Article date: Saturday, October 31, 2026
Austria, Leopold Museum and Albertina Challenge HEAR Act Amendments in Court

The Republic of Austria, the Albertina Museum, and the Leopold Museum Foundation have filed a legal challenge against the constitutionality of the 2025 amendments to the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act.

Article date: Saturday, October 31, 2026
Morocco Opens First Museum Dedicated to Jewish Culture in an Arab Muslim Country

The Museum of Moroccan Jewish Culture was inaugurated in Fez on October 12.

Article date: Saturday, October 31, 2026
U.S. Embassy in Moscow Issues a Security Alert: Threat to Tsaritysyno Museum Reserve in Moscow

The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is aware of a credible threat of a mass casualty event TODAY October 31, at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve in Moscow at Dolskaya Ulitsa 1, Moscow, Russia 11569. The U.S. government is coordinating with appropriate Russian authorities on a response.

Article date: Friday, October 30, 2026
Get Featured: Open Call for Artist Submissions

ArtDependence is accepting portfolio submissions from artists seeking international publication and exposure.

Article date: Friday, October 30, 2026
Centre Pompidou, M+, and MoMA Announce Unprecedented Cultural Alliance

Christophe Cherix, the David Rockefeller Director of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), Laurent Le Bon, President of Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Suhanya Raffel, Museum Director of M+ in Hong Kong, jointly announced that the three institutions have formed a new cultural alliance. 

Article date: Friday, October 30, 2026
The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden Opens on Saturday

The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden will open to the public on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, following a four-year transformation of its 1.3-acre landscape.

Article date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2027 Shortlist Revealed

The four artists shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2027 are today revealed as Hoda Afshar, Lotus L. Kang, Sasha Kurmaz and Salvatore Vitale.

Article date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
ASML Commits €100 Million to New Rijksmuseum Eindhoven

The Dutch city Eindhoven and tech giant ASML have formalized their partnership for the development and operation of the upcoming Rijksmuseum Eindhoven. Having previously announced ASML as a founding partner, the two entities have now detailed the scope of this collaboration in a signed Letter of Intent.

Article date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
Prado Museum Closes All Public Programming Following Tragic Toledo Train Crash

The Museo del Prado has announced the cancellation of all scheduled public activities through Monday, November 2nd, as the museum joins in national mourning following a high-speed train collision in central Spain.

Article date: Thursday, October 29, 2026
Jenny Holzer Receives Japan's Praemium Imperiale Award

Since the late 1970s, when her Truisms and Inflammatory Essays were first posted anonymously around New York City, Jenny Holzer's work has challenged many of the conventions of traditional art, especially in the context of public spaces. Writing is the basis of Holzer's practice. 

Article date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
BEFORE THE IMAGE Conversations on Painting in the Making - Sarah Martin-Nuss

Sarah Martin-Nuss is a New York-based artist whose practice spans painting, drawing,
performance and sound. Her layered compositions combine gestural marks and shifting
fields of colour, creating atmospheric images that evoke the rhythms and complexity of the
natural world.

Article date: Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Ann Temkin Steps Down as Chief Curator of  Painting and Sculpture MOMA

Christophe Cherix, the David Rockefeller Director of The Museum of Modern Art, announces that Ann Temkin will step down in January 2027 as the Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture, after serving in the position for 18 years, and will assume a new role as Strategic Advisor to the Director in relation to the planning of MoMA’s 2029 centennial initiatives.