
Washington DC’s Kennedy Center Risks Fiscal Collapse
Internal documents obtained by The Washington Post warn that the Kennedy Center faces “fiscal collapse” within weeks, after ticket sales and fundraising plunged amid upheaval following Donald Trump’s takeover
The Collector: Feuerle Puig House Enters a New Era
Ten years after opening in a former Berlin bunker, the private collection is expanding into a multidisciplinary “house”. Désiré Feuerles explain what comes next.
Is the Auction Recovery Reliant on the ‘Great Estate Rush’?
Big-money buyers may be back at auction, but the houses still need exceptional material to bring them to the room - as Roy Lichtenstein and Count Duerckheim demonstrate
News

Washington DC’s Kennedy Center Risks Fiscal Collapse
Internal documents obtained by The Washington Post warn that the Kennedy Center faces “fiscal collapse” within weeks, after ticket sales and fundraising plunged amid upheaval following Donald Trump’s takeover

Hungarian Government Scraps New National Gallery
The Hungarian government's decision to cancel construction of the New National Gallery has ended a major European cultural initiative, raising questions over its future.
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Qatar Museums to Build Dedicated Pavilion to Gerhard Richter
Qatar Museums will begin the creation of the Doha Pavilion, a new permanent structure to display the works of German artist Gerhard Richter.

Lucien Smith, Art-Market Star of the 2010s, Dies at 37
American artist Lucien Smith, who rose rapidly to prominence in the 2010s and became a fixture of New York’s downtown art scene, has died aged 37.

Japan Art Association Announces the 2026 Praemium Imperiale Prize Recipients
Jenny Holzer and Andy Goldsworthy are two of the five recipients of the 2026 Praemium Imperiale, the Japan Art Association’s prestigious international arts award.

Fundación Banco Santander Opens its Cultural Centre
The Faro Santander Museum opened its doors this week on the northern coast of Spain.

Geles Cabrera, Pioneering Mexican Sculptor, Dies Age 100
The sculptor Geles Cabrera, best known for being Mexico’s first professional female sculptor, has passed away age 100
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Gwangju Biennale Opens Without China’s Pavilion
Amidst a diplomatic storm over Taiwan, the Gwangju Biennale returns with a sprawling 16th edition of contemporary art

Toledo Museum to Return Five Objects to Ethiopia
A new 20-year partnership with Ethiopia’s heritage authority will investigate objects with incomplete provenance and establish a route for their return

Andy Burnham Fractures Hopes of Parthenon Marbles Restitution
The British Prime Minister has publicly cooled on his stance regarding the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Market

Is the Auction Recovery Reliant on the ‘Great Estate Rush’?
Big-money buyers may be back at auction, but the houses still need exceptional material to bring them to the room - as Roy Lichtenstein and Count Duerckheim demonstrate

Ex-FBI Art Crime Agent Wants Artists to Own Their Records
Ronnie Walker spent 20 years investigating art theft and fraud. Now he wants artists to maintain the paper trail investigators often find missing

Does the Western Art Market Understand Seoul?
The rush into Seoul is over. As the market cools, the question is whether the Western art world ever really understood what it was buying into

Would Zack Polanski’s Wealth Tax Put Artists at Risk?
The Green leader says Britain’s artists are in crisis. But if his proposed 1% tax on wealth above £10m drives collectors elsewhere, what would it mean for the galleries and artists he wants to support?

Can Minor Attractions Grow Without Losing Its Intimacy?
The Art Journal talks to Jacob Barnes, Minor Attractions’ co-founder, about doubling down as the art market struggles to recover

Yayoi Kusama was Part Artist, Part Luxury Branding Machine
After decades fighting for recognition, Yayoi Kusama turned a deeply personal visual language into a global luxury product. Did her commercial triumph diminish her art?

‘I Saw the Blood Washing Into the Sea’: Dakis Joannou on Greece’s Contemporary Art Scene
Joannou, the eighty-six-year-old founder of the Athens-based DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, has been active in the Greek contemporary art scene since the 1980s. He tells George Nelson what’s changed and what’s happening now

Forget Paris: In Marseille, a New Art Ecosystem Emerges
Thirty-seven galleries, sixteen countries, €3,500 a booth and twelve prizes: for Messy Business, Jeni Fulton considers what Art-o-rama’s twentieth edition says about where the French market has gone
Opinion

Help! I Hate My...Ennui
Art world Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen offers solace to an art worker who fears she has lost the love for everything that surrounds art – and maybe the work itself

Help! I Hate My... Boss
Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen answers a gallery employee whose boss is getting a little too comfortable in the office

Help! I Hate My... Dodgy Trading
Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen answers a staffer whose gallery has been busy with some dodgy deals

The Forgotten Manifesto that Reshaped Native Performance Art
Rediscovered decades after it was written in 1969, Indian Theatre: An Artistic Experiment in Progress reveals how performance became a vehicle for Native self-determination

Help I Hate…Their Body Odour
Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen answers a museum worker whose colleague is making them feel uncomfortable... because of how they smell

Help! I Hate My... Application
Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen answers an artist wondering why their residency applications keep getting rejected – and how to nail the next one

If London Bans Vertical Drinking, What Happens to the Art Opening?
Westminster Council wants licensed venues to favour seats over standing drinkers. But in Mayfair, where artworld relationships are built amid the din of crowded openings, what might be lost?

