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Pearlman Foundation Donates Modern Masterpieces to MoMA, LACMA, and Brooklyn Museum
The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation has announced the dispersal of its entire collection to three major institutions: New York’s Museum of Modern...
Seized Picasso and Basquiat Works Hit U.S. Government Auction Block
A trove of blue-chip artworks—once owned by fugitive financier Jho Low and Wolf of Wall Street producer Joey McFarland—has surfaced in an unlikely...
Met Trustee Wesley LePatner Among New York Shooting Victims
Wesley LePatner, a Blackstone executive and newly elected Metropolitan Museum of Art trustee, was killed in Monday’s shooting at 345 Park Avenue....
U.S. Withdraws From UNESCO As ‘Woke’ Culture Wars Go Global
The United States has formally notified UNESCO of its intention to withdraw from the United Nations' cultural arm by December 2026, reigniting a...
Caravaggio’s Provocative Cupid Makes UK Debut At Wallace Collection
For the first time on British soil, Caravaggio's Victorious Cupid (1601-02) prepares to unsettle London audiences this November. On loan from...
Bridget Riley Donates Major New Work To Tate Britain’s Collection
Bridget Riley's Concerto I (2024) enters the Tate collection—a gift from the artist herself. The painting debuts alongside Fall (1963) in a focused...
Bayeux Tapestry: UK Return Reignites Regional Heritage Wars
After over 958 years in exile, the Bayeux Tapestry's impending UK return has reignited old battles - not with swords this time, but with policy...
MIMA To Host Turner Prize 2026: A Cultural Coup For Middlesbrough
The Turner Prize is coming to Teesside. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) will stage the prestigious contemporary art award in autumn...
Rory Pilgrim: Find Miracles A Sonic Soundwork Arrives At Waterloo Station
The Underground takes on a different timbre this month as Find Miracles, a new sound work by Turner Prize-nominated artist Rory Pilgrim, infiltrates...
Sir Brian Clarke Visionary of Contemporary Stained Glass Dies Aged 72
Artlyst Obituary | 7 July 2025: Sir Brian Clarke, whose restless experimentation and a driving ambition updated stained glass from an ecclesiastical...
Moira Cameron Wins Annual NPG Portrait Award 2025
Moira Cameron has been awarded first prize in the 2025 Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award for her contemplative and boldly executed...
Bayeux Tapestry: France Agrees To Historic Loan To British Museum
The British Museum has secured the long-anticipated loan of the Bayeux Tapestry, marking its first return to British soil in nearly a millennium....