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Visitors walking by Picasso’s Guernica at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid. The museum reportedly ejected three women who came wearing Stars of David and Israeli flags. Getty Images The Basque regional government has formally asked Spain’s Ministry of Culture to authorize a temporary loan of Pablo Picasso‘s Guernica to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, according …

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Statute of the goddess Ngonnso, Cameroon Erik Hesmerg/Staatliche Museen zu Berlin/Ethnologisches Museum. The German government is creating a new council to oversee the restitution of artifacts acquired in a colonial context, the Art Newspaper reported Tuesday. The new panel, known as the Coordination Council for Returns of Cultural Property and Human Remains from Colonial Contexts, …

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Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Glass Vase with Flowers and Fruit</i), ca. 1673-74. Courtesy Getty Museum The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired two Dutch still lifes of note—including one that the institution said it “has been seeking over two decades,” according to a press release announcing the news. Jan Davidsz. de Heem’s Glass Vase …

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San Giobbe Altarpiece, ca. 1478. Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images A 15th-century altarpiece by Giovanni Bellini in Venice’s vaunted Gallerie dell’Accademia will be restored behind glass—giving viewers a chance to peer in and follow the process—over a two-year period estimated to cost €500,000 (around $580,000). The work will be conducted in what the …

15th-Century Bellini Altarpiece in Venice to Be Restored While the Public Watches Read More »

The Kennedy Center. Photo Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images A group of eight preservation societies filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the president’s plans for a two-year renovation of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Last week, the Kennedy Center’s board approved the closure of the institution for two years, beginning after its …

Preservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Renovation of Kennedy Center Read More »

K-pop boy band BTS performing in Seoul, South Korea, on Mar. 21. Photo Kim Hong-Ji-Pool/Getty Images The Guggenheim in New York City is one of the most famous art museums in the world, and on the morning of Wednesday (March 25), BTS descended on the landmark to add a little performance art to its galleries ahead of …

K-Pop Band BTS Performed Two Songs from New Album ‘ARIRANG’ at the Guggenheim on Wednesday Morning Read More »

Cristopher Canizares Courtesy Cristopher Canizares After 16 years helping build one of the most powerful galleries in the world, Cristopher Canizares is stepping away from Hauser & Wirth to try something the art market still hasn’t quite figured out how to define: an artist management agency. The longtime partner will leave at the end of …

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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 …

Paul Klee Painting Once Owned by Walter Benjamin Thwarted from US Debut Because of Mideast War Read More »

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 …

The Best Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong, From AI Magical Girls to Asia’s Unsung Masters Read More »

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. …

National Gallery of Art Acquires Hundreds of Works, from Civil War Photographs to a Salman Toor Painting Read More »