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  • Remembering Dóra Maurer, Isaiah Zagar, and Peter Stämpfli

    In Memoriamis published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. Dóra Maurer (1937–2026) Hungarian neo-avant-garde artist Across graphic art, photography, films, and paintings, she explored themes of movement and displacement. Her work is held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Tate read more

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  • 35 Rembrandt Etchings Re-Discovered in a Family Home in the Netherlands

    Many people around the world were cooped up at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, but few had the same good fortune as Charlotte Meyer, who spent some of her unexpected downtime after a house move going through a folder of works on paper that her late grandfather had handed down to her. She shared her read more

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    35 Rembrandt Etchings Re-Discovered in a Family Home in the Netherlands

  • Éliane Radigue, Composer of Epochal Electronic Sounds, Dies at 94

    Éliane Radigue, a composer and electronic-music pioneer whose music paid meditative attention to the subtleties of sound, died on Monday at the age of 94. She was surrounded by family in Paris, according to Blank Forms, an organization that represents her electronic compositions for magnetic tape in partnership with the storied French enterprise Groupe de read more

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  • Ukraine Adopts New Resolution on Evacuating Museum Objects From Conflict Zones

    The Ukrainian government has passed a resolution aimed at expediting the evacuation of more than three million cultural objects from frontline regions as Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches its fourth anniversary. The war has upended civilian life in Ukraine and resulted in the damage, destruction, or disappearance of cultural sites and museum property, much of it read more

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  • Venice Biennale Names 111 Artists for International Exhibition

    The Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition named 111 participating artists, duos, and collectives for late Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh’s posthumous show In Minor Keys today, February 25. In a livestreamed presentation, Kouoh’s team and biennale staff revealed the names of artists selected for the prestigious international exhibition, which opens on May 9. This year’s edition read more

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  • Artist Sets Guinness World Record for Largest Sock Monkey

    News Emilia Evans-Munton, a Glasgow School of Art graduate, said she made the giant sculpture as an “ode to the toys that are left behind.” Emilia Evans-Munton’s “Remember I’m Still Here” (2025) lays in the back parking lot of Stow College at the Glasgow School of Art. (all photos by and courtesy the artist unless read more

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  • High Museum COO Resigns After Alleged $600,000 Misappropriation, Case Referred to Federal Prosecutors

    The chief operating officer of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art has resigned after an internal investigation found that approximately $600,000 was allegedly misappropriated over several years and the matter was referred to federal prosecutors, according to theAtlanta Journal-Constitution. Brady Lum, who had served as COO since 2019, tendered his resignation on Dec. 9 amid the read more

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    High Museum COO Resigns After Alleged 0,000 Misappropriation, Case Referred to Federal Prosecutors

  • New Leader Picked for Crisis-Stricken Louvre Museum

    News Christophe Leribault, who heads the Palace of Versailles, succeeds Laurence des Cars within one day of her resignation. New Louvre leader Christophe Leribault in 2024 (photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images) A new director has been appointed at the Louvre Museum within one day of Laurence des Cars’ resignation on February 24. French read more

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  • Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April

    Announcement The fair will bring together 80 exhibitors and an expanded focus on drawings in a nod to the medium’s long-standing relationship with printmaking. IFPDA February 25, 2026 — 3 min read Paula Rego, Untitled 2 (1999), etching on paper, 38 x 48 cm, 15 x 18 7/8 in, edition of 17 (© Estate of read more

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  • Prudence Flint’s Paintings Capture Moments of repose that are ripe for interruption – Hi-Fructose Magazine

    CS: Do you ever paint from a model? PF: Yes and no. Having a model in my studio is intense and demanding, so when I’m working on my large paintings, I prefer to be alone. I have to sit with myself and manage the internal voices, listen to them, become impartial. I have to weather read more

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  • Corinna Durland Joins kurimanzutto as Senior Director in New York

