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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 …

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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 »

Cecily Brown, The Serpentine Picture, 2024. Genevieve Hanson/©2026 Cecily Brown All roads lead to Italy this season, and not only because the Venice Biennale, the greatest art exhibition of them all, opens there in May. Over in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is staging a Raphael retrospective—the first ever devoted to the Renaissance …

74 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Spring Read More »

Vancouver Art Gallery Getty Images. The Vancouver Art Gallery announced this week that it has received a gift of more than 800 works from American photographer Stephen Shore’s series “Uncommon Places.” The donation comes from the Vancouver-based Chan family, which has long supported the museum. Taken on road trips across North America between 1973 and …

Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Major Gift of Stephen Shore Photographs Read More »

The late Isaiah Zagar. Courtesy of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines GAINING PACE. New York-based conceptual artist Anicka Yi has joined Pace, with the gallery representing her in partnership with Gladstone Gallery, 47 Canal, and Esther Schipper. Yi spoke to ARTnews about why artists must go beyond simply …

Career-Making Turner Watercolor Goes On View, Artist Anicka Yi Joins Pace, Mosaic Artist Isaiah Zagar Dies: Morning Links for March 4, 2026 Read More »