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Liverpool Biennial Announces Title and Artists for its 2027 Edition
Liverpool Biennial reveals the title and participating artists for its 14 th edition, 'The Age of
Magical Thinking'. The Biennial is curated by Aimee Harrison and Lucía Sanromán and will run between 5 June and 19 September 2027.
The 4 AM Manuscript: MLK’s Handwritten 'I Have a Dream' Draft Discovered After Decades
This historic treasure—the only known handwritten final draft of the speech, recently rediscovered after being stored in the desk drawer of aide Edward T. Clayton for decades—is being offered to benefit several charities, including the Xernona Clayton Foundation and The King Center | Martin Luther King III says: 'It is poetic that the past will protect the future'
Getty Announces Major Project to Conserve One of Peru’s Sacred 17th-Century Churches
Project will support seismic retrofitting and conservation of the Church of Rondocan and its collection, including a painting series by Bernardo Bitti once thought lost.
Art Basel Miami Beach Introduces $4,500 Premium Discovery Pass
Art Basel Mimi Beach introduces a “Premium Discovery” pass. Available for one- and two-day increments, and priced at $3,600 and $4,500, respectively, the pass promises a “Signature Experience” at the event, which will launch in previews December 2–3 before opening to the general public December 4–6.
Two Jan van Huysum Masterpieces Come to Auction
A Vase of Flowers and Fruit with Flowers are the only known large-scale fruit and flower pendants by the peerless still-life painter Jan van Huysum in private hands (estimate: £6,000,000-8,000,000).
Long-Lost Georgia O'Keeffe Painting—Discovered in a New York Closet—To Be Offered at Christie's
O'Keeffe's 1930 painting Near Abiquiu, New Mexico I (Estimate: In the Region of $3 million) will be offered during Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale on November 17
Britain Places Export Ban on an Iconic Bust of Edward the Black Prince
The UK Government has intervened to ensure a bust of Prince Edward of Woodstock (1330–1376), known as The Black Prince, is kept in the country in the hope that a UK gallery or institution can save it for the nation.
Japanese Calligraphy Shodo Nominated for UNESCO Listing
An advisory body to UNESCO has recommended that Japanese calligraphy be registered on the organization's Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
Hundreds of Ice Age Rock Art Engravings Discovered Hidden in Plain Sight
Archaeologists have discovered the third-largest assemblage of Ice Age cave art ever found in Mediterranean Iberia in a region thought devoid of cave art, transforming our knowledge of Paleolithic European art.
The 2027 Met Gala Reveals its New Theme Following the John Galliano Controversy
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced The Costume Institute’s 2027 exhibition, extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday, on view May 9, 2027, through January 9, 2028, at The Met Fifth Avenue after John Galliano's exit earlier this year.