The Venice Biennale is under pressure from the European Commission, which has given the exhibition 30 days to address concerns over the inclusion of the Russian Pavilion in its 2026 edition.
Since Van Gogh painted The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring in 1884 on the grounds of his parents’ parsonage in the Dutch town of Nuenen, the work has moved around.
Dr. Mariët Westermann, Director and CEO of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, announced the appointment of Dr. Melissa Chiu as Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has included the red and white Dirk supermarket shopping bag in its collection, praising its “cultural impact” .
DaeWha Kang Design has completed one of the most ambitious cultural adaptive reuse projects undertaken in Saudi Arabia to date: the Black Gold Museum, now open on the KAPSARC campus in Riyadh.
The draft bill of the Ministry of Culture was approved by Parliament on 29 January 2026, introducing for the first time into the Greek legal system a comprehensive institutional framework for the prevention and combating of forgery and fraud involving works of art and collectible items.
It is not applicable. This is the official response that this Tuesday the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, gave to the Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNB, regarding the temporary transfer of Picasso's Guernica to the Basque Country, which the Vitoria government has formally requested on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the first Basque executive and the bombing of Guernica.
Christie's will offer up a group of Gerhard Richter paintings from the $65 million estate of famed New York dealer Marian Goodman, who died in January.
The National Gallery London announced that Kengo Kuma and Associates with BDP and MICA have won the competition to design its new wing, part of the museum’s £750 million Project Domani.
Christine Ruiz-Picasso, the woman whose determination helped fulfill Pablo Picasso’s long-held dream of having a museum in his hometown, has died at the age of 97. She passed away on April 6, 2026, at her home in Provence, France, surrounded by her family.
On June 4, 2026, as France and Korea celebrate the 140th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, the Hanwha Foundation of Culture and Centre Pompidou will open Centre Pompidou Hanwha in the Yeouido district
Indonesia has successfully secured the repatriation of two major historical artifacts from the Netherlands. The 13th-century Shiva Statue from East Java and the 15th-century Damalung Inscription from Central Java are set to return home after centuries abroad.