Article date: Friday, March 6, 2026
Christie's 20th / 21st Century Evening Sale Totals $152.7m

Christie's 20/21 Marquee Week Opens with Three Evening Sales totalling £197,472,600 / $263,823,394 / €226,106,127 Up 52% year on year.

Article date: Friday, March 6, 2026
Tehran Museum Director urges Protection of Cultural Heritage during Conflict

Reza Dabirinejad, director of TMoCA, stated that international conventions require protection for cultural properties during wartime. He expressed hope that museums and historical artifacts would suffer minimal damage during any future conflict, ISNA reported. 

Article date: Friday, March 6, 2026
Export Bar has been placed on a Painting by British Artist Howard Hodgkin

An export bar has been placed on a painting by modern British artist, Howard Hodgkin in an effort to save the masterpiece for the nation. 

Article date: Thursday, March 5, 2026
 Bidding Battle for a Rare Kossoff Painting sets New World Record

Ten bidders battled it out over Leon Kossoff’s rare swimming pool painting, which made sold for £5 million at Sotheby's London on Wednesday. 

Article date: Thursday, March 5, 2026
The Return of the Russian Pavilion: Biennale Arte 2026 National Participants

The 61st International Art Exhibition – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh - organised by La Biennale di Venezia, will be accompanied by 99 National Participations and 31 Collateral Events.

Article date: Thursday, March 5, 2026
UNECO-Listed Tel Aviv Bauhaus Building damaged by Iran Missile Explosion

The Iranian rocket strike destroyed an entire apartment building and also devastated the historic building next door, one of the architectural treasures of the White City in Tel Aviv.

Article date: Thursday, March 5, 2026
The Ashmolean has returned a 16th-Century Bronze to India

The Ashmolean has returned a 16th-century bronze to the Government of India following research into the object’s provenance and liaison with Indian authorities. 

Article date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Mari Katayama wins Inaugural Mori Art Award

Mari Katayama has been named the winner of the inaugural Mori Art Award. The final selection took place on February 25, overseen by an international jury of museum directors: Mami Kataoka, Rhana Devenport, Glenn D. Lowry, Frances Morris, Suhanya Raffel, and Eugene Tan.

Article date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Greece reaches Agreement with Collector on WWII Photographs from Greece

The Greek Ministry of Culture authenticated the collection of WWII photographs from Greece owned by a memorabilia collector in Belgium and reached an agreement to buy them.

Article date: Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Poland returns 91 Jewish Objects to Greece, Decades after they were stolen by the Nazis

A trove of sacred Jewish objects from Greece that was stolen by the Nazis and displaced for decades in Poland is finally heading back home. 

Article date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercept Bronze Age Swords and Arrowheads from Iran

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers had a chance to touch history recently in Philadelphia after they encountered swords and arrowheads that date back to the Bronze Age, almost 4,000 years ago.

Article date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Frieze Los Angeles 2026 sees Strong Sales

Frieze Los Angeles 2026 closed on Sunday following strong sales, sustained institutional engagement and decisive early acquisitions that defined the tone of the fair.