Critic Sebastian Smee Joins The Atlantic, MIT Museum Gets I.M. Pei Archive, and More: Industry Moves for June 26, 2026June 27, 2026
‘A remarkably tenacious motif’: the many faces of Marilyn Monroe revealed in new book and show – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 Marilyn Monroe is a “remarkably tenacious motif in 20th-century art, particularly in the UK and the US”, says Rosie Broadley,…
Venice Biennale’s fierce pussy Group Says City Censored Posters About Queer and Trans People Art Market May 5, 2026 fierce pussy, a collective of lesbian artists, said that its Venice Biennale contribution was censored by the Italian city ahead…
‘She had a fresh, informed eye’: mural depicting late Venice Biennale curator Koyo Kouoh displayed in lagoon city – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 A touching tribute to Koyo Kouoh, the late curator of this year’s Venice Biennale, has sprung up in the lagoon…
Jon Batiste, Troye Sivan, and Amy Sherald lead a Met Gala rooted in art-historical homage. Art Market May 5, 2026 Is fashion art? Last night's Met Gala returned to the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to make that…
Dozens of Venice Biennale Artists Stage ‘Drone’ Perfomance in Protest of Israel’s Participation Art Market May 5, 2026 The Venice Biennale opened for its professional pre-opening on Tuesday, and artists participating in the exhibition wasted no time making…
Remembering Pat Steir, one of the 20th century’s late-blooming great artists – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 In the early 1970s, while teaching painting at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Pat Steir found herself temporarily…
With Nearly 30,000 Clay Earth Bricks, Dana Awartani Remakes History in the Saudi Arabia Pavilion Art Market May 5, 2026 When you enter the Saudi Arabia Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, the first thing you’re struck by is the scale…
How the adoption of canvas in Venice changed the way artists painted – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 In 14th-century Siena and 15th-century Florence, paintings were largely on walls or panels. Then, over the course of the 16th…
Ken Griffin Acquires Another Copy of the US Constitution, Union Files Charges Against Kennedy Center for Layoffs, and More: Morning Links for May 5, 2026 Art Market May 5, 2026 The Headlines WE THE LUCKY FEW? Billionaire Ken Griffin is officially the owner of the only two known surviving copies of the US Constitution in private…
Comment | Degenerate art all over again? Nazi attack on Modern art is not far away from trends in today’s world – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 One hundred years ago, in July 1926, Hitler’s Nazi party emerged as a recognisable movement at the first party rally…
