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Malba picks architect for expansion that will double its exhibition space

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/malba-museum-buenos-aires-frida-escobedo-architect-expansion

Madrid’s Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza to open new venue for contemporary art

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/madrid-museo-nacional-thyssen-bornemisza-new-home-contemporary-art

Celebrated Italian church featuring art by Giotto and Cimabue preserved through new digital reconstruction project

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/celebrated-italian-church-featuring-art-by-giotto-and-cimabue-preserved-through-new-digital-reconstruction-project

Juanita McNeely Painted Abortion’s Messy Truth

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/juanita-mcneely-st-louis-cam-counterpublic-1234798684/

AI Companies Are Destroying Books by the Millions. What Will It Mean for Art?

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ai-companies-destroying-books-what-will-this-mean-for-art-1234798445/

Pace Prints Acquires Brand X Editions

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/pace-prints-acquires-brand-x-editions-printmakers-1234798731/

The US Air Force Nearly Nuked the Moon. Amid a New Space Race, Artist Jitish Kallat Revisits the Secret Cold War Scheme

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/nuking-moon-jitish-kallat-drawing-menil-drawing-1234798750/

Plaintiffs in Ongoing Kennedy Center Lawsuit Call for Leadership to Step Aside or for Judge to Appoint Receivership

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kennedy-center-suit-plaintiffs-leadership-change-receivership-1234798753/

United States Repatriates 58 Cultural Artifacts to China

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/united-states-repatriates-58-cultural-artifacts-to-china-1234798679/

Trump Administration Moves Forward With Warning Signs Outside Smithsonian

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-administration-content-warning-signs-smithsonian-1234798691/

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Russia’s revered ‘Trinity’ icon reportedly damaged after climate-control system breaks down

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/16/russias-revered-trinity-icon-being-assessed-after-climate-control-system-breaks-down

Bolstered by New Laws, Lawsuits in Los Angeles Renew Bids for Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bolstered-by-new-laws-two-lawsuits-los-angeles-renew-requests-nazi-looted-art-1234798591/

Lawsuit Alleges Multimillion-Dollar Andy Warhol Fraud Scheme

https://hyperallergic.com/lawsuit-alleges-multimillion-dollar-andy-warhol-fraud-scheme/

Metropolitan Museum of Art Breaks Ground on $670 M. Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/metropolitan-museum-of-art-breaks-ground-tang-wing-modern-contemporary-art-1234798600/

A New Digital Platform, Documenting the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and Its Masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue, Has Launched

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/preserving-assisi-launch-basilica-saint-francis-assisi-1234798508/

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum to Expand to a Second Location in Madrid

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thyssen-bornemisza-museum-expand-second-location-madrid-1234798467/

Liang Shaoji, Chinese Artist Who ‘Collaborated’ with Silkworms, Has Died at 81

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/liang-shaoji-dead-chinese-artist-silkworms-1234798463/

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates His 71st Birthday with JR Installation at the Vatican Apostolic Library

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pope-leo-xiv-jr-installation-vatican-apostolic-library-1234798523/

Comment | Sunil Gupta’s intimate photographs show how art and activism can work together

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/comment-sunil-guptas-intimate-photographs-show-how-art-and-activism-can-work-together

Researchers rescuing war-damaged manuscripts in Gaza receive Unesco prize

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/researchers-rescuing-war-damaged-manuscripts-in-gaza-receive-unesco-prize

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Metropolitan Museum breaks ground on long-awaited new wing for Modern and contemporary art

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/15/metropolitan-museum-groundbreaking-550m-tang-wing-modern-contemporary-art

A biting satire of the art world’s transactional wokeness

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/15/nyla-innuksuk-toronto-international-film-festival-in-the-heart-of-the-south

Mildred Howard Enters History Through the Everyday

https://hyperallergic.com/mildred-howard-enters-history-through-the-everyday/

Brooklyn Museum, American Folk Art Museum, and Whitney Museum Unions Vote in Favor of Strikes

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/brooklyn-museum-american-folk-art-whitney-union-vote-strike-1234798412/

Three Works of Sacred Art Stolen From Spanish Churches as Authorities Warn of Rise in Art Theft

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sacred-art-stolen-churches-valladolid-spain-1234798413/

Met Museum Breaks Ground on New Modern and Contemporary Wing

https://hyperallergic.com/met-museum-breaks-ground-on-new-modern-and-contemporary-wing/

Painter Lucy Bull Joins Hauser & Wirth as Her Market Continues Its Ascent

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucy-bull-hauser-and-wirth-representation-1234798169/

Barbara Hammer Gets Her Due

https://hyperallergic.com/barbara-hammer-gets-her-due/

Painter William T. Williams Has Stayed Curious on the Canvas for Six Decades

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/william-t-williams-painter-icons-profile-1234798420/

