Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus in the angel-themed exhibition “Der Engel der Geschichte” (“Angel of History”) at the Bode Museum in Berlin in 2025. Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images A Paul Klee painting famously owned by the philosopher and cultural theorist Walter Benjamin is currently stuck in Israel as a result of the war waged by …
HONG KONG, CHINA – MARCH 25: People visit artworks during the previews of Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on March 25, 2026 in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Li Zhihua/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) China News Service via Getty Ima Sore feet, lean pockets, sustainability …
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Precious Okoyomon with their installation Everything wants to kill you and you should be afraid (2026), now on view in the Whitney Biennial. Photo Christopher Garcia Valle for ARTnews Earlier this month, the Whitney Biennial went on view to the usual amount of fanfare—but one work was notably missing from the show. That work, a …
Raphael, The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist in a Landscape (Alba Madonna) (c. 1509–11) Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The Italian Renaissance artist Raphael may have been called the “prince of painters,” but his masterful drawings were his calling card, even from a young age. We …
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Alexander Gardner, Lincoln’s Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865. National Gallery of Art, Gift of Funds from Ronald M. Costell, M.D. and the Estate of Marsha E. Swiss, 2025.44.20 The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., announced today the acquisition of nearly 600 works to its permanent collection, spanning from the 17th century to today. …
Trump’s ballroom plans slated. Courtesy the White House To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines POLITICAL MISSTEP? Berlin‘s Academy of Arts is pushing back against plans to cut the Berlin Art Prize’s prize money in half, calling it both a cultural and political misstep, Monopol reported. In a statement on Tuesday, …
Musée d’Orsay, Paris Sandrine Marty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images. To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines STREEP DIGS DEEP. Actor Meryl Streep has made a seven-figure donation to the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) in Washington D.C., reports Artnet News. As thanks, she gets her own, eponymous Educator Award in her …
An installation view of the Royal Academy of Arts’s recent Kerry James Marshall exhibition. Photo: ©David Parry/ Royal Academy of Arts, London; Art: ©Kerry James Marshall/Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, London Helen Legg, the current director of the Tate Liverpool, has been appointed as artistic director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, …
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Mikhail Shvydkoy, Russia’s delegate for international cultural exchanges and the country’s former culture minister, confirmed to ARTnews that the pavilion will open in May. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PAINTING OVER THE CRACKS: Amid ongoing fallout over sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez, a …
Rosso Fiorentino Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist, 1512/13. Private Collection/Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced Thursday that it had acquired a recently rediscovered Renaissance painting of significant art historical importance. Layers of paint were removed during a recent conservation to reveal the figure …
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