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A Long-Awaited Art Museum in a Former Renault Factory Finally Arrives on Paris’s Idyllic Île Seguin

View of Le Large – Centre d’art de la Pointe des Arts on Île Seguin. Photo Nicolas Trouillard/©RCR Arquitectes et CALQ To get to France’s newest contemporary art center, the journey is part of the experience. To reach Île Seguin in Boulogne-Billancourt, in the western suburbs of Paris, you must first go to Pont de …

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French Collector François Pinault Plans Permanent Hang in Venice Museum

Photo Matteo De Fina At age 90, collector François Pinault, founder of the Kering luxury conglomerate and the investment holding company Artémis, isn’t getting any younger. So it’s hard not to wonder how that may have factored into his latest announcement in a rare interview with Le Monde, stating he plans to mount a first …

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Strife at Tom of Finland Foundation as Cofounder Levels Accusations and the Board Claims Harassment

Tom House in Los Angeles, until recently the home of the Tom of Finland Foundation. Jamison Rockmore It has been a long road to recognition for the artist known as Tom of Finland, who started out in the queer erotica underground, submitting his drawings of gay men with eye-popping physiques, often dressed in leather fetish …

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Blackpink Superstar Rosé Tapped for LACMA’s Art+Film Gala

Rosé attends the 2026 Met Gala Celebrating “Costume Art” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026 in New York City. Photo by TheStewartofNY/Getty Images K-pop star Rosé will perform at LACMA’s upcoming Art+Film Gala on November 7. The Blackpink vocalist joins the museum’s 15th annual fundraiser, which will honor Latvian American artist Vija …

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Tate Scoops Up Works by Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Luis Fernando Zapata at Frieze London

Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Peace Unknown, 2026. Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth, and Boesky Gallery/Photo ©Tate (Sonal Bakrania and Matt Greenwood) Each year at Frieze London, Tate gets to buy works on view at the fair through a dedicated fund, and this time around, the museum purchased just two pieces: an abstraction by Michaela Yearwood-Dan and …

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Police Recover Three Religious Artworks Stolen From Spanish Churches

Inside the church of San Pablo in Valladolid. Photo by Joaquin Gomez Sastre/NurPhoto Spanish police have recovered three religious artworks stolen from churches in Valladolid over the summer, bringing the case one step closer to a miraculously happy ending. A suspect is in custody, though investigators are still looking for a fourth missing sculpture. The …

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Israel Returns 22 Looted Antiquities to Greece

Some of the 22 antiquities Israel returned to Greece on Oct. 13, 2026. Courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority/Facebook On Tuesday, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) returned 22 antiquities to Greece. The cache includes decorated pottery from the 8th through the 4th centuries BCE that had been seized during an illegal antiquities trafficking investigation in and around …

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Gochman Family Collection’s Hudson Valley Space to Be Called Branchline, Opening in November

The Branchline team, from left: Rachel Martin, Becky Gochman, Audrey Lea Collins, Nicole van Brugge, Moonoka Begay, and Laura Phipps. Photo Denis Gutierrez Ogrinc The Gochman Family Collection, founded by ARTnews Top 200 Collectors Becky and David Gochman, has announced more details for its forthcoming space in the Hudson Valley. Branchline, as it will be …

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