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Betye Saar, assemblage artist who reframed racist and sexist imagery, has died, aged 99

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/29/betye-saar-obituary-legendary-los-angeles-assemblage-artist

Sites in Iran, Lebanon and Palestine among 25 new additions to Unesco’s World Heritage List

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/29/sites-in-iran-lebanon-and-palestine-among-25-new-additions-to-unescos-world-heritage-list

Harvard Art Museums Tested Out Using Generative AI to Animate 18th-Century Painting as Part of Marketing Campaign

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/harvard-art-museums-generative-ai-francois-boucher-painting-1234793832/

A Museum Dares to Reveal What It Really Costs to Make an Exhibition

https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/exhibition-cost-reproductive-labor-performing-conditions-dread-scott-1234793733/

Madrid Museum Puts Picasso in Dialogue With "African Guernica"

https://hyperallergic.com/madrid-museum-puts-picasso-in-dialogue-with-african-guernica/

American Alliance of Museums Slams Trump Administration’s Report on the Smithsonian

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/american-alliance-of-museums-trump-report-smithsonian-1234793789/

A Precious Garden Grows at MoMA PS1

https://hyperallergic.com/a-precious-garden-grows-at-moma-ps1/

Simone Forti, Leading Figure of New York’s Judson Dance Theater Scene, Has Died at 91

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/simone-forti-leading-figure-judson-dance-theater-scene-dead-91-1234793875/

Sexual Assault Allegations Get Artists Canceled More Than Murder, Study Finds

https://hyperallergic.com/sexual-assault-allegations-get-artists-canceled-more-than-murder-study-finds/

Mayor Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre Tax Puts Art World Heavyweights in the Spotlight

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pied-a-terre-tax-puts-art-world-heavyweights-spotlight-1234793791/

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Trump orders signage to be erected outside Smithsonian museum warning visitors of political bias

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/28/trump-orders-signage-to-be-erected-outside-smithsonian-museum-warning-visitors-of-political-bias

$1 Billion Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Finally Gets an Opening Date

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/guggenheim-abu-dhabi-opening-date-2791345

Culture minister Catherine Pégard reveals ‘national security plan’ following another major museum theft in France

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/28/culture-minister-catherine-pegard-reveals-national-security-plan-following-another-major-museum-theft-in-france

Museums, Curators, and Artists Say Goodbye to Betye Saar: ‘Thank You for the Dance’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/museums-curators-and-artists-say-goodbye-to-betye-saar-1234793678/

Biennale of Sydney Appoints Low Kee Hong Artistic Director of 2028 Edition

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/biennale-of-sydney-appoints-low-kee-hong-artistic-director-2028-edition-1234793670/

Man Arrested in Broad Daylight Theft of 2,500-Year-Old Gold Torque From French Museum

https://hyperallergic.com/man-arrested-in-broad-daylight-theft-of-2-500-year-old-gold-torque-from-french-museum/

Walter Benjamin Warned Us About AI

https://hyperallergic.com/walter-benjamin-warned-us-about-ai/

The Phildelphia Museum of Art Ran a $10 M. Deficit This Past Fiscal Year

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/phildelphia-museum-of-art-ran-a-10-m-deficit-1234793631/

Historic Japanese Castle Damaged in 7.1-Magnitude Earthquake

https://hyperallergic.com/historic-japanese-castle-damaged-in-7-1-magnitude-earthquake/

Photobook Publisher Steidl in Dire Straits After Threat of Bankruptcy

https://hyperallergic.com/photobook-publisher-steidl-in-dire-straits-after-threat-of-bankruptcy/

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Faro Santander’s Inaugural Exhibitions Led by Contested Gelman Collection

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/faro-santander-exhibitions-banco-collection-gelman-2790975

Low Kee Hong chosen to curate Biennale of Sydney's next edition

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/27/biennale-sydney-curator-2028-low-kee-hong

Betye Saar, Who Turned Black Stereotypes Into Symbols of Resistance, Dies at 99

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/betye-saar-obituary-2791286

Trump Orders Installation of Warning Signs Outside Smithsonian Museum

https://hyperallergic.com/trump-orders-installation-of-warning-signs-outside-smithsonian-museum/

Police Arrest Suspect in Theft of Celtic Princess’ 2,500-year-old Gold Torque From French Museum, as National Security Plan Is Launched

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/police-arrest-suspect-theft-celtic-princess-gold-torque-1234793543/

V&A Workers Ballot for Strike Over Pay, Heatwave Conditions

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/va-workers-strike-ballot-pay-heatwave-conditions-1234793516/

UNESCO Adds Contested West Bank Archaeological Site, Lebanese Castles to World Heritage List

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/unesco-adds-contested-west-bank-archaeological-site-lebanese-castles-to-world-heritage-list-1234793514/

Detroit Institute of Arts Receives Gift of More Than 2,000 Modern and Contemporary Artworks from Silverman Estate

