Philip Guston, Reconstruction and Well-Being of the Family, 1942. Photo Charles Swaney/Living New Deal On Wednesday, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) and Chuck Schumer (D-New York) sent an open letter to Ed Forst, administrator of the General Services Administration questioning the organization’s management of its Fine Arts Program and the Fine Arts Collection. The GSA …
A Frida Kahlo self-portrait from the Gelman collection in a 2021 show at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida. Photo Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images More than 200 artists and art professionals in Mexico signed an open letter last week accusing the government of committing an “institutional blunder” after it allowed …
People looking at phones, looking at Beeple’s humanoid pig-dogs at Art Basel Miami Beach Daniel Cassady Beeple’s robotic beasties—first unveiled as a questionably crowd-drawing spectacle at Art Basel Miami Beach last December—are heading to a museum. The installation, Regular Animals (2025), will be presented at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin from April 29 to May 10, coinciding with Gallery Weekend …
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The 2026 Biennale of Sydney. Photo Felicity Jenkins/©Art Gallery of New South Wales The Biennale of Sydney, the most important biennial in the Pacific region, denied discrimination in its current edition after some members of Australia’s Jewish community repeatedly claimed that curator Hoor Al Qasimi had selected for participants with anti-Zionist politics. One prominent Jewish …
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This aerial view shows the Bio-Bio Theater, designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radic. AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HOUSE OF CARDS. The Chilean architect Smiljan Radic has won the famed Pritzker Prize, the industry’s top accolade, which was delayed because of Tom Pritzker’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, …
Ivan Argote’s Wild Flowers, installed on the Katy Trail in Dallas. Photo Kevin Todora The Katy Trail, a 3.5-mile urban greenway in Dallas, will be the venue for a new public art biennial launching in Spring 2027. The KTX Biennial will unfold across the length of the Katy Trail, and the works will be on …
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WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 28: Visitors browse an exhibition about slavery in The United States of America at the National Museum of African American History and Culture on August 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Trump Administration will review exhibition contents of 18 Smithsonian museums to reflect “unity, progress, and enduring values that define the …
“Autour de la maison, été” is among Hockney’s largest prints. Christie’s A massive print by David Hockney is slated to headline Christie’s London spring prints season. Titled Autour de la maison, été (2019) and measuring almost 40 feet, it carries a high estimate of £300,000 ($400,000). The work is printed on a single sheet of …
Keisha Scarville. Photo Ana Dias Keisha Scarville, a photographer known for her work about people in diaspora and identities in flux, is the 2026 winner of the Brooklyn Museum‘s Uovo Prize, the institution announced on Thursday. Through the award, Scarville will take home $25,000 and receive a Brooklyn Museum commission. Her work will also be …
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Firing and hiring: Anne Pasternak is worried about museum leadership trends. Getty Images for Puck During a talk in Washington, D.C. last weekend, Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak said she sees as a troubling pattern in museum leadership. In light of recent museum leadership reshuffles, she argued that male museum directors often retire, while women …
