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The proposed $250 bill. Screenshot Iain Alexander, a British painter who has exhibited in Palm Beach, Florida, designed a proposed $250 bill recently sent by the Trump Administration to the Treasury Department. In an interview with the Washington Post, Alexander said that Trump had reviewed his design and gave the okay for adding the colors …

British Painter Behind Proposed $250 Bill Says He Discussed Design With Trump Read More »

Andras István Demeter recently resigned as Romania’s Minister of Culture. Photo Alex Nicodim/NurPhoto via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! Russia attacked Kyiv on Sunday, killing four, injuring about 100, and damaging cultural sites. Romania’s culture minister has stepped down following an outcry over a leaked recording. …

Romania’s Culture Minister Resigned Following Outcry Over Leaked Recording and More: Morning Links for May 26, 2026 Read More »

Cheryl Finley. Gediyon Kifle Cheryl Finley, the director of visual arts and culture at Spelman College who oversees the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective, has been awarded the David C. Driskell Prize dedicated to figures whose work is important to the realms of African American art and art history. Established by …

$50,000 Driskell Prize Goes to Cheryl Finley of Spelman College Read More »

Nam June Paik, Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, 1995 Artwork copyright © Nam June Paik Estate. Photo: Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum. The first three words from the preamble of the United States Constitution—“We the People”—are among the most famous in the world. But these days, as the country approaches its 250th anniversary, plenty …

How We Compiled Our List of the 100 Best Artworks About America Read More »

Muriel Hasbun. Photo Asher Selle/Courtesy International Center of Photography Muriel Hasbun, a multidisciplinary artist whose practice poignantly recounted the effects of El Salvador’s civil war and the migration and exile of its diaspora, died on May 13 from ovarian cancer in Silver Springs, Maryland. She was 64 years old. The news was confirmed by art …

Muriel Hasbun, Artist Whose Work Poignantly Recounted the Salvadoran Diaspora and the Fraughtness of Memory, Dies at 64 Read More »

Gladys Nilsson, Big Birthday, 2010. PD Young/Collection of the artist Spectacle in all its many forms is the big theme of the summer season, when big, glitzy projects will take over museums across the globe. Laure Prouvost has been given a wide playing field for a show about quantum physics at Paris’s Grand Palais, while …

46 Museum Shows and Biennials to See This Summer Read More »

Paul Cezanne, “La Montagne Sainte Victoire,” ca. 1888. Public Domain Good Morning! The family of a Jewish collector claims a Cézanne watercolor on loan for a recent Fondation Beyeler exhibition was lost due to Nazi persecution. The online prediction platform Kalshi has launched a category for art auctions.  Artists Rashid Johnson and Sheree Hovsepian to …

Jewish Heirs Call for Restitution on Cézanne Watercolor, Kalshi Launches Art Auction Market, and More: Morning Links for May 27, 2026 Read More »

The lintel on view at the Mexican Consulate in New York on Apr. Courtesy Instagram/Mexican Consulate in New York The cultural minister of Guatemala has begun the process to reclaim a 1,200-year-old stone lintel that was repatriated from the United States to Mexico in mid-April, according to a report in the Art Newspaper. The object …

1,200-Year-Old Limestone Lintel was Inadvertently Repatriated to Mexico Instead of to Guatemala Read More »

The Reina Sofía, Madrid Matias Chiofalo/Europa Press via Getty Images. Spain’s government is turning up the pressure on the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía over longstanding problems tied to its collection inventory, with lawmakers threatening consequences that could ultimately cost museum director Manuel Segade his job. A parliamentary oversight committee in Spain recently passed a resolution demanding …

Spain Threatens to Oust Reina Sofía Director Over Missing Artworks and Finances Read More »

People viewing the Bayeux Tapestry, which is making a rare journey back to England in 2026. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images The upcoming presentation of the Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot-long embroidered cloth depicting the Norman invasion of 1066, figures to be the blockbuster exhibition of the year for the British Museum. The institution is pricing …

Tickets to See the Bayeux Tapestry Will Cost As Much As $45 A Piece Read More »