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UK National Trust Gets Largest-Ever $13.4 M. Donation

01/14/2026

The UK’s National Trust—an enterprise whose mission statement focuses on work to “tackle climate change, protect historic sites and help people and nature thrive”—received the biggest donation in its 131-year history when private-equity investor and philanthropist Humphrey Battcock gave £10 …

Метки : национальный трастхамфри баттокпожертвованиеохрана природыкультурная программабританская история

The Art Institute of Chicago's Most Intriguing 2025 Acquisitions

01/14/2026

The Art Institute of Chicago acquired some eye-catching artworks in 2025, among them a striking portrait of the 20th century Austrian composer Josef Matthias Hauer by New Objectivity painter Christian Schad (his first portrait owned by a U.S. museum), Kay …

Метки : искусствоаукционычикагопортретырисункиколлекции

Artist Removed For Kirk Posts Cleared—But School Won't Reinstate Her

01/14/2026

Hope McMath, an artist and art history teacher who until recently taught at the Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida, was removed from the classroom in September in connection with social media posts she made following the …

Метки : искусствохоуп макмэthсвобода словаскандалобразованиеполитика

Smithsonian Removes Mention of Trump Impeachments from Presidential Exhibit

01/14/2026

Smithsonian Removes Mention of Trump Impeachments from Presidential Exhibit TheSmithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery removed a wall text accompanying a portrait of US president Donald Trump thatcontained mention of his two impeachments, ahead of a January 13 deadline set by the …

Метки : трампасмитсоновский институтвыставкаполитикаимпичментискусство

Denying Censorship Allegations, South Africa Cancels Gabrielle Goliath’s Venice Biennale Pavilion

01/14/2026

Denying Censorship Allegations, South Africa Cancels Gabrielle Goliath’s Venice Biennale Pavilion South Africa’s Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture has canceled artistGabrielle Goliath’s pavilion at the upcoming Sixty-FirstVenice Biennale, calling it “highly divisive.” According to South African news platform theDaily …

Метки : искусствоцензуравенецияфестивальюаргабриэлла голиат

Unusual Medusa Carving Discovered at Archaeological Site in Turkey

01/13/2026

In the process of excavating a Roman forum near the ancient city of Amastris (now known as Amasra) in present-day Turkey, archaeologists uncovered a Medusa carving with an unusual expression. The smiling stone Medusa was discovered on the top of …

Метки : археологиямедузатурцияистория.раскопкигреческая мифология

South Africa Blames Qatar for Cancelation of Venice Biennale Pavilion

01/13/2026

After the cancelation of a Venice Biennale pavilion that was to feature a Gaza-related artwork, South Africa laid the blame for its surprise decision at the feet of an unidentified foreign nation that sought to use the pavilion for “proxy …

Метки : искусствополитикавенецкая биенналеюаркатарцензура

Mehdi Chouakri Gallery Will Take a ‘Temporary Pause’ From Exhibitions

01/13/2026

Berlin’s Galerie Mehdi Chouakri will take a “temporary pause from exhibitions,” the gallery said in a post to its 14,000 Instagram followers. “After almost thirty years of gallery work, with around two hundred and fifty ambitious exhibitions at various locations …

Метки : выставкиискусствоберлингалереяхудожникисотрудничество

Influential Curator Philip Tinari Leaves UCCA Beijing for Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun

01/13/2026

Influential Curator Philip Tinari Leaves UCCA Beijing for Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun Influential curatorPhilip Tinari, the director and CEO of Beijing’sUllens Center for Contemporary Art(UCCA) and a frequent contributor toArtforum, has been named deputy director and head of art atTai …

Метки : искусствокураторывыставкигонконгсовременное искусствокарьерные изменения

New York’s Expanded New Museum to Reopen on March 21 Following Two-Year Closure

01/13/2026

New York’s Expanded New Museum to Reopen on March 21 Following Two-Year Closure TheNew Museumin New York will welcome the public on March 21 following a two-year closure, the institution announced today. Admission will be free March 21 and March …

Метки : new museumискусствонью-йоркархитектуравыставки#культура

Telfair Museums Lays Off 15 Percent of Its Staff

01/13/2026

Telfair Museums abruptly laid off some 15 percent of its staff on January 9. The news was reported by Savannah television station WJCL. While the museums offered severance, the layoffs were announced without warning on an afternoon Zoom call, according …

Метки : искусствомузейувольнениеистория.современное искусствосоциальные вопросы

Israel Plots Venice Biennale Return as Artists Threaten a Boycott

01/13/2026

Israel will officially take part in the 2026 Venice Biennale, two years after the pavilion closed to the public amid protests on opening day. But this time around, the pavilion will not be staged in Israel’s dedicated site in the …

Метки : венецианская биенналеискусствоизраильпротестпавильонфайнару

Fired Philadelphia Art Museum Head Says CEO Title Was Nearly Removed

01/13/2026

In her first extensive interview since her firing from her post as director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum last year, Sasha Suda told Philadelphia Magazine that the board had attempted to strip her of the CEO portion of …

Метки : искусствомузейфиладельфияувольнениескандалинтервью

Children's YouTube Star Ms. Rachel to Present Gaza Art Exhibition

01/13/2026

Rachel Accurso, the YouTube star better known to children and parents as Ms. Rachel, announced last week that she will present Colors That Survived, an exhibition and fundraiser featuring artworks created by children in Gaza. The works will be exhibited …

Метки : искусстводетигазвыставкаблаготворительностьактивизм