Article date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Brian Eno, FKA Twigs, Jim Jarmusch among Artists commissioned for Vatican Pavilion at Venice Biennale

The pavilion of the Vatican will present 24 artists and musicians in a sound-based exhibition titled“The Ear Is the Eye of the Soul,” a project shaped by the legacy of Saint Hildegard of Bingen and organized around the act of listening.

Article date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Bonhams to offer 21 Renoirs from the Long-Held Collection of the Artist's Muse

Next month, Bonhams will present A Lasting Impression: The Renoir Collection of Gabrielle Renard, an exceptional single-owner sale featuring 21 fresh-to-market works by leading French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919).

Article date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Venice Biennale faces EU Funding Threat over Russian Pavilion

The Venice Biennale is under pressure from the European Commission, which has given the exhibition 30 days to address concerns over the inclusion of the Russian Pavilion in its 2026 edition. 

Article date: Monday, April 13, 2026
New Discoveries emerge from Restoration of Van Gogh’s Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring

Since Van Gogh painted The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring in 1884 on the grounds of his parents’ parsonage in the Dutch town of Nuenen, the work has moved around.

Article date: Friday, April 10, 2026
Dr. Melissa Chiu appointed as Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York

Dr. Mariët Westermann, Director and CEO of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, announced the appointment of Dr. Melissa Chiu as Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Article date: Friday, April 10, 2026
Dirk Shopping Bag included in the Collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam has included the red and white Dirk supermarket shopping bag in its collection, praising its “cultural impact” .

Article date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Daewha Kang Design reveals the Interior Architecture of Riyadh's new Black Gold Museum

DaeWha Kang Design has completed one of the most ambitious cultural adaptive reuse projects undertaken in Saudi Arabia to date: the Black Gold Museum, now open on the KAPSARC campus in Riyadh.

Article date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
New Greek Law ramps up Penalties for Forgery of Art

The draft bill of the Ministry of Culture was approved by Parliament on 29 January 2026, introducing for the first time into the Greek legal system a comprehensive institutional framework for the prevention and combating of forgery and fraud involving works of art and collectible items.

Article date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
The Spanish Government refuses the Temporary Transfer of Guernica to the Guggenheim Bilbao

It is not applicable. This is the official response that this Tuesday the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, gave to the Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNB, regarding the temporary transfer of Picasso's Guernica to the Basque Country, which the Vitoria government has formally requested on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the first Basque executive and the bombing of Guernica.

Article date: Thursday, April 9, 2026
Christie’s to ask $65 Million for the Estate of Dealer Marian Goodman

Christie's will offer up a group of Gerhard Richter paintings from the $65 million estate of famed New York dealer Marian Goodman, who died in January.

Article date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Kengo Kuma to design National Gallery’s new £350m Wing

The National Gallery London announced that Kengo Kuma and Associates with BDP and MICA have won the competition to design its new wing, part of the museum’s £750 million Project Domani.

Article date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
 Christine Ruiz-Picasso, driving Force behind Museo Picasso Málaga, dies at 97

Christine Ruiz-Picasso, the woman whose determination helped fulfill Pablo Picasso’s long-held dream of having a museum in his hometown, has died at the age of 97. She passed away on April 6, 2026, at her home in Provence, France, surrounded by her family.