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Qatar has revealed that it owns Gustave Courbet’s famed self-portrait The Desperate Man and will loan the painting to Paris’s Musée d’Orsay for five years.

Discovered in 2019 by a metal detectorist, the Museum has the opportunity to purchase the Heart to stop it entering a private collection.

Jehan Legac explores the woman as a vessel of presence, sensuality, and mystery. His work navigates the tension between intimacy and strength, delicacy and power, tradition and experimentation.

A pop song, a Shakespearean heroine and an Art Nouveau painting: Taylor Swift's music video for her number-one hit "The Fate of Ophelia" has caused a rush of visitors to the Hessian State Museum in Wiesbaden.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of 29 antiquities collectively valued at $3 million to Greece.

Sylvia Batycka's work engages with female narratives and the aesthetics of absence, grounded primarily in the field of painting.

The Courtauld Gallery unveiled the first-ever museum exhibition in the UK on the celebrated modern American artist Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021). The Griffin Catalyst Exhibition: Wayne Thiebaud. American Still Life is on display from 10 October 2025 – 18 January 2026.  

New research has shed light on one of the most haunting and widely recognized photographs of the Holocaust known as “The Last Jew of Vinnytsia,” Ynet reported.

The most famous portrait of Marie Antoinette as a child is really of her sister, according to new research. Catriona Seth, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of All Souls College at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages made the discovery while researching a book and working with the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire (MAH) in Geneva.

A man urinated on a Vatican altar during a holy mass as hundreds of tourists looked on in disgust at the act of desecration Friday, according to local reports.

Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo will close to the public starting Sunday.

Bangkok Art Biennale announced its first roster of participating artists, along with the theme, curators, and venues for its fifth edition, scheduled to take place from October 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027.

Gallery Société Berlin will represent the Albanian prime minister, exhibiting his ceramic sculptures and artworks he has created over the last decade

The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi and Frieze have announced their partnership to evolve Abu Dhabi into Frieze Abu Dhabi, marking a new chapter in the emirate’s role on the global art calendar.

A major new art installation at Canterbury Cathedral in which ordinary people pose questions to God has split public opinion ahead of its official launch, with visitors reporting visceral reactions to the bold graffiti-style graphics and thought-provoking questions displayed on the ancient walls. 

Art Basel Qatar will feature 84 artist presentations by 87 galleries when the fair debuts in Doha next February. 

The Roswitha Haftmann Prize, worth CHF 150,000, will be awarded in 2025 to Chilean-born artist, activist, and poet Cecilia Vicuña. 

The Philadelphia Museum of Art reintroduces itself to the world as the Philadelphia Art Museum.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of a burglary at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff.

For Samir Farah, painting began as an act of quiet resistance, a way to turn away from the turbulence of the news cycle and toward something more enduring.