
In Corsica, a Biennale Finds Politics on the Dancefloor
From deserted nightclubs to former military barracks, Nimu Dormi examines how celebration has shaped the island's social and political identity
Platform Dalí Extends the Artist’s Legacy Through Art and Science
The programme’s success depends less on the rehabilitation of Dalí’s controversial history than allowing contemporary artists to complicate it
European Commission Seeks €2m Venice Biennale Funding Cut
Brussels has escalated its standoff with the Venice Biennale over Russia's return, recommending the withdrawal of €2 million in EU funding
News
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Frieze Seoul 2026 Public Projects Announced
The fair will take place in Gangnam from 02–05 September 2026 alongside a citywide series of special events

Nazi-Looted Painting Returned to Jewish Dealer’s Heirs
The painting depicts Amsterdam’s Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) and has been returned to the heirs of prominent Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker
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Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art Announces MONA Bangkok
MONA in Tasmania houses ancient, modern and contemporary art from the collection of art collector and professional gambler David Walsh, who will also direct the Bangkok outpost
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Report Finds Auction Houses Have Made Significant Recoveries in 2026
An ArtTactic report analysing data from various major auction houses has found that sales significantly increased year-on-year in the first half of 2026

Unesco Reviewing Controversial ‘Black Cube’ Project in Florence
The Neo-Classical building, whose nearly 30m high, dark-coloured modern addition was designed by Vittorio Grassi architects, has consistently been the subject of controversy

Singapore Gallery Month 2026 Announces Full Programme
The annual festival will take place from 15 August to 13 September 2026 and includes more than 100 exhibitions and events

Court Sentences British Man Over Forgeries Submitted to Sotheby's
Andrew Crowley admitted fraud after presenting fabricated documentation to support the sale of four purported antiquities through the London auction house

Bayeux Tapestry Crosses Channel for First Time Since the 11th Century
The state-owned French embroidery has arrived at the British Museum in London ahead of a year-long exhibition that has already generated record advance ticket sales.

Hauser & Wirth Cleared in UK Russia Sanctions Case
Southwark Crown Court dismissed charges against the gallery's UK subsidiary and art shipper Artay Rauchwerger Solomons after finding insufficient evidence that a collector was connected to Russia under the relevant sanctions rules

Artist Accuses Work at Manifesta 16 of Plagiarism
Dorothee Bielfeld has asked the Manifesta 16 biennial to remove an installation by Nasan Tur titled Elevation (2026), alleging that the artwork plagiarises her earlier work
Market

European Commission Seeks €2m Venice Biennale Funding Cut
Brussels has escalated its standoff with the Venice Biennale over Russia's return, recommending the withdrawal of €2 million in EU funding

Art Imitates Crypto
Artists claim victory over conceptual artwork dispute with multi-billion-dollar asset manager

Pace Didn't Break the Mega Gallery Model. It Broke Itself
Marc Glimcher says the mega-gallery system is "unfixable". But artist testimony and Pace's own accounts point to a crisis rooted less in the art market than in the gallery leadership's own decisions. For Messy Business, Jeni Fulton reports

How a Lost Rembrandt Rewrote Art History
Mistakenly sold as the work of an unknown painter, Let the Little Children Come Unto Me has become one of the art world's most extraordinary rediscoveries - revealing new insights into Rembrandt's practice and the risks of modern interpretation

After Tiwani: The New Economics of African Gallery Spaces
What has been lost? What can be learnt? And how are other galleries responding to the same commercial pressures?

Art Basel’s Little Brazil
Does the record turnout for Brazilian galleries at Basel reflect recent optimism about the country’s domestic art market?

Amedeo Modigliani Scholar Disputes AI Art Authentication Firm’s Claim
The Swiss company announced that a painting previously attributed to Modigliani had become the first AI-authenticated artwork to appear in an official catalogue raisonné

Zero 10 Returns to Basel with a Museum, Not a Marketplace
Six months after launching in Miami Beach with OpenSea, Art Basel’s digital section has swapped its commercial partner for a curatorial thesis
Opinion

Help! I Hate... My Curator
A curator visited an artist's studio, expressed interest in their work, then vanished into the ether. How should the artist respond? Charlotte Jansen advises.

Did You Know There is a Sol LeWitt in the ICE Building?
From a 1970s federal vision of civic art to Trump's America, a monumental Sol LeWitt in Manhattan's de facto immigration headquarters reveals how political change can rewrite an artwork's meaning. For Private Views, Gabriella Angeleti reports

Help! I Hate... My Collector
A gallerist struggles to balance their collector’s aesthetic desires and guard their artist’s creative boundaries. Charlotte Jansen advises

The Artworld Is Not Prepared For What's Coming
Visual arts have treated climate action as an ethical obligation. But, as extreme weather, rising costs and supply-chain disruption reshape the sector, sustainability must become a strategy for resilience

Help! I Hate... The Silence
Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen advises an artist facing public shunning in the context of Israel-Palestine

Will Andy Burnham Deliver for Britain’s Arts Sector?
The UK’s prospective Prime Minister has spent years arguing that culture belongs at the heart of public life. Now he has the chance to prove it. Will he?

