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With the acquisition of "Rooster and Pedestal" (2013/2019) by Katharina Fritsch, the German Folkwang Museum expands its collection with a key work of 21st-century art.

In a world where everything has been flattened into a mass market, a counterforce has emerged: projects – and people – who still dare to build masterpieces through urban culture.

Ukraine on Sunday called on the Venice Biennale to keep Russia out of the prestigious art event after organizers said it could participate for the first time since launching its all-out invasion in 2022.

Christie's 20/21 Marquee Week Opens with Three Evening Sales totalling £197,472,600 / $263,823,394 / €226,106,127 Up 52% year on year.

Reza Dabirinejad, director of TMoCA, stated that international conventions require protection for cultural properties during wartime. He expressed hope that museums and historical artifacts would suffer minimal damage during any future conflict, ISNA reported. 

An export bar has been placed on a painting by modern British artist, Howard Hodgkin in an effort to save the masterpiece for the nation. 

Ten bidders battled it out over Leon Kossoff’s rare swimming pool painting, which made sold for £5 million at Sotheby's London on Wednesday. 

The 61^st International Art Exhibition – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh - organised by La Biennale di Venezia, will be accompanied by 99 National Participations and 31 Collateral Events.

The Iranian rocket strike destroyed an entire apartment building and also devastated the historic building next door, one of the architectural treasures of the White City in Tel Aviv.

The Ashmolean has returned a 16th-century bronze to the Government of India following research into the object’s provenance and liaison with Indian authorities. 

Mari Katayama has been named the winner of the inaugural Mori Art Award. The final selection took place on February 25, overseen by an international jury of museum directors: Mami Kataoka, Rhana Devenport, Glenn D. Lowry, Frances Morris, Suhanya Raffel, and Eugene Tan.

The Greek Ministry of Culture authenticated the collection of WWII photographs from Greece owned by a memorabilia collector in Belgium and reached an agreement to buy them.

A trove of sacred Jewish objects from Greece that was stolen by the Nazis and displaced for decades in Poland is finally heading back home. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers had a chance to touch history recently in Philadelphia after they encountered swords and arrowheads that date back to the Bronze Age, almost 4,000 years ago.

Frieze Los Angeles 2026 closed on Sunday following strong sales, sustained institutional engagement and decisive early acquisitions that defined the tone of the fair.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot legally hold copyrights for original artistic works or content it creates.

Following an extensive international search, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) appointed of Nicholas R. Bell as Director & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective July 6, 2026.

Tehran’s historic Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has sustained major damage after strikes on Tehran.

Researchers at the Rijksmuseum have demonstrated that the painting Vision of Zacharias in the Temple (1633) was made by Rembrandt.

Zofia is turning the traditional pet portrait on its head, swapping stoic oil paintings for vibrant, high-fashion fantasies.