Article date: Monday, September 28, 2026
Art Institute of Chicago Returns Jean Metzinger’s 1913 Woman with a Fan

The Art Institute of Chicago is returning Jean Metzinger’s Woman with a Fan to the family of Jewish art collector Emanuel Lewenstein (1870–1930).

Article date: Monday, September 28, 2026
Nathanaëlle Herbelin: The Intimacy of the Unfinished

Nathanaëlle Herbelin’s paintings begin with the intimacy of everyday life: domestic interiors, bodies, relationships and moments that might otherwise remain unnoticed.

Article date: Monday, September 28, 2026
The Apple-1 "Hatfield" Computer to be Sold at Bonhams this Fall in New York

This fall, the exceptionally rare and fully functional "Hatfield" Apple-1 Computer, offered at an estimate of $500,000 – 800,000, will headline Bonhams forthcoming History of Science, Technology & Computing sale, running online from October 4–14. 

Article date: Monday, September 28, 2026
EMΣT Athens Wins European Museum Academy Art Museum Award 2026

National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens has won the European Museum Academy Art Museum Award 2026, a major European distinction recognising museums that place art in innovative and pioneering contexts to address contemporary societal issues.

Article date: Friday, September 25, 2026
Ai Weiwei Unveils Major Public Artwork Mushrooms at MCA Australia

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia unveiled Mushrooms, a major new temporary public artwork by internationally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei for the Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission series.

Article date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Getty Acquires Rediscovered Diego Velázquez Painting

The J. Paul Getty Museum acquired the recently rediscovered 17th-century painting “Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares” by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez (1599-1660).

Article date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Nazi-Looted Painting Returned to US Heirs

Germany's Bavarian State Painting Collections have handed over a painting by the artist Albert Lang, embezzled during the Nazi era, to the US-based heirs of banker's widow Sofie Heilbronner, who died in 1965.

Article date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
TEFAF Announces Multi-Year Renewals with MECC Maastricht and the Park Avenue Armory

Agreements secure TEFAF Maastricht at MECC Maastricht through 2036 and TEFAF New York at the Park Avenue Armory through 2031.

Article date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Art Institute of Chicago Returns Jean Metzinger’s 1913 Woman with a Fan

James Rondeau, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago, announced that the museum is returning Jean Metzinger’s Woman with a Fan to the family of Jewish art collector Emanuel Lewenstein (1870–1930).

Article date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Henni Alftan: Painting as Picture

Henni Alftan (b. 1979, Helsinki) is a Paris-based painter whose work examines the relationship between painting and the image. Drawing from fragments of everyday experience, she constructs tightly framed scenes in which figures, objects and gestures acquire an intensity that exceeds their apparent simplicity.

Article date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Mauritshuis to Return Jan van Goyen Painting to Jacques Goudstikker's Heirs

The Mauritshuis museum in The Hague has decided to return the painting 'Fishermen by the Lakeshore' (1651) by the Dutch artist Jan van Goyen to the heirs of the renowned art dealer Jacques Goudstikker.

Article date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
D.A. Bragg Announces Return of 15 Antiquities to Greece

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of 15 antiquities collectively valued at nearly $3 million to Greece.