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Russia Returns to Venice Biennale for First Time Since Invading Ukraine Russia will have a presence at the 61st Venice Biennale, four years after canceling its pavilion in 2022, just after the country attacked Ukraine.

Russia will have a presence at the Sixty-First Venice Biennale, four years after canceling its pavilion in 2022, just after the country attacked Ukraine. www.artforum.com/news/russia-...

Anna-Sophie Berger on religious garb and consumer aesthetics The artist introduces her new exhibition at Baltimore's Art Hall

In a new interview with Artforum’s Theo Belci, Anna-Sophie Berger discusses religious garb, consumer aesthetics, and her current exhibition, “Two Fixed Ideas Will Unite” at Baltimore’s Art Hall. www.artforum.com/features/the...

Serpentine’s Kostas Stasinopoulos to Helm Greece’s Forthcoming Kyklos Kostas Stasinopoulos has been named director of exhibitions and programs at Greece's Kyklos, a forthcoming center devoted to African and Oceanic art.

Kostas Stasinopoulos, the longtime curator of live programs at London’s Serpentine contemporary art gallery, has been appointed director of exhibitions and programs at Kyklos, the Renzo Piano–designed center for art and culture set to open in 2028 in Piraeus, Greece. www.artforum.com/news/serpent...

METHOD ACTING: BERLIN WINTER SHOWS Winter gallery exhibitions in Berlin, including Isabella Bortolozzi, Tanja Wagner, Molitor, and Wentrup

In a new Field Notes column for Artforum, Ela Bittencourt surveys Berlin’s winter gallery exhibitions and gets personal at Isabella Bortolozzi, Tanja Wagner, Molitor, and Wentrup. www.artforum.com/columns/berl...

Golestan Palace, Tehran’s Only UNESCO World Heritage Site, Damaged in US-Israeli Airstrikes US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran have damaged Tehran’s four-hundred-year-old Golestan Palace, the Iranian capital's only UNESCO World Heritage Site.

US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran have severely damaged Tehran’s four-hundred-year-old Golestan Palace, according to reports first released by Iran’s ISNA and Mehr news agencies. www.artforum.com/news/golesta...

Flash Art Founder Giancarlo Politi Dies at 89 Giancarlo Politi, founder of the influential contemporary art journal Flash Art, one of the first international publications of its kind, has died.

Critic, poet, and publisher Giancarlo Politi, founder of the influential contemporary art journal Flash Art, one of the first international publications of its kind, died on February 24. He was eighty-nine. www.artforum.com/news/flash-a...

SVA Says It Will End Curatorial Practice MFA Program The School of Visual Arts in New York will cease offering a master’s of arts degree in curatorial practice beginning in 2027.

The School of Visual Arts in New York will cease offering a master’s of arts degree in curatorial practice beginning in 2027. www.artforum.com/news/sva-end...

Curator Diya Vij to Lead NYC’s Department of Cultural Affairs New York mayor Zohran Mamdani has named Diya Vij director of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs, the US's largest municipal cultural funder.

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed curator Diya Vij director of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs. www.artforum.com/news/curator...

Faig Ahmed to Represent Azerbaijan at 2026 Venice Biennale Sumqayit, Azerbaijan–born artist Faig Ahmed, known for his surrealist weavings, will represent his home country at the 61st Venice Biennale.

Sumqayit, Azerbaijan–born artist Faig Ahmed, who is known for his surrealist weavings, has been chosen to represent his home country at the Sixty-First Venice Biennale. www.artforum.com/news/faig-ah...

On the cover: Carol Bove, Hylomorph I, 2016, found steel, steel, urethane paint, 71 1⁄2 × 42 × 51". Photo: Dan Bradica.

March 2026 The March 2026 issue of Artforum, featuring Carol Bove, Defining Central Asia, Margarita Paksa, Recursive Resemblance

Also in the issue: Tschabalala Self shares her Top Ten; Christopher Mead walks us through the architecture of Bruce Goff; Joanna Mytkowska remembers the critic and curator Anka Ptaszkowska; and more.

March 2026 The March 2026 issue of Artforum, featuring Carol Bove, Defining Central Asia, Margarita Paksa, Recursive Resemblance

Plus: Patrick R. Crowley traces the feedback loops of mimesis from the ancients to AI, and Anel Rakhimzhanova, Inga Lāce, and Joan Kee explore the range of contemporary art in Central Asia as new institutions and initiatives take shape in the region.

March 2026 The March 2026 issue of Artforum, featuring Carol Bove, Defining Central Asia, Margarita Paksa, Recursive Resemblance

In Artforum’s March 2026 issue, Gordon Hughes considers the art of Carol Bove, who makes “visible the theatricality that is the very hallmark of our time” by exposing “the underlying mechanism that drives theatricality: display.”

Chicago’s DePaul Art Museum to Close The DePaul Art Museum in Chicago will close for good on June 30 as DePaul University, with which it is affiliated, struggles to slash its budget.

The DePaul Art Museum, the contemporary art museum of DePaul University in Chicago, will shutter permanently on June 30. www.artforum.com/news/chicago...

Christophe Leribault Appointed Director of the Louvre French president Emmanuel Macron on February 25 announced Musee d'Orsay director Christophe Leribault as the new director of the Louvre in Paris.

Just one day after Laurence des Cars resigned as director of the Louvre, Christophe Leribault has been announced as her successor. www.artforum.com/news/christo...

Venice Biennale Names Participating Artists for 2026 Edition The Venice Biennale has named the 111 participants in its 2026 iteration, taking place May 9–November 22 and curated by the late Koyo Kouoh.

