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The Fundação Bienal de São Paulo appointed Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca as chief curators of the 37th Bienal de São Paulo. Scheduled to take place in 2027 at the Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo in Ibirapuera Park, the Bienal de São Paulo is the largest visual arts event in Latin America and one of the most important in the world.

The European Union has published a new sanctions list targeting figures from Russia’s cultural sector.

An international team of academics led by UofG's Professor Garrick Allen has successfully recovered 42 lost pages from one of the world's most important early New Testament manuscripts: Codex H.

Sotheby’s unveils the full offering of The New York Sales, spanning over a century of the defining moments of Modern and Contemporary art. 

Mieke Jonker started her creative career as a goldsmith, but was inspired to satrt painting after she saw Rembrandt's portrait of Haesje van Cleyburgh at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Sharjah Art Foundation announced the title, curatorial framework and participant list for the 17th edition of Sharjah Biennial. Bringing together 109 participants, the Biennial will take place from 21 January to 13 June 2027 across multiple sites in the Emirate of Sharjah.

The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) together with TEFAF New York Lead Partner Bank of America, announced the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) as a recipient of the 2026 TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund (TMRF).

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by 2007–2036 Biennial Sponsor Koç Holding, the 19th Istanbul Biennial will be curated by LIU Ding and Carol Yinghua LU and will run from 18 September to 14 November 2027.

Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s artistic practice is rooted in memory, history, and the enduring impact of conflict and violence, particularly in his native Vietnam.

The Photo of the Year is 'Seperated by Ice' by Carol Guzy, ZUMA Press, iWitness, for Miami Herald.

Diriyah Company has awarded a $490 million construction contract for the Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMoCA), in Diriyah.

The Flemish Minister of Culture, Caroline Gennez, has officially added Marthe Donas’s 1917 abstract painting, Still Life, to the list of Flemish masterpieces.

Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has announced that a statue of “Athena” made of white marble, approximately 2 meters long, was unearthed during excavations carried out in Denizli, western Türkiye.

In a statement published on Thursday, the jury of the Biennale, which runs in Venice from May 9 to November 22, said it would exclude countries whose leaders are currently charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. 

Tate Britain today announced the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2026: Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau, and Tanoa Sasraku.

The Venice Biennale faces the potential loss of EU funding due to the planned reopening of the Russian pavilion. Ukraine also appeals to Italy not to issue visas to Russian participants in the Biennale.

The Smithsonian announced the appointment of Lynda Roscoe Hartigan as the Margaret and Terry Stent Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, effective Sept. 8. 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return 13 antiquities to Egypt, collectively valued at nearly $2 million.

Contemporary artistic experience is defined less by the production of form than by the regulation of appearance. Art no longer unfolds within stable frameworks of recognition, but within environments where visibility is continuously produced, filtered, and redistributed.

Maria Schnyder (1986) has been named De Pont’s new director by the board of the museum. Schnyder will succeed Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, who is retiring as of 1 October 2026.