Article date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Christine Safa’s Noces: The Imaginary as a Space of Tenderness

At Bortolami, New York, Christine Safa’s Noces (9 September–24 October 2026) examines how experience inhabits the inner world. Sensations, memories and intimacies converge in paintings where perception acquires the fluidity of recollection. Safa approaches painting as an act of attention, translating the encountered world into images shaped by inward experience.

Article date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
UK National Museums to Remain Free for Everyone

'Everyone will continue to enjoy universal free admission to our world class national museums in England', the UK Government has confirmed.

Article date: Wednesday, September 30, 2026
The $450 Million Blaquier Collection to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s is to auction the collection of Argentine collectors Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and Carlos Pedro Blaquier, who died in 2020 and 2023.

Article date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Ed Ruscha Designs Poster for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Ed Ruscha has created a poster for “Digger,” a new film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Tom Cruise.

Article date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
The Leiden Collection Acquires its 18th Rembrandt Painting

The Leiden Collection announced a major milestone in its mission to preserve and disseminate Rembrandt’s legacy, adding an eighteenth painting by the iconic Old Master to its holdings: Saint John on Patmos depicting the artist’s son, Titus, as the exiled evangelist.

Article date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Frida Kahlo: The Commodification of Rebellion

At Tate Modern, Frida: The Making of an Icon (25 June 2026–3 January 2027) explores a
defining contradiction of contemporary visual culture: how an artist who challenged
conventions of identity, gender and representation became one of the world’s most
commercially reproduced figures.

Article date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Mr Chng Hak-Peng Appointed New Chief Executive Officer of National Gallery Singapore

National Gallery Singapore (NGS) and Singapore Art Museum (SAM) today announced a leadership transition.

Article date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Dáiddadállu Receives Munch Award 2026

The Sámi artist network Dáiddadállu is the third recipient of the MUNCH Award, awarded by the museum to honour artistic freedom of expression, which is under increasing political and social pressure.

Article date: Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Kehinde Wiley Wants to Buy His Embassy Painting Back from President Trump

In a letter to President Trump, Kehinde Wiley asked to buy back his painting from the US State Department, after it was removed from the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic in August.

Article date: Monday, September 28, 2026
Art Institute of Chicago Returns Jean Metzinger’s 1913 Woman with a Fan

The Art Institute of Chicago is returning Jean Metzinger’s Woman with a Fan to the family of Jewish art collector Emanuel Lewenstein (1870–1930).

Article date: Monday, September 28, 2026
Nathanaëlle Herbelin: The Intimacy of the Unfinished

Nathanaëlle Herbelin’s paintings begin with the intimacy of everyday life: domestic interiors, bodies, relationships and moments that might otherwise remain unnoticed.

Article date: Monday, September 28, 2026
The Apple-1 "Hatfield" Computer to be Sold at Bonhams this Fall in New York

This fall, the exceptionally rare and fully functional "Hatfield" Apple-1 Computer, offered at an estimate of $500,000 – 800,000, will headline Bonhams forthcoming History of Science, Technology & Computing sale, running online from October 4–14.