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The recent heat waves that have set France abroil—shuttering museums, sparking wildfires, and sending citizens plunging into the Seine—have taken their toll on the famed gardens of Claude Monet in Giverny in Normandy. Among the casualties are the thousands of nasturtiums directly descended from those planted by the Impressionist more than a hundred years ago.  Lining the gardens’ central […]

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has announced a raft of new acquisitions, including works by artists entering the collection for the first time. Among these are Marie Bracquemond, T. C. Cannon, LaToya Hobbs, Stacey Kranitz, Lorraine O’Grady, and Christina Quarles. The gallery purchased O’Grady’s Mlle Bourgeoise Noire Goes to the New Museum, 1981/2007, a […]

In a ceremony that took place on Tuesday, August 19, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky returned twenty-four cultural items from its collection to the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, both of which hail from Oklahoma. This is the first time the museum has repatriated items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation […]

A recently discovered website is using images of paintings by Jordan Casteel to represent the work of a seemingly fictitious artist named Rebecca Tremblay. The site has also purportedly been contacting people about exhibitions and other opportunities.  Casteel says she does not know who is behind the site. On August 17, she posted a message to her verified Instagram account […]

The booming market for South Asian art has been flooded with forgeries. With auction sales for South Asian art exceeding $100 million in 2025 alone, both major names and middle-market artists are finding their work targeted by forgers. “We are seeing an awful lot more dodgy stuff on the market,” Charles Moore, of London’s Grosvenor […]

Powerhouse Parramatta, a highly-anticipated new state institution and public museum in Sydney, Australia, will open to the public on November 7th. It’s described as the country’s largest cultural development since the debut of the Sydney Opera House. Powerhouse, the largest museum group in Australia, operates three institutions dedicated to contemporary arts and sciences in Sydney: Powerhouse Ult…

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recently received an exceptionally well-preserved 17th-century drawing book as a donation from the prominent Van Eeghen family in the Netherlands, the museum announced. The book, which has been in the safekeeping of the Van Eeghen family for more than three centuries, contains approximately thirty drawings, many of which depict biblical scenes. […]

On Tuesday, a federal judge granted the Trump administration permission to proceed with paint tests on the Eisenhower Executive Building. Trump’s desire, which is to coat the granite facade with white paint, has been met with significant pushback from historians who say that covering the historic building’s granite exterior with paint could trap moisture and […]

A trio of paintings by Swedish-born artist Monica Sjöö are at the center of a legal dispute between London-based Alison Jacques gallery and Swedish-American couple Yoed and Natasha Anise. The couple allege that Jacques, who represents Sjöö’s estate, breached contract conditions in selling the paintings to them and subsequently rescinding the sale. The Anises, who […]

Cynthia Blanchard, the former owner of Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, and the Dallas-based company 20cDesign have filed a defamation suit against numerous media outlets, as well as the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy and its executive director, Barbara Gordon, over coverage of the 2024 sale of some of the tower’s furnishings. The suit, filed […]

Taiwanese artist participating in the 16th iteration of the Gwangju Biennale allege that exhibition organizers changed the name of their pavilion in an act of political censorship. The group’s proposal was submitted by the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) and accepted under the name “Taiwan Pavilion” but was unilaterally changed on posters promoting […]

The Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, has announced plans to restore the Artillery Sheds, a pair of military structures repurposed by renowned Minimalist Donald Judd to house his 100 untitled works in mill aluminum. The buildings sit on the grounds of the decommissioned Fort D. A. Russell, the former army base at the northeastern edge of […]

An ancient Mesoamerican skull is now in the possession of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in Mexico, more than a year after it was repatriated from the Netherlands, according to reports. It’s planned that the skull will eventually be displayed in the Yucu Saa Community Museum in Villa de Tututepec, Oaxaca in […]

Diya Vij, commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), named two new positions within the agency: Bryan Joseph Lee will serve as deputy commissioner, and Ryan Max will serve as chief of staff. Max has been the director of external affairs at DCLA for 11 years—he first joined the department in 2013. […]

The oldest existing fragment of The Odyssey, Homer’s eternally relevant epic Greek poem that’s recently been adapted into a high-profile blockbuster, has just gone on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a long hiatus from being on public view.  The fragment is a Ptolemaic relic that dates to around 285-250 BCE, and was […]

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) has announced Brett Littman as its new director and CEO. From 2018 to 2023, Littman served as director of the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, New York. He succeeds Kathryn Kanjo, who left after nine years in the role to become the inaugural director of the  UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum. Littman has operated […]

On the back of a major restructuring in June, two senior Pace Gallery executives have left the organization. Amelia Redgrift, Pace Gallery’s chief communications officer, and senior sales director Danielle Forest resigned, and sources told ARTnews that both have secured high-level positions elsewhere in the arts and culture sector. The revelation follows a round of […]