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In this edition of "Hard Truths," a curator at one of the world’s biggest museums wonders what it means to pivot from a top job and a graphic designer asks how to stay relevant in the age of AI.⁠
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18 mins. ago

Elias Marrow, a conceptual artist, said he secretly hung an AI-generated artwork inside the National Museum Cardiff, calling the act “participation without permission” rather than vandalism.

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2 hours ago

An Amoako Boafo painting listed for sale in Phillips‘s upcoming modern and contemporary art day sale next week was consigned by actor and ARTnews Top 200 collector Jesse Williams, ARTnews has learned.

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2 hours ago

The long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has set its opening date for September 22, 2026.

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5 hours ago

With its 50th anniversary looming, MoMA PS1 has revealed details for the 2026 edition of Greater New York, its quinquennial for art made in and around the city.

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1 day ago

The Onassis Foundation’s experimental art and tech studio Onassis ONX is doubling its size at a new location in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. It is slated to open with the multimedia exhibition “TECHNE: Homecoming” in January.

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1 day ago

A church in Mexico has been reunited with a painting of Saint Francis of Assisi, its namesake, that was stolen nearly a quarter-century ago.

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1 day ago

Leading Christie’s “Old Masters Evening Sale” on December 2 in London is Gerrit Dou’s first depiction of a musician The Flute Player (ca. 1636).

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2 days ago

Sasha Suda has sued the Philadelphia Art Museum after being dismissed last week as director and CEO of the Pennsylvania institution. The suit alleges that Suda was accused by board members of “misusing Museum funds for personal gain,” something that appears to have been a https://t.co/prJEFnGfCQ

2 days ago

Palestinian Saudi artist Dana Awartani will represent Saudi Arabia at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Her pavilion will be curated by Antonia Carver, director of Art Jameel, with assistance from Hafsa Alkhudairi.

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2 days ago

Sotheby’s auction house has taken over Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist landmark on Madison Avenue. “Sotheby’s did not just open a new headquarters this week—it staged a return to form,” Daniel Cassady writes.
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2 days ago

Los Angeles–area cultural institution The Huntington has announced gifts to its art collection funded by The Huntington’s Art Collectors’ Council—including a view of London by 17th-century Dutch artist Thomas Wijck; an 1872 bust of a Black woman bound by ropes by French sculptor https://t.co/Nf0z1D6dQA

2 days ago

Galleries Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt have announced that they will be taking on joint representation of artist George Condo. The deal means that Condo will no longer be represented by Hauser & Wirth, which first started working with the artist in late 2019.

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2 days ago

In “Erwin Olaf—Freedom,” the Stedelijk Museum polemically presents the scale of the lauded Dutch artist’s diversity, devoting over a dozen rooms to a breathtaking range of photographs alongside occasional experiments with video and sculpture. "If this produces tonal whiplash for https://t.co/lHCKBQGNsQ

5 days ago

Here’s your guide to 13 terrific works to see at the new Studio Museum in Harlem, which officially begins welcoming the public on November 15: https://t.co/WV3bsZIrU1 https://t.co/GkuCY5N7DF

5 days ago

Ahead of its public reopening on November 15, the Studio Museum in Harlem showed off its new building to the press on Thursday, revealing a multitude of treasures that have entered its holdings since its closure in 2018—including the first Jean-Michel Basquiat painting to join https://t.co/gEstm6wAdD

5 days ago

Think you know your exhibit from your exhibition? Your Realism from your photorealism?

We’ve rounded up some of the most commonly misused art history terms. Take our quiz to find out if your art history vocabulary is museum-quality—or if it needs a little restoration: https://t.co/IpAesFyjGs

6 days ago

According to ARTnews‘s sources, Utah-born, Mexico-based sculptor Alma Allen has been picked to represent the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale, which is set to open next May. The pavilion’s commissioning curator is Jeffrey Uslip, according to sources, who say the official https://t.co/72zebwUyt8

6 days ago

The United States Pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale is in a precarious position after a proposal by artist Robert Lazzarini and independent curator John Ravenal fell through.

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7 days ago

Following Zohran Mamdani‘s historic win as Mayor of New York City, the art world has weighed in, with many artists, curators, and critics based in the city—and even some situated in locales beyond New York—responding to his victory with hope and joy.

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7 days ago

Employees at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) announced plans to form a union on Tuesday, November 4, joining a wave of organizing that has swept cultural institutions across the United States in recent years.

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7 days ago

The Torre dei Conti, which was built in 1283 and is located near the Colosseum in Rome, partially collapsed on Monday, November 3. One worker was seriously injured, while another was trapped in the structure for nearly 11 hours. That worker, identified by officials as Octay https://t.co/cIWX72sBNu

7 days ago

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has announced an opening date for the newest branch of its museum. The five-story building, designed by the Irish architecture firm O’Donnell + Tuomey, will open to the public on Apr. 18, 2026. The V&A East, as the new outpost is called, will https://t.co/Kjzvp0v8rO

9 days ago

Vaginal Davis’s “Magnificent Product,” a lavish serving of Davis’s extensive body of work now on view at MoMA PS1, is more a prospective than a retrospective. “It’s a show that gathers everything Vaginal in one giant handbag, for the most epic carry forward,” Wark writes.

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8 days ago

Basquiat is among the most highly valued artists in the art market, and his work, all completed in the brief period between 1981 and 1984, regularly sells at auction for tens of millions of dollars.

Take a look at the top 10 public sales of the artist’s works: https://t.co/l72rBUV02r

8 days ago

Sasha Suda, the director and CEO of the newly rebranded Philadelphia Art Museum, was dismissed on Tuesday. Suda was told of her dismissal via an email that stated she was being terminated for “cause,” though the email reportedly did not explicitly outline what that cause was. https://t.co/rT5F775pJi

12 months ago

Justin Sun is the third person to eat the banana after performance artist David Datun in 2019 and a South Korean student lat year.

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Justin Sun Eats Maurizio Cattelan’s Banana He Bought for $6.2 M. at Sotheby’s in New York Last Week

On Friday, Justin Sun, the Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur who purchased Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian, made good on his promise to eat the banana.

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12 months ago

German arts workers expect that the measures, part of a broader austerity effort by the city’s government, will threaten nearly a third of fine art studios. https://t.co/WUZV1asw5T

Berlin Faces Backlash Over Proposed Cut to Culture Budget

Arts workers in Berlin are protesting a 13 percent reduction in the culture budget.

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12 months ago

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Hauser & Wirth-Owned The Groucho Club Closes Temporarily After ‘Serious Crime’ Committed on Premises

Hauser & Wirth-Owned The Groucho Club Closes Temporarily After 'Serious Crime' Committed on Premises.

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12 months ago

At least three Turner Prize winners were among the signatories.

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Artists and Art Workers Call on Tate to Divest from Donors with Ties to Israel

In an open letter, artists called on Tate to divest from donors with ties to Israel.

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