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Meryl Streep makes Seven-Figure Gift to Advance the Future of Women’s History
Article date: Thursday, March 19, 2026

Meryl Streep makes Seven-Figure Gift to Advance the Future of Women’s History

The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) announced that three-time Academy Award–winning actor Meryl Streep has made a significant seven-figure gift to advance the future of women’s history.


Tencent’s CEO to open Museum in Shenzhen, China
Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Tencent’s CEO to open Museum in Shenzhen, China

Rong Museum, a flower-like structure within the M80 Campus in Shenzhen’s Houhai district, will open in 2027.


New Museum’s OMA-Designed Building to open on March 21, 2026
Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026

New Museum’s OMA-Designed Building to open on March 21, 2026

The New Museum, Manhattan’s only museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art, announced that its 60,000 sq ft building expansion designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Executive Architect Cooper Robertson will open to the public on March 21, 2026.


TEFAF Maastricht has an €86.4 Million Impact on the Netherlands
Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026

TEFAF Maastricht has an €86.4 Million Impact on the Netherlands

Commissioned by The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) and conducted by Deloitte as part of an independent research program, the annual TEFAF Economic Impact Report evaluates the fair’s contributions both to Maastricht and to the Netherlands.


A Swiss Museum is investigating Allegations of Looted Art relating to Works by Charles Frédéric Brun
Article date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026

A Swiss Museum is investigating Allegations of Looted Art relating to Works by Charles Frédéric Brun

Recent revelations concerning a former parish priest of Fully have brought to light the possible misappropriation of all or part of the 28 works by Charles Frédéric Brun. 


Trump Kennedy Center Board Unanimously approves Landmark Renovation
Article date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Trump Kennedy Center Board Unanimously approves Landmark Renovation

The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees voted unanimously to temporarily close the Center for a comprehensive revitalization project.


US Congress adopts the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act Unanimously
Article date: Tuesday, March 17, 2026

US Congress adopts the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act Unanimously

The legislation aims to assist in recovering art looted by the Nazis and to support Holocaust survivors in reclaiming their heritage.


Identity of Street Artist Banksy revealed ?
Article date: Monday, March 16, 2026

Identity of Street Artist Banksy revealed ?

The real identity of street artist Banksy, whose works have sold for millions of dollars, has finally been revealed, press agency Reuters says.


Iran plans to turn Site of destroyed Minab School into Museum
Article date: Monday, March 16, 2026

Iran plans to turn Site of destroyed Minab School into Museum

Iran plans to turn the girls' school that was bombed on the first day of the war into a museum commemorating the victims who died in the bombing.


Global Art Market Sales rise 4% to $59.6 Billion in 2025, amid Ongoing Market Recalibration
Article date: Thursday, March 12, 2026

Global Art Market Sales rise 4% to $59.6 Billion in 2025, amid Ongoing Market Recalibration

The global art market returned to growth in 2025, with sales increasing by 4% year-on-year in value to an estimated $59.6 billion.


Russian Investigative Committee opens Case over Crimean Collection
Article date: Thursday, March 12, 2026

Russian Investigative Committee opens Case over Crimean Collection

Russian authorities announced criminal charges against Netherlands, Ukraine and the Allard Pierson Museum over the return of Crimean gold artifacts to Ukraine.


5-Star Exhibition in MSK Ghent: Women artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600 - 1750
Article date: Thursday, March 12, 2026

5-Star Exhibition in MSK Ghent: Women artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600 - 1750

Women played a vital role in the artistic life of the Low Countries between 1600 and 1750. Yet classical art history has largely ignored their key status within the creative economy


EU threatens to withdraw Funds from Venice Biennale if Russia participates
Article date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

EU threatens to withdraw Funds from Venice Biennale if Russia participates

The European Commission has warned it could suspend EU grant funding for the Venice Biennale if Russia is allowed to reopen its pavilion at this year's exhibition.


The Financial Resilience of Government sponsored Museums and Galleries in England
Article date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

The Financial Resilience of Government sponsored Museums and Galleries in England

The Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) sponsors and directly funds 15 museums and galleries in England. Between 2019 and 2024, the museums and galleries included seven of the top 10 most visited free visitor attractions in England.


Illegally excavated Marble Bust to be returned to Italy following Loan Agreement
Article date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Illegally excavated Marble Bust to be returned to Italy following Loan Agreement

An illegally excavated marble bust is to be repatriated to Italy, years after it was unwittingly sold to the University of Wellington, New Zealand, from the black market in antiquities.


Italy acquired “The Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini” by Caravaggio for 30 Million Euro
Article date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Italy acquired “The Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini” by Caravaggio for 30 Million Euro

The deed of purchase for Caravaggio’s Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini was signed today at the Ministry of Culture in the presence of the Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli, the Director General of Museums Massimo Osanna, the Director of the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica in Rome Thomas Clement Salomon, and the notary Luca Amato.


Interview with David Blandy: How we can enter Into Different Worlds and Lives through Collective Imaginative Practices
Article date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Interview with David Blandy: How we can enter Into Different Worlds and Lives through Collective Imaginative Practices

David Blandy (1976, Lives & works in Brighton) is an artist examining global structures of control and networks of resistance, in areas that range from ecology, history and science to arenas of play.


Basquiat's 'Museum Security' to Headline Sotheby's May 2026 Contemporary Evening Auction
Article date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Basquiat's 'Museum Security' to Headline Sotheby's May 2026 Contemporary Evening Auction

Few masterworks so powerfully capture the themes, concerns, and personal history that defined Jean-Michel Basquiat’s career as his 1983 Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown). 


A Garden for the Commonwealth: the Landscape Vision for the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial
Article date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

A Garden for the Commonwealth: the Landscape Vision for the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial

The proposals, developed by Foster + Partners alongside landscape designer Michel Desvigne and horticulturalist Professor Nigel Dunnett, draw on the existing character of St James’s Park while reflecting Queen Elizabeth II’s seven-decade relationship with the Commonwealth. 


Rubens’ adorned Ceiling in Banqueting House, London, to reopen after Major Restoration
Article date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Rubens’ adorned Ceiling in Banqueting House, London, to reopen after Major Restoration

A passenger lift installed into the 400-year-old Banqueting House in Whitehall will offer visitors step-free access to Peter Paul Rubens’ masterpiece ceiling for the first time.