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Zanele Muholi, ‘Bona III’, ISGM, Boston, 2019 ©Zanele Muholi/Courtesy Yancey Richardson, New York and Southern Guild, Cape Town Zanele Muholi, an acclaimed photographer and activist whose work celebrates the queer Black experience in South Africa and beyond, has won the Hasselblad Award, the world’s leading photography prize, which carries a cash award of SEK 2,000,000 …

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Dali Museum in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. AFP via Getty Images The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg is planning a major expansion expected to begin construction in 2026, with the new facilities slated to open in 2028. The museum said the approximately 35,000-square-foot addition will cost an estimated $65 million and is intended to grow the exhibition spaces, …

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Now you can learn about American history on the back of a flatbed truck, as God intended. Courtesy PragerU Have you always wished that you could visit a museum devoted to U.S. history, like maybe the one at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., but wished that rather than a brick-and-mortar museum in the nation’s …

Where Did the IMLS’s Funding for Museums and Libraries Go? Into Trump’s ‘Freedom Truck’ Road Show, It Seems  Read More »

SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA – APRIL 18: General view of the Hermitage Museum on April 18, 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Lavazza, partner of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburgh supports the exhibition ‘Gods, Men, Heroes’ From the Naples National Archaeological Museum and the Archaeological Park of Pompei. (Photo by Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images for Lavazza) Getty …

Russian Archaeologist Arrested in Poland Amid Ukraine Probe Into Crimean Excavations Read More »

Mikhail Shvydkoy, Russia’s delegate for international cultural exchanges and the country’s former culture minister, confirmed to ARTnews that the pavilion will open in May. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett After closing for the last two editions of the Venice Biennale following its war in Ukraine, Russia will reopen its national pavilion this year, its organizers told …

Russia’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Is Set to Reopen This Year, But Officials Say It Isn’t a ‘Return’ Read More »

The Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room at the Art Institute of Chicago. Art Institute of Chicago A treasured area of the Art Institute of Chicago may be reshaped by an expansion plan that would see the gallery spaces grow significantly in size. That area of the museum is the Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room, which …

Art Institute of Chicago’s Beloved Stock Exchange Room May Be Impacted by Expansion Plans Read More »

The de Young Museum. Photo George Rose/Getty Images In a complaint filed February 20 in San Francisco Superior Court, a security guard at the De Young Museum in San Francisco alleges sexual harassment and retaliation.  The complaint names the city and county of San Francisco, the Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums (which operates the …

San Francisco and De Young Museum Hit With Sexual Harassment Lawsuit, Alleging ‘Outrageous Conduct’ Read More »

A general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city, on March 02. Photo Contributor/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! The European Alliance of Academies has launched a nearly $2 million plan to support artistic freedom under pressure in …

European Alliance Pledges Financial Support for Artistic Freedom, Iranian Artists Both Terrified and Joyful as War Continues, and More: Morning Links for March 3, 2026 Read More »

A promotional image for “The Age of Content,” a 2023–24 dance performance by the French companies (LA)HORDE and the Ballet national de Marseille. Maria Baranova-Suzuki Editor’s note: This story is an edition of Link Rot, a column by Shanti Escalante-De Mattei that explores the intersections of art, technology, and the internet. The stage is simply set: a …

 In The Age of Content, a Dance Company Finds an Embodied Language for Brainrot  Read More »

Members of the Guggenheim union rally outside the museum on March 4. Tessa Solomon for ARTnews On Wednesday in Manhattan, VIP guests trickled into the Guggenheim Museum to celebrate its buzzy Carol Bove show, while outside, its unionized staff—conservators, archivists, educators, front-facing staff, and others—rallied for a second contract that the group hopes will be more robust.   The …

Guggenheim Union Rallies Outside Carol Bove Reception for New Contract Read More »