Article date: Thursday, March 19, 2026
187 Venice Biennale Participants call for Israel to be barred from Exhibiting

187 Artists, curators, and art workers participating in the 61 Biennale have signed an open letter demanding that Israel be excluded from the event, saying that the Biennale’s “complicity with the attempted destruction of Palestinian life must end.”

Article date: Thursday, March 19, 2026
UNESCO expresses Concern over the Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites in the Middle East

On Monday 2 March, the Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was reportedly damaged by debris and the shock wave following an airstrike to the Arag Square, located in the buffer zone of the site in the Iranian capital.

Article date: Thursday, March 19, 2026
Venice Biennale says it has Not breached Russia Sanctions

The Venice Biennale said in a statement on Tuesday that it has not breached any of the sanctions imposed on Moscow following its invasion of Ukraine after its controversial decision to allow Russia to have a pavilion at this year's exhibition.

Article date: Thursday, March 19, 2026
Meryl Streep makes Seven-Figure Gift to Advance the Future of Women’s History

The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) announced that three-time Academy Award–winning actor Meryl Streep has made a significant seven-figure gift to advance the future of women’s history.

Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Tencent’s CEO to open Museum in Shenzhen, China

Rong Museum, a flower-like structure within the M80 Campus in Shenzhen’s Houhai district, will open in 2027.

Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
New Museum’s OMA-Designed Building to open on March 21, 2026

The New Museum, Manhattan’s only museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art, announced that its 60,000 sq ft building expansion designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Executive Architect Cooper Robertson will open to the public on March 21, 2026.

Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TEFAF Maastricht has an €86.4 Million Impact on the Netherlands

Commissioned by The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) and conducted by Deloitte as part of an independent research program, the annual TEFAF Economic Impact Report evaluates the fair’s contributions both to Maastricht and to the Netherlands.

Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
A Swiss Museum is investigating Allegations of Looted Art relating to Works by Charles Frédéric Brun

Recent revelations concerning a former parish priest of Fully have brought to light the possible misappropriation of all or part of the 28 works by Charles Frédéric Brun. 

Article date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Trump Kennedy Center Board Unanimously approves Landmark Renovation

The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees voted unanimously to temporarily close the Center for a comprehensive revitalization project.

Article date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
US Congress adopts the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act Unanimously

The legislation aims to assist in recovering art looted by the Nazis and to support Holocaust survivors in reclaiming their heritage.

Article date: Monday, March 16, 2026
Identity of Street Artist Banksy revealed ?

The real identity of street artist Banksy, whose works have sold for millions of dollars, has finally been revealed, press agency Reuters says.

Article date: Monday, March 16, 2026
Iran plans to turn Site of destroyed Minab School into Museum

Iran plans to turn the girls' school that was bombed on the first day of the war into a museum commemorating the victims who died in the bombing.