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Netherlands and Germany to return 2,000 looted Artefacts to Ghana
The Governments of the Netherlands and Germany have announced plans to return about 2,000 looted artefacts and items of cultural significance to Ghana as part of ongoing international restitution efforts.
Manifesta 16 Ruhr opens Across Four Cities in Germany’s Ruhr Area
Manifesta 16 Ruhr opens across four cities in Germany's Ruhr Area - Duisburg, Essen, Bochum and Gelsenkirchen -, transforming twelve post-war church buildings into sites for contemporary art and architecture, social design and community encounter.
Getty Images announces Display Partnership with OpenAI
Getty Images announced a display agreement with OpenAI. Under the partnership, Getty Images’ licensed content libraries will appear across OpenAI search and discovery experiences within ChatGPT.
The Art Loss Registers Recovers 17 TH Century Flemish Painting on Behalf of Insurer
The Art Loss Register (ALR), the world’s leading resource for tracking lost and stolen artwork, announces the recovery of Jan van Kessel the Elder and Abraham Willemsens’ remarkable painting Interior of a Collector’s Cabinet: An Allegory of Sight.
Drug raid in France uncovers stolen Picasso Painting
French police searching a house near Paris as part of a drug trafficking investigation discovered an authenticated Pablo Picasso painting, prosecutors said Saturday.
Art Basel 2026 closes with Strong Sales
Art Basel closed its 2026 edition in Basel today, reaffirming the fair’s position as the most closely watched annual moment in the international art market.
Restoration of Parthenon’s Western Facade completed
Restoration work on the western facade of the Parthenon has been completed, the Culture Ministry announced on Thursday, after the last pieces of scaffolding were removed from the external facade.
Painting bought for $100 in 1966 sells for $250,000
A painting at a thrift store in New York caught Helene Plotkin's eye. She paid less than $100 for the painting and took it home. It hung on her wall for decades, until last December, when her son became curious about the painting's origins.
Germany returns looted Painting
Germany is returning a painting by Friedrich von Amerling to its rightful owners. The work, "Portrait of a Young Man," is to be restituted to the heirs of the Jewish antiquarian and art dealer Jacques Rosenthal and his wife Emma, as announced by the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich.
The Painted Language of Tarot: From Renaissance Courts to Contemporary Art
Long before tarot became shorthand for fortune-telling, it was a painter's commission. The earliest surviving decks, produced for the Visconti and Sforza families of Milan around the 1440s, were luxury objects: hand-painted, gilded, and burnished by court artists for an aristocratic clientele.
Art Basel Awards 2026 announces Paula Cooper Gallery as Recipient of the Inaugural Gallery Legacy Award
Art Basel announced Paula Cooper Gallery as the first recipient of the inaugural Art Basel Gallery Legacy Award.
London Museum in Smithfield will open its doors on 28 November 2026
London Museum announced it will open the doors to its new permanent galleries in Smithfield’s General Market on 26 November 2026, marking a new chapter for the world’s largest city museum.
Former Director of Mariupol Museum in Ukraine suspected of helping Russia loot Art
Former director of the Mariupol Museum has been served with a notice of suspicion under the procedural guidance of the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
2026 Shortlist announced for the Film London Jarman Award
The 2026 Film London Jarman Award shortlist invites us to step back, look again and change our point of view. The shortlisted artists present work that is brave, poetic and uniquely experimental in its approach. Storytelling, family relationships and oral histories intertwine with home movies, archival footage and abstract images in works that explore migration, identity, and intergenerational trauma.
Georg Baselitz — Back Again, White Cube Bermondsey
With Back Again, at White Cube Bermondsey, Georg Baselitz returns once more to his own history.
Russian Artist known as Putin Critic shot Dead in Poland
A Russian artist known for critisizing Russian President Putin was shot dead in Poland on Monday in what Polish media are describing as a possible "execution-style" killing.
UK Government to build Permanent Mobile Museum to bring Art to Communities Everywhere
A total of £1.6 million, formed of £800,000 from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and £800,000 matched by arts access charity Art Explora, will be used to build a state-of-the-art vehicle and tour three national collections per year, including the Government Art Collection (GAC).
Kyiv’s 1,000-Year-Old Pechersk Lavra Monastery on Fire amid Russian attacks on Kyiv
Officials have said that Russia has struck the 11th century Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv Pechersk Lavea, one of the holiest sites in eastern Europe.
Infinities Commission unveiled at Tate: nora chipaumire: gadzi
Tate Modern unveiled gadzi, an original installation by nora chipaumire, the recipient of the Infinities Commission 2026, a free to attend annual commission showcasing the limitless experimentation of contemporary art.
Frank Bowling Foundation launches to expand Access to Art Education
The Frank Bowling Foundation launches formally on 24 June 2026 as a registered charity dedicated to expanding public access to art education and to the work of one of Britain’s most significant painters.