Critic Sebastian Smee Joins The Atlantic, MIT Museum Gets I.M. Pei Archive, and More: Industry Moves for June 26, 2026June 27, 2026
Venice exhibition of site-specific films aims to capture the hyper stimulating times we are living in – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 It could be said that we are living during the “dog days”—an era of excess, of things being “too much”.…
BBC ‘Buried’ Footage of Banksy at NYC Mural Site, Former Reporter Claims Art Market May 5, 2026 A former BBC reporter is claiming that the U.K. broadcaster “buried” footage that he captured of Banksy at one of his mural sites in…
Museum acquisitions round-up: a rediscovered work by Rosso Fiorentino, a circular painting by Salman Toor and 16th-century gold goblet – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist (1512/13) by Rosso FiorentinoMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkWith an exuberant—and conspicuously…
In Minor Keys: how Venice’s international exhibition was brought to life after the death of artistic director Koyo Kouoh – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 Everything about the international exhibition for the 61st Venice Biennale feels anomalous. When the tragic death of its artistic director,…
‘It’s really important that the public is not just a silent witness’: Marina Abramović on her Venice Biennale exhibition – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 In 1997 Marina Abramović was the first woman to win the Biennale’s Golden Lion Best Artist award for Balkan Baroque,…
‘We are complicit’: Austrian artist Florentina Holzinger’s immersive Venice Biennale pavilion brings apocalypse to the city – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 In Kevin Costner’s 1995 sci-fi blockbuster Waterworld, melting polar ice caps and rising sea levels have forced humanity to live…
Iran will not participate at the 2026 Venice Biennale – The Art Newspaper Art Market May 5, 2026 Iran has cancelled its participation in this year’s Venice Biennale just days before the opening on 9 May, the exhibition’s…
See Some of the Most Outrageous, Stylish Looks at the 2026 Met Gala Art Market May 5, 2026 The annual Met Gala has become such a global pop-culture phenomenon that many probably forget—or maybe never knew!—that the event…
Amy Sherald Dresses As Her Own Award-Winning Painting for Met Gala Art Market May 5, 2026 Amy Sherald brought one of her most beloved paintings to life for tonight’s Met Gala, which was held to benefit…
AI Helps UK Researchers Identify Unknown Subject in Hans Holbein Drawing as Anne Boleyn Art Market May 5, 2026 Using artificial intelligence, researchers may have identified the previously unknown subject of a sketch by Northern Renaissance artist Hans Holbein,…
