In a First, Portugal Returns Looted Antiquities to Mexico
In a sign of growing international cooperation in the restitution of looted artifacts, Portugal has returned three pre-Columbian objects to...
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Petzel to Rep Emma Webster, McNay Appoints New Head of Curatorial Affairs, and More: Industry Moves for February 18, 2026
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Turner Prize–Winning Artist Tai Shani Ends Phaidon Book Deal Over Leon Black’s Relationship to Jeffrey Epstein
Tai Shani, a London-based artist who won the Turner Prize in 2019, said this week that she was terminating a...
South African Court Rejects Gabrielle Goliath’s Bid to Reinstate Venice Biennale Pavilion
A South African high court has dismissed artist Gabrielle Goliath’s last-ditch bid to overturn the cancellation of her Venice Biennale...
What Would Happen to Auction Houses If Luxury Sales Outstrip Art Sales?
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Six National Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration Over Erasing History and Science at National Parks
Six national nonprofit organizations devoted to the national parks, history, and science have sued the Trump administration over its censoring...
Saudi Arabia Commissions Giant Mural the Size of 9 Football Fields
Saudi Arabia commissioned Domingo Zapata to paint what’s being called the largest mural ever created—at a size, as the New...
Labubus, Vintage YouTube, Pimple Patches, and More On View in the V&A’s Reopened ‘1900-Now’ Galleries
On Wednesday, the V&A in London reopened several galleries dedicated to design from the past 126 years. The newly installed...
French Police Search Institut du Monde Arabe As Part of Epstein Probe
French police raided the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris on Monday as part of an investigation into its former...
Nan Goldin’s Photobook The Ballad of Sexual Dependency Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary at Gagosian
“I don’t ever want to be susceptible to anyone else’s version of my history,” wrote photographer Nan Goldin at the...