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/detroit-institute-of-arts-silverman-estate-gift-1234793507/

Benjamin Moser on Frederic Edwin Church

https://hyperallergic.com/7-2/

A Guerrilla Girl Drops Her Mask

https://hyperallergic.com/a-guerrilla-girl-drops-her-mask/

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Earthquake damages 16th-century church in Peru

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/27/peru-earthquake-damages-16th-century-church-iglesia-apostol-santiago

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Buffalo AKG Charts a New Course With Co-Director Model—and More Industry Intel

https://news.artnet.com/market/industry-intel-jul-24-2789417

Thieves Snatch 2,500-Year-Old Celtic Gold Torque from French Museum in Broad Daylight

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/thieves-snatch-2500-year-old-celtic-gold-torque-france-1234793494/

Archie Rand’s Landmark Letter Paintings Acquired by Italy’s Modena FC Collection

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/archie-rand-letter-paintings-modena-fc-acquisition-1234793377/

Christopher Nolan, David Hockney, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara

https://hyperallergic.com/christopher-nolan-david-hockney-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara/

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Roy Lichtenstein’s Market Is on Fire. Here Comes a Whitney Show With Mega Loans

https://news.artnet.com/market/roy-lichtensteins-whitney-museum-loans-2788895

Unesco adds ancient Greek city Tauric Chersonese in Crimea to World Heritage in Danger list

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/24/unesco-adds-ancient-greek-city-tauric-chersonese-in-crimea-to-world-heritage-in-danger-list

President Trump Orders Signs Installed Outside Smithsonian Warning Public of ‘Inaccurate Information’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-executive-order-smithsonian-signs-inaccurate-information-1234793483/

Nvidia CEO Pours $75M Into San Francisco Art Campus

https://hyperallergic.com/nvidia-ceo-pours-75m-into-san-francisco-art-campus/

Venice Biennale President Calls EU Withdrawal of Funding Over Russia ‘Entirely Political, Certainly Not Legal’

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pietrangelo-buttafuoco-eu-grant-withdrawal-venice-biennale-1234793350/

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Reveals Inaugural Film Program, Including Busby Berkeley Fantasias and Avant-Garde Shorts

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/lucas-museum-film-program-1234793351/

Artist Joyce Kozloff Reveals Herself to be Guerrilla Girl Lydia Popova

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/p-and-d-artist-joyce-kosloff-is-girl-lydia-popova-1234793456/

Sable Elyse Smith Reveals the Shapes of State Violence

https://hyperallergic.com/sable-elyse-smith-reveals-the-shapes-of-state-violence/

Emory Douglas’s Lifetime of Revolutionary Art

https://hyperallergic.com/emory-douglass-lifetime-of-revolutionary-art/

Controversial Gelman Collection to Inaugurate Spain’s New Faro Santander in September

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/faro-santander-september-2026-opening-gelman-collection-1234793355/

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A lifetime of war: meet the 94-year-old Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Dubovyk

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/a-lifetime-of-war-meet-the-94-year-old-ukrainian-artist-oleksandr-dubovyk

Appeals court sides with Jeff Koons in copyright-infringement dispute over ‘Made in Heaven’ series

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/jeff-koons-made-in-heaven-copyright-infringement-appeals-court-michael-hayden

Ecuador’s national museum picks new design for $100m home following pushback to original selection and resignations

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/museo-nacional-del-ecuador-design-competition-controversy

Glasgow School of Art says £265m needed to restore destroyed Mackintosh building is ‘unaffordable’

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/23/glasgow-school-of-art-says-£265m-needed-to-restore-destroyed-mackintosh-building-is-unaffordable

South Korean Museum Returns Two Qing Dynasty Lion Sculptures to China

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/south-korean-museum-returns-two-qing-dynasty-lion-sculptures-china-1234793289/

David Hockney’s Endless Scroll

https://hyperallergic.com/david-hockneys-endless-scroll/

Former V&A Academic Programs Head Accuses Museum of “Racist” Behavior

https://hyperallergic.com/former-v-a-academic-programs-head-accuses-museum-of-racist-behavior/

FBI Returns Looted Cultural Artifacts to Indonesia

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/u-s-repatriates-looted-indonesian-cultural-artifacts-1234793281/

Made in L.A. 2027 to Be Curated by Hammer Chief Curator Michael Wellen and MOCA’s José Luis Blondet

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/made-in-la-2027-curators-michael-wellen-jose-luis-blondet-1234793256/

Connecticut Antiques Dealer Pleads Guilty in $2.1 M. Theft Scheme

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/connecticut-antiques-dealer-david-l-johnson-guilty-plea-1234793241/

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Jessica Morgan named new Tate director

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/jessica-morgan-named-new-tate-director

French Museum Launches ‘Wanted’ Campaign to Track Down 424 Artworks Looted by Nazis

