Article date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Domo: The Netherlands’ New Home for International Cultural Collaboration
At a time when cultural organisations across the Netherlands and beyond face mounting challenges—funding cuts, political pressure, and global instability—four leading institutions are taking a bold, united step forward.
Article date: Monday, April 28, 2025
Child damages Rothko Painting Worth up to €50 million at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam
A child damaged one of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s most valuable paintings this spring during, the museum confirmed. The artwork, Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 by American artist Mark Rothko, is estimated to be worth between 40 and 50 million euros, according to Dutch paper AD.
Article date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
The Bayeux Tapestry's great Penis Debate
The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of the conquest of England by the Duke of Normandy in the year 1066, displayed at the Bayeux Museum in France.
Article date: Saturday, April 26, 2025
The Sistine Chapel is Temporarily Closed to Visitors During the Conclave
Inside the Sistine Chapel frescoed by Michelangelo Buonarroti the cardinals gather in the conclave to elect the new Pope.
Article date: Friday, April 25, 2025
WEISS/MANFREDI selected to design Nelson-Atkins Expansion in Kansas
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has unanimously selected WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism as the lead architect for the museum’s upcoming expansion and transformation project.
Article date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Two More Suspects arrested in Investigation into Art Theft from Drents Museum
On Wednesday 23 April, the Dutch police arrested two more suspects in the investigation into the art theft from the Drents Museum.
Article date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Dutch City Maashorst dumped 46 Artworks in Trash, including Warhol Portrait
The city of Maashorst has confirmed that 46 artworks, including a rare Andy Warhol silkscreen of Queen Beatrix, were likely discarded with the trash during the relocation of the former Uden town hall.
Article date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Another Suspect in Custody in Investigation into Theft from Drents Museum
The police have arrested a fifth suspect in the investigation into the theft from the Drents Museum in Assen. The 36-year-old man was arrested in a residence in Alkmaar. The stolen golden treasures have not yet been found.
Article date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Ei Arakawa-Nash to represent Japan at the Sixty-First Venice Biennale
The Japan Foundation has appointed queer Los Angeles–based performance artist Ei Arakawa-Nash to represent Japan at the Sixty-First Venice Biennale, to take place May 9–November 22, 2026.
Article date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
The Met got the Green Light to build the Tang Wing
A milestone in the history of the Met, after a four-hour meeting with Landmarks Preservation Commission, the Met got the green light to build the Tang Wing - the Met’s new wing for modern and contemporary art.
Article date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
Renowned Brazilian Sculptor to present Major New Work at Glasgow’s Tramway
Glasgow’s Tramway will be the first venue in the UK to present a new piece of work by Brazilian artist Solange Pessoa (b.1961 Ferros Belo Horizonte, Brazil).
Article date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces return of 16th Century Manuscript to Paraguay
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of a 16th century manuscript that was stolen from Paraguay’s National Archives.
Article date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Four Artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2025 announced
The shortlisted artists – Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa – were announced on 23 April 2025, 250 years to the day since the birth of Turner.
Article date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Two “Rembrandts” at the Mauritshuis are not by the Master
Two paintings at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague that were long attributed to Rembrandt were not painted by the master himself, the museum said during a presentation last Thursday.
Article date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Barbara Kruger to launch Major New Installation on a Ukrainian Intercity Train
Launching on 1st May 2025 and commissioned by RIBBON International in collaboration with Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways), the ground-breaking visual artist Barbara Kruger launches a major new graphic installation on the exterior of a Ukrainian Railways Intercity train, with Kruger applying her iconic typographic intervention to its surface.
Article date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Thailand to return 20 looted Artefacts to Cambodia
Thailand has agreed to return 20 looted artefacts to Cambodia—precious pieces of Khmer heritage that were smuggled abroad during years of conflict and instability.
Article date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Trump Portrait that Putin gifted to U.S. President was done by Artist Nikas Safronov
The artist behind the portrait of Donald Trump that Vladimir Putin gifted to the U.S. president last month was Russian painter Nikas Safronov, CNN reported on Tuesday.
Article date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Bührle Foundation reaches Settlement with Heirs of Jewish Collector over Manet's 'La Sultane'
The Gerta Silberberg Discretionary Trust and the Buehrle Foundation have come to an amicable settlement solution due to differing assessments of the circumstances surrounding the sale of the painting by Max Silberberg.
Article date: Friday, April 18, 2025
The Frick Collection NY reopens to the Public
The Frick Collection officially ushered in a new chapter of its history with a ribbon-cutting ceremony ahead of its public reopening, marking the conclusion of the multi-year renovation and enhancement of its historic Fifth Avenue home.
Article date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Monet’s Peupliers au Bord de l’epte, Crépuscule Highlights Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale
Claude Monet’s Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule is a leading highlight of the 20th Century Evening Sale taking place in New York during the Spring Marquee Week (estimate: $30 million – 50 million).
