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Shipping artwork seems like it should be straightforward - just put it in a box and send it, right? But then you realize you're dealing with something that's fragile, often expensive, and usually irreplaceable. One wrong move and you could be looking at a damaged piece that can't be fixed, or worse, something that's completely destroyed.

A tourist caused damage to a historic painting at the Uffizi Galleries on Friday morning while attempting to take a selfie.

Spain's Supreme Court has ruled that the descendants of dictator Franco must return two valuable Romanesque sculptures to the city of Santiago de Compostela, according to court documents.

The construction of a new work by Hew Locke in Ostend, Belgium, has been halted. The work was commissioned by the city of Ostend in 2023 to recontextualise an equestrian statue of former Belgian king Leopold II.

Italy is preparing to cut the VAT rate on art sales from 22% to 5%, responding to mounting pressure from the national art market and increased competition from other EU Member States with lower VAT rates on art.

Photo Elysée announced that Iranian photographer Hannah Darabi has won the Prix Elysée 2025. Her project Why Don't You Dance? was chosen by an international jury amongst eight nominated propositions.

A climate vandalist has been arrested after pink paint was thrown at a glass-covered Pablo Picasso painting at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA)Thursday morning.

Paris-based practice Chatillon Architectes has completed a sweeping transformation of the Le Grand Palais, marking the most comprehensive renovation of the Parisian landmark in its 120-year history.

Lesia Vasylchenko is the main prize winner of the 8th edition of the PinchukArtCentre Prize, a nationwide prize for Ukrainian artists aged 35 or younger.

The sales of the Hilde & Dieter Scharf Collection and Pacific Art together achieved a total of €12,199,880 across 56 lots sold. 

Gernot Wieland is an Austrian artist based in Berlin whose films, drawings, lecture-
performances and installations comment on human notions of belonging within inherited
social, political and psychological processes.

The Maria Lassnig Foundation has awarded their 2025 Prize to Carrie Yamaoka. She will receive €50,000 and an exhibition at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, this year’s partner institution, in 2026.

Ghent University researchers have reconstructed the face and life of a prehistoric Belgian woman who lived in the Meuse Valley around 10,500 years ago. 

The Baloise Art Prize, a $36,800 award given out to two artists participating in the Statements sector of Art Basel annually, has this year gone to Rhea Dillon and Joyce Joumaa.

Members of the Dutch ultra‑conservative Catholic foundation Civitas Christiana demonstrated at the Rijksmuseum against the purchase of an ancient condom.

After half a year as European Capital of Culture, the City of Chemnitz, the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 gGmbH and its many partners are extremely positive.

A temporary export bar has been placed on an oil sketch, titled ​​Cimon Falling in love with Efigenia, by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens.

In the first show to be held in The Frick Collection’s new Ronald S. Lauder Exhibition Galleries, three works by Johannes Vermeer will be presented from June 18 through August 31, 2025.

Independent will take place next year May 14-17, 2026 at a new home at Pier 36, a 70,000-square-foot, light-filled venue located adjacent to the Lower East Side gallery community and contemporary art institutions.