The Rapa Nui people welcome the remains of their ancestors repatriated from the Australian Museum in a ceremony on the island Courtesy Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural. The Australian Museum has returned 18 ancestral remains to the people of Rapa Nui (also known as Easter Island). The news was reported by the Art Newspaper following …
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MAC x Jean-Michel Basquiat Courtesy of MAC Cosmetics MAC Cosmetics has joined forces with Jean-Michel Basquiat’s family and estate for its latest limited-edition collaboration, inspired by the late artist’s creative signatures. Debuting direct-to-consumer and in select MAC stores on Thursday, the six-piece collection ranges in price from $29 for loose powder pigments in three shimmering gold, …
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WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 30: Construction continues on a new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House and the East Wing ballroom on July 30, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) Getty Images A federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump lacks the authority to build a $400 …
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The recovered 16th century carved wooden relief from the Monastery of Santa Clara de Fitero Screenshot/X On Tuesday, Spanish National Police and Mossos d’Esquadra, the regional police of Catalonia, announced that they had recovered a 16th century carved wooden relief that had been stolen from the Monastery of Santa Clara de Fitero in nearby Navarre …
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Rendering of the Tang Wing from 76th Street. Courtesy RAMSA / Alden Studios Less than two months after opening its $175 million Tang Wing for American Democracy, the New York Historical has replaced 17 objects in its inaugural exhibition with reproductions. Another three objects have been removed entirely. The problem is natural light, reportedly. The …
Robert Rauschenberg, 1977. Photo Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Artist Robert Rauschenberg hosted lively parties in the late 1960s at his New York townhouse. Artists and engineers bunked in, the artist’s turtle Rocky charmed visitors, and Rauschenberg created some key works in his studio there. That property may soon give way to luxury rentals and boutique condominiums. …
Valerie Hillings at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2006. Photo Fairfax Media via Getty Images The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi took another significant step toward its December 11 opening, naming Valerie Hillings as the institution’s inaugural director. In choosing Hillings, the Guggenheim tapped a trusted name for the high-profile appointment. She spent five years …
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A promotional imae for the Change.org Petition for Akriti Choudhary and other artists’s freedom. Courtesy Change.org In April, two Indian artists Srishti Gupta and Akriti Choudhary were arrested for protesting with factory workers in Greater Noida, an industrial and manufacturing city close to New Delhi, the Art Newspaper reported Thursday. Now, a Change.org petition is …
View taken on June 11, 2011, in Sarran, southcentral France, shows the Sarran museum (Musée du Président Jacques Chirac). (Photo credit should read JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AFP via Getty Images) French museums can’t seem to catch a break. Between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, the Musée du Président Jacques Chirac in the central French town of …
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Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow. Photo: Sam Saunders/Wikimedia Commons. Campaigners, politicians, and arts figures are calling on the Scottish government to intervene over the possible sale of the archive of Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts, according to The Art Newspaper. The collection was listed among the assets of the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), which was recently …
