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The Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Kevin Carter/Getty Images In its latest attempt to bring the Smithsonian Institution to heel, the Trump administration is threatening to cut off discretionary grants and is accusing the organization of violating federal antidiscrimination law. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Vince Haley, assistant to the president for domestic policy, …

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Installation view of James Turrell’s Blue Sea Sky, 2026, at Superblue Miami. Courtesy Superblue. Photo Oriol Tarridas. Superblue Miami, an immersive art hub in the city’s Allapattah neighborhood, is celebrating its five-year anniversary with an installation by Light and Space artist James Turrell, Artnet News reports. The piece, titled Blue Sea Sky (2026), marks the artist’s latest installment …

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Leon Black. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Museum of Modern Art Leon Black, a billionaire investor who counts among the world’s top art collectors, has sued the House Oversight Committee, alleging that its subpoenas to testify in its investigation into the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were “invalid.” Epstein’s friendship with Black has been …

Collector Leon Black Sues House Oversight Committee over Jeffrey Epstein Investigation Read More »

Parthenon sculptures of Ancient Greece, fragments which are collectively known as the Parthenon Marbles aka Elgin Marbles at the British Museum on 25th March 2025 in London, United Kingdom. The Elgin Marbles are considered stolen goods by Greece, and has regularly demanded their return, while the Acropolis Museum, which houses the remaining sculptures, keeps an …

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham Reverses Call for British Museum to Return Parthenon Marbles Read More »

Kerstin Brätsch’s installation Fossil Psychic Stone Mimicry (Aspen), 2026, at the Aspen Art Museum. Photo Paul Salveson Kerstin Brätsch, a German-born painter known for vivid, playful abstract paintings and maximalist installations, is the winner of the 2027 Zurich Art Prize. The annual award comes with about $37,000 in prize money and about $123,000 toward production …

Kerstin Brätsch Wins the $160,000 Zurich Art Prize Read More »

Rembrandt’s Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet (1657) is the subject of a temporary export ban. Courtesy UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport The United Kingdom’s government announced this week that it has put a temporary export ban on a Rembrandt painting valued at £71.7 million ($97.2 million). The painting in question is Rembrandt van …

UK Government Puts Temporary Export Ban on $97.2 M. Rembrandt Painting Read More »

People viewing the Bayeux Tapestry, which is making a rare journey back to England in 2026. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! Ahead of its public opening, the British Museum privately hosted billionaire tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel for a VIP viewing of the Bayeux …

Tech Billionaire Gets VIP Viewing of the Bayeux Tapestry, London’s Science Museum Ends 25-Year Relationship with BP, The Met Faces Backlash Over Planned John Galliano Exhibition, and More: Morning Links for August 31, 2026 Read More »

Rina Banerjee, Contagious Migrations, 1999–2023 Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Artwork copyright © Rina Banerjee, courtesy the artist and Perrotin. The Baltimore Museum of Art has announced the acquisition of approximately 118 artworks over the past six months. The new additions to its collection—purchases, gifts, and promised gifts—span periods, cultures, and mediums, strengthening the …

Baltimore Museum of Art Announces New Acquisitions Read More »

Miss Mao Trying to Poise Herself at the Top of Lenin’s Head, 2009, by Chinese artist brothers Gao Zhen and Gao Qiang. Photo Carol M. Highsmith/Courtesy Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Artist Gao Zhen, who was detained in China in 2024 on “suspicion of slandering China’s heroes and martyrs” over a satirical sculpture …

Artist Gao Zhen Receives Three-Year Prison Sentence for ‘Slandering China’s Heroes’ Read More »

Lisa Havilah attends the Australian Fashion Laureate 2024 at Sydney Opera House, Australia. Photo by Don Arnold/WireImage via Getty Images Just 10 weeks prior to the opening of Sydney’s latest cultural institution, Powerhouse Parramatta, its chief executive Lisa Havilah has stepped down amid ongoing “investigations into governance and procurement,” according to a statement released on …

Chief Executive of Sydney’s Forthcoming $915 M. Cultural Institution Steps Down Amid Ongoing Investigations, 10 Weeks Ahead of Its Opening Read More »