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The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen are returning the painting ‘The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne’, c. 1522–1525, attributed to an artist from the circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder to the legal heirs of Ernst Magnus, formerly of Hannover.

Maria Husarska, a Krakow-based artist with deep family roots in art, works across painting, ceramics, photography, and film. She weaves together expressive abstraction, geometric precision, calligraphic forms, and organic ceramics, infusing tradition with modern, color-rich experimentation.

A government minister and the military said Thailand has hit areas in the same region as the world-famous Unesco heritage site.

The Whitney Museum of American Art announces that 56 artists, duos, and collectives will participate in Whitney Biennial 2026. 

Visitors to the Magritte Museum now have the opportunity to discover a new work by the master of Surrealism, The True Face of Rex, a poster considered to be the only creation by René Magritte with an explicitly political character.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed to return 12 works of art worth more than US$30 million (S$38.7 million), part of the recovery of assets linked to Malaysia’s state fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).

The City of London Corporation has approved the delivery plan for the Barbican Renewal Programme – a major investment that will secure the future of the internationally renowned creative powerhouse for the next 50 years.

U.S. Senate announced the unanimous passage of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act in the Senate. 

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announced the return of three Cambodian sculptures to Cambodia. The ethical return, which was initiated by the museum, follows an extensive internal assessment conducted since August 2022. 

A painting tied to the inception of the Star Wars series has hit a new milestone at auction, capturing the fascination of art enthusiasts and fans worldwide.

A woman damaged a marble balustrade near the iconic bridge after stealing a delivery boat full of parcels and crashing it.

Tate director Maria Balshaw has announced that she will leave the organisation’s leadership in spring next year after a nine-year tenure.

Acquired by VMFA in the 1970s, the fragments were discovered to have been illegally excavated from a 6th century B.C. Phrygian temple at Düver, Türkiye.

A 1994 McLaren F1 just sold for a record-breaking $25,317,500 USD during RM Sotheby’s inaugural Collectors’ Week in Abu Dhabi.

The Rijksmuseum and the Municipality of Eindhoven are joining forces to build a branch of the Rijksmuseum in Eindhoven where future visitors will be able to admire artworks from the world-famous Rijksmuseum collection. Founding partner ASML intends to contribute significantly in the coming years to creating a leading cultural facility for the region.

More than 600 artefacts have been stolen from the British Empire collection at Bristol Museum with cops releasing CCTV.

One of the two works—a Byzantine sculpture Capital with Bust of the Archangel Michael—was generously lent back to The Met for three months, marking the first loan from Türkiye to The Met in over two decades

Zineb Sedira (b.1963, France) will be the next artist to undertake the Tate Britain Commission. Unveiled for the first time on 13 May 2026, Sedira’s major new work will be the latest response to the unique context of the neo-classical Duveen Galleries at the heart of Tate Britain.

Beginning January 1, 2026, MoMA PS1 will offer free admission to all visitors, removing financial barriers to entry for the next three years.

The Organizing Committee for Yokohama Triennale announced that the 9th Yokohama Triennale will take place from April 23 to September 12, 2027, at the Yokohama Museum of Art as its main venue. This edition will be led by the curators Cosmin Costinaș and Inti Guerrero as Artistic Directors.