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A design for the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art. Courtesy Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art The forthcoming Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art has received a $490 million construction grant from Diriyah Company, a real estate juggernaut that has previously thrown its support behind an array of resorts, a digital art institution, and …

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Janne Sirén. Courtesy Buffalo AKG Art Museum Janne Sirén, the director of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in Upstate New York, will depart his post in October after more than a decade, opening up yet another top role at a US art institution. Sirén oversaw the museum as it expanded dramatically in 2023, adding another …

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Kate Kraczon. Montclair Art Museum. The Montclair Art Museum has a new chief curator. The New Jersey institution hired Kate Kraczon, who lost her job as director of exhibitions and chief curator at the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, late last year amid a wave of layoffs; she had …

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A seagull stands on the 16th-century Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice, 2026. NurPhoto via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! Emails between Venice Biennale organizers and the Russian Pavilion commissioner reveal plans to close the latter pavilion to the public after the vernissage. Matthew …

Emails Suggest Venice Biennale Organizers Planned for Limited Russian Participation, SF Appoints First Arts and Culture Director, and More: Morning Links for April 28, 2026 Read More »

Natalia Kaliada and Daniella Kaliada pictured with a work in progress by Sergey Grinevich for “Official. Unofficial. Belarus.” Photo Tina Zaborowska/Courtesy Belarus Free Theatre While much attention—and controversy—has been generated in recent months over the return of Russia to the Venice Biennale, another outcast nation will also have its first presence at the global art …

A Theatre Group of Exiled Belarusian Artists Arrive in Venice, With an Exhibition That Shows What Repression Feels Like Read More »

Vaillancourt Fountain with prominent Closed sign on construction fence, San Francisco, California, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Gado via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BLIND BLISS. A new sculpture has popped up in London’s Waterloo Place, bearing the signature of the elusive Banksy, …

Advocates Try to Save Brutalist Fountain in San Francisco, José Aparicio Painting Returns to Prado Museum: Morning Links for April 30, 2026 Read More »

Refik Anadol Studio, Machine Dreams: Rainforest, 2006, at Dataland, Los Angeles. Photo Refik Anadol Studio/Courtesy Dataland In 2026, a museum dedicated to AI art feels inevitable. And on June 20, one will open in Los Angeles. DATALAND—tag line: Where human imagination meets the creative potential of machines—was announced in the fall of 2024, and will …

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The upper part of a statue of Ramses II, discovered in Tell El-Faraoun, Egypt. Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The top half of a large statue of the ancient Egyptian king Ramses II was discovered in northeastern Egypt at an archaeological site called Tell El-Faraoun. The fragment weights over 5 tons and is …

Seven-Foot-Tall Monument to Ramses II Discovered in Eastern Nile Delta Region Read More »

Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca will curate the 2027 Bienal de São Paulo. ©Fe Avila/Courtesy Fundação Bienal de São Paulo The Bienal de São Paulo has announced the two chief curators for the 2027 edition of the Brazilian exhibition: Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca. The duo’s theme for the Bienal will be announced in the …

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A trove of gold jewelry dating to the Middle Bronze Age. Courtesy of the Greek Ministry of Culture Excavations at Kolona, an archaeological site on the Greek island of Aegina, have uncovered a trove of gold jewelry dating to the Middle Bronze Age. The discovery was made inside a large stone building near a defensive …

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