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The Most Faithful Copy of Holbein’s Lost Masterpiece Goes under the Scanner
The monumental Thomas More family portrait is being examined for hidden drawing and later alterations.
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Restituted Kandinsky Expected to Exceed $30 Million
‘The Colorful Life’ is coming to auction for heirs after a decade-long ownership battle.
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Removal of a Kehinde Wiley Painting Sparks a Censorship Debate
Removing a portrait as ‘ideological’ tests the independence of public art from political power.
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The Louvre Prepares a Major International Zurbarán Retrospective
A collaboration among the National Gallery, the Louvre, and the Art Institute of Chicago brings the Spanish master’s paintings to Paris.
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The Lucas Museum Proposes a New Canon for ‘People’s Art’
The new institution brings painting, illustration, comics and film design into one history of narrative images.
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Liu Wei’s Four New Sculptures Are Coming to The Met Facade
Beijing-based artist Liu Wei is creating four large-scale sculptures for The Met’s Fifth Avenue facade.
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MoMA Traces a Century of Animation through Its Collection
It’s Alive! brings together more than 200 works spanning animation before and after the digital turn.
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Mignard’s ‘Marquise de Seignelay’ Begins a UK Tour
The 1691 portrait will be reinterpreted at four regional museums.
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The Met Cancels Its John Galliano Exhibition after Backlash
The decision reopens debate over how major institutions balance achievement with public responsibility.
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MoMA Reads West African Modernism through the History of Independence
Spanning seven countries, the exhibition examines independence-era architecture through approximately 450 objects.
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Nazi-Looted Miniature Returns to an Heir After 86 Years
Albert Theer’s tiny 1847 watercolour portrait, taken from Viennese collector Eduard Epstein under Nazi rule in 1940, has been formally returned to his heir…
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Pollock’s ‘Blue Poles’ Will Travel to Western Australia for the First Time
The national-collection icon will meet audiences beyond the capital in 2027.
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Reynolds’s ‘Portrait of Mai’ Will Make Its US Debut
The 18th-century masterpiece is heading to Los Angeles for its West Coast debut.
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The Prado Reunites Eight Valeriano Bécquer Paintings
The 1866–67 scenes of everyday life are together for the first time.
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Rembrandt’s Youthful Self-Portrait Returns to Gotha after 80 Years
The 1629 self-portrait revives the story of a collection divided by war and the Cold War.
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Tarot’s Origins Return from Fortune-Telling to Renaissance Art
The reunion of Visconti-Sforza cards places the early deck back inside painting history.
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Serpentine Launches a Global Research Programme for Art and AI
Four participants chosen from almost 1,000 applicants will examine how technology reshapes culture.
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Slevogt’s ‘Death Portrait’ Reidentified after a Century
Research at the Alte Nationalgalerie has shed new light on a long-uncertain work.
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