Help! I Hate… My Copycat
Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen answers an artist whose peer seems to be taking more than just inspiration from their work
Features
The Art 9/11 Made
Before artists could respond to 9/11, images of the event had already circled the world. Twenty-five years later, art still struggles to represent a uniquely cinematic catastrophe, one experienced and understood largely through its visual record
How Is the Bayeux Tapestry’s £5m Backer Linked to the IDF?
Igor Tulchinsky is helping fund one of the British Museum’s biggest ever exhibitions. But he has also reportedly recruited a former Israel Defense Forces major general to lead an Israeli venture capital operation whose investments include "deep-tech" defence technologies
The Serious Business of Being Cute
Art history has often treated tenderness and pleasure as trivial. A new Louvre-Lens exhibition argues that cuteness deserves closer attention, not least for the possessiveness and power it can conceal
Should Britain have an OBR for culture?
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) scrutinises the UK’s public finances independently. Should culture and the creative industries have something similar – an OBR capable of looking beyond the immediate political horizon?
The Risks of Exhibiting Anti-War Art at the Venice Biennale
A pavilion bringing together Russian and Ukrainian artists opposing war and repression opened in Venice under police protection. An anonymous incident inside the exhibition showed why concerns over security were difficult to ignore
Hannah Barry Gallery: From Peckham to Patmos
The London gallery will stage the late Norman Hyams’ first international exhibition on the Greek island that inspired his final paintings, marking the start of a new site-responsive programme beyond the UK
The Hidden Crisis Inside Britain’s Museums
A major new report argues that shrinking budgets and commercial pressures have left museum storage at breaking point, threatening the long-term care of Britain’s collections
On Charles Ross’s Star Axis and Entering the Earth to Reach the Stars
After decades of myth and mystery, a monumental celestial observatory is finally nearing completion – but who will actually see it? Gabriella Angeleti reports for her column ‘Private Views’
Places
Berlin Is Learning to Live With the Cuts
Berlin Art Week finds a city remaking its cultural economy, as institutions seek private money, galleries test new models and artists are squeezed out. For Messy Business, Jeni Fulton reports on the ground
Siena Puts Teodora Axente’s Madonna on Trial
The Romanian artist was commissioned to paint the Palio’s sacred banner. A standing ovation quickly gave way to controversy over her commanding depiction of the Virgin
Art in a Gilded Peak: the Aspen Festival for the One Percent
At the second edition of the Aspen Art Museum’s AIR festival, ambitious performances and pointed critiques of class and inequality unfolded to a select audience of extraordinary wealth
On an Ancient Hilltop, a Biennial Takes Root
Set among monasteries, archaeological sites and former prisons in Turkey’s southeastern borderlands, the Mardin Biennial is testing whether contemporary art can leave a legacy beyond an exhibition
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
Profiles

The Collector: Feuerle Puig House Enters a New Era
Ten years after opening in a former Berlin bunker, the private collection is expanding into a multidisciplinary “house”. Désiré Feuerles explain what comes next.

What Will Lonnie Bunch’s Legacy Be?
In his 38-years working for the Smithsonian museums, departing Secretary Lonnie Bunch, has led the Smithsonian through expansions and turbulent times, standing firm in the telling of America’s history

The Painter: Raqib Shaw Embraces the Night
For his first UK solo exhibition since 2015, the Kashmir-born painter draws on childhood memories, Kashmiriyat philosophy, Shakespeare and a world in turmoil to consider what the darkness can reveal

Jean-Marc Bustamante Builds a Home for His 'Fourth Daughter'
In a restored medieval church in Arles, the French artist has created a foundation to house his work, archive and artistic relationships – and to shape what survives him

The Artist: Alessandra Sanguinetti Reveals the Magic of Childhood
Following the lives of two cousins growing up in the Argentine countryside, first through photography and now with a prize-winning feature film, Alessandra Sanguinetti captures childhood between documentary and fairytale

Alvaro Barrington Wants You to Stop Playing It Safe
At his latest exhibition, the Caracas-born, Brooklyn-raised, London-based artist explains why he refuses to make what the market wants

The Next-Gen Collectors: Linda Du
The collector, entrepreneur and investor tells The Art Journal why joy-led acquisitions can be just as valuable as those motivated by monetary returns

The Artist: Shirin Neshat Has No Time for Certainty
As her adopted country wages war against the nation of her birth, Shirin Neshat argues that art should complicate political narratives rather than reinforce them. She reflects on exile, identity, war and the enduring value of ambiguity





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