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Africa’s Art Market Is Shifting as Competition in the Middle East Heats Up

https://news.artnet.com/market/africa-art-market-shift-2745718

Tuwaiq Sculpture Returns to Riyadh With Monumental New Works

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/tuwaiq-sculpture-returns-to-riyadh-with-monumental-new-works-2745160

The Surprisingly Sexual Side of Medieval Christian Art

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/medieval-art-christ-side-wound-vulva-2743308

When Art Finds Your Inner Child

https://hyperallergic.com/when-art-finds-your-inner-child/

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Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá dismisses longtime artistic director

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/eugenio-viola-museo-arte-moderno-bogota-dismissed-artistic-director

London’s National Gallery to Slash Staff as $11.2 Million Deficit Forces ‘Strategic Reset’

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/london-national-gallery-staff-cuts-2745442

Louvre Rocked by Arrests in $11.8 Million Ticket Fraud Investigation

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/louvre-ticket-fraud-2745436

Tracey Emin: ‘I’ve done more in my last five years than in the whole rest of my life’

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/tracey-emin-artist-interview-i-have-done-more-in-my-last-five-years-than-in-the-whole-rest-of-my-life

Texas University Cancels Exhibition Critical of ICE

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cvad-unt-canceled-exhibition-criticizing-ice-2745556

The Big Review | Monuments, The Geffen Contemporary at Moca and The Brick, Los Angeles ★★★★★

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/the-big-review-monuments-moca-los-angeles-the-brick

New IMLS Guidelines Echo Trump’s Vision for American Culture

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/imls-trump-vision-grant-guidelines-2745461

See you, Searle: Guardian chief art critic bows out after 30 years

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/see-you-searle-guardian-chief-art-critic-bows-out-after-30-years

Queer Arab Artists on Their Own Terms

https://hyperallergic.com/queer-arab-artists-on-their-own-terms/

Trump Wants the National Portrait Gallery to Commission a New Portrait

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-wants-national-portrait-gallery-new-portrait-1234773409/

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Secret Camera Discovered in Centre Pompidou Restroom

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/pompidou-secret-camera-bathroom-2745084

Plan for Centre Pompidou in New Jersey is ‘dead’, local official says

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/centre-pompidou-jersey-city-project-dead

London’s National Gallery to cut staff as it faces £8.2m deficit

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/13/london-national-gallery-to-cut-staff-as-it-faces-82-million-pound-deficit

‘Good people are being compelled to censor themselves’: exhibition of Black artists reinterpreting the US flag opens without key Dread Scott work

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/flag-art-exhibition-driskell-center-dread-scott

This year's Carnegie International will feature 61 artists, including Jasleen Kaur and Li Yi-Fan

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/12/carnegie-international-artist-list

What the Turmoil at the Kennedy Center Means for the Arts

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-kennedy-center-closure-2743352

Radical Performance Artist Florentina Holzinger Joins Thaddaeus Ropac

https://news.artnet.com/market/florentina-holzinger-thaddaeus-ropac-2744666

A Belgian Museum Holds Colonial-Era Records About the Congo—A Minerals Company Wants Access

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/belgian-museum-colonial-records-congo-minerals-company-1234773243/

Art Movements: Another Artforum Editor-in-Chief Is Out

https://hyperallergic.com/art-movements-another-artforum-editor-in-chief-is-out/

Art Basel Hong Kong Reveals Program Details for 2026 Fair, from an Ayoung Kim Film to an Elemental Curatorial Vision

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/art-basel-hong-kong-2026-fair-highlights-1234773283/

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A New Video Game Lets Players Reclaim Africa’s Stolen Treasures

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/relooted-video-game-2744657

When it comes to restitution, how can museums solve a problem like inalienability?

