Article date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
David Hockney Sunley Window celebrating 15 Years of Turner Contemporary

Celebrating the gallery’s 15th anniversary this spring, Turner Contemporary announced that David Hockney will realise the next Sunley Window opening on 1 April 2026.

Article date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Barbican Director for Arts and Participation Devyani Saltzman to depart

Devyani Saltzman is reported to leave her role as director of arts and participation at London’s Barbican Centre.

Article date: Monday, February 16, 2026
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan, New York

For the first time in more than a century, a previously unknown, fully-intact Underground Railroad site has been discovered in Manhattan, at the landmark 1832 Merchant’s House Museum.

Article date: Monday, February 16, 2026
Logan Paul's Pokemon Card ‘Pikachu Illustrator' sells for $16.49 Million

Logan Paul’s ‘PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator’, which is widely known as one of the rarest Pokemon cards, was sold for $16.49M at the Goldin Auctions to A.J. Scaramucci on February 16, 2026.

Article date: Monday, February 16, 2026
Wassily Kandinsky's Le rond Rouge to Headline Christie's 20/21 London Evening Sale

Christie's will present Wassily Kandinsky's large scale canvas Le rond rouge (1939) as the leading highlight of its 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 5 March 2026.

Article date: Monday, February 16, 2026
2029 to be UK-Saudi Year of Culture

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport UK and the Saudi Ministry of Culture have jointly announced the year 2029 as the official UK-Saudi Year of Culture following the official visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Article date: Sunday, February 15, 2026
Henrike Naumann, Artist set to represent Germany at Venice Biennale 2026, Dies at 41

Henrike Naumann, born in Zwickau (East Germany) in 1984, belonged to a generation of German artists who developed a unique artistic voice amid the tensions between political reality, local roots, cultural independence and international aspirations.

Article date: Saturday, February 14, 2026
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man stripped of his Genitals by Italy’s State Broadcaster RAI

Italy’s public broadcaster RAI is facing political scrutiny after an altered version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man appeared in the opening sequence of its coverage of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

Article date: Friday, February 13, 2026
5-Star Exhibition in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam: Metamorphoses

Passion and desire, lust and jealousy, cunning and deceit — few classical texts have stirred the imagination of artists as deeply as Ovid’s Metamorphoses. 

Article date: Friday, February 13, 2026
Police in France arrest 9 People in Louvre Ticket fraud

A group involved in a large-scale ticket fraud at the Louvre Museum in Paris has been apprehended.

Article date: Friday, February 13, 2026
Skulptur Projekte Münster 2027: 50th Anniversary Dates Announced

Between June 13 and October 3, 2027, Skulptur Projekte Münster, Germany, will once again transform the urban landscape, inviting visitors to rediscover the city through the lens of public art.

Article date: Friday, February 13, 2026
Water leak in the Louvre causes Damage, Mona Lisa not affected

The Denon Wing of the Louvre has suffered damage due to a water leak, a union representative reports.