The Many Islands of “America”

https://hyperallergic.com/the-many-islands-of-america/

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Major Swiss museum acquisition proves far larger after extra works revealed in donor’s unopened portfolios

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/14/major-swiss-museum-acquisition-proves-far-larger-after-extra-works-revealed-in-donors-unopened-portfolios

Pro-Palestine Activists Protest at British Museum During Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition’s Opening Weekend

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pro-palestine-activists-british-museum-bayeux-tapestry-1234798202/

Lawsuit Alleges Warhol Forgery Scheme Spanning Florida, Peru, and Philadelphia

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/andy-warhol-foregery-lawsuit-richard-perlman-1234798170/

Sotheby’s to Offer $90 M. in Art from Richard Hedreen’s Collection, Ahead of Major University Gift

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/sothebys-richard-hedreen-collection-sale-seattle-university-1234798142/

Another Abstract Public Artwork Faces Trump’s Senseless Ire

https://hyperallergic.com/another-abstract-public-artwork-faces-trumps-senseless-ire/

James McNeill Whistler’s Music for the Eyes

https://hyperallergic.com/james-mcneill-whistlers-music-for-the-eyes/

Europe’s Art Theft Problem Is Much Bigger Than the Louvre

https://hyperallergic.com/europes-art-theft-problem-is-much-bigger-than-the-louvre/

Using AI, Scientists Recreate the Sights and Sounds of 2,500-Year-Old Tombs

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/scientists-recreate-sights-sounds-2500-year-old-tombs-1234798184/

Kennedy Center’s Future Hangs in the Balance as Report Warns of Imminent Closure

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/kennedy-center-possible-imminent-closure-bankruptcy-1234798112/

Keith Haring Mural May Decide the Fate of Public Art in Philly

https://hyperallergic.com/keith-haring-mural-may-decide-the-fate-of-public-art-in-philly/

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Trump Demands ‘Strange Modernist’ Sculpture Be Replaced by George Washington Statue

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-demands-sculpture-replaced-george-washington-1234798088/

Good Muslim Artist, Bad Muslim Artist

https://hyperallergic.com/good-muslim-artist-bad-muslim-artist/

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How Janine Antoni Simultaneously Disturbs and Delights

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/janine-antoni-bahamian-american-icons-sculptor-lick-lather-1234797619/

5 Books on Dena Yago’s Shelf

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-in-america/columns/dena-yago-books-that-figures-essays-mckenzie-wark-1234797878/

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Review | ‘£1 a minute’: is the British Museum's Bayeux Tapestry exhibition worth it?

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/11/review-1-gbp-a-minute-is-the-british-museums-bayeux-tapestry-exhibition-worth-it

‘Rembrandt’s DNA would be the Holy Grail’: new research samples bacteria on the surface of The Night Watch

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/11/rembrandts-dna-would-be-the-holy-grail-new-research-samples-bacteria-on-the-surface-of-the-night-watch

Before Thieves Stole A Now-Missing Renoir Painting, Family Says Nazis Had Already Done So—And It Belongs to Them.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/before-thieves-stole-renoir-painting-a-family-says-nazis-had-already-done-so-1234797938/

Gerhard Richter's mosaic-like Doha pavilion will open in November

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/11/gerhard-richters-mosaic-like-doha-pavilion-will-open-in-november

French Artist Claude Lévêque Ordered to Stand Trial for Rape and Sexual Assault of Minors

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/claude-leveque-ordered-trial-sexual-assault-minors-1234798042/

Tschabalala Self’s Fourth Plinth Sculpture in London Receives Mixed Reviews

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/tschabalala-self-fourth-plinth-mixed-reviews-1234798048/

15 Fall Art -Ennials, From St. Louis to Dakar

https://hyperallergic.com/15-fall-art-ennials-from-st-louis-to-dakar/

Standing in the Shadow of No Towers

https://hyperallergic.com/standing-in-the-shadow-of-no-towers/

School of Visual Arts Ends Photography MFA Program

https://hyperallergic.com/school-of-visual-arts-ends-photography-mfa-program/

UK AIDS Memorial Quilt to Come Home to Scotland

https://hyperallergic.com/uk-aids-memorial-quilt-to-come-home-to-scotland/

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Portrait of Bayeux Tapestry exhibition sponsor goes on view at British Museum amid scrutiny over ties to IDF

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/11/portrait-of-bayeux-tapestry-exhibition-sponsor-goes-on-view-at-british-museum-amid-scrutiny-over-ties-to-idf

Epstein files reading room and bookmobile begin US tour in Dallas

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/10/epstein-files-reading-room-bookmobile-tour-dallas

‘A tribute to everyday women’: Tschabalala Self's Fourth Plinth commission unveiled in London

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/10/a-tribute-to-everyday-women-tschabalala-selfs-fourth-plinth-commission-unveiled-in-london

