Wagner Foundation Names Winners of $75,000 2026 Arts Fellowships
The Wagner Foundation announced Tomashi Jackson, Lucy Kim, and Yu‑Wen Wu as recipients of its 2026 Wagner Arts Fellowships, each receiving a $75,000 unrestricted grant. Launched in 2023, the fellowship supports mid‑career or established Boston‑area artists whose work engages social change. Winners will receive professional development, assistance, and a group exhibition at the Wagner Gallery in Cambridge from August to December. The foundation, founded in 2005, distributes over forty cultural and arts grants annually.
Louvre Plans Its ‘Most Ambitious’ Painting Restoration Ever: A Refresh for Rubens’s Medici Cycle
The Louvre announced its most ambitious restoration to date, removing the 24‑painting Marie de’ Medici cycle by Peter Paul Rubens from public view for four years. The Baroque masterpieces, covering roughly 3,100 square feet, suffer from yellowed varnish and discordant...
True Origins of King Tut ‘Curse’ Emerge in Newly Sold Letter
A three‑page letter written by Howard Carter in 1934 reveals that he blamed journalist Arthur Weigall for inventing the infamous “Curse of the Pharaohs” surrounding Tutankhamun’s tomb. Carter argued the curse story was a retaliatory spin by Weigall after being...
This Show Paints a Then-and-Now Portrait of Black Life in the US
The Center for Art and Advocacy is hosting “A Language We Share: Beverly Price and Gordon Parks,” a dual exhibition that juxtaposes Price’s contemporary portraits of Black Washington, D.C., with Gordon Parks’ historic photographs. The show presents a visual dialogue...
Photos Reveal Róng Museum of Art Under Construction in Shenzhen
Büro Ole Scheeren unveiled renderings of the Róng Museum of Art, a 53‑metre tall, 4,500‑square‑metre cultural landmark under construction in Shenzhen. Commissioned by Tenova Future, a private venture of Tencent founder Ma Huateng, the museum targets 20th‑ and 21st‑century visual...
‘We Are a Very Resilient People’: In the Face of Trump’s Threats, Cuban Cinema Comes Out Fighting
The Screen Cuba festival is showcasing classic and contemporary Cuban films, including Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s *Hasta Cierto Punto* and Juan Padrón’s animated shorts, as a cultural counter‑point to heightened U.S. pressure under former President Trump. The event highlights the resilience of...
Rashid Johnson, the Artist Who Shot Jay-Z’s GQ Cover, Drew Inspiration From the Harlem Renaissance
Rashid Johnson, renowned for exploring Black intellectual life, photographed Jay‑Z for GQ’s April 2026 issue, creating intimate portraits that position the rapper as a modern thinker. Johnson drew visual inspiration from Harlem Renaissance photographer James Van Der Zee and the surreal interiority...
A Guide to Marilyn Minter’s Subversive Art, in Her Own Words
Marilyn Minter has spent decades confronting taboos with glossy, hyper‑real paintings, photographs and videos that celebrate raw sexuality. Signature works like the 1990s "Porn Grid" series appropriated explicit pornographic stills, turning them into enamel‑on‑metal canvases that both shocked and fascinated...
ECB to Open Its Doors for the Night of the Museums on 25 April 2026
On 25 April 2026 the European Central Bank will open the historic Grossmarkthalle and its adjoining public areas for Frankfurt’s Night of the Museums. Visitors can join two guided tours—one focused on the ECB’s contemporary art collection and the other on the...
The Expressive Movement of Artist Stephanie J. Williams’ Stop-Motion Experiment, ‘The Expectation of the Observed’
Stephanie J. Williams’s experimental stop‑motion short *The Expectation of the Observed* is being shown on the mobile “I’ll Meet You There” truck touring Washington, D.C. The film features a seven‑inch foam puppet whose torn latex limbs convey themes of stress, labor,...
