The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, is facing a lawsuit to recover a pair of Renaissance paintings stolen by the Nazis when the Jewish owners fled the Netherlands in 1940.
In 2027, Tate Modern will present its first ever exhibition focusing on the work of Claude Monet (1840-1926). Staged 100 years after the artist’s death and featuring more than 60 paintings, it will be the UK’s largest presentation of Monet’s work in nearly a decade, offering a chance to revisit the life and legacy of a master of impressionism through the lens of time, tracing his lifelong entanglement with nature.
UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany has named Abdul Latif Hashim and Haneen Al-Amassi as the laureates of the 2026 UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of experts.
In his paintings, Shaqúelle Whyte constructs imagined spaces charged with ambiguity, exploring the human condition through expressive brushwork, loosely rendered figures, and expansive compositions. His scenes hover between recognition and invention, creating worlds whose logic remains deliberately elusive.
The Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, handed over a funerary mask from the 2nd century BC to the Egyptian Ambassador to Switzerland. The restitution underscores Switzerland's commitment to combating the illegal trafficking of cultural property.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art formally broke ground today on the Oscar L. Tang and H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang Wing.
Over 22,000 tickets (22,033) have been booked for the National Gallery’s Renoir and Love exhibition opening 3 October 2026, beating previous box office records set by the Gallery’s 2024 blockbuster exhibition Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers (15,654 tickets booked over the same period).
A 16th-century Flemish panel painting depicting The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Saint Joseph has been officially transferred to the Fine Arts Museum of La Coruña, Spain, joining its permanent collection.
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is welcoming a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, the world’s first true operational stealth combat aircraft, into the national collection.
The Mauritshuis and the Rijksmuseum have jointly acquired Hendrick Avercamp’s Colf Players on the Ice, painted c. 1625.
In a recent post on Truth Social, Trump outlined a vision that includes bringing an 11-foot George Washington statue to the National Museum of American History's Flag Hall for dedication on Constitution Day, September 17, 2026.
The Holy Father inaugurated the first chapter of the exhibition cycle “Catastrophe and Wonder”, titled “AQVA”.