UAE Minister Says Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Will Tell a New Story About the Middle East, Despite the Ongoing War

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/uae-minister-guggenheim-abu-dhabi-new-story-middle-east-1234797875/

‘The American Public Has No Love for a CEO’: Stanya Kahn On Her Riveting Video of Social Posts About Luigi Mangione

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/stanya-kahn-new-video-social-posts-luigi-mangione-1234797904/

See Inside Maurizio Cattelan’s Highly Anticipated Berlin Show, Featuring a Sculpture Made with Human Remains

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/maurizio-cattelan-neue-nationalgalerie-exhibition-photos-1234797833/

Reimagining Willem De Kooning’s Legacy Through Dance And Immersive Digital Art

https://artbusinessnews.com/2026/09/reimagining-willem-de-koonings-legacy-through-dance-and-immersive-digital-art/

Qatar Is Building a Permanent Pavilion for Gerhard Richter to Open in November

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gerhard-richter-pavilion-quatar-1234797918/

“Urgent Action” Needed to Protect a World Heritage-Listed Temple in Cambodia

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/urgent-action-needed-to-protect-the-temple-of-preah-vihear-cambodia-1234797747/

OCAD University Presents Canada's Pavilion at the 2026 Gwangju Biennale

https://hyperallergic.com/ocad-university-presents-exhibition-at-2026-gwangju-biennale/

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Jenny Holzer and Andy Goldsworthy win art world’s ‘Nobel Prizes’

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/09/artists-jenny-holzer-and-andy-goldsworthy-among-winners-of-2026-praemium-imperiale-awards

After a Turbulent Decade and Multiple Delays, Brussels’s Kanal-Centre Pompidou Will Open in November. Not Everyone Is Happy About It.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/after-a-turbulent-decade-and-delays-brusselss-kanal-centre-pompidou-opens-in-november-not-everyone-is-happy-1234797678/

Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys launch resale royalty initiative with Bonhams

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/09/swizz-beatz-alicia-keys-bonhams-resale-royalties-artists

How Trump’s signature bill could make arts education in the US even more expensive

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/09/how-trumps-signature-bill-could-make-arts-education-even-more-expensive

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Faces Lawsuit over Whether It Truly Is a Private Museum at All

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-lawsuit-private-public-1234797725/

Dimitris Daskalopoulos Collection Donates 51 Artworks to Four Museums in Greece and Scotland

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/dimitris-daskalopoulos-collection-donates-51-artworks-to-four-museums-in-greece-and-scotland-1234797487/

Striking Workers Shutter Three V&A London Locations

https://hyperallergic.com/striking-workers-shutter-three-v-a-london-locations/

Getty Center Closes After Fire Breaks Out Along Los Angeles’s 405 Freeway

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/getty-center-closes-fire-405-freeway-1234797792/

Women Painters Lead Brazil’s New Wave of Figuration

https://hyperallergic.com/women-painters-lead-brazils-new-wave-of-figuration/

The Counterpublic Triennial’s New Kind of Public Space

https://hyperallergic.com/the-counterpublic-triennials-new-kind-of-public-space/

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An exhibition imagines Emmett Till’s life if it hadn’t been brutally cut short

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/09/if-emmett-till-lived-exhibition-preview-museum-contemporary-photography-chicago

Two Renoir paintings worth €9m stolen from Renoir Museum in France

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/two-renoir-paintings-worth-9m-stolen-from-renoir-museum-in-south-of-france

Hungary’s new government scraps National Gallery plans

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/hungary-new-government-scraps-national-gallery-plans

England’s Pitt Rivers Museum announces its largest repatriation of human remains

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/englands-pitt-rivers-museum-announces-its-largest-repatriation-of-human-remains

Smithsonian leader Lonnie G. Bunch to retire

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/08/lonnie-bunch-smithsonian-institution-secretary-retiring

Trump-Ousted Kennedy Center Chairman Buys Removed Shapiro Sculpture

https://hyperallergic.com/trump-ousted-kennedy-center-chairman-buys-removed-shapiro-sculpture/

Philippe Parreno’s ‘Iceman’ Sculpture Will Melt Away at Independent 20th Century

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/philippe-parreno-iceman-sculpture-independent-20th-century-1234797557/

Lucien Smith, Onetime Market Darling Who Turned His Focus To Helping Emerging Artists, Has Died at 37

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucien-smith-market-darling-helping-emerging-artists-died-1234797497/

Five Standouts at Portland’s Converge 45 Triennial, From a Gourd Frieze to a Performance That Played with Fire

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/reviews/converge-45-triennial-standouts-1234797203/

Clive Davis’s Warhol, Hockney Paintings Head to Christie’s During Marquee New York Sales

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/clive-davis-warhol-hockney-paintings-christies-1234797524/