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A red rectangular abstract by Mark Rothko sold for $85.8 million on Thursday, a solid kickoff to the spring auctions in New York.

Contemporary pictorial practice no longer operates within the logic of representation, but within systems of circulation in which visibility precedes experience.

About 10,000 visitors on the opening day (+10% compared to 2024).

A schooltrip in Norway turned into a significant archaeological event after a six-year-old boy discovered an ancient sword believed to date back to the Viking Age.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie New York  announced plans for a landmark agreement to merge the Neue Galerie with The Met in 2028.

Matić was announced as the 2026 winner of the prestigious £30,000 prize at The Photographers’ Gallery, London by author and broadcaster Liv Little on Thursday 14 May 2026.

Minister Dr. Bizimana, announced that Rwanda will collaborate with the National Museum of China to manage and preserve the Rwanda Liberation War Historical Museum at Mulindi w'Intwari in Gicumbi District.

The recipient was selected by an official jury comprising Michelle Kuo, Venus Lau, Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine) and Jon Rider (FLAG Art Foundation) and Rirkrit Tiravanija. 

In September 2026, the Barbican presents Repercussions, a bold new multi-day takeover led by Turner Prize-winning artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan. 

The New Museum unveiled a new sculpture by Sarah Lucas (b. 1962, London, UK) as the first commission produced for the Museum’s outdoor plaza at the terminus of Bowery and Prince Street—a new public space created through the New Museum’s OMA-designed building expansion. 

3 Savile Row, Mayfair, London is already enshrined in pop cultural history. It was one of Apple Corps Ltd’s earliest 1960’s headquarters, the studio where Let It Be was recorded and the setting for The Beatles’ – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – final public performance, the era-defining rooftop concert of January 30th 1969. 

For the first time ever, the entire BMW Art Car Collection will be reunited at home in Munich. Titled “BMW ART CARS – 20 ARTISTS, 50 YEARS OF INNOVATION. REUNITED AT BMW WELT”, the exhibition will present all 20 Art Cars together in one location for the first time, from 29 July to 31 August 2026.

A painting looted by the Nazis during World War II is still in the possession of heirs of Dutch SS General Hendrik Seyffardt. This is revealed by research conducted by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and art detective Arthur Brand.

More then 50 artists have withdrawn their work from consideration for the ‘Visitor Lion’ prizes at the Venice Biennale. 

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.