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Los Angeles and the Pacific Rim collide in the Getty Foundation's 2030 art initiative. PST ART's fourth edition explores cultural exchange across Southern California institutions.
Prestigious gallery White Cube adds Emmi Whitehorse to its roster, joining Garth Greenan Gallery in representing the artist whose work debuts at Art Basel Hong Kong this month.
A painting erased from art history for 60 years just got its artist back. Scholars at the Rijksmuseum reopened the case when owners brought in "Vision of Zacharias in the Temple.
A $65 million expansion will transform St. Petersburg's Dalí Museum starting in 2026, adding 35,000 square feet of galleries, a learning center, and immersive digital experiences by 2028.
Maia Chao turns everyday mysteries into art: Where does doctors' office art come from? How do artists survive? Her anthropological eye finds the absurd, beautiful, and troubling in mimicry and replication.
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Exiled Belarus Free Theatre brings underground resistance to Venice Biennale's official stage, transforming a 1,000-year-old church into a political exhibition space.
Swivel Gallery founder Graham Wilson joins Marc Straus Gallery as partner, bringing his roster of artists and a curated exhibition opening March 19.
The National Museum of American History just acquired two holy grails of comic book history: the debut issues of Superman and Captain America.
Europe's art academies just pledged nearly $2 million to defend artistic freedom as pressure mounts. Meanwhile, Iranian diaspora artists grapple with hope and fear.
The Vancouver Art Gallery just acquired 800+ photographs from Stephen Shore's iconic "Uncommon Places" series—a landmark collection documenting North America's overlooked landscapes from 1973-1981.
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A Dutch-French painter's former home became a museum on the most romantic day of the year—Valentine's Day.
A lost Rembrandt emerges after 60 years: The Rijksmuseum confirms "Vision of Zacharias in the Temple" (1633) is authentic, overturning decades of scholarly doubt.
After 144 years of cranes dotting Barcelona's skyline, Gaudí's Sagrada Família finally reached its full height in February 2026—a monumental moment for one of architecture's greatest unfinished dreams.
Museums are literally letting visitors smell history—from Queen Elizabeth II's car to ancient Egyptian tombs—revealing sensory worlds lost to time.
Two free Black Americans launched Freedom's Journal in 1827—the first Black-owned U.S. newspaper—to counter racist mainstream press and fight for voting rights.
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Curator Diya Vij will lead NYC's Department of Cultural Affairs, the city's most powerful arts position. The Powerhouse Arts VP's appointment signals a major shift in how the city funds culture.
A Birmingham museum is hunting for lost artworks by Corietta Mitchell, the first Black artist to exhibit solo there during segregation—a missing piece of its 75-year history.
In the fishing town of Astoria, Oregon, the 29th annual FisherPoets Gathering will bring together commercial fishers to share poetry, essays, and songs about life in a changing seafood industry. Every year, on the last weekend of February, fishers, tourists, and artists gather in the breweries, bars...
Ancient Egyptian artifacts stolen from an Australian museum were recovered in just 24 hours, marking a rare victory in the fight against cultural property theft.
The Bunny Museum, a quirky SoCal icon since 1998, burned in LA's 2025 wildfires. Its three Guinness records went up in flames.
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Trisha Brown's avant-garde masterpiece Set and Reset proves dance can be delightfully absurd. The 1983 collaboration between Brown, Laurie Anderson, and Robert Rauschenberg returns to BAM this weekend.
El Salvador now hosts the world's largest mural—crafted entirely from recycled plastic bottle caps by Venezuelan artist Óscar Olivares and local recyclers.
Historians are secretly archiving Smithsonian wall labels before the Trump administration rewrites American history in federal museums.
The New York Historical will receive a transformative bequest of over 100 modern and contemporary works by Native American artists, spanning from early 20th-century potter Nampeyo to today's Jeffrey Gibson.
A rare neurological condition silenced a renowned drummer mid-performance. Science brought him back.
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The Teiger Foundation just pledged $750,000 to the 2026 Venice Biennale, splitting funds between exhibition production and artist support.
Glaciers boom. Wildfires crackle. Storms roar. But Earth's most dramatic events scream loudest where we can't hear them—in infrasound frequencies that circle the globe.
A teenage girl gave her family's Brahma hen, Snowball, false lashes—and the bird's newfound confidence was unmistakable.
The New York Historical Society just acquired 150 Native American artworks in a major gift timed to America's 250th anniversary.
Two major art institutions are channeling the art world's party energy into relief. On February 26, CORE and TBA21 launch a benefit auction for Jamaica and Los Angeles hurricane and wildfire recovery.
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France returned a massive 940-pound "talking drum" to Côte d'Ivoire Friday, ending decades of colonial-era possession at a Paris museum.
Barcelona's most ambitious architectural dream finally reached the sky: La Sagrada Familia's exterior is complete after 147 years of construction.
France returns a stolen "talking drum" to Ivory Coast after 108 years. The 10-foot Djidji Ayokwe, seized by colonizers in 1916, finally goes home.
A 14-year-old in Catholic-majority Colombia quietly practices Islam. Zia's faith stands apart in a nation where 63% identify as Christian—a personal choice that defines his identity.
The V&A Museum in London has acquired YouTube's pioneering first video, uploaded on April 23, 2005, marking a historic milestone in the platform's rise.
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Dóra Maurer, a pioneering Hungarian conceptual artist, has died at 88. Her boundary-pushing work explored the fluid nature of meaning across time and space, leaving an indelible mark on the art world.
Imogen Heap and drag queen Pattie Gonia team up for a powerful new song, "Have You Considered?", channeling climate grief into collective creative action through a cinematic film.
Amidst a flurry of kick lines and roaring laughter, Australian actress Rose Byrne was feted as the Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year, captivating Harvard's campus with her charm and wit.
Photographer Nan Goldin refuses to let others define her history. Her seminal work, "The Ballad of Sexual Dependency," has remained unchanged for over 20 printings, a testament to her unwavering vision.
Mia Westerlund Roosen's provocative phallus-like sculptures at the 1982 Leo Castelli exhibition challenged the male-dominated postwar art world, as one of only four women featured in the 29-artist showcase.