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President Trump Calls for Massive George Washington Statue at the Smithsonian
Article date: Monday, September 14, 2026

President Trump Calls for Massive George Washington Statue at the Smithsonian

​In a recent post on Truth Social, Trump outlined a vision that includes bringing an 11-foot George Washington statue to the National Museum of American History's Flag Hall for dedication on Constitution Day, September 17, 2026.


Pope Leo XIV Inaugurates the Exhibition Cycle "Catastrophe and Wonder" at the Vatican Apostolic Library
Article date: Monday, September 14, 2026

Pope Leo XIV Inaugurates the Exhibition Cycle "Catastrophe and Wonder" at the Vatican Apostolic Library

The Holy Father inaugurated the first chapter of the exhibition cycle “Catastrophe and Wonder”, titled “AQVA”. 


Minister Acts to Stop Pivotal British Modernist Painting from Leaving the UK
Article date: Saturday, September 12, 2026

Minister Acts to Stop Pivotal British Modernist Painting from Leaving the UK

The UK government has temporarily blocked ‘The Resurrection of the Good and the Bad’ by Stanley Spencer, a painting considered pivotal in the development of British Modernism, from being taken out of the UK permanently.


Sedrick Chisom: The Architecture of Myth
Article date: Saturday, September 12, 2026

Sedrick Chisom: The Architecture of Myth

Sedrick Chisom’s practice explores painting as a space where history, mythology, speculative imagination and visual memory converge.


Cattelan’s Retreat: From Irony to Gathering
Article date: Friday, September 11, 2026

Cattelan’s Retreat: From Irony to Gathering

Maurizio Cattelan returns to Berlin twenty years after co-curating the 4th Berlin Biennale. His return raises a question that has become increasingly difficult for his work to evade: what remains of irony once transgression has been fully absorbed by the institutions and markets it once unsettled?


Qatar Museums to Build a Permanent Pavilion for Gerhard Richter
Article date: Friday, September 11, 2026

Qatar Museums to Build a Permanent Pavilion for Gerhard Richter

Qatar Museums today announced the creation of Doha Pavilion:Gerhard Richter, a new permanent, site-specific structure conceived by the artist.


Roman Mosaic and Eros Head Uncovered at Pompeiopolis in Türkiye
Article date: Thursday, September 10, 2026

Roman Mosaic and Eros Head Uncovered at Pompeiopolis in Türkiye

Türkiye Today reports that mosaic flooring and a sculpture of the head of Eros, the god of love, have been uncovered in the basilica in the ancient city of Pompeiopolis, located in northern Turkey’s Black Sea region.


Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III Announces Retirement
Article date: Thursday, September 10, 2026

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III Announces Retirement

Lonnie G. Bunch III, the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, announced he will retire from his position, concluding nearly 38 years of service at the Smithsonian and a career that has shaped the museum field in the United States and beyond.


Princess Diana's Legendary Revenge Dress Returns to Auction After 30 Years
Article date: Thursday, September 10, 2026

Princess Diana's Legendary Revenge Dress Returns to Auction After 30 Years

On the warm summer evening of June 29, 1994, Diana, Princess of Wales, made a showstopping arrival at Serpentine, one of London’s most famous art galleries, for a fundraising dinner hosted by Vanity Fair.


Lady in Blue Unveiled on London’s Fourth Plinth
Article date: Thursday, September 10, 2026

Lady in Blue Unveiled on London’s Fourth Plinth

Lady in Blue by artist Tschabalala Self was unveiled on London’s Fourth Plinth today, 10 September 2026. The Fourth Plinth is one of the most important art commissions worldwide and places new work by internationally renowned artists in the heart of London.


GaHee Park: The Controlled Romance of the Image
Article date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026

GaHee Park: The Controlled Romance of the Image

In an age saturated by images, GaHee Park’s paintings create an intimate and psychologically charged visual world. Her interiors, figures and arrangements of everyday objects occupy an ambiguous territory between recognition and estrangement, where domestic life becomes a stage for fantasy, memory and inner experience.


 Nairobi Arts Biennale Announces Strategic Pivot toward 2028 Launch
Article date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Nairobi Arts Biennale Announces Strategic Pivot toward 2028 Launch

The leadership team of the Nairobi Arts Biennale today announced a major strategic recalibration of its programming timeline, officially moving the full-scale inaugural Biennale event to late 2028. Between now and then, the organization will channel its resources into a comprehensive foundational phase focused on deep organizational stability, grassroots workshops, community discussions, and internal infrastructure development.


Have the Oldest Streets in Ramat Gan, Israel, been Uncovered?
Article date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Have the Oldest Streets in Ramat Gan, Israel, been Uncovered?

Excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority near Ramat Gan’s well-known Winter Stadium uncovered a planned complex with intersecting streets, shops or warehouses, pottery kilns and industrial installations. 


Record-Breaking Monsoon Collection Heads to Christie’s
Article date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Record-Breaking Monsoon Collection Heads to Christie’s

This October, Christie’s is will auction  Monsoon – The Peter Simon Collection as part of the London 20th/21st  Century Art series.


Zhen Yang Brings Chinese Diabolo Tradition to Students at P.S. 244Q
Article date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Zhen Yang Brings Chinese Diabolo Tradition to Students at P.S. 244Q

In 2025, Chinese singer and performer Zhen Yang brought a centuries-old Chinese folk
tradition into a New York City classroom, introducing students at P.S. 244Q in Queens to
dou kong zhu, commonly known in English as the Chinese diabolo.


Burglars Strike Renoir Museum in France: Two Paintings Missing
Article date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Burglars Strike Renoir Museum in France: Two Paintings Missing

On Monday night, burglars broke into the Auguste Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, French media report.


British Museum Lends Parthenon Sculptures to Germany
Article date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026

British Museum Lends Parthenon Sculptures to Germany

The British Museum will lend two fragments of the Parthenon sculptures to an exhibition in Frankfurt, Greece has rejected a request to lend nine Parthenon fragments from the Acropolis Museum for the same exhibition.


Cassi Namoda: Myth, Memory and Invention
Article date: Monday, September 7, 2026

Cassi Namoda: Myth, Memory and Invention

Cassi Namoda (b. 1988, Maputo, Mozambique) is a painter and performance artist whose work interweaves personal memory, cultural history and invention.


Beyoncé makes a $2 Million Gift to the Studio Museum in Harlem
Article date: Monday, September 7, 2026

Beyoncé makes a $2 Million Gift to the Studio Museum in Harlem

Beyoncé, makes a $2 million gift to the renowned Studio Museum in Harlem. Founded in 1968, the Studio Museum in New York is the core for artists of African descent. 


Christie's Reimagines its New York Home to Create Ultimate Auction House and Visitor Experience in Rockefeller Center
Article date: Monday, September 7, 2026

Christie's Reimagines its New York Home to Create Ultimate Auction House and Visitor Experience in Rockefeller Center

Christie's auction house is reimagining its New York headquarters in landmark Rockefeller Center, expanding public space and further enhancing the auction house's ability to present great collections at the scale and with the flexibility and sophistication required to fully respect the vision of collectors and showcase the uniqueness of objects across all categories.