Larry Clark and James Gilroy’s Advice for Young Artists
Larry Clark and James Gilroy have released "Bedtime Stories for Bad Boys and Girls," a new book and accompanying exhibition that delves into unsettling childhood vignettes through stark photography. The project, rooted in their 1970s New York partnership, mixes themes...
Luxury Group by Marriott International Unveils “Art of Arrival,”
Marriott International’s Luxury Group has launched “Art of Arrival,” an artist‑residency program featuring emerging Chinese creator Chen Zuo. The inaugural residency at The Ritz‑Carlton Suzhou produced a new commission that will debut during Hong Kong Art Month, then travel to Art Basel...
Danielle Orchard "Borrowed Chord" @ Perrotin, Paris
Danielle Orchard’s second Paris show, "Borrowed Chord," opens at Perrotin and runs through April 18 2026. The exhibition presents new paintings that revisit modernist fragmentation, classical composition, and the reclining female figure while shifting their emotional tone. Orchard uses a restrained, luminous...
The Venice Art Biennale Is Nearly upon Us. Here Are Eight Things We Are Looking Forward to so Far
The 61st Venice Biennale runs from May 9 to November 22, 2026, featuring a newly restored central pavilion and the curatorial theme “In Minor Keys,” which spotlights subtle undercurrents shaping daily life and the planet. A diverse slate of exhibitions spans the Giardini,...
Producers Are Keen but Cautious About Asia Pacific Touring Opportunities
Australian producers are optimistic about expanding touring opportunities across the Asia‑Pacific, buoyed by the federal government’s Invested 2040 strategy and the newly‑launched ASEAN‑Australia Centre. Initiatives by boutique agency Turning World show growing artistic reciprocity, yet cultural‑sector literacy between Australia and Southeast...
Monumental Bellini Altarpiece Undergoes Major Restoration in Public View
Giovanni Bellini’s 15th‑century San Giobbe altarpiece is undergoing its most extensive restoration in over five centuries. The two‑year, $580,000 project will stabilize the fragile wood panel, analyze pigments with ultraviolet and infrared imaging, and clean the surface, all behind glass...
Paris Internationale Milano Names Participating Galleries for Inaugural Edition
Paris Internationale, the nonprofit gallery‑led art fair founded in 2015, announced its inaugural Milan edition featuring thirty‑four galleries and nonprofits. The fair will run April 18‑21, with a VIP preview on April 17, at the historic Palazzo Galbani, and limits...
Double Dealing
White Columns, New York’s longest‑standing nonprofit gallery, staged “Art (by) Dealers,” an exhibition featuring over ninety works created by gallerists themselves. The show is explicitly for sale, with each piece labeled by anonymous numbers and a checkout system designed to...
A New New Museum
The New Museum reopened after a two‑year expansion, unveiling the sprawling survey exhibition “New Humans: Memories of the Future,” which showcases roughly eight hundred works ranging from Surrealist drawings to Carlo Rambaldi’s original animatronic E.T. model. The reopening also prompted Artforum...
A Chunk of Eiffel Tower’s Spiral Staircase Returns to Auction After 40 Years
An 8.5‑foot segment of the Eiffel Tower’s original spiral staircase will be auctioned by Artcurial on May 21, with estimates between €40,000 and €50,000 (about $46,300‑$57,900). The staircase was removed in 1983, cut into 24 pieces, and most have been dispersed...
Norbert Schoerner’s Experiments with Photography in the Age of AI
Renowned photographer Norbert Schoerner releases a provocative new book, Aura: Collaborations with Human and Other Minds 2011‑2023, that contains no images captured by him. The volume assembles four distinct bodies of work created over a twelve‑year period, each probing the...
French Government Blocks Sale of Newly Discovered Drawing by German Renaissance Master Hans Baldung
The French culture ministry stepped in at the last minute to block the auction of a newly identified Hans Baldung Grien drawing, slated for March 23 at Drouot with a pre‑sale estimate of €1.5‑3 million (approximately $1.65‑$3.3 million). The silverpoint portrait of...
