Article date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Tarek Atoui to create the next Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

Tate announced that Tarek Atoui will create the next annual Hyundai Commission. 

Article date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Courtauld London announces new Contemporary Galleries at Somerset House

The Courtauld today announced a new gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation — bringing the Foundation’s total support for the institution to £20 million — supporting the creation of two new galleries dedicated to contemporary art. The galleries are expected to open in 2029 as part of the development of the Courtauld’s new world-class campus at Somerset House.

Article date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Bethlehem: Restoration of the Grotto of the Nativity

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land announce the imminent commencement of restoration works in the Grotto of the Nativity, the hallowed site revered across Christendom as the place of the Incarnation.

Article date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026
1.95 Million Visitors to the Auschwitz Memorial and Museum in 2025

In 2025, 1.95 million people visited the site of the Auschwitz Memorial, which represents a 7% increase compared to the previous year.

Article date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Louvre Museum Closes for the Third Time Due to Strike

The Louvre Museum in Paris has closed its doors for the third time in January due to ongoing strikes by staff demanding increased hiring, higher wages, and improved working conditions.

Article date: Monday, January 26, 2026
Russian Attack damages UNESCO-Listed Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra Monastry

A Russian drone and missile strike has damaged parts of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine’s most famous religious complex and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ukraine’s Culture Ministry said.

Article date: Sunday, January 25, 2026
Legendary Gallerist Marian Goodman dies at 97

Legendary art dealer Marian Goodman died on Thursday in a hospital in Los Angeles. She was 97. 

Article date: Sunday, January 25, 2026
The Art Scene in The Riviera Maya

Art is one of the fastest ways to understand a place—because it reveals what people celebrate,
what they remember, and what they refuse to forget. In the Riviera Maya, that story isn’t
confined to museum walls.

Article date: Saturday, January 24, 2026
Common Ground: Belgium's Most Anticipated Exhibition of Emerging Artists in 2026

In an era where visibility is often mistaken for value, Common Ground (Kortrijk), asserts that the most vital artistic truths often reside in the quiet.

Article date: Friday, January 23, 2026
Cyberattack on the Dresden State Art Collections

January 21, 2026, the State Art Collections Dresden (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden – SKD), Germany, became the target of a deliberate cyberattack.

Article date: Friday, January 23, 2026
Silvio Zangarini: Assembling Space through Perception

In his photographic practice, Silvio Zangarini approaches space not as a stable object to be represented, but as a lived, perceptual construction shaped by movement, memory, and attention.

Article date: Friday, January 23, 2026
Entire Collection stolen from Doesburg Silver Museum

The collection of antique silver has been stolen from the Doesburg Silver Museum in Doesburg, Netherlands.