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Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942–43 The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Museum of Modern Art has announced a forthcoming exhibition dedicated to Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian’s years in New York—in particular, the influence of the city’s boogie-woogie music scene on his art. The exhibition will bring together 30 of Mondrian’s paintings either …

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Duane Michals, Self-Portrait, 2025. ©Duane Michals/Courtesy of DC Moore Gallery, New York Duane Michals, one of the 20th century’s most important photographers, known for making sequences of images that conveyed enigmatic narratives and defied the conventions of the medium, died on Tuesday, June 9, at 94, in a Manhattan hospital. The news was confirmed by …

Duane Michals, Maker of Enigmatic Sequences of Images That Defied Photography’s Conventions, Dies at 94 Read More »

Installation view of “Oscar Tuazon: dépendance,” 2013, at dépendance, Brussels. Photo Sven Laurent/Courtesy dépendance, Brussels Dépendance, the iconoclast, 23-year-old Brussels gallery that built a trusted reputation as an “artists’ gallery,” is closing. “Galleries come and go. Some are short-lived but leave a clear trace, others endure for decades without changing much. Dépendance has been there …

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Futura 2000 with his soccer ball installed at Journal Square Plaza in Jersey City, New Jersey. Photo Jennifer Brown/City of Jersey City Many in the artworld might be surprised to learn that one of the last projects the legendary art collector and philanthropist Agnes Gund worked on before her death last fall involved the 2026 …

World Cup Fever: Soccer Balls Designed by Futura 2000, Katherine Bernhardt, Hank Willis Thomas, and 20 Other Contemporary Artists Have Been Installed Around New York and New Jersey Read More »

A model of President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump wants to fast-track the construction of his proposed triumphal arch to be sited in Arlington, between the Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial, just across the Potomac River. The plan, which would see work happen year-round and for …

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Portrait of Fräulein Lieser (1917) by Gustav Klimt. Courtesy of im Kinsky A woman claiming to be the sole heir to the Austrian subject of a long-lost Gustav Klimt painting has sued for restitution of the portrait, which came to auction at the small Austrian auction house Im Kinsky in 2024. The painting sold on …

Heir of Margarethe Lieser Sues for Restitution of Gustav Klimt Portrait That Fetched $37.5 M. at Auction in Austria Before the Sale Fell Through Read More »

The Floating Art Hotel, Monaco Edition, 2026. Courtesy Floating Art Hotel Good Morning! The largest James Turrell Skyspace made for a museum will open at Denmark’s ARoS Aarhus Art Museum.  A 236-foot superyacht is debuting a traveling, “museum-grade” exhibition for exclusive guests, starting in Monaco. Abram Champanier’s New Deal mural, restored and reunited, will go …

James Turrell to Open Largest Museum Skyspace in Denmark, Floating Art Hotel’s Maiden Voyage in Monaco, and More: Morning Links for June 5, 2026 Read More »

Bill Koch’s Aspen, Colorado estate. Shawn O’Connor; Oxbow Carbon A year and a half ago, the billionaire Bill Koch spun his massive Aspen estate on the market for $125 million, making it one of the most expensive homes for sale across the globe. That hefty sum likely wasn’t palatable for most people, and the price has since dropped to $99 million—no …

Price for Billionaire Bill Koch’s Aspen Home Cut from $125 M. to $99 M., Put Up For Auction Read More »

In a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, William the Conqueror (c.1027 – 1087) rescues the future King Harold II (c.1022 – 1066) from captivity in France and betrothes his daughter Aelfgifu to him, 1064. The tapestry is housed in the town of Bayeux in Normandy. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images Last July, French …

French Supreme Court Tears Up Lawsuit Aiming to Halt Bayeux Tapestry Loan to the British Museum Read More »