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La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona Photo by Bill Wassman/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. Good Day! Pace CEO Marc Glimcher announces plan to downsize its London branch. Influential South-East Asian dealer and curator Valentine Francis Willie has died at 71. Experts in Italy accidentally mistook a three for an eight, and misdated an important, 14th-century Madonna and Child painting, now …

Sagrada Familia’s Inauguration Day, Influential Curator Valentine Willie Has Died, and More: Morning Links for June 10, 2026 Read More »

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Photo Howard Agriesti, Cleveland Museum The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced Friday that it has a $600 million fundraising campaign in the works. The goal is to support the institution’s long-term health—and it is nearly 80 percent of the way there. As it approaches the final stretch of the …

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Clarence Heyward, Man in the Garden, 2025. Courtesy Houston Museum of African American Culture A self-portrait by Clarence Heyward was vandalized last week by visitors to the Houston Museum of African American Culture, where the work by the Raleigh, North Carolina–based artist is on view as part of a survey titled “Eden.” As reported by …

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Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942–43 The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Museum of Modern Art has announced a forthcoming exhibition dedicated to Dutch modernist Piet Mondrian’s years in New York—in particular, the influence of the city’s boogie-woogie music scene on his art. The exhibition will bring together 30 of Mondrian’s paintings either …

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Installation view of “Oscar Tuazon: dépendance,” 2013, at dépendance, Brussels. Photo Sven Laurent/Courtesy dépendance, Brussels Dépendance, the iconoclast, 23-year-old Brussels gallery that built a trusted reputation as an “artists’ gallery,” is closing. “Galleries come and go. Some are short-lived but leave a clear trace, others endure for decades without changing much. Dépendance has been there …

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A model of President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump wants to fast-track the construction of his proposed triumphal arch to be sited in Arlington, between the Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial, just across the Potomac River. The plan, which would see work happen year-round and for …

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Tim Hursley, courtesy Crystal Bridges. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art may have opened its 200,000-square-foot facility in Bentonville, Arkansas just 15 years ago, but it is already ready for its first major addition. At the museum’s campus last week, founder Alice Walton, heir to the Walmart fortune and, …

Crystal Bridges Museum Tacks on a Big Expansion, Just 15 Years After Opening, and Packs it With American Art Read More »

The Guggenheim Museum will screen Zidane, a 21st century portrait (2006, detailed still) by Douglas Gordan and Philippe Parreno during the 2026 World Cup. Photo: Anders Sune Berg/Courtesy ARoS Aarhus Art Museum and Gagosian; Art: ©2026 Studio lost but found and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany/Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York The Guggenheim Museum in New York …

Guggenheim Museum to Livestream Select World Cup Matches, Screen Art Film on Legendary Football Star Zinédine Zidane Read More »

The International African American Museum on June 27, 2023 in Charleston, South Carolina. Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Citing ongoing financial difficulties, Charleston’s International African American Museum (IAAM) will furlough its entire staff, including senior leadership, according to a statement from the institution. The 20-day furlough program will begin July 1 and run into December …

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Alma Allen. Photo Luis Garvan/Courtesy Perrotin Artist Alma Allen has again accused cultural strategist David Resnicow of working against Allen’s controversial US Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale, after months of criticism surrounding the project. In an Instagram post published Monday afternoon, Allen wrote that “two of the three galleries that withdrew their support for …

Alma Allen Doubles Down on Accusations Against Cultural Strategist David Resnicow of Working Against His Venice Biennale Pavilion Read More »