Melbourne-based artist Richard Lewer has won the Archibald Prize 2026 and $100,000 for his portrait of Pitjantjatjara Elder, senior artist and ngangkari (traditional healer)  Iluwanti Ken.

Kader Attia has been announced as the curator of the 7th edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

Brussels cultural project Kanal/ Centre Pompidou is shaken ahead of its inauguration in November following the resignation of director Yves Goldstein.

An activist group left over hundreds of urine bottles at the Met Gala venue while protesting against Jeff Bezos and his wife. 

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Dutch Ministry of Culture have made good progress in the mediation process to break the deadlock over subsidies. 

Heritage Auctions announced The Matthew Perry Estate Auction, a charity auction in partnership with Matthew Perry’s namesake nonprofit organization, The Matthew Perry Foundation, commencing Friday, June 5.

Palestinian photographer Saher Alghorra wins the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his documentation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The Musée d'Orsay opened a new exhibition space dedicated to works of art recovered in Germany after the Second World War, some of which were stolen from Jewish owners under the Nazi regime.

The National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam, the setting for the National Remembrance Day on May 4, has been defaced with red paint.

Anish Kapoor urged for the exclusion of the United States from the Venice Biennale due to what he described as the nation's hateful politics and military aggression. 

The Pergamon Museum, located on Berlin’s Museum Island – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – will reopen its doors to the public on 4 June 2027. 

With regard to the National Participations in the 61st International Art Exhibition, In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh, it has been announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not participate.