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Willem de Kooning at work will be on view from 9 October 2026 through 17 January 2027 and is developed in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago and The Willem de Kooning Foundation in New York.

Two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir that were stolen from a museum in southern France a month ago have been recovered, the town’s mayor Bryan Masson said.

Five people have been arrested in France in connection with the theft of four works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

Commissioned by the Fabbrica di San Pietro and created by studiogusto®, it has been developed for the Microsoft 365 Office. Over 500 glyphs and four styles transform the artist’s handwriting into a system that is accessible and free to use worldwide, creating a dialogue between historical heritage, design and technology.

The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2026 reveals Gen Z’s growing influence as the highest-spending generation, while collectors increasingly turn to AI and digital tools for collecting advice.

The Van Gogh Museum and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have reached an agreement that will make it possible to finance the much-needed renovation of the museum building. The uncertainty over the museum’s future has now been resolved.

Tomma Abts, who was born in Kiel in 1967, is one of the defining figures in international contemporary painting. In her paintings and drawings, she explores the relationship between form, color, and pictorial space.

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), Brooklyn Museum, and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) announced a $48 million energy efficiency project at the museum.

2,161 cultural heritage sites and 2,665 cultural institutions in Ukraine had been damaged as of the end of September 2026, according to the Ministry of Culture.

Souraya Noujaim has been appointed director of Louvre Abu Dhabi, returning to the museum where she spent five years overseeing its curatorial and collections work.