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South Africa’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Sits Empty as Gabrielle Goliath’s Banned Work on Gaza Appears Nearby

Gabrielle Goliath Photo by Anthea Pokroy South Africa’s contribution to this year’s Venice Biennale will be both absent and impossible to ignore. Months after the government abruptly canceled a planned pavilion by artist Gabrielle Goliath, the work at the center of the dispute is now set to appear in Venice anyway, just not inside the …

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David Hockney Says ‘There’s Too Much Abstraction in the Art World’

David Hockney. Photo by Luc Castel/Getty Image At the ripe old age of 88, David Hockney has sounded a warning to the art world: “There’s much too much abstract painting being done now.” He was recently speaking to the Times from his Kensington studio while recovering from an infection, and he was discussing his latest …

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Thaddaeus Ropac Takes on Martha Diamond Trust, Signaling New Attention for Overlooked New York Painter

Martha Diamond, Red Shadows, 1985. © the Martha Diamond Trust. Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul. Photo: Grace Dodds Thaddaeus Ropac has taken on Martha Diamond, the New York painter whose cityscapes are admired by artists yet largely under-recognized on the market. The gallery will represent the trust …

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Hirshhorn Unveils First Sculptures for Revamped Garden Ahead of October Reopening

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Gryffindor/Wikimedia The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. is starting to show its hand ahead of October’s long-awaited reopening of its rethought and improved sculpture garden. The museum has announced the first round of acquisitions for its overhauled garden, redesigned by Hiroshi Sugimoto, with a lineup that leans heavily on contemporary names …

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Lauren Halsey’s Long-Awaited LA Sculpture Park in South Central Is Finally Here—See Inside

Lauren Halsey’s sister dreamer lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south central los angeles, a sculpture park in Los Angeles’s South Central neighborhood. Photo Allen Chen/@_h_studio Almost two decades ago, while she was an architecture student at El Camino College, Lauren Halsey began conceiving a sculpture park for South Central, the …

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Light Art Installation Returns to San Francisco Bay Bridge, ‘Pre-Stonewall Street Queen’ Artist Agosto Machado Has Died: Morning Links for March 23, 2026

After a three-year absence, a popular light art installation has returned brighter and revamped to the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines LIGHTS, ART, ACTION. After a three-year absence, a popular light art installation has returned brighter and revamped to the San Francisco …

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At the 2026 Hong Kong Cultural Summit, Museum Leaders Pitch New Models for Institutions 

The 2026 summit, titled A New Era: Reimagining Community Through the Arts. Tessa Solomon/ARTnews “We are witnessing growing geopolitical complexity around the world. In times like these, culture matters more than ever. Culture transcends borders,” said Hong Kong’s Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Rosanna Law, at the opening ceremony of this year’s Hong Kong International Cultural Summit on Monday.  The …

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Emmanuel Di Donna Mounts Major Salvador Dalí Show as Final Exhibition in Madison Avenue Space

Salvador Dalí, El desnonament del moble aliment (The Weaning of Furniture-Nutrition), 1934 Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Collection of The Dalí Museum, St Petersburg, FL © Salvador Dalí Museum, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL, 2020 © 2026 Salvador Dalí, Gala-Salvador Dalí As Emmanuel Di Donna prepares to leave his Madison Avenue gallery, the veteran dealer is …

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Jordan Wolfson’s Newest Provocation Is a Creepy Prada Ad Campaign

An artwork by Jordan Wolfson produced for Prada’s Spring/Summer 2026 ad campaign. Courtesy the artist and Prada Prada’s current ad campaign for its Spring/Summer 2026 collection is an unsettling affair, and no surprise its maker is an artist known for disturbing video art and sculptures: Jordan Wolfson, whose past works have featured a gyrating cyborg, …

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In Hong Kong for Art Basel? Don’t Miss These Local Galleries and Museums

Exhibition view: Threading Inwards, CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), Hong Kong, 2026 Image courtesy: CHAT (Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile), Hong Kong In 2025, nearly 100,000 people—collectors, curators, and the merely curious—descended on the archipelago of Hong Kong for Art Basel Hong Kong, the biggest and busiest art event on the global calendar. But woe unto …

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