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/wanted-looted-paintings-from-french-museum-wwii-era-1234793192/

Jeff Koons Beats Copyright Infringement Claims in ‘Made in Heaven’ Lawsuit

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/jeff-koons-made-in-heaven-copyright-dispute-2789631

Lisbon's Museu Calouste Gulbenkian returns to its mid-century modern roots following major renovation

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/lisbons-museu-calouste-gulbenkian-returns-to-its-mid-century-modern-roots-following-major-renovation

European Union officially pulls €2m Venice Biennale funding over Russian participation

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/22/european-union-officially-pull-2m-venice-biennale-funding-over-russian-participation

If Dealers Want to Sell an Artwork to a Museum, They May Have to Find the Buyer Themselves

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/dealers-sell-museum-find-buyer-themselves-1234789322/

After $75 M. Gift, Shuttered California College of the Arts to Become School Named for Silicon Valley Billionaire

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/california-college-of-the-arts-renaming-jensen-huang-1234793172/

Juliana Huxtable and Mark Bradford in Major Gift to the Zimmerli Art Museum

https://hyperallergic.com/juliana-huxtable-and-mark-bradford-in-major-gift-to-the-zimmerli-art-museum/

You Can Love David Hockney and Still Hate His iPad Paintings

https://hyperallergic.com/you-can-love-david-hockney-and-still-hate-his-ipad-paintings/

Check Out Refik Anadol’s AI-Powered Light and Sound Projection on the Smithsonian’s Iconic ‘Castle’ Building

https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/check-out-refik-anadol-ai-powered-light-sound-projection-smithsonian-castle-building-1234792822/

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Yoko Ono’s most famous performance art piece cuts both ways in Los Angeles

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/21/yoko-ono-cut-piece-mpa-redcat-broad-los-angeles

Comment | How much can one artist take from another before it is copyright infringement?

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/21/when-is-appropriation-pastiche-or-copyright-infringement

E.U. Withdraws Venice Biennale Funding Over Russia’s Return

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/eu-cancels-venice-biennale-funding-2789489

At the Art + Tech Summit, Christie’s Pins Its Future on AI Billionaires Who Aren’t Buying Art… Yet

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/christies-art-tech-summit-2026-ai-wealth-art-market-1234793113/

‘Do You Love America?’: Smithsonian Museum Leader Grilled Over Gender, Diversity, Patriotism at Congressional Hearing

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/smithsonian-museum-leader-us-congressional-hearing-1234793035/

The Art Institute of Chicago to Cut Its Entire Custodial Staff

https://hyperallergic.com/the-art-institute-of-chicago-to-cut-its-entire-custodial-staff/

Long-Lost Artworks by Chilean Muralist Julio Escámez Are Slowly Being Uncovered and Restored

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/long-lost-art-by-chilean-muralist-julio-escamez-restoration-1234793027/

Trump-Backed Federal Council Aims to Reduce Protections of Historic Sites

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/trump-backed-federal-council-aims-to-reduce-protections-of-historic-sites-1234792998/

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Is Free

https://hyperallergic.com/luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-is-free/

Is Italy’s Famed Ancient ‘Warrior of Capestrano’ a Mussolini-Backed Fake?

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/warrior-of-capestrano-icon-ancient-italian-heritage-mussolini-backed-fake-1234792883/

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Renovation of Bolivia's national archaeology museum gives repatriated treasures pride of place

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/museo-nacional-arqueologia-bolivia-renovation-repatriated-saphi-mummy-illa-statue

Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/head-of-victoria-albert-museum-academic-programmes-resigned-citing-racist-and-culturally-insensitive-behaviours-letter-reveals

Union threatens strike action over working conditions in Venice museums due to extreme temperatures

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/20/union-threatens-strike-action-over-working-conditions-in-venice-museums-due-to-extreme-temperatures

Monumental Mural Erased by Pinochet Reemerges in Chile After 50 Years

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/julio-escamez-mural-pinochet-restoration-2789137

New Museum's Shiny New Building Leaks During Flash Floods

https://hyperallergic.com/new-museums-shiny-new-building-leaks-during-flash-floods/

New York Gallery The Hole Sued by Artists for Nearly $50,000 in Outstanding Payments

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/new-york-gallery-the-hole-sued-by-artists-outstanding-payments-1234792800/

Christine Borland, Artist Who Researched Histories of Science and Medicine, Dies at 60

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/christine-borland-research-artist-dead-1234792817/

Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Exiled to the US

https://hyperallergic.com/cuban-artist-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-exiled-to-the-us/

Activists Sue to Stop Frida Kahlo Works From Leaving Mexico

https://hyperallergic.com/activists-sue-to-stop-frida-kahlo-works-from-leaving-mexico/

Trump Whitewashes George Washington’s Slavery History in New Display

https://hyperallergic.com/trump-whitewashes-george-washingtons-slavery-history-in-new-display/