The Smithsonian May Put its Latino Museum in a Building it Already Owns, Riling ConservativesAugust 22, 2026
UK’s Hepworth Wakefield announces new co-directors – The Art Newspaper Art Market February 9, 2026 The Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, one of the UK’s most important regional galleries, has appointed two new co-directors: Olivia…
Cambridge University to return 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria – The Art Newspaper Art Market February 9, 2026 The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at Cambridge University, UK, will shortly send around 100 Benin bronzes to Nigeria as part…
Dangling sculpture—‘evacuated’ from Russian frontline—will be focus of Ukraine’s pavilion at Venice Biennale – The Art Newspaper Art Market February 9, 2026 The Ukrainian Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale will directly address the lack of security guarantees afforded to Ukraine by…
France’s ex-culture minister Jack Lang resigns from L’Institut du Monde Arab amid Epstein revelations – The Art Newspaper Art Market February 9, 2026 The former French culture minister Jack Lang resigned as the president of the L’Institut du Monde Arab (Institute of the…
Italian Prime Minister’s Face Erased from Rome Fresco After Vatican Complains Art Market February 9, 2026 The face of an angel who appeared to resemble Italy’s right-wing prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has been removed from a…
‘These are dirty funds’: Indigenous Brazilian leader slams Science Museum for oil sponsorship ahead of climate show – The Art Newspaper Art Market February 9, 2026 An Indigenous Brazilian leader has condemned the Science Museum for accepting sponsorship from BP on the eve of a new…
‘I’m going to miss the quiet life we had’: Greenlander artist Inuuteq Storch on Trump, travel and his ambitions to build a photography museum – The Art Newspaper Art Market February 9, 2026 Inuuteq Storch, the Greenlander artist who shot to international fame with his takeover of the Danish pavilion at the 2024…
Jack Lang Steps Down from Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe After Appearing in Epstein Files Art Market February 8, 2026 Jack Lang, the former French culture minister, stepped down as president of the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris after…
At Mexico City’s Material and Salón Acme fairs, artists find hope in nature – The Art Newspaper Art Market February 7, 2026 Mexico City Art Week’s foremost satellite fairs, Salón Acme and Feria Material, attracted thronging crowds of collectors, curators and art-curious…
White House Floats Idea of Expanded Trump Display at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Art Market February 7, 2026 In mid-December, on a tour of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Abby Jones, the acting chief of protocol at the…
