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Louvre strike targets plan for new Mona Lisa gallery

01/06/2026

Staff at the Louvre in Paris staged another walkout this week, intensifying opposition to a major redevelopment plan that includes a dedicated gallery for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and a new entrance intended to ease pressure on the museum’s …

Метки : луврискусствозабастовкареконструкциямона лизабезопасность музея

M HKA Says Government Plan to Dissolve Museum Is Illegal

01/06/2026

A plan by the Flemish government to dissolve M HKA, a beloved contemporary art institution in Antwerp, has come under further fire, with a legal review initiated by the museum now claiming that such a move would be illegal. VRT …

Метки : искусствомузейфламандское правительствосовременное искусствоантверпенпротесты

The Egyptologists’ Guide to the Grand Egyptian Museum

01/06/2026

After more than a decade of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum devoted to a single civilization, has fully opened its exhibitions, including the long-awaited King Tutankhamun halls. Originally announced in 2002, the idea for the museum …

Метки : музейархитектураискусстводревний египет#культураоткрытия

Defaults on Art-Backed Loans Soar in Tough Market

01/06/2026

Half of non-bank art lenders experienced loan defaults in 2024, up from 17 percent two years earlier, according to the Deloitte Private and ArtTactic Art and Finance Report 2025.That said, it’s still better than the chaos of 2020, the first …

Метки : искусствокредитыфинансовый рынокэкономические условияимпрессионизмкредиты под залог

Dib Bangkok Opens at a Critical Turning Point in the Thai Art Scene

01/06/2026

Despite the proximity to the holiday season, about a hundred guests—including many of the contemporary art world’s most influential figures—gathered in Bangkok on December 20 for the highly anticipated opening of Dib Bangkok. Positioned as one of the most significant …

Метки : искусствомузейвыставкатайландсовременное искусствокультурное событие

Long-lost Bertoia Sculpture Is Installed in GM's Global Headquarters

01/06/2026

This past December, following an extensive restoration, a 1970 masterwork by sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia (1915–1978) was installed in the atrium of General Motors’s new global headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors announced the news in December, and the …

Метки : искусствоскульптурагарри бертонияgeneral motorsдетройтвосстановление

Lucia Di Luciano Dead: Italian Painter Dies at 93

01/06/2026

Lucia Di Luciano, an Italian painter associated with the Arte Programmata movement of the 1960s who only recently gained wider recognition, died this past weekend. Her death was announced by her Milan gallery, 10 A.M. Art, which did not specify …

Метки : искусствоarte programmataитальянская художницаабстракцияискусство 20 века

‘Extraordinary’ Artist Visas Are Going to Social Media Influencers

01/06/2026

Countless artists have immigrated from countries around the world to the U.S., enriching the American cultural landscape immeasurably. But the process of applying for an O-1B visa, for those with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business, athletics, or the …

Метки : иммиграцияискусствовизысшаправовая помощьинфлюенсеры

Artist Withdraws Painting from Kochi-Muziris Biennale After Protests

01/05/2026

One week after an exhibition associated with India’s top biennial, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, closed to due to religious protests, the offending painting has been withdrawn from the show. The work, Supper at a Nunnery by Tom Vattakuzhy, was being exhibited …

Метки : искусствопротестыиндияkochi biennaleкартинасвобода искусства

Kathleen Goncharov Dead: Just Above Midtown Curator Dies at 73

01/03/2026

Kathleen Goncharov, a curator whose work included organizing shows for Just Above Midtown gallery, died at her home in Boca Raton, Florida, of natural causes on December 31. She was 73 years old. Goncharov served as senior curator at the …

Метки : искусствовыставкакураторвенецианская биенналекультурное наследиехудожники

Erie Art Museum Won’t Return “Abandoned” Watercolor by George Demiel

01/03/2026

The Erie Art Museum has responded to a lawsuit filed on Nov. 7, 2025, by the daughter of a local artist, requesting the return of a watercolor painted by her late father. The artist, George C. Demiel, submitted the painting …

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Trump Rings in 2026 at Mar-a-Lago With $2.75 million Art Auction

01/02/2026

President Donald Trump rang in the New Year with an amateur art auction at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, where a freshly painted portrait of Jesus Christ sold for $2.75 million. He even shared his New Year’s resolution: “Peace …

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Which Artworks Entered the Public Domain in 2026?

01/02/2026

With each passing year, new artworks are shorn of their copyright protections and entered into the public domain, allowing them to be used freely, without express permission from the estates that steward these pieces. This year, pieces by Salvador Dalí, …

Метки : искусствоавторские правапубличное достояниекультурное наследиесовременные художникисюрреализм

2026 Art Preview: Shows, Museum Openings, and Biennials to Visit

01/02/2026

While 2026 has barely even begun, the year already looks to be a busy one. The world’s biggest art festival, the Venice Biennale, is returning, headlining a year that will also see many more biennials staged from New York to …

Метки : искусствовыставкибиенналевенециямузеикураторы