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The Central Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photo Simone Padovani/Getty Images Good Morning! Iran denies ever withdrawing from the Venice Biennale, and the Somalia Pavilion sparks controversy. A new report led by France‘s parliament has revealed wide-ranging flaws in the country’s museum security management. US Interior Department staff are concerned that Trump‘s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repairs are behind schedule and of poor …

Venice Biennale Controversies Continue, French Parliament Report Finds Flaws in Museum Security, and More: Morning Links for May 13, 2026 Read More »

Band-aids featuring designs by Redon, Van Gogh, and Monet Kenvue Brands LLC. Following the success of their 2025 collaboration, BAND-AID® Brand and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have reunited to produce a new lineup of art-themed adhesive bandages. This year, the band-aids feature details from three flower paintings in the Met’s collection: Impressionist painter Claude …

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Valie Export, 2025. Photo Nicole Toferer Valie Export, whose groundbreaking work questioned the very nature of art and cinema, all through an explicitly feminist lens, has died at 85. The news was confirmed by Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, which represents her. Her death on May 14 came three days before her 86th birthday, according to AFP. …

Valie Export, Groundbreaking Feminist Artist Who Questioned the Nature of Art, Dies at 85 Read More »

Ronald Lauder with Gustav Klimt’s Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, one of the Neue Galerie’s prized possessions. Photo Chris Hondros/Getty Images The Neue Galerie, a private museum in New York’s Upper East Side run by collector Ronald S. Lauder, will merge with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, making yet another major expansion of the …

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Bruno Bischofberger with a collaborative work by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Photo Luc Castel/Getty Images Bruno Bischofberger, a legendary dealer who grew so close to the artists he loved that he became something like a collaborator to them, shaping art history along the way, has died at 86. His Zurich-based gallery announced his death …

Bruno Bischofberger, Art Dealer of Stars Like Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dies at 86 Read More »

Remains of a public bathhouse uncovered in Alexandria. Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities An excavation in Moharam Bek, a neighborhood in central Alexandria, has uncovered a trove of archaeological findings dating from the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods. The news was announced by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities earlier this month and …

Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Found in Alexandria Read More »

Clothing from the Hurley x Keith Haring collection. Courtesy Hurley The streetwear brand Hurley, which is known for surf and swim apparel, has released a capsule collection inspired by Keith Haring, one of the most recognizable and oft-licensed American artists. The collection includes cotton T-shirts, board shirts, bucket and trucker hats, bathing suits, and sweatshirts …

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Former first lady of South Korea Kim Keon Hee arriving at Seoul Central District Court on Aug. 12, 2025. Photo Jung Yeon-Je – Pool/Getty Images A former South Korean prosecutor who allegedly tried to buy political influence with a painting by Lee Ufan has now been convicted on appeal, in a case that adds disputed authenticity claims …

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Alessandro Giuli. Photo Vincenzo Nuzzolese/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images This year’s Venice Biennale may not have its traditional Golden Lion awards, but Italian cultural minster Alessandro Giuli has revealed the person he thought won this year’s edition: Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose nation made its Biennale return to this year to great controversy. “There’s no …

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Gozo Yoshimasu. Photo Masashi Asada The inaugural Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize will go to Tokyo-based artist Gozo Yoshimasu, who will receive £200,000 (about $272,000), as well as exhibitions in London and New York as part of the prize. Yoshimasu is better known as a poet who first emerged in the avant-garde scene of …

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