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/11/restitution-how-can-museums-solve-inalienability

Amy Sherald’s Show Sets Visitor Record at Baltimore Museum of Art

https://hyperallergic.com/amy-sheralds-show-sets-visitor-record-at-baltimore-museum-of-art/

‘A sad day’: UK cultural organisations criticise contractor’s decision to remove artworks from court cells

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/11/uk-cultural-organisations-criticise-contractors-decision-to-remove-artworks-from-court-cells

London's Brutalist Southbank Centre awarded protected heritage status

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/11/londons-brustalist-southbank-centre-awarded-protected-heritage-status

No, The Gardner Museum’s Stolen Rembrandt Is Not in the Epstein Files, Despite Claims in a Viral Video

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gardner-museum-rembrandt-not-epstein-files-viral-video-1234773155/

Iconic Baseball Painting by Norman Rockwell Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/norman-rockwell-baseball-painting-art-institute-of-chicago-1234773097/

Centre Pompidou’s New Jersey Museum Is Officially ‘Dead,’ Says Jersey City Mayor

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/centre-pompidous-new-jersey-museum-is-officially-dead-says-jersey-city-mayor-1234773145/

Tina Rivers Ryan Departs Artforum—Rachel Wetzler and Daniel Wenger to Lead Magazine as Co-Editors

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/artforum-tina-rivers-ryan-rachel-wetzler-daniel-wenger-1234773160/

A Surprisingly Enjoyable Show About Critical Theory

https://hyperallergic.com/a-surprisingly-enjoyable-show-about-critical-theory/

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art will return three bronze sculptures to India after provenance review

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/10/smithsonian-national-museum-asian-art-repatriation-india-bronzes

Ecuador Announces First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/venice-biennale-2026-national-pavilions-2604196

Ai Weiwei faced vote about his Royal Academy of Arts, London membership after Gaza tweet

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/10/ai-weiwei-faced-vote-about-royal-academy-of-arts-london-membership-after-gaza-tweet

David A. Ross resigns from New York's School of Visual Arts over friendship with Jeffrey Epstein

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/10/david-ross-resigns-school-visual-arts-jeffrey-epstein-files

Bill aimed at giving Israel control over all West Bank heritage sites sparks concern

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/10/bill-israel-west-bank-heritage-sites-sparks-concern

Investigators Find Decades-Long Mismanagement, Corruption at China’s Nanjing Museum

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/nanjing-museum-artifacts-sale-corruption-investigation-report-1234772930/

Ali Eyal Wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ali-eyal-mohn-award-2025-made-in-la-biennial-hammer-museum-1234772942/

Philadelphia Museum of Art Chief of Staff Departs as Tumult Continues

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/philadelphia-museum-of-art-chief-of-staff-departs-1234772949/

Pride Flag Removed From Stonewall Monument at Trump’s Directive

https://hyperallergic.com/pride-flag-removed-from-stonewall-monument-at-trumps-directive/

Bard College President Leon Botstein Scrutinized for Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/bard-president-leon-botstein-jeffrey-epstein-1234772937/

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‘These are dirty funds’: Indigenous Brazilian leader slams Science Museum for oil sponsorship ahead of climate show

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/indigenous-brazilian-leader-slams-science-museum-for-oil-sponsorship-ahead-of-climate-show

Trump Is Pushing for His Own Dedicated Smithsonian Display

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/trump-wants-his-own-smithsonian-npg-display-2744110

Venice Biennale 2026: all the national pavilions, artists and curators so far

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/venice-biennale-2026-all-the-national-pavilions-artists-and-curators-so-far

Van Eyck Attribution Dispute Pits Art Historians Against A.I. Firm

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/van-eyck-ai-authenticity-2744090

Dangling sculpture—‘evacuated’ from Russian frontline—will be focus of Ukraine's pavilion at Venice Biennale

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/dangling-sculptureevacuated-from-russian-frontlinewill-be-focus-of-ukraines-pavilion-at-venice-biennale

Cambridge University to return 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/cambridge-university-return-100-benin-bronzes-nigeria

France’s ex-culture minister Jack Lang resigns from L’Institut du Monde Arabe amid Epstein revelations

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/09/frances-ex-culture-minister-jack-lang-resigns-institut-du-monde-arab-epstein-revelations

Michaels Sues Artist Who Claimed the Craft Store Giant Used His Work Without Permission

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/michaels-lawsuit-pose-jordan-nickel-1234772883/

Dreaming of Creating a Giant Public Artwork With Google? Artist Judy Chicago Doesn’t Recommend It.

