The Italian Ministry of Culture has made a costly appraisal blunder. A Madonna and Child painting by an anonymous master from the Emilia-Romagna region was originally dated more recent than it actually is.
The authorities in Sevastopol claim that a museum dedicated to the Crimean War caught fire in the attack.
The Phillips Collection announced a $15 million gift from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation—the largest in the museum’s history.
Artists have united in response to the potential presence of immigration agents at the World Cup 2026 soccer tournament.
René Magritte’s The Castle of the Pyrenees (1959) has been accidentally damaged by a young museum visitor.
Tone Hansen has been appointed Chief Superintendent and Director of Moderna Museet in Sweden. She will therefore step down as Director of MUNCH and assume her new role on 1 September.
A court in the Netherlands sentenced three men to 3 years and 11 months in prison for their role in the Drents Museum heist.
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum (TFAM) announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed curator Cecilia Alemani as curator of the 15th Taipei Biennial 2027.
More than 100 artists are threatening legal action against the Biennale Foundation for ignoring their demands that the foundation withdraw their names from consideration for the “Visitors’ Lion” awards over the inclusion of national pavilions by Israel and Russia.
Pace Gallery is making one of the sharpest contractions in its 66-year history. The New York-based gallery is cutting about 50 artists and estates from a roster of more than 130 names, while also laying off roughly 50 of its 250 employees, according to the New York Times.
Bukhara Biennial announces the appointment of Kulapat Yantrasast as Artistic Director of its 2027 edition, set to take place September 3–November 21, 2027 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) penned a letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to propagate rulemaking requiring antiquities dealers to comply with anti-money-laundering laws.