Article date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Kherson Art Museum marked with International Blue Shield Protective Emblem

Established under the 1954 Hague Convention, the blue-and-white Blue Shield emblem marks cultural sites of exceptional historical, scientific, or artistic value to protect them from wartime destruction.

Article date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
New Museum Appoints Massimiliano Gioni as Toby Devan Lewis Director

The New Museum announced that Massimiliano Gioni has been appointed the Museum’s next Toby Devan Lewis Director effective August 1, 2026.

Article date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Phillips Posts $507 Million Spring 2026 Auction Season

Phillips, the global auction house, today announced results for its spring 2026 season, reporting total auction sales of $507 million — a 60% increase on spring 2025 — with a global sell-through rate of 90% by lot.

Article date: Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Major Transformation of Buckingham Palace’s Picture Gallery unveiled

Paintings by Rubens, Caravaggio and Zoffany are among 120 masterpieces from the Royal Collection going on display for visitors to Buckingham Palace from Thursday, 9 July, as part of a major re-display in one of the Palace’s most important reception rooms.

Article date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Samsung Art Store and the Whitney Museum Debut New Exclusive Partnership

More than 30 new artworks from one of the world’s foremost collections of American art arrive on Samsung Art TVs, spotlighting notable artists Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Agnes Pelton, Joseph Stella, and Wayne Thiebaud.

Article date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
The British Museum announces return of Major Fundraising Event

The British Museum has announced the 2026 British Museum Ball. Taking place on Saturday 17 October 2026 it will once again be the defining highlight of London's cultural and social calendar this autumn.

Article date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
New International Project to trace the Origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls Initiated

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Professor Mladen Popović of the University of Groningen a €2.5 million Advanced Grant for a five-year international research project that will investigate one of the most fundamental questions in Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship: where were the scrolls produced and copied, and what can their origins reveal about centers of learning, scribal culture, and the transmission of knowledge in ancient Judea?

Article date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Fire in Kanal Museum Brussels: Opening Date Maintained, Architecture Wing Delayed

Monday's fire at Brussels’ Kanal museum has delayed the opening of the new building for the architecture centre’s collections and archives. However, the rest of the museum is still due to open on 28 November.

Article date: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
113,000 People Are Rebuilding The Last Supper, One Tile at a Time

For more than five centuries, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper has been something people travel to see. Now, more than 113,000 people around the world are helping to rebuild it.

Article date: Monday, July 6, 2026
Export Bar to save Flint Handaxes crafted by some of Britain’s First Human Settlers

A temporary export bar has been placed on two prehistoric handaxes representing some of the oldest human settlements in Britain.

Article date: Monday, July 6, 2026
Burglary at the Lalique Museum in France

Thieves stole jewelry from the Lalique glass museum in Alsace, France, early Sunday morning, worth several million euros.

Article date: Monday, July 6, 2026
REIVGEN Studio: The Refined Technological War Against the Established Path

Juan Andrés Hurtado Baeza (JAHB) is a technologist, researcher, and generative artist. His determination to understand the algorithm of beauty led him to found REIVGEN, a pioneering art studio where users can shape unique physical sculptures by exploring their aesthetic intuition with a single button.