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Unions at the Guggenheim Museum (left) and the Brooklyn Museum ratified contracts this week. From left: Photo David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images; Photo Christina Horsten/picture alliance via Getty Images Unionized staff at four of New York’s prominent cultural institutions—the Brooklyn Museum, Guggenheim Museum, the Jewish Museum, and the American Folk Art Museum, and (AFAM)—have ratified …

Guggenheim and Brooklyn Museum Unions Ratify New Contracts, Averting Strikes Read More »

Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting a king and his minions. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Crowds of visitors have swarmed the British Museum since the Bayeux Tapestry arrived in London from its home in Normandy, France, earlier this fall. Along with unprecedented attendance figures and fervent international interest in the 230-foot-long textile have come some visitor …

The British Museum Will Extend Its Hours Amid ‘Extraordinary’ Demand for Bayeux Tapestry Read More »

Artist Martha Jungwirth with AKRIS creative director Albert Kriemler in her studio. Courtesy AKRIS “Painting, for me, is about tension,” Martha Jungwirth once said, describing its interaction with her preferred surface, paper. A “sensual” material, she said, “smooth or rough, its tactile quality often resembles skin.” For more than 60 years, Jungwirth has refined this …

Martha Jungwirth’s Abstractions Animate AKRIS’s Spring 2026 Collection Read More »

This picture shows a natural pool of water in the centre of the Palestinian village of Lifta, which was abandoned during fighting in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on December 30, 2022. Lifta, a rare example of a still existing abandoned Palestinian village, lies in a bucolic spot at the entrance …

Insufficient Public Funding Identified as Biggest Threat to Global Heritage Sites, New World Monuments Fund Study Finds Read More »

Interior of the Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris. © MAD, Paris, Photo Laszlo Horvath An attempted robbery at the Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris was foiled on Saturday night. Le Parisien first reported that the suspect fled when the museum’s alarm system was triggered, prompting Paris police to launch an investigation. Investigators are …

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Each year, we ask the Top 200 Collectors for an update on what they’ve purchased in the past 12 months. The answers always surprise us. Among the highlights that they shared are a 15th-century Pietà by a Follower of Rogier van der Weyden, a complete set of Robert Frank’s The Americans, a wearable work of …

What the World’s Top Collectors Bought in 2026, From a 15th-Century Pietà Painting to an Oar from Lubaina Himid’s British Pavilion Read More »

Bon Iver’s 22, A Million (10th Anniversary Edition) with artwork by Eric Timothy Carlson. Courtesy Jajaguwar Bon Iver, whose music has evolved over time from sparse acoustic folk to a synthesized sound suggestive of intricate worldbuilding, will release a deluxe 10th-annivesary edition an album that counted as a Gesamtkunstwerk when it helped reposition the band …

Bon Iver to Release 10th-Anniversary Edition of Album with Elaborate Artwork Elucidated Read More »

New York City Cultural Affairs Commissioner Diya Vij at Materials for the Arts. Photo Maximilíano Durón/ARTnews New York will increase its direct support to artists, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Cultural Affairs commissioner Diya Vij announced today. Rising from $5,000 to up to $10,000, the increase doubles the funds given to artists and represents the …

As New York City Doubles Grants for Individual Artists to $10,000, Cultural Affairs Commissioner Diya Vij Discusses Vision for City Agency Read More »

Jeff Koons for Hublot. Courtesy of Hublot To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! Jeff Koons is quietly selling about $100 million of his art collection at Christie’s. Damien Hirst makes his case for art as “anything done well,” ahead of a new …

Jeff Koons Cashes in $100 M. Art Collection to Christie’s, Damien Hirst Makes Case for Wearable Art Ahead of New Barrie Cashmere Collection, and More: Morning Links for October 5, 2026 Read More »

A Stolperstein commemorating Nazi victim Paul Gröger is embedded in the sidewalk in front of City Hall in Saxony, Heidenau, 2026. Photo Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! Puerto Rican musician-turned-artist Rafael Ferrer has died at …

Puerto Rican Musician-turned-Artist Rafael Ferrer Has Died, Preliminary Trial Opens Against Museum and City Officials for Alleged Negligence Leading to Villena Treasure Theft, and More: Morning Links for September 30, 2026 Read More »