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Claude Lalanne, Important and Unique Ensemble of Fifteen Mirrors for Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, ca. 1974. Courtesy Sotheby’s A bespoke ensemble of 15 mirrors by Claude Lalanne sold at Sotheby’s New York today for $33.5 million, breaking the artist’s secondary-market record and becoming the most valuable design work ever to leave the auction …

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Rendering of building facade for Berlin’s forthcoming Museum of the 20th Century. Courtesy Herzog & de Meuron. Another day, another setback for Berlin‘s long awaited Berlin Modern, as moisture damage in the building’s shell and microbial contamination in other parts of the structure have forced the postponement of the museum to 2030. The Prussian Cultural …

Berlin Modern Museum Delayed Again as Moisture Damage Pushes Opening to 2030 Read More »

Leon Botstein in 2012. Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME Leon Botstein, whose leadership of Bard College has been questioned after connections with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed, has talked about retiring and moving into another role at the school after a successor is found, according to a report in the Times Union. But no …

Amid Epstein Blowback, Bard President Leon Botstein Talks About Succession Plan But With No Timeline: Report Read More »

The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. Photo by Omer Messinger/Getty Images Hundreds of paintings lost to the ravages of war—including multiple works by Peter Paul Rubens, Paolo Veronese, Anthony van Dyck, and Caravaggio—will soon be viewable online courtesy of a digitization initiative by Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie. The museum’s formidable collection of Old Master paintings was damaged by two …

Berlin Museum Oversees Digital Resurrection of Hundreds of Paintings Destroyed During World War II Read More »

Simeon Barclay’s performance The Ruin. ©Anne Tetzlaff/Courtesy the artist and Workplace The Turner Prize, the esteemed Tate-run award for British artists, has revealed this year’s nominees, and in typical Turner Prize fashion, they’ve already polarized critics. Simon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau, and Tanoa Sasraku are the four nominees for this year’s award, which once …

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The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center Plaza. Jonathan Tichler/Metropolitan Opera Good Morning! The Metropolitan Opera says Saudi Arabia has backed out of a deal that would have provided the cash-strapped institution with millions over eight years. Berlin culture senator Sarah Wedl-Wilson has resigned amid a scandal related to funding projects supposed to combat antisemitism.  …

Saudis Renege on Met Opera Financial Aid, Berlin’s Culture Senator Resigns, and More: Morning Links for April 24, 2026 Read More »

Alma Allen. Photo Luis Garvan/Courtesy Perrotin Alma Allen‘s pavilion for the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale has become a proxy fight over politics, process, and cultural authority—questions the artist himself has little interest in adjudicating. “I don’t think my work is political in respect to party politics,” Allen said as he prepared his exhibition, adding that …

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The three-day NFL draft, hosted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, kicks off in the Steel City on Thursday. The main events will take place downtown: at Acrisure Stadium on the North Shore and Point State Park, where Pittsburgh’s famous three rivers meet. The city is expecting hundreds of thousands of visitors—by some estimates, far more than …

Pittsburgh Shows Off New Public Art Projects in Advance of NFL Draft Read More »

US President Donald Trump announces the US Navy’s new Golden Fleet initiative, unveiling a new class of warships, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2025. President Donald Trump on December 22 announced a new class of heavily armed warships that will be named after himself — an honor usually reserved for US …

Trump Fires Top Collector John Phelan, Looted Helmet Heads Home to Romania: Morning Links for April 23, 2026 Read More »

Daft Punk in Milan in 2019. Photo Marco Piraccini/Archivio Marco Piraccini/Mondadori via Getty Images Good news for any Art Basel attendees hoping to relive their early aughts salad days: Thomas Bangalter, one half of legendary French electro duo Daft Punk, will take over Hall 1.1 South at Messe Basel on Saturday June 20. Advertised as …

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter to Co-Headline ‘Immersive Experience’ at Art Basel Read More »