The Venice Biennale has revealed the 105 artists and collectives and six artist-led organizations participating in “In Minor Keys,” the main exhibition of the event’s sixty-first edition, to take place May 9–November 22. www.artforum.com/news/venice-...

Embattled Louvre Director Laurence des Cars Resigns Laurence Des Cars has resigned as director of the Louvre. The Paris museum has recently been rocked by a jewel theft and allegations of mismanagement.

Laurence des Cars today relinquished her role as director of the Louvre. Des Cars had led the Paris institution since 2021. www.artforum.com/news/embattl...

The Louvre in Paris temporarily gained a new work on Sunday when activists hung a framed photo of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, taken after his release following a February 19 arrest, in one of the storied museum’s galleries. www.artforum.com/news/activis...

Dóra Maurer, Key Figure of Hungarian Conceptualism, Dies at 88 Hungarian Conceptual artist Dóra Maurer, whose fascination with movement undergirded a diverse practice marked by unbridled experimentation, has died.

Hungarian Conceptual artist Dóra Maurer, whose fascination with movement and change undergirded a diverse practice marked by bright hues, simple shapes, and uninhibited experimentation, has died. www.artforum.com/news/dora-ma...

Remembering Henrike Naumann Artforum revisits Henrike Naumann’s 2022 interview with Cassie Packard

This week, Artforum reflects on Henrike Naumann’s life and work, revisiting her 2022 interview with Cassie Packard, published in advance of the artist’s first US institutional show, “Re-Education” at New York’s SculptureCenter. www.artforum.com/columns/reme...

South African Court Rejects Gabrielle Goliath’s Bid to Reinstate Canceled Venice Biennale Pavilion A South African court ruled against Gabrielle Goliath in her bid to reinstate her 2026 Venice Biennale pavilion after the government canceled it.

A South African court ruled against artist Gabrielle Goliath in her effort to reinstate her pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale after it was abruptly canceled by South African Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie earlier this year. www.artforum.com/news/south-a...

Visionary Documentarian Frederick Wiseman Dead at 96 Prolific director Frederick Wiseman, whose pathbreaking documentaries shed light on aspects of society hitherto in shadow, died on February 16 at 96.

Prolific director Frederick Wiseman, whose pathbreaking documentaries shed light on aspects of society hitherto in shadow, died on February 16 at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was ninety-six. www.artforum.com/news/visiona...

Not All Fun and Games Revisiting Sean Keller’s essay on the Beijing Olympics, published in Artforum’s Summer 2008 issue.

This week, with the Winter Games in full swing in Milan, Artforum revisits Keller’s essay on the Olympics as an imagemaking project. www.artforum.com/columns/not-...

Beijing Olympics The National Aquatics Center and the National Stadium under construction, Beijing, September 17, 2007. Photo: Vector Foiltec. THE OLYMPIC GAMES as we know them were born out of a late-nineteenth-centu...

“The Olympic Games as we know them were born out of a late-nineteenth-century marriage of classical mythology and political science fiction,” wrote Sean Keller in an essay on the 2008 Beijing Olympics published in that year’s Summer issue of Artforum. www.artforum.com/columns/beij...

Nine Arrested in Connection With $12 Million Louvre Ticket Scam French police have detained nine people, including staff, over a ticketing fraud scheme that may have cost the Louvre €10 million ($12 million).

French police have detained nine people in relation to a ticketing fraud scheme that may have cost the Louvre €10 million ($12 million). www.artforum.com/news/nine-ar...

Henrike Naumann, Set to Represent Germany at the Venice Biennale, Dies at 41 German artist Henrike Naumann, known for her installations of furniture showing how aesthetic choices affect political ideology, died Feb. 14 at 41.

German artist Henrike Naumann, known for her installations of furniture and household objects addressing the turmoil of German reunification and showing how aesthetic choices affect political ideology, died in Berlin on February 14. She was forty-one. www.artforum.com/news/henrike...

England’s Hepworth Wakefield Names Two New Directors The Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, has named Olivia Colling as its new executive director and Laura Smith as its artistic director.

The Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, has named Olivia Colling as its new executive director and Laura Smith as its artistic director. www.artforum.com/news/england...

MoMA PS1 Reveals Artists Participating in 2026 Greater New York Exhibition MoMA PS1 has named the fifty-three artists and collectives participating in the 2026 iteration of its quinquennial Greater New York exhibition.

MoMA PS1 has named the fifty-three artists and collectives whose work will be featured in this year’s iteration of the Queens-based institution’s quinquennial Greater New York survey, set to open April 10 and run through August 17. www.artforum.com/news/moma-ps...

ICE OUT MSP: Erik Brandt’s Typography of Protest Minneapolis-based graphic designer Erik Brandt talks about how typography and design can serve protest movements.

“Ubiquitous in snowy front yards across the city are Brandt’s ICE OUT MSP lawn signs,” writes Savage. “His work is an emblematic symbol of the city’s response to this ICE invasion: a refrain in primary colors, ICE OUT, ICE OUT, ICE OUT.” www.artforum.com/features/100...

ICE OUT MSP: Erik Brandt’s Typography of Protest Minneapolis-based graphic designer Erik Brandt talks about how typography and design can serve protest movements.

Graphic designer Erik Brandt is one of a number of Minneapolis–based artists who have created works responding to the violent presence of ICE agents in their city. In a new interview for Artforum, Kathryn Savage speaks with Brandt about his viral ICE OUT MSP lawn signs.