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Italian wildlife photographer Federico Veronesi has been announced as Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 for his powerful image, ‘The Aftermath’.

On 14 October 2026, Christie's London combined 20/21 Evening Sales generated a total of £218,603,400 /$289,430,902 /€258,389,219, with a 103% increase on the total achieved last year. 

From 21 March 2027, become the home of a permanent exhibition of the Pinault Collection. A unique exhibition itinerary that brings together more than a hundred major works, some of which have, over time, become true references of contemporary art.

Rubaiya Qatar, a quadrennial opening next month in Doha, has announced the full list of artists participating in its first edition. The quadrennial will include over 120 artists across three exhibitions and public art installations.

Making cultural heritage increasingly accessible means allowing more people to know it, explore it, and build a personal relationship with art. The evolution of wearable technologies and artificial intelligence opens up new possibilities to make this experience more inclusive.

The Louvre "will eventually have to close its doors to the public" unless the French state steps in to finance a major overhaul, Louvre director Christophe Leribault told French newspaper Le Figaro.

Kandinsky’s Das bunte Leben sold for €31.9 Million at Christie’s following restitution to Lewenstein heirs.

The Allard Pierson Archaeology Museum in Amsterdam has voluntarily returned an ancient vase to Sicily on Wednesday after research raised questions about its provenance, according to Dutch broadcaster NOS.

Christie's will present Dame Barbara Hepworth's defining masterwork, Sculpture with Colour (Eos) (estimate: £5,000,000-8,000,000) as the lead highlight of the Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale, taking place on 21 October 2026 in London.

A landscape painting by Vincent van Gogh, hidden from public view for more than half a century, will be going under the hammer this November at Sotheby’s in New York.

Sophia Loeb creates paintings in which landscape, abstraction and sensory experience converge. Her images move between recognition and invention, constructing environments where colour, atmosphere and matter follow an internal logic. Rather than depicting a landscape, Loeb turns it into a condition of perception—something encountered as much as seen.

The icons depict the Evangelists Matthew and Mark and are Palaiologan works dating from the 14th century. They originate from the Byzantine Church of Panagia Phorviotissa at Asinou. The icons were unlawfully removed from their place of origin following the Turkish invasion of 1974.

What remains of a place once we leave it behind? The practice of Faderera Wahab, an artist born and raised in Lagos and now based in the United Kingdom, explores this question through painting, photography, textiles and sculpture.

The Two Brothers Tondo is a key Fayum portrait from the mid-2nd century AD, housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Italian conservators from Fabrica Conservazione e Restauro completed the restoration, preserving the painting and revealing its original details.

Tate Modern  unveiled a major new multisensory installation by artist and composer Tarek Atoui. 

Willem de Kooning at work will be on view from 9 October 2026 through 17 January 2027 and is developed in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago and The Willem de Kooning Foundation in New York.

Two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that were stolen from a museum in southern France a month ago have been recovered, the town’s mayor Bryan Masson said.

Decorative art sculptures have a long and interesting history, dating back to ancient times. Their evolution shows us how society has changed, whether it be in religious beliefs, people’s values, or advances in technology.

Five people have been arrested in France in connection with the theft of four works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

Commissioned by the Fabbrica di San Pietro and created by studiogusto®, it has been developed for the Microsoft 365 Office. Over 500 glyphs and four styles transform the artist’s handwriting into a system that is accessible and free to use worldwide, creating a dialogue between historical heritage, design and technology.