Sun, sea, sand—and art: luxury hotel in Crete commissions works in response to the island – The Art NewspaperAugust 18, 2026
How has a famous group of 2,000 year-old Chinese rock paintings remained so vibrant? Because it was made with blood, new research says – The Art NewspaperAugust 18, 2026
Sun, sea, sand—and art: luxury hotel in Crete commissions works in response to the island – The Art Newspaper Art Market August 18, 2026 “You can’t out-beauty nature,” says the artist Wayne Garrett. He is walking around the sculpture garden of the Minos Palace…
How has a famous group of 2,000 year-old Chinese rock paintings remained so vibrant? Because it was made with blood, new research says – The Art Newspaper Art Market August 18, 2026 New research suggests that the reason that the ancient images found in the bright red murals of China’s Zuojiang River…
2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Bronze Relics Excavated from Ancient Well in Italy Art Market August 18, 2026 Archaeologists working in northern Italy excavated “remarkably well-preserved” bronze artifacts from a well dating back to the ancient Etruscan city…
In ‘Strange Rules,’ an Epic Show with a Bold Vision For What Counts as Art Art Market August 18, 2026 Editor’s note: This story is the latest edition of Link Rot, a new column by Shanti Escalante-De Mattei that explores the intersections…
Sinai Desert Excavations Reveal New Information About Site’s Strategic Importance in Ancient Egypt Art Market August 17, 2026 Researchers working at Tel Abu Saify, an archaeological site in Qantara East, near the eastern bank of the Suez Canal…
Brett Littman Named Next Director of MCA San Diego Art Market August 17, 2026 The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego has announced that its next director and chief executive will be Brett Littman.…
Alison Jacques Gallery Hit with Lawsuit After Artist’s Estate Cancels Sale to First-Time Collectors Art Market August 17, 2026 Two Swedish-American buyers are suing London’s Alison Jacques gallery, accusing breach of contract over the sale of three works by…
Renaissance Masterpieces Stolen from Sicilian Museum During National Holiday Art Market August 17, 2026 Thieves have dealt a Sicilian museum a harrowing loss, stealing three of the five surviving devotional panels painted by Renaissance…
Frieze Seoul to move to new venue from 2027 – The Art Newspaper Art Market August 17, 2026 Frieze Seoul will move to a new venue, Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)—a curving, aluminium-clad cultural centre designed by Zaha Hadid—for…
American painter Mary Heilmann dies at 86. Art Market August 17, 2026 Mary Heilmann, whose insouciant, wobbly-edged abstractions upended the precision of Minimalism and Modernist geometry, died Friday at a hospital in…
