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James Rondeau. TNS James Rondeau will return as director of the Art Institute of Chicago following reports that he had undressed on a plane to Germany. CBS News first reported the news on Thursday. Rondeau had taken a voluntary leave from the museum’s top post, which he has held since 2016. According to CBS, he …
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Iguazu Falls. AFP via Getty Images While its Paris home base closes for five years to undergo a renovation, the Centre Pompidou will expand its international reach, opening its first South American space in 2027. Scheduled to launch in November 2027, the new location in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, will be one of several satellites …
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Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. Artwork copyright © 2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York. Pablo Picasso was something of a latecomer to political activism, having embraced it only after reaching his 50s. Prior to that, his sole dedication …
Vessel supported by two rams. Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced that it will return three ancient sculptures to Iraq, dating from 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. They are estimated to be collectively worth $500,000. The items are a Sumerian vessel …
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Tiffany Studios, designed by Agnes Northrop, Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window), 1917. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, acquired a monumental landscape stained-glass window created by Tiffany Studios, marking the first window of its kind to enter the museum’s collection. Measuring approximately nine feet tall by …
The exterior view of the Guggenheim Museum designed by architect Frank Gehry in Bilbao, Spain. Photo Joaquin Gomez Sastre / NurPhoto via Getty Images The Mediterranean Alliance for Wetlands launched a campaign to protect the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve from an extension of the Guggenheim Museum, which has been trying to expand its Bilbao outpost. “A …
Kerry James Marshall’s Past Times (1997) before it headed to auction at Sotheby’s. Photo Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images According to multiple reports this week, rapper and record executive Sean Combs may see many of his assets seized by the Department of Justice if he is found guilty of sex trafficking, a charge that he …
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