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Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles acquires Kara Walker sculpture made from dissected Confederate monument Walker’s “Unmanned Drone” is a centrepiece of “Monuments”, a landmark exhibition at Moca and The Brick

The Museum of Conremporary Art in Los Angeles has acquired Kara Walker’s “Unmanned Drone,” which she made by dissecting and reconfiguring a statue of Stonewall Jackson. It is one of the centerpieces of “Monuments,” the landmark show at MoCA and The Brick: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/24/l...

At Mexico City’s Material and Salón Acme fairs, artists find hope in nature The two foremost satellite fairs of Mexico City Art Week are drawing record crowds and feature strong presentations by artists and galleries from across Mexico and throughout the Americas

At Mexico City Art Week’s foremost satellite fairs, Material and Salón Acme, artists look to nature for ways to adapt to crises: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/07/f...

Mexico City’s Zona Maco fair continues to draw upbeat crowds and eager buyers Latin America’s foremost art fair, now in its 24th year, remains a magnet for collectors, curators and museum groups from across the Western Hemisphere and beyond

Zona Maco, Mexico City's foremost art fair—and the largest in Latin America—continues to draw enormous crowds of collectors and curators, reflecting rising interest across the Western Hemisphere: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/06/z...

US National Gallery of Art acquires important Artemisia Gentileschi painting The Baroque master’s “Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy”, which sold at auction for €865,500 in 2014, will go on display in Washington, DC, later this month

The US National Gallery of Art has acquired "Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy", an important Artemisia Gentileschi painting that was rediscovered in 2011 and sold for a then-record price at auction in 2014: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/04/u...

Open letter calls for ouster of Art Gallery of Ontario trustee who led vote against Nan Goldin acquisition The institution will also overhaul its committee structure in response to the scandal

Following the Art Gallery of Ontario’s controversial decision not to acquire a work by Nan Goldin after a trustee accused her of antisemitism (and likened her to Leni Riefenstahl), an open letter calling for that trustee’s removal has garnered 500+ signatures: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/03/a...

US art spaces from New York to Los Angeles will close in protest of violent Ice actions Commercial and non-profit galleries are participating in the national day of action, which comes after federal immigration enforcement agents killed US citizens in Minneapolis and Los Angeles

Dozens of art spaces across the US—from blue-chip galleries in New York and Los Angeles to non-profits in Arkansas and Missouri—are joining tomorrow's nationwide shutdown in protest of ICE: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/29/n...

Rediscovered portrait by the Renaissance’s leading woman artist goes on display at the Winter Show A rare painting by Sofonisba Anguissola resurfaced in a private collection after it was thought to have been lost

A rediscovered portrait by the 16th-century artist Sofonisba Anguissola is on offer in Robert Simon Fine Art's booth at the Winter Show fair in New York: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/26/r...

The National Park Service (NPS) has removed an exhibit called “Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation” at the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. The decision comes after president Trump to remove “corrosive ideology” from cultural heritage venues.

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Northern California museum and sculpture park puts its property up for sale The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art has listed its Napa Valley property for sale for $10.9m

The di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, a museum and sculpture park in Northern California, has listed its Napa Valley property (minus the art) for sale, for $10.9m: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/22/d...

Museums and galleries in Minneapolis join citywide general strike in protest of Ice operations In protest of federal immigration enforcement officers’ violent campaign in the city, hundreds of local business and organisations will shutter on 23 January

Museums and art spaces in the Twin Cities—including the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Dreamsong, and others—will be closed tomorrow in support of the general strike against ICE: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/22/m...

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‘Freedom plane’ to take US founding documents on tour for country's 250th anniversary US National Archives documents from the 18th and 19th centuries will tour museums from Kansas City to Seattle

The US National Archives will send a group of historic documents from its collection on a national tour of eight museums around the country this spring and summer aboard a custom-painted Boeing 737 they've dubbed the "freedom plane": www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/21/u...

The California College of the Arts will close in 2027 Last remaining nonprofit art-and-design school in Northern California to shutter after next academic year, when Nashville-based Vanderbilt University will take over campus

The California College of the Arts, the last remaining nonprofit art and design school in Northern California, will not remain much longer: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/13/c...

Trump pulls US out of international cultural property preservation centre and coalition of arts agencies In a memo announcing the withdrawals, the president said the organisations ran “contrary to the interests of the United States”

Trump pulled the US out of more than 60 international groups and alliances including the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property and the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/08/t...

Buyers of art collective's controversial food industry project to decide young cow's fate The work, which has sparked online backlash, will see buyers of the project's tokens choose whether Angus becomes hamburgers and handbags, or is sent to live at an animal sanctuary

Vetoed headline of the week: "The final cow-tdown: buyers of MSCHF’s controversial bovine project will decide animal’s fate" www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/m...

Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73 Alongside her work at organisations such as New York’s Just Above Midtown gallery and the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida, Goncharov was also an artist

Kathleen Goncharov, an influential curator (and artist) who curated countless exhibitions (including at Just Above Midtown, Creative Time and the Boca Raton Museum of Art), was beloved by artists and commissioned the US Pavilion in Venice in 2003, has died: www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/07/k...

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art returns three sculptures to Cambodia Researchers at the museum concluded that the three artefacts were removed from Cambodia during the civil war of the 1960s and 70s

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has returned three sculptures to Cambodia, the first returns under the Smithsonian’s Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns policy, adopted in 2022: www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/23/s...

Mary Anne Carter, National Endowment for the Arts chair during Trump’s first term, takes the helm again Carter has been serving as the agency’s acting chair since January

Mary Anne Carter, who has been acting chair of the National Endowment for the Arts since Trump's return to power, has been confirmed as chair. She held that role for part of Trump's first term; she previously worked for the Heritage Foundation, among others www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/19/n...

56 participating artists, duos and collectives revealed for 2026 Whitney Biennial The exhibition, co-curated by Whitney Museum of American Art staffers Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, will feature artists from 25 states and Puerto Rico, plus “places marked by the reach of US powe...

Promising artist lineup for next year's Whitney Biennial, including Precious Okoyomon, Pat Oleszko, Andrea Fraser and her mother Carmen de Monteflores, Martine Gutierrez, Erin Jane Nelson, comedian Julio Torres, and more: www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/15/p...

San Antonio Museum of Art repatriates nine antiquities to Italy The artefacts, most dating from the 4th century BC, include a terracotta statue of a woman and elaborate red-figure vessels

The San Antonio Museum of Art has repatriated nine antiquities to Italy, eight of which will remain on display at the museum through a long-term loan agreement with the Italian ministry of culture www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/12/12/s...

All we want for Christmas: The Art Newspaper 2025 gift guide From raunchy Tom of Finland merch to a sponsorship deal for a Victorian loo—here are some of the arty items that have caught our eye this season

All we want for Christmas: The Art Newspaper 2025 gift guide

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Nas & DJ Premier - "Writers" (Visualizer) YouTube video by Nas

Lots to love on the long-awaited Nas and DJ Premier album, including this tribute to graffiti writers that Nas spends about half of name-checking canonic graffiti and street artists, from Lady Pink, Futura, and Taki 183 to Revs, Cost, and so many more: youtu.be/QeR9VfPPwDw?...

Art Basel Miami Beach saw strong sales driven by digital work in the new Zero 10 section and renewed demand for secondary-market material.

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Philadelphia Art Museum accuses fired director of ‘theft’ in court filing In a petition in response to Sasha Suda’s lawsuit claiming unfair treatment, abuse and more, the museum claims "misappropriated funds”

Legal feud between the Philadelphia Art Museum and its former director Sasha Suda keeps getting uglier, with the museum claiming in a recent legal petition that Suda "misappropriated funds from the museum." www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/p...

Sculptor Alma Allen officially selected to represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale The state department’s announcement, delayed by the US government shutdown, says Allen’s presentation will further Donald Trump’s “focus on showcasing American excellence”

The US State Department has confirmed that Mexico-based sculptor Alma Allen will represent the US at the 2026 Venice Biennale, "furthering the Trump Administration’s focus on showcasing American excellence." www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/24/a...

Philadelphia Art Museum taps former Metropolitan Museum leader after firing previous director Daniel H. Weiss, who led the Met from 2015 to 2023, will succeed Sasha Suda, who is suing the Philadelphia Art Museum over the circumstances of her firing

Daniel Weiss, Metropolitan Museum leader from 2015-23, is the next Philadelphia Art Museum director. In a lawsuit filed after her firing earlier this month, predecessor Sasha Suda claims Weiss told her of PAM leadership: “It is a very dysfunctional board.” www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/21/p...

With end of US government shutdown, National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian museums start reopening Areas of the National Gallery of Art and parts of the Smithsonian were open to the public for the first time in more than a month on Friday

Following the end of the longest government shutdown in US history, the National Gallery of Art is now fully reopened and all parts of the Smithsonian will be back to normal opening hours tomorrow: www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/14/u...

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art sets September 2026 opening date The $1bn museum co-founded by the ‘Star Wars’ director George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, will open its futuristic doors next autumn in Los Angeles

Patience, you must have: more than a decade after the project first started to take shape, the $1bn Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open in Los Angeles next September. www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/12/l...