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An international charity raffle to raise funds for research into Alzheimer’s disease is set to hand one lucky winner an original Picasso gouache on paper worth over one million euros, organisers said Tuesday.

The National Ghost Ranch Foundation and the Presbyterian Foundation jointly announced plans to preserve the landscapes and vistas made famous by artist Georgia O’Keeffe through a new partnership with the State of New Mexico and the New Mexico Land Conservancy.

François-Xavier Lalanne’s Hippopotame Bar achieved a groundbreaking $31.4 million (est. $7-10 million), establishing the highest price ever for the artist at auction and the highest price ever achieved for a work of design at auction, climbing over three times its high estimate.

In 2026, Ruhrtriennale presents Balkan Erotic Epic, a daring large-scale performance conceived and directed by Marina Abramović, the world’s most influential performance artist.

The Asian Art Museum today formally transferred four ancient bronze sculptures to the government of Thailand, concluding a multi-year process of research, review, and collaboration among U.S. and Thai authorities.

The Turner Prize 2024 has been awarded to Nnena Kalu, it was announced this evening at a ceremony in Bradford, the UK's City of Culture for 2025, where the artists' installations have been on display at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

Elena Cologni (Italy/UK) gained a BA in Fine Art from Accademia di Belle Arti Brera in Milan, an MA in Sculpture from Bretton Hall College, Leeds University and a PhD in Fine Art and Philosophy from University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins College (CSM).

Louvre Museum staff in Paris on Monday called for a strike next week over working conditions.

British documentary photographer Martin Parr has died at the age of 73, his foundation announced.

A water leak last month damaged hundreds of books in the Egyptian Antiquities Department in Paris’ Louvre museum, reports on Sunday revealed, raising concerns about the state of the world's most visited museum’s internal management, weeks after a daring jewel heist exposed security flaws.

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Architect Frank Gehry celebrated for his genre-shifting designs, has died at 96.

Four people were arrested at London’s Tower of London after food was thrown at a display case containing the Imperial State Crown, police said on Saturday, adding part of the historic building housing the Crown Jewels had been closed to the public.

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has officially received two ancient artifacts from the kingdom of Belgium, which had been illegally smuggled out of the country.

Syria’s Minister of Culture, Mohammed Yassin al-Saleh, announced on Wednesday the recovery of 1,234 archaeological tablets and 198 artifacts, which were returned to the Idleb Museum after years of conflict. 

The Mykolaiv School of photography MYPH released its first bilingual magazine, '525', which will focus on contemporary Ukrainian photography.

The Lawh Wa Qalam: M.F. Husain Museum opened in Doha, within the Qatar Foundation's campus in Education City, a 12-square-kilometre urban environment designed for mixed-use that integrates education, research, recreation and cultural heritage.

A Faberge egg commissioned by a Russian tsar has sold for a record £22.9m at auction in London.

Valeriy Horbatov, the ex-lawmaker who fled to Russian-occupied territory before the full-scale invasion and was exposed for financing DNR terrorists, agreed to hand over 7,000 archaeological finds spanning from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation reports.

For the first time, curtains which once hung in Sandringham House have been expertly transformed into 25 luxurious festive stockings by the Dumfries House Sewing Bee.