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Michael Joo, Saltiness of Greatness (1992). Courtesy Space ZeroOne. A large sculpture by Korean American artist Michael Joo collapsed after an accident, reportedly caused by a careless visitor, during the February 20 opening of his exhibition “Sweat Models 1991–2006,” at New York’s Space ZeroOne.  The collapse of the piece Saltiness of Greatness (1992) injured four, …

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The 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale. Photo Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images The Venice Biennale, the world’s most important art exhibition, has officially named the 111 artists participating in its 2026 edition. Opening to the public on May 9 and running through November 22, this year’s Biennale, the 61st edition to date, is an unusual one: …

Venice Biennale Names 111 Artists for Koyo Kouoh’s Posthumous Exhibition Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 28: A Smithsonian Institution sign is seen on the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall on March 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reshape and remove contact that “portrays American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive” and promote …

Volunteer Group Documents Smithsonian Wall Text as Trump Administration Presses Cultural Review Read More »

President Donald Trump displays a rendering of his proposed White House ballroom during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on October 22, 2025 Alex Wong/Getty Images. On Thursday, President Donald Trump came one step closer to building his $400 million White House ballroom, when an …

Commission of Fine Arts Approves Trump’s Proposed White House Ballroom Read More »

Iris Cantor. Courtesy Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Iris Cantor, a collector and philanthropist who provided the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and other US art institutions with millions of dollars worth of support, died on Sunday in Palm Beach, Florida. She was 95, according to a release from her foundation, which …

Iris Cantor, Philanthropist Who Transformed the Met and the Brooklyn Museum, Dies at 95 Read More »

Tom Pritzker. Photo Daniel Boczarksi/Getty Images The Pritzker Architecture Prize issued a statement defending the integrity of its selection process after newly released Jeffrey Epstein files detailed past contact between Tom Pritzker, the director of the foundation behind the award, and the disgraced financier. The statement, released to the New York Times, said the Hyatt Foundation’s role …

Pritzker Prize Defends Jury Independence After Tom Pritzker’s Epstein Ties Surface Read More »

4445 Sabal Palm Road, Miami. Google Earth via Bloomberg. Brazilian authorities are searching for assets, including art, linked to financier Daniel Vorcaro, CEO of the failed bank Banco Master SA, reports Bloomberg. Brazil’s central bank liquidated Banco Master last November due to a severe solvency crisis and regulatory violations and after a police investigation into …

Brazilian Authorities Search for Art Holdings of Bank CEO Read More »

Isaiah Zagar in the 2000s. Courtesy of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens Isaiah Zagar, an artist who created one of Philadelphia’s great public art attractions, died on February 19 due to complications from heart failure and Parkinson’s Disease, which he had been diagnosed with in 2023. His death was confirmed by Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG), the nonprofit …

Isaiah Zagar, The Artist Behind Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, Has Died at 86 Read More »

José de Mora, Saint Margaret of Cortona. Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Historico. After a convoluted process dating back to 2018, the High Court of Justice of Andalusia has overturned a four-year prison sentence for a Spanish antiques dealer in a case involving an artwork from a 16th-century convent in an ancient Italian city just north …

An Appeals Court Clears a Spanish Art Dealer in the Case of a Convent’s Sculpture Offered at TEFAF  Read More »

Domingo Zapata at a bullfight in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in 2024. Photo By Raul Terrel/Europa Press via Getty Images Saudi Arabia commissioned Domingo Zapata to paint what’s being called the largest mural ever created—at a size, as the New York Post’s “Page Six” put it, of 540,000 square feet, or about nine football fields. …

Saudi Arabia Commissions Giant Mural the Size of 9 Football Fields Read More »