Manga Boobs and Cybersigilism: Nail Art Is Entering Its Maximalist Era
Nail art is moving into a maximalist phase, with designers piling on glitter, logos, manga motifs and cyber‑inspired symbols. Italian artist Serena Fiore exemplifies the shift, showcasing cluttered, high‑gloss designs that blend pop‑culture references with handcrafted embellishments. Her work, highlighted...
Lost Photos of the Chelsea Hotel in the 1970s
Albert Scopin’s newly uncovered archive showcases 35 vivid photographs of New York’s iconic Chelsea Hotel in the 1970s. The images blend double‑exposures, saturated reds, and ghost‑like overlays that capture the hotel’s bohemian energy and street‑level drama. Scopin documents everything from...
London Exhibition Celebrates Konrad Mägi, Estonia’s Mystic Modern Master
London’s Dulwich Picture Gallery has opened the first UK exhibition devoted to Estonia’s modernist pioneer Konrad Mägi, showcasing more than 60 paintings, many never displayed abroad. Curated by Kathleen Soriano, the show arranges the works chronologically, tracing Mägi’s evolution from his...
Keeping up with the Kleins: Exhibition Brings Together Yves’s Talented Artist Family
The Stedelijk Museum Schiedam has opened "Yves Klein and His Artist Family," showcasing 30 works by Yves alongside more than 40 pieces by his parents Fred Klein and Marie Raymond and his widow Rotraut Klein‑Moquay. Curated by Tijs Visser of...
Yang Fudong’s Memory Palace
Yang Fudong’s solo show "Fragrant River" at Beijing’s UCCA showcases 30 video works spanning more than eight hours, opening with the five‑channel installation *Young Man, Young Man* (2025). The exhibition weaves nostalgic vignettes of 1980s‑90s hutong life, furniture‑industry imagery from...
A Play About the Play Becomes the Thing: Hamnet Onstage in D.C.
Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel *Hamnet* has been transformed into a stage play that opened this week at Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company after a successful Chicago run. The production, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, centers on Agnes Shakespeare as she battles to...
Interview: Creative Technologist Simi Gu and the Art of Worldbuilding by Serena Hanzhi Wang
The interview with creative technologist Shimin (Simi) Gu explores her immersive project Journey Into Self and the broader evolution of interactive art. Gu explains how her NYU training and early interactive experiments led her to prioritize emotional pacing and seamless...
Just Outside Joshua Tree, This Art Fair Set in a Desert Motel Is Building Something You Can't Get in L.A.
The High Desert Art Fair entered its fifth year in Pioneertown, converting the historic motel’s rooms into galleries for 20 galleries and publishers. Headlined by Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh, the event also featured a DJ set by Shepard Fairey, panels, meditation,...
Every Known Work by Georgia O’Keeffe Has Been Digitized and Made Available Online
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum launched Access O’Keeffe, a free online portal that digitizes every known work by the iconic American modernist, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, and archival materials. The platform offers high‑resolution images, searchable metadata, and tools to browse by...
Vignettes & Mutations: Eric White @ GRIMM Gallery, NYC
GRIMM Gallery in New York is showcasing Vignettes & Mutations, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles‑based painter Eric White running through May 2, 2026. It marks White’s fifth solo show with the gallery and revisits two decades of his work by extracting and...
A Super-Detailed Guide to Sourcing Antique Artwork, From Someone Who's Spent Decades Combing France’s Brocantes and Flea Markets
The newly released 240‑page volume *The Art of Antiquing in France* offers a step‑by‑step roadmap for sourcing, evaluating, and preserving antique paintings across French brocantes, flea markets, and auction houses. It stresses the importance of cultivating relationships with dealers whose...
ART CENTRAL AND ITS ESTEEMED PARTNERS PRESENT DIVERSE ARTIST PROJECTS AND EXCEPTIONAL HOSPITALITY EXPERIENCES
Art Central 2026 returns to Hong Kong Harbourfront with 117 galleries and over 500 artists, highlighted by UOB's large‑scale ink installation "White Mirror – The Vista of the Inner Worlds" by Ling Pui Sze. The fair expands its regional reach...