Brexit and the British Artworld: The Balance Sheet
Five ways Brexit hurt the cultural sector - and five ways it helped

Keir Starmer’s Cultural Legacy: The Verdict
After election in 2024, Labour placed culture at the centre of economic policy while dramatically expanding state oversight of cultural life online
Features
Platform Dalí Extends the Artist’s Legacy Through Art and Science
The programme’s success depends less on the rehabilitation of Dalí’s controversial history than allowing contemporary artists to complicate it
The Five Trippiest Shows to See in New York Right Now
From a renowned expert in her field, the strangest exhibitions on view from across the five boroughs
Who Actually Owns Frida Kahlo?
The Long Read: As Mexico prepares to send ten nationally protected Kahlo paintings to Spain, campaigners, bankers, politicians and museum officials are locked in a battle over who controls the country's cultural heritage
Eight Shows to See in Arles this Summer
Our editors pick the must-see exhibitions at this year’s Les Rencontres de la Photographie festival in the South of France
How Many More Museums Before ICOM Expels Russia?
More than 500 Ukrainian cultural sites have been damaged since Russia's full-scale invasion. Campaigners say the International Council of Museums must decide whether it will enforce its own code of ethics
A Synagogue Floating Above Venice
Following the many controversies of the Biennale’s opening, are we in for more of the same? That isn’t the intention, says Ukrainian-Jewish artist, Anna Kamyshan
Can Arts Council England Handle Devolution?
Andy Burnham's incoming government will give regions greater control over cultural investment. How will England's national funding system built deal with it?
The Emerging Artist’s Guide to Gallery Representation
From contracts and communication to trust and ambition, leading dealers explain what artists should look for before saying yes
Places
In Corsica, a Biennale Finds Politics on the Dancefloor
From deserted nightclubs to former military barracks, Nimu Dormi examines how celebration has shaped the island's social and political identity
How Ghana’s Artists Built Their Own Ecosystem
From studios and galleries to residencies, artists have built the infrastructure sustaining Ghana’s flourishing contemporary art scene, stepping in where public support has failed
What Happened to the Glasgow Art Market?
Glasgow has built an international reputation without relying on collectors or commercial galleries. As artists face rising rents and dwindling public support, that enviable model is coming under serious strain
Can Cork Build an Art Market to Match Its Cultural Ambitions?
Artists, galleries and institutions have laid the foundations for a thriving cultural scene. The next challenge is persuading Cork's wealth to invest closer to home
Manila Beyond Institutional Capital
In Manila, the Philippines, the market ecology will simply collapse without the private sector due to a lack of sustainable public institution support
Is There Such Thing as a Chilean Art Market?
Santiago’s artworld operates despite a dearth of local collectors, instead relying on international visibility
The Promised Land of Lisbon’s Artworld, a Decade On
Ten years after the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) and ARCOlisboa reenergised Lisbon’s artworld, has the city’s hype sustained its momentum?
Sweating the Future at Riga Art Week
From underfloor heating to private patronage, Riga Art Week revealed an art scene wrestling with the comforts and contradictions of post-Soviet capitalism
Profiles

Raúl Rueda: “Painting is About Finding the Escape Route”
The self-taught Mexican painter has become an overnight sensation with enigmatic works in which monkeys, mirrors and labyrinths open on to deeper questions of freedom, instinct and human logic

The Next-Gen Collectors: Gigi Surel
In a new series, The Art Journal speaks to the young collectors becoming an increasingly active force in the artworld

The Killing of Robert Kuzovkov
The Bashkir artist became one of the most visible dissenting voices around the Venice Biennale’s Russian Pavilion. Weeks later, he was shot dead near his home in Poland

David Hockney, Defining Postwar British Artist, Dies Aged 88
Born in Bradford in 1937, the artist became one of the world's most valuable living painters, producing some of the best-known images of 20th-century art

How Julio Le Parc Built a Market for Kinetic Art
Supported by the Paris dealer Denise René, the late Argentine-born artist helped turn optical and kinetic art into an international phenomenon

How London Is Gray Wielebinski?
It's London Gallery Weekend, so we put the city’s artist to the test

The Collector: Hortensia Herrero and Valencia’s Art Renaissance
The billionaire Mercadona heiress has quietly assembled one of Spain's most significant contemporary art collections.

The Collector: José Teixeira, Portugal’s ‘Ugly Duckling’
Having filled his company’s headquarters with contemporary art, the DST chairman is now bringing it to the wider public with the opening of Braga’s new €40 million MUZEU














