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A rendering of the Portland Museum of Art’s proposed new wing and campus reunification project. Courtesy Portland Museum of Art The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) in Maine closed on its purchase of a new building in the city’s downtown, as well as two adjacent parking lots late last month. The building, previously owned by …

Portland Museum of Art Buys New Building For $14 M., Freeing Up Space For Exhibitions Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 15: A model of President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary is seen on the Resolute Desk as President Trump holds a press conference with FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Oval Office of the White House on October 15, 2025 …

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Celeste Dupuy-Spencer. Getty Images for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, a painter whose work dealt with racism and upheaval in an America riven by inequalities, died at her home in Los Angeles on Friday. She was 46. Jeffrey Deitch gallery, which will open a Dupuy-Spencer show in LA next week, announced her …

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The interior of Pete Davidson’s house. Ginnel x Modern Angles Pete Davidson, the lovable lunk who made his name on Saturday Night Live and went on to star on the silver screen (as well as in the annals of dubious boat-ownership), put his house in suburban Westchester, New York, on the market—while revealing a considerable …

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Ministry of Culture employees look at the famous caryatid statues inside the new Acropolis Museum in Athens 10 January 2008. The Greek president visited the new museum that is expected to be ready to open its gates to the public in early 2008.AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP …

Greece Introduces New Law to Combat Art Forgery and Vandalism Read More »

Bored Ape #8398 OpenSea A long-running legal saga between Yuga Labs, the parent company of Bored Ape Yacht Club, and artist Ryder Ripps and his business partner Jeremy Cahen, has finally ended, with the parties reaching a settlement on Tuesday. While the terms of the settlement are confidential, the parties disclosed that they agreed to …

The Long Legal Saga Between Artist Ryder Ripps and the Bored Ape Yacht Club Is Finally Over Read More »

Madeleine Grynsztejn. MCA Chicago. At year’s end, Madeleine Grynsztejn will leave her post after 18 years as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, which bills itself as one of the world’s largest museums devoted to the art of today. The museum, which launched in 1967 with a Fluxus happening by John Cage, Dick …

Outgoing MCA Chicago Director Madeleine Grynsztejn Offers the Consummate Insider’s Guide to the Windy City Read More »

The National Assembly in Paris. Photo by Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas via AFP In what was described as “a decisive step in the long road to the restitution of property looted in Africa during the colonial era,” on Wednesday the French National Assembly’s Cultural Affairs Committee approved a proposed bill that was unanimously passed by the Senate’s …

Proposed Restitution Law in France Advances in National Assembly Read More »

The Venice Biennale’s Russian Pavilion was closed in 2022 by its artists and curator. Photo Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree on Friday that has imposed sanctions on five Russian cultural figures who are involved with organizing the Russian Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. The news was first …

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at a press conference in September. Getty Images When the Basque regional government made a formal request last week to Spain‘s Ministry of Culture to authorize a temporary loan of Pablo Picasso‘s Guernica (1937), the region’s head of government, Lehendakari Imanol Pradales, said he expected more robust discussion on …

Spain’s Culture Minister Rejects Guernica Transfer, but Basque Leaders Refuse to Take No for an Answer Read More »