Ian McKellen delivers a speech in November 2025. Photo by Richard A. Brooks/AFP Ian McKellan has signed to star in a new BBC documentary about cult artist L.S. Lowry, with a focus on unheard audio recordings that Lowry made in the final four years of his life. As reported by the Guardian, “Fifteen years ago, …
Michel Droge, Andromed’s Demise, 2024. Courtesy the artist The New York–based Joan Mitchell Foundation has named the 31 artists who will participate in its 2026 residency program. Taking place at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans, the residents will participate in either six-week or 14-week residencies during three seasons (spring, summer, fall) this year, …
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Two portraits of Oscar Wilde by Sarony, 1882 Bonhams. On February 18, Bonhams auction house in London will hold a sale of books, photographs, and ephemera related to the Irish writer Oscar Wilde’s life and work. The items come from the holdings of former antiques dealer and bibliophile Jeremy Mason, who has been collecting Oscar …
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In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.(UGC via AP) At least four artists have …
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A view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art building in New York City, United States on July 15, 2024. NurPhoto via Getty Images Nearly 1,000 salaried and hourly workers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art voted on Friday to join Local 2110 of the United Auto Workers (UAW), creating one of the nation’s largest museum …
Bob Ross in his home studio, ca. 1991. Photo Acey Harper/Getty Images Three more paintings by PBS icon Bob Ross are going up for sale at Bonham’s at the end of the month, as part of a group of 30 such works being sold to raise money for the beleaguered public-broadcasting entity American Public Television …
Bose Krishnamachari during a media tour on the eve of the 6th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in December 2025. Sivaram Venkitasubramanian/NurPhoto via Getty Images Bose Krishnamachari, an artist and curator who co-founded the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) in 2010, announced his sudden resignation. South First reported the news, with a statement from the foundation …
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The Art Mill, an in-progress museum in a former flour mmill in Qatar, reportedly sought to acquire Gabrielle Goliath’s work from her since-canceled Venice Biennale pavilion. Courtesy Qatar Museums Yet more details have emerged surrounding the abrupt cancelation of Gabrielle Goliath‘s planned Venice Biennale pavilion for South Africa, with the Daily Maverick publishing a report …
Goodman Gallery’s Johannesburg headquarters. The gallery recently dropped Goliath and more than 10 other artists. Courtesy Goodman Gallery Artist Gabrielle Goliath was dropped by her South African representative, Goodman Gallery, before the cancelation of her proposed Venice Biennale pavilion, according to a report by the Cape Town–based newspaper Daily Maverick from Tuesday. She appears to …
President Donald Trump. Getty Images The Trump administration is eyeing a Washington, D.C. park for its “National Garden of American Heroes,” according to two sources speaking anonymously to the Washington Post. West Potomac Park is south of the National Mall, near memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. and president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Just what part …
