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Metropolitan Museum And Neue Galerie in Landmark New York Merger
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Neue Galerie New York have announced they will merge in 2028, bringing one of the world's most...
Rene Matić Wins Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026
Rene Matić has been announced as the winner of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026, one of the most significant awards in...
JMW Turner’s Famous Self-Portrait May Not Be By Him
The image of JMW Turner has stared out from British cultural life for nearly two centuries, the portrait that appeared on the £20 banknote...
Zineb Sedira Transforms Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries into a Cinema of Resistance
The Duveen Galleries, one of the most imposing and architecturally demanding spaces in British public art, have been remade as an immersive...
Ten Political Statements By Artists At The 2026 Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale has never been a purely aesthetic event, and anyone who imagined that the 61st edition might somehow sidestep the world's...
61st Venice Biennale: International Jury Resigns Over Russia and Israel Participation
The 61st Venice Biennale has entered an open institutional crisis. The event’s international jury resigned collectively today, 30 April, eight...
New Banksy Sculpture Appears At Waterloo Place London
A sculpture of a suited figure marching forward off a plinth, one hand raised to carry a flag whose billowing fabric entirely obscures the face...
Robert Indiana Legal Saga: $102 Million Verdict Brings Estate Closer To Resolution
A Manhattan federal jury has awarded more than $102 million in damages to Morgan Art Foundation, Robert Indiana’s former business partner, in...
Russia’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Will Be Closed To The Public
The controversy surrounding Russia’s return to the Venice Biennale after a two-year absence has produced an outcome that satisfies almost no...
Ittai Gradel Whistleblower Of British Museum Thefts Dies Aged 61
Ittai Gradel, the Danish antiquities dealer whose persistence exposed one of the most serious institutional failures in the British Museum’s...
Turner Prize 2026 Shortlist Announced As Competition Heads To Middlesbrough
Tate Britain has announced the four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2026, naming Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau and Tanoa...
Antony Gormley Sculpture Sold Off By Reform-Run Kent County Council
A work by Antony Gormley, one of Britain’s most significant living sculptors, has been sold by Kent County Council without public debate,...
