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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 …

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

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 …

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

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, …

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

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 …

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

Liz Munsell will be the new vice president of curatorial and arts programs at Powerhouse Arts. Photo Xavier Petromelis/Courtesy Powerhouse Arts Powerhouse Arts, a nonprofit creative production center in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood, announced that curator Liz Munsell to the role of vice president of curatorial and arts programs. Munsell will replace Diya Vij, who was …

Curator Liz Munsell Named Vice President of Curatorial and Arts Programs at New York’s Powerhouse Arts Read More »

An installation view of the Royal Academy of Arts’s recent Kerry James Marshall exhibition. Photo: ©David Parry/ Royal Academy of Arts, London; Art: ©Kerry James Marshall/Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner, London Helen Legg, the current director of the Tate Liverpool, has been appointed as artistic director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, …

Tate Liverpool Director Helen Legg Appointed to Lead Royal Academy of Arts Read More »

Rosso Fiorentino Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist, 1512/13. Private Collection/Courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced Thursday that it had acquired a recently rediscovered Renaissance painting of significant art historical importance. Layers of paint were removed during a recent conservation to reveal the figure …

Met Museum to Acquire Rediscovered Renaissance Painting Admired by Vasari Read More »

El Greco, The Reedemer, c. 1590–95 Courtesy Vatican Museum The Vatican has announced the discovery of a newly identified painting by Mannerist painter El Greco, Artnet News reports. Titled The Redeemer and dating to the late 1500s, the piece was uncovered by restorers Alessandra Zarelli and Paolo Violini. While conserving the work, they realized that an …

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Kamel Mennour. Archives Mennour. The baton is being passed from an elder generation of French art dealer to a younger one, with the purchase of Galerie Malingue by dealer Kamel Mennour, who will take over Malingue’s 4,300-square-foot showroom at 26 Avenue Matignon in Paris’s Matignon district. “Located in a space with a long history in …

Paris Dealer Kamel Mennour Buys Galerie Malingue, Founded Over Five Decades Ago  Read More »

Supporters gather at Sebastian Street and A1A in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the site of the Pride crosswalk, for a “We Won’t Be Erased” Rally on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025. The protest is in response to the state of Florida’s directive to erase the rainbow crosswalks in Fort Lauderdale Beach, and to show support for …

Fort Lauderdale Still Fighting Removal of Rainbow Crosswalks: ‘We Are the Last Man Standing’ Read More »