Article date: Saturday, March 15, 2025
Museums should stop displaying African Ancestral Remains, says Report
The All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations (APPG-AR) is calling for a ban on the sale of ancestral remains, as well as on their display in museums and other institutions.
Article date: Friday, March 14, 2025
15 Million Euro Klimt find from Austria for sale at TEFAF Maastricht
Considered lost since 1938, Gustav Klimt's portrait of a prince from Ghana is on public display again for the first time. Viennese art dealers are presenting the painting from a private Austrian collection at the TEFAF art fair in Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Article date: Friday, March 14, 2025
Facing the Storm: Mauritshuis, The Hague, in Wartime
In 2025 the Mauritshuis will mark eighty years since the liberation of the Netherlands. The German occupation was a turbulent time for the Mauritshuis, with its collection in storage, propaganda exhibitions, music recitals and people in hiding to escape forced labour (the Arbeitseinsatz).
Article date: Friday, March 14, 2025
SFMOMA receives $1.5M Grant from Google.org in Support of Major Ruth Asawa Retrospective
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced a $1.5 million grant from Google.org, Google’s philanthropic arm, in support of Ruth Asawa: Retrospective, the first major national and international museum retrospective of the groundbreaking work of Ruth Asawa (1926–2013).
Article date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Atapuerca rewrites the History of Europe’s First Inhabitants
A study led by the IPHES and involving the URV assigns the oldest human remains found at Atapuerca to the species Homo affinis erectus and confirms that Western Europe was populated by two species of hominin more than a million years ago
Article date: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Nordic Countries Pavilion announces Artists for the 61st La Biennale di Venezia
The Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma has selected Klara Kristalova, Benjamin Orlow and Tori Wrånes to represent the Nordic Countries Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition will be curated by Kiasma’s Chief Curator, Anna Mustonen, and commissioned by Kiasma in collaboration with Moderna Museet, Sweden, and OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway.
Article date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Details of the Swiss Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2026 announced
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has nominated a collective consisting of cultural practitioners Gianmaria Andreetta, Luca Beeler, Nina Wakeford, Miriam Laura Leonardi, Lithic Alliance and Yul Tomatala for the Swiss Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia 2026. For the first time, the Swiss Biennale contribution was selected through an open competition, with 140 projects submitted.
Article date: Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Greek Far-Right Politician Nikos Papadopoulos arrested after vandalizing ‘Blasphemous’ Artworks
Greek Member of Parliament Nikos Papadopoulos was arrested on Monday after allegedly vandalizing artworks at the National Gallery in Athens, protesting against what he described as 'blasphemous' art that offends the Christian faith, Enikos reported.
Article date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Female Suspect in Assen Art Heist Temporarily released
A 40-year-old woman from Heerhugowaard, Netherlands, who was arrested in connection with the art heist at the Drents Museum in Assen, has been released.
Article date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Getty acquires Archive of Raymond Pettibon
Getty has acquired the archive of American artist Raymond Petitbon. Pettibon, who became known in the 1980s for his work in the Southern California music scene, particularly through posters and album covers, later gained widespread recognition in the fine art world.
Article date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Fundación Fernando Romero announces the Transition of Luis Barragán's Masterwork into a Public Place
Fundación Fernando Romero, the not-for-profit foundation established by award-winning architect and design curator Fernando Romero announced plans to adapt the historic, Luis Barragán-designed La Cuadra San Cristóbal into a cultural resource for the public at large and the world’s art and architecture community.
Article date: Monday, March 10, 2025
ARCOmadrid establishes Itself as a Must-See Event for the Quality of its Artistic Content
The 44th edition of the International Contemporary Art Fair, ARCOmadrid, which closes its doors Sunday evening, is expected to have exceed a total of 95,000 visitors.
Article date: Monday, March 10, 2025
Finland’s Lenin Museum breaks Up with Russia and changes Name
Replacing the former Lenin Museum, the Nootti museum deals with the Eastern relations from fresh perspective and continues to the present day in the same premises.
Article date: Monday, March 10, 2025
Sotheby’s to auction Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant’s First Game-Worn NBA Jerseys
This Spring, Sotheby’s will offer two of the most significant game-worn jerseys in basketball history—each representing the humble beginnings of two of the most iconic players to ever grace the hardwood: Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.
Article date: Monday, March 10, 2025
Artists withdraw from Cyprus Theatre Festival after Backlash over Jan Fabre’s Participation
The planned appearance of Belgian artist Jan Fabre at the Cyprus International Theatre Festival (CITF) has triggered backlash from the artistic community following his 2022 conviction for sexual harassment and public indecency.
Article date: Friday, March 7, 2025
Rare Medieval Ring at Risk of leaving the Netherlands
Dutch Minister Bruins wants to prevent a medieval gold ring from being sold abroad.
Article date: Friday, March 7, 2025
German City of Münster returns Pankok Painting to Jewish Heirs
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.
Article date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Máret Ánne Sara to create the Next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall
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.
Article date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Andrea Fraser's Untitled (Objects): Echoes of the Original ?
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.
Article date: Thursday, March 6, 2025
Prince Claus Fund launches Artist Emergency Fund with New €1.5 million Funding Boost
The Prince Claus Fund announced that they have received a €1.5 million contribution from the National Postcode Lottery.
