The Venice Biennale faces the potential loss of EU funding due to the planned reopening of the Russian pavilion. Ukraine also appeals to Italy not to issue visas to Russian participants in the Biennale.

The Smithsonian announced the appointment of Lynda Roscoe Hartigan as the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, effective Sept. 8. 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return 13 antiquities to Egypt, collectively valued at nearly $2 million.

Contemporary artistic experience is defined less by the production of form than by the regulation of appearance. Art no longer unfolds within stable frameworks of recognition, but within environments where visibility is continuously produced, filtered, and redistributed.

Maria Schnyder (1986) has been named De Pont’s new director by the board of the museum. Schnyder will succeed Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, who is retiring as of 1 October 2026.

Finland's political leadership will not participate in the Venice Biennale this year if Russia is permitted to take part.

Scientists have predicted that Venice's monuments will only be accessible by submarine if sea levels continue to rise.

A man has killed a Canadian woman and injured multiple others after opening fire at Mexico's Teotihuacan pyramids.

A total of 143 works of art, falsely attributed to artists Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Banksy, were seized as part of an investigation coordinated by the Reggio Calabria Public Prosecutor's Office.

In the heart of the arts district, the Dallas Art Fair offers collectors, arts professionals, and the public the opportunity to engage with a rich selection of modern and contemporary artworks presented by leading national and international galleries. 

The pavilion of the Vatican will present 24 artists and musicians in a sound-based exhibition titled“The Ear Is the Eye of the Soul,” a project shaped by the legacy of Saint Hildegard of Bingen and organized around the act of listening.