3+ day, 7+ 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, 7+ 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…...

5+ day, 7+ 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, 4+ day ago   (191+ words) The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in San Diego is in financial crisis, having recently fired eight workers and closed its main campus to the public, spurring calls for the removal of director Andrew Utt. [The Art Newspaper] New research…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (354+ words) A newly restituted Wassily Kandinsky painting left behind ahead of the Nazi occupation will come to auction at Christie’s London on October 14. A Wassily Kandinsky painting left behind by a Dutch family fleeing the Nazi occupation and later on view…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (199+ words) Following the surprise announcement that the chief executive of Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, Lisa Havilah, stepped down 10 weeks before the cultural institution’s opening, Arts Minister John Graham announced that a misconduct investigation has been underway into Havilah and another senior executive…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (342+ words) The artist Otto Muehl, a co-founder of the Viennese Actionism movement, is the subject of a controversial exhibition in Vienna this fall. The Vienna Actionism Museum (WAM) has been controversial since it opened in March 2024, which is perhaps not an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (130+ words) London’s Science Museum Ends 25-Year Relationship with BP, the Met Faces Backlash Over Planned John Galliano Exhibition, and more art news. A striking Neolithic sculpture of a man riding a leopard has been unearthed in Turkey, offering rare insight into…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (422+ words) A range of politicians and public figures have criticized the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for its forthcoming controversial John Galliano show, including dealer Arne Glimcher, the founder of Pace Gallery, one of the biggest such entreprises in…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (205+ words) Two municipal employees in the Dutch city of Rotterdam have been dismissed following an investigation into alleged corruption involving construction contracts. They include work connected to asbestos removal at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, one of the country’s most important museums....