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/google-judy-chicago-artwork-canceled-1234772774/

How Liminalism Became the Defining Aesthetic of Our Time

https://hyperallergic.com/how-liminalism-became-the-defining-aesthetic-of-our-time/

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Jack Lang Steps Down from Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe After Appearing in Epstein Files

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/jack-lang-resigns-institut-de-monde-arabe-jeffrey-epstein-1234772725/

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At Mexico City’s Material and Salón Acme fairs, artists find hope in nature

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/07/feria-material-salon-acme-mexico-city-art-week-satellite-fairs-nature-environment

Mexico City street market gallery makes art accessible

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/07/galeria-tianguis-neza-mexico-city-market

World Cup art initiatives go for goal in Mexico City

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/07/world-cup-art-initiatives-mexico-city

This Serene Canaletto Is Now One of the Italian Masters Most Expensive Works

https://news.artnet.com/market/work-of-the-week-canaletto-2743758

White House Floats Idea of Expanded Trump Display at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/white-house-trump-display-smithsonian-portrait-gallery-1234772720/

The Art World's Epstein Problem

https://hyperallergic.com/the-art-worlds-epstein-problem/

Digitally Rebuilding the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Once One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/digitally-rebuilding-lighthouse-of-alexandria-as-3d-model-1234772703/

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Leon Black and Ronald Lauder Joined Forces to Buy Masterpieces, Epstein Files Show

https://news.artnet.com/market/leon-black-ronald-lauder-epstein-files-2742950

MFA Boston Denies Targeting Employees of Color in Layoffs

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mfa-boston-denies-racial-layoffs-2743776

Royals Passing Notes and Back Room Deals: Inside Sales at Art Basel Qatar

https://news.artnet.com/market/sales-roundup-art-basel-qatar-2743601

Van Gogh’s ‘triple painting’ revealed by discoveries beneath the surface

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/06/van-goghs-triple-painting-revealed-by-discoveries-beneath-the-surface

Giorgia Meloni’s face removed from Rome fresco after complaints

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/06/giorgia-meloni-face-removed-from-vatican-fresco-after-complaints

When Artists Lose Their Archives

https://hyperallergic.com/when-artists-lose-their-archives/

Claire Tabouret on Criticism of Her Notre-Dame Cathedral Commission: ‘I’m Also Receiving A Lot of Love’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/claire-tabouret-criticism-notre-dame-cathedral-commission-1234772621/

The Unruly Politics of Glitter

https://hyperallergic.com/the-unruly-politics-of-glitter/

Louvre Indefinitely Postpones Announcing the Winning Architect of Its $776 M. Expansion Project

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/louvre-indefinitely-postpones-announcing-winning-architect-expansion-project-1234772616/

The Art World After Epstein

https://hyperallergic.com/the-art-world-after-epstein/

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Lost Michelangelo Draws $27 Million, Trouncing Estimate and Smashing Record

https://news.artnet.com/market/michelangelo-sistine-chapel-study-christies-2718805

Saudi Arabia looks to its Modern art history as the art world eyes up the Gulf

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/05/saudi-arabia-looks-to-its-modern-art-history-as-the-art-world-eyes-up-the-gulf

Philadelphia Museum of Art Walks Back Controversial Rebranding

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/philadelphia-art-museum-rebranding-2743304

Buffalo AKG Director Hasn’t Repaid $335K Museum Loan Used to Buy Home, State Report Finds

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/buffalo-akg-director-museum-loan-buy-home-state-report-1234772402/

The World Has Too Much Art. What Will Happen to It?

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/adam-lindemann-too-much-art-column-2743340

Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Lydia Ourahmane among artists confirmed for new Qatar quadrennial

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/02/05/lawrence-abu-hamdan-lydia-ourahmane-among-artists-confirmed-new-qatar-quadrennial

How the Debates Over Art, Race, and Tech Have Changed

https://news.artnet.com/multimedia/aria-dean-art-race-tech-2740206

Vatican Orders Removal of Fresco Depicting Far-Right Leader as Angel

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/vatican-orders-removal-meloni-fresco-2743309

Pulitzer-Winning ‘Washington Post’ Art Critic Sebastian Smee Laid Off in Cutbacks, But Philip Kennicott Remains

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/washington-post-art-critic-sebastian-smee-laid-off-1234772489/

Fast-Rising Sculptor Yuko Mohri Wins $50,000 Calder Prize

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/yuko-mohri-wins-calder-prize-1234772341/