In new satire ‘I Want Your Sex’, an artist and her assistant test boundary between mentorship and exploitation – The Art NewspaperJuly 31, 2026
New Lawsuit Alleges Stolen Pierre Soulages Painting Sold at Christie’s as Part of Weis Collection Art Market July 16, 2026 A Pierre Soulages painting that sold at Christie’s last fall is at the center of a new lawsuit, which alleges…
Mark Hamill’s ‘Star Wars’ Lightsaber Breaks Auction Record with $3.7M. Sale Art Market July 16, 2026 An iconic piece of Star Wars memorabilia smashed predictions and sold for a record-setting sum. Heritage Auctions confirmed late Wednesday afternoon that Mark…
British Artist Sonia Boyce Makes Art of the Unexpected Art Market July 16, 2026 Sonia Boyce knows something will happen when she brings strangers into the same room, but she never knows quite what.“The…
Manhattan District Attorney Repatriates Three Antiquities to Mexico Art Market July 16, 2026 The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the repatriation of three antiquities valued at $160,000 to Mexico,…
US congress introduces bill to protect public art in federal buildings targeted by Trump administration – The Art Newspaper Art Market July 16, 2026 In an effort to save public art in federal buildings that the Trump administration has targeted for sale, two Democratic…
LEGO Partners with Vienna’s Belvedere Museum on 4,000-Piece Set of Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’ Art Market July 16, 2026 The LEGO Group has announced a partnership with the Belvedere Museum in Vienna to release a 4,000-piece Lego set of…
MoMA to host chess matches in honor of Marcel Duchamp. Art Market July 16, 2026 In 1923, Dadaist Marcel Duchamp famously gave up art for chess. While Duchamp secretly spent decades completing his final masterpiece,…
UK Politicians Call For Investigation of British Museum’s Removal of ‘Palestine’ from Display Art Market July 16, 2026 Several political parties across the UK Parliament have called for an independent investigation into the British Museum’s removal of the…
Bavaria Revamps Procedures for Evaluating Restitution Claims for Nazi-Looted Art Art Market July 16, 2026 The German state of Bavaria has overhauled the way that claims for restitution of Nazi-looted artworks will be evaluated. The…
Legionella detected in cooling towers at the Metropolitan Museum, Cooper Hewitt and Jewish Museum – The Art Newspaper Art Market July 16, 2026 Cooling towers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Jewish Museum and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New…