    Kurimanzuttohas appointed Corinna Durland as senior director of its New York gallery, the Mexico City–founded gallery announced Tuesday. Based in New York, Durland will lead the space in close collaboration with the gallery’s founders and partners, with a mandate to strengthen its program in the United States while deepening its international reach. The move comes read more

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  • Playful Patterns Emerge from Kinetic Systems in Pinaffo & Pluvinage's Vibrant Installations

    For Marion Pinaffo and Raphaël Pluvinage, a.k.a. Pinaffo & Pluvinage, interaction and play are core tenets of a vibrant multimedia practice. Their kinetic sculptures, which are often participatory and immersive, employ brightly colored wood elements, electronics, and intricate frameworks, sometimes augmented by flowing textiles or colorful smoke that animate with the help of motors or read more

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  • Christophe Leribault Tapped to Lead Louvre Museum One Day After Laurence Des Cars’s Resignation

    One day after Laurence des Cars resigned from her position as president of the Louvre Museum, President Emmanuel Macron appointed Christophe Leribault, the director of the Palace of Versailles, to take her place. The decision, a government spokesperson told Le Parisien, was announced by Macron at the Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday. Leribault, 63, read more

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  • The 2026 Venice Biennale Gets an Official Gin

    Aperol and Campari might have some serious competition at the Venice Biennale this year. While spritzes made with those apéritifs is often the drink of choice for collectors, curators, and critics taking a break from the tumult of the opening days of the Biennale, a gin-based cocktail might just be all the rage in La read more

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  • Venice Biennale Announces Participating Artists, Christophe Leribault Poised to Replace Ousted Louvre President: Morning Links for February 25, 2026

    To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines VENICE ROLL CALL. The Venice Biennale has officially named the artists participating in its 2026 edition opening to the public May 9 through November 22. Considered the world’s most important art exhibition, the biennale is gearing up for its 61st edition, titled “In read more

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  • Venice Biennale Names 111 Artists for Koyo Kouoh’s Posthumous Exhibition

    The Venice Biennale, the world’s most important art exhibition, has officially named the 111 artists participating in its 2026 edition. Opening to the public on May 9 and running through November 22, this year’s Biennale, the 61st edition to date, is an unusual one: its curator, Koyo Kouoh, died suddenly last year during the making read more

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  • The Irish Do It Best

    Daily Newsletter Basic income for artists turns permanent, Louvre director resigns, orchid extravaganza in NYC, and the Bronx artist who’s driving the right nuts. Some countries deplete their budgets on guns and bombs, or tax cuts for billionaires, while others, like Ireland, prefer to spend that money on the well-being of artists. After a successful read more

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  • Georg Kolbe Museum to Restitute Nazi-Looted Sculpture to Heirs of Holocaust Victim

    A landmark sculpture by renowned German artist Georg Kolbe will be removed from public display in Berlin and returned to the heirs of the Jewish family who lost it under Nazi persecution. The 1922 work, Tänzerinnen-Brunnen (Dancers’ Fountain), stood for nearly five decades in the garden of the Georg Kolbe Museum and had become one read more

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  • Kudzu Vines and Synthetic Leaves Entwine in Joyce Lin's Irrepressible Sculptures

    Dubbed the “vine that ate the South,” the infamous kudzu plant has a reputation. The fast-multiplying, invasive arrowroot was brought to North America in the 19th century and promoted to ease erosion, although the hot, muggy climate of the Southern U.S. proved too accommodating. For decades, kudzu has spread at a rapid speed, swallowing up read more

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  • Nor’easter Causes Travel Delays for New York Dealers Heading to Frieze Los Angeles

    I arrived in Los Angeles last Friday afternoon, expecting that the showers that drenched my hometown last week might have dampened spirits ahead of Frieze Los Angeles. That proved not to be the case—temperatures here have been steadily increasing into the mid-70s over the past few days—but it turns out that weather across the country, read more

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    Nor’easter Causes Travel Delays for New York Dealers Heading to Frieze Los Angeles