3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (178+ words) Lonnie Bunch’s retirement as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, coinciding with the exit of over a third of its Board of Regents, leaves President Trump an opening to exert unprecedented control over the national institution. [The Washington Post] The Dorothea…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (428+ words) Per their agreement, the Pompidou has about 21,500 square feet in which to collaborate on semi-permanent displays every 18 months, mainly drawn from its collection. Plus, it will contribute works to additional temporary shows. Meanwhile, Kanal is slowly building its own, budding…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (228+ words) Kathleen V. Jameson replaces Raphaela Platow, who stepped down last year at the end of a four-year contract. The Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, has named Kathleen V Jameson as its next director She officially began in the role on…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (270+ words) Paintings by Paul Signac are earmarked for high-profile sales in New York, Paris, and London. Christie’s will sell nearly 600 works of modernist art from the same collection under the title “Radiant Modernism.” The sale will occur across…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (439+ words) British businessman and art collector Peter Simon is auctioning off nearly 200 works of art, from Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth to Pablo Picasso and Jeff Koons. An art collection, estimated to be worth £87 million to £127 million ($118 million to $172 million), featuring…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (213+ words) A joint Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission has found a well-preserved tomb dating to the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt’s Old Kingdom (2494–2345 BCE), reports the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The find was made during the mission’s 2026 excavation season in the area…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (271+ words) Eight paintings from the collection of Clive Davis, the famed record producer who died this past June, will head to Christie’s during the November sales in New York. They are some of the first major consignments to those sales, and…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1839+ words) Read an excerpt from William D. Cohan’s MONEY TO BURN: The Unvarnished Truth About Leon Black, Apollo, and the Rise of a New Wall Street. Leon Black’s main passion is art, a love that can easily be traced back to his…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (160+ words) David Rubenstein, the ousted chairman of the Kennedy Center, has purchased Joel Shapiro’s sculpture Blue (2019), which the center just removed from its grounds. It will eventually be exhibited in the Sculpture Garden of the National Gallery of Art. [The New…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (318+ words) In an unearthed radio interview from April, US ambassador Leah Campos described the painting as a lesbian picnic. Kehinde Wiley’s artwork at the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic continues to cause a stir Erin Scavino, director of Art…...