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The city of Münster is returning the painting "Reading Man" by Bernhard Pankok (1872-1943) to the rightful heirs of the Jewish tobacco merchant and art collector Max Rosenfeld.

Tate and Hyundai Motor today announce that Máret Ánne Sara will create the next annual Hyundai Commission. Máret Ánne Sara is a Northern Sámi artist and author known for her work exploring global ecological issues through the lens of her lived experience within the Sámi community.

A year ago, ArtDependence reported on Belgian artist Sofie Muller’s installation ‘The Clean Room’ being presented as one of thematic pavilions of maltabiennale.art 2024.

The Prince Claus Fund announced that they have received a €1.5 million contribution from the National Postcode Lottery.

What began in 1955 at the Fridericianum, originally alongside the Federal Garden Exhibition, has since evolved into one of the world’s most significant series of exhibitions for contemporary art worldwide. On July 15, 1955, the first documenta, founded by Arnold Bode, was opened in Kassel. A total of 15 editions of documenta have taken place since then. documenta 16 is currently in preparation and will be inaugurated in 2027 in Kassel.

René Magritte’s La reconnaissance infinie is the top lot of the season, realising 10.3M. Michael Andrews led the 20/21 London Evening Sale setting a new record for the artist. 94% Sold by Lot | 97% Sold by Value | 43% of lots sold above the high estimate.

Bernd Ebert has been appointed director of the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden – SKD), effective 1 May 2025.

World Animal Protection opposes a new exhibition in Copenhagen by artist Marco Evaristti, which involves starving three piglets as a protest against industrial pig farming.

The Rijksmuseum is displaying a recently acquired still life by Maria van Oosterwijck in the Gallery of Honour from today.

Items seized in New York include pottery, jade, bronze and Tibetan Buddhist art, some dating back thousands of years.

The Art Institute of Chicago, in collaboration with the Government of Nepal, has initiated the return of a significant sculpture—Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda—to its place of origin in Nepal.

The Worcester Art Museum (WAM) announced that it has entered into a long-term loan agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture as part of the Museum’s voluntary return of two objects from its collection.

Holly Lowens' paintings explore the tension between civility and primal instinct.

As part of a PhD thesis, an innovative technological investigation conducted by the Politecnico di Milano, in collaboration with the Sforza Castle and with the technical support of Codevintec, has revealed the presence of numerous underground passages under the Sforza Castle, in correspondence with what was the Garland, some of which could be linked to secret passages of a military nature, also described in drawings by Leonardo da Vinci.

Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Netherlands, and the Kremer family have announced that the Kremer Collection will potentially be housed on long-term loan at the museum.

A painting stolen in 1974 from the National Museum in Gdańsk, Poland, has been found in a museum in Gouda, Netherlands. Museum Gouda and art detective Arthur Brand confirmed the discovery as reported by De Telegraaf.

A small wooden box which may have been a holiday souvenir either brought back by Rudyard Kipling, or given to him as a gift by his daughter, has turned out to be a very rare handmade South American casket.

Tate Modern celebrates the provocative and boundary-pushing career of Leigh Bowery - one of the most fearless and original artists of the 20th century.

In December 2024, the G.A.S. Foundation, in partnership with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation, announced the call for the third edition of the G.A.S. Fellowship Award. This year, the award offered two fully-funded six-week residencies at G.A.S. Lagos for outstanding mid-career professionals based in Africa: one for a mid-career visual fine artist and one for a mid-career curator.

Catherine Nichols is an internationally acclaimed arts and literary scholar, curator and writer, whose work spans contemporary art, cultural history, and interdisciplinary research.