New York City John Zieman S Video Ecology by Richard Vine
John Zieman’s latest exhibition, "Weaponized Beauty," opened at Leonovich Gallery in Chelsea, showcasing three experimental videos and eleven aluminum photo panels that explore ecological preservation and personal safety. The dual‑channel piece OTOH directly addresses climate disaster imagery, while the titular...
Opening Picks: RASCAL - Marcarson Curated by Wilhelmina Von Blumenthal by WM
Marcarson’s solo pop‑up exhibition "Rascal" opens at 243 Bowery in New York from March 24 to March 31, 2026, with an opening reception on March 26. Curated by Wilhelmina von Blumenthal, the show occupies two floors near the New Museum and blends Arte Povera, Duchampian,...
The Enduring Power of the Cartier Panthère
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris is hosting its final Art Deco exhibition, showcasing over 1,000 jewels, furniture, and objects, including a dedicated Cartier room. The show highlights the iconic Cartier Panthère motif, which evolved from a 1914 wristwatch...
Alia Sugawara Unveils Solo Exhibition in Hong Kong With Jun Takahashi as Collaborator
Japanese‑American ink artist Alia Sugawara opens her first solo exhibition outside Japan, "Konketsu," at Otherthings by The Shophouse in Hong Kong. The show runs from late March to May 10 and features paper‑based scrolls, screens and collages created with fashion designer Jun...
The Oscar-Nominated Movie That Was Supposed To Feel Like A Hug
French animator Ugo Bienvenu’s eco‑fable *Arco* earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, showcasing a visually striking blend of Studio Ghibli‑style artistry and hopeful climate storytelling. Produced on a €9 million budget, the film follows a 2932 boy who time‑travels...
What the Art Market Still Gets Wrong About Next-Gen Collectors
Georgina Adam’s new book warns the art market that attracting millennials and Gen Z is essential for its survival. While Christie’s claims a third of its 2025 buyers are under 45, these younger participants are volatile and less loyal. The book...
US Graffiti Legend Brings His Iconic Street Art to Japan
Mark Bode, a New York graffiti pioneer and son of underground comics legend Vaughn Bode, unveiled a large mural in Tokyo’s Shibuya district on the Manhattan Records building, introducing his father’s iconic characters to Japanese audiences. The piece marks the...
Harlem: Welcome to Harlem USA Photographs by Ruben Natal-San Miguel Curated by Nitza Tufi O by WM
The Taller Boricua Gallery will host "Welcome to Harlem USA," a solo photography exhibition by Ruben Natal‑San Miguel curated by Nitza Tufiño, running from March 12 to May 17, 2026. Natal‑San Miguel’s twenty‑five‑year archive captures Harlem’s streets, storefronts, murals, and residents with journalistic precision. The show highlights the...
On TikTok, a New Group of Folk Musicians Are Taking the Genre Back to Its Political Roots
A new wave of folk musicians is reviving protest songs on TikTok, turning rapid‑response songwriting into a digital rallying point. Artists like Joseph Terrell and Jesse Welles post verses within days of headline events, amassing millions of views and followers....
Artist LR Vandy on Sculpting the ‘Knotted Histories’ of Power
London-based artist LR Vandy presents her first solo museum exhibition, “Rise,” at Yorkshire Sculpture Park in collaboration with October Gallery. The show features large rope‑based sculptures both inside the gallery and on the park grounds, including the indoor centerpiece “A...
Cecily Brown: ‘Painting Happens Very Quickly; Often I Don’t Know if It’s Working’
British painter Cecily Brown reveals that her canvases often emerge in a flurry of rapid strokes, leaving her unsure mid‑process whether the work is succeeding. She describes a practice driven by instinct, where composition evolves organically rather than through meticulous...