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The artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1982. ©James Van der Zee Archive, the Metropolitan Museum of Art/Courtesy “King Pleasure” exhibition, New York There is a new development in an ongoing fraud lawsuit against the leader of the collapsed Vancouver-based developer Coromandel Properties, whose chief executive allegedly misappropriated funds to acquire an art collection, reports The Vancouver …

Works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and George Condo Among Those Caught in Major Vancouver Real Estate Fraud Lawsuit Read More »

Yoshitomo Nara. Courtesy David Zwirner After adding Yoshitomo Nara to its roster last fall, David Zwirner will present the Japanese artist’s first show with the gallery at both of its spaces on 19th and 20th Streets in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The exhibition, touted as Nara’s first major solo show in New York in nearly a …

Yoshitomo Nara’s First Show with David Zwirner Slated for October in New York Read More »

An image from the recent survey. Courtesy Nature Surveys of the Brazilian states of Acre and Amazonas turned up evidence of pre-Colombian civilization that thrived in southwestern Amazonia. As reported by Heritage Daily, the new findings—published in the journal Nature—include signs of hundreds of earthworks that had not previously been identified. “The team conducted more …

Aerial Surveys of Brazil Find New Evidence of Pre-Colombian Civilization Read More »

Adaline Kent, Days of Our Youth, 1947 Accessions Committee purchase, by exchange, through the T.B. Walker Foundation Fund The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has announced the purchases of more than 90 modern and contemporary artworks between January and June 2026. The purchases include videos and video installations by Stephanie Comilang and Simon Speiser, …

SFMOMA Announces Recent Gifts and Purchases of Modern and Contemporary Artworks Read More »

SubwayTakes host Kareem Rahma and artist Dustin Yellin on a recent episode of the viral show. Screenshot/SubwayTakes Dustin Yellin has a hot take: “Religion should be a product of art, not art a product of religion!” Um, sure! The multidisciplinary artist and Pioneer Works founder made the comment in a recent appearance on SubwayTakes, the internet …

Artist Dustin Yellin Has a Hot Take for Viral ‘Subway Takes’ Show Read More »

A screenshot from the beginning of the Open Call episode showing François Boucher’s Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1750) being animated via AI. Via Open Call, Harvard Business Review The Harvard Art Museums, a consortium of three institutions in Cambridge, Massachusetts, tested out a marketing campaign aimed at increasing visitor engagement and membership that makes …

Harvard Art Museums Tested Out Using Generative AI to Animate 18th-Century Painting as Part of Marketing Campaign Read More »

Visitors engage with interactive displays and informational panels regarding the global history of nuclear weapons at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, on April 22, 2026. NurPhoto via Getty Images Good Morning! The American Alliance of Museums has slammed the Trump administration’s escalating attacks on the Smithsonian Institution. Japan’s Nagasaki Atomic …

Japan’s Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Accused of Whitewashing, and More: Morning Links for July 29, 2026 Read More »

José Luis Blondet (left) and Michael Wellen will curate the 2027 Made in L.A. biennial. Photo Gabriel Noguez The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has named the two curators for the next edition of its closely watched Made in L.A. biennial: Michael Wellen and José Luis Blondet. Their edition, the eighth overall, will open in …

Made in L.A. 2027 to Be Curated by Hammer Chief Curator Michael Wellen and MOCA’s José Luis Blondet Read More »

The Victoria and Albert Museum. DPA/Picture Alliance via Getty More than 300 workers across London’s Victoria and Albert Museum are voting on whether to strike over salary, working conditions, and what unions describe as unsafe heatwave policies. According to the Guardian, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union launched the ballot on July 23, covering employees at …

V&A Workers Ballot for Strike Over Pay, Heatwave Conditions Read More »

Bernard Arnault. Photo Chesnot/Getty Images In a social media post, Bernard Arnault, France’s richest man and one of Europe’s most influential art patrons and collectors, shot back at a scathing, six-part investigation by Le Monde delving into the scope of his power, wealth, and alleged rivalries within the Arnault clan, described as “the last royal …

Bernard Arnault Hits Back at Le Monde Report Accusing Him of Being ‘In Love With the Arts and Tax Exemptions’ Read More »