Article date: Monday, October 26, 2026
Historical Documents Linked to WW2 Transferred to Memorial Institutions

On 23 October, a ceremony was held at the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Warsaw to transfer historical documents related, among other subjects, to the Second World War, the Holocaust, and German Nazi concentration camps.

Article date: Sunday, October 25, 2026
Irini Papadimitriou Appointed Artistic Director of the 14th Seoul Mediacity Biennale

The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) has appointed Irini Papadimitriou as Artistic Director of the 14th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, scheduled to open in August 2027.

Article date: Sunday, October 25, 2026
Get Featured: Open Call for Artist Submissions

ArtDependence is accepting portfolio submissions from artists seeking international publication and exposure.

Article date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
BEFORE THE IMAGE Conversations on Painting in the Making

In a new series on ArtDependence Margherita Artoni examines what happens before a painting finds its form. Before an image takes shape, there is an intuition, a sensation, a memory, or an encounter with the world. There are questions without answers, ideas not yet fully understood, and possibilities that have not yet found their form. Painting begins in this uncertain territory, where looking becomes thinking and thinking gradually becomes a physical act.

Article date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
BEFORE THE IMAGE Conversations on Painting in the Making - Emma Masut

Emma Masut's practice unfolds between drawing and painting, through images that take shape from impressions, associations and enduring interests.

Article date: Saturday, October 24, 2026
UK Government Temporarily Blocks Rare Prehistoric Battle-Axe Head From Leaving

The UK Government has placed a temporary export bar on the Scarthingwell battle-axe head, a rare survivor from prehistoric Britain, in the hope that a UK museum, gallery or institution can acquire it and secure it for public display.

Article date: Friday, October 23, 2026
David Salle: The Venice Paintings — Reprogramming the Image

“One way to subvert a hegemonic technology is to co-opt it,” David Salle declares. At
Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Pantin, The Venice Paintings explores the encounter between
artificial intelligence and the material intelligence of painting.

Article date: Friday, October 23, 2026
Städel Museum Frankfurt Launches €100 Million Endowment Campaign

The Städel Museum has launched an ambitious fundraising campaign aimed at securing its financial independence for future generations, inviting the public to contribute to an endowment fund with a long-term target of at least €100 million.

Article date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Alicja Kwade Sculpture Cut Short at Art Basel Paris Amid Citywide Unrest

Polish-German artist Alicja Kwade’s monumental public installation, L'Élévation des Mondes (2026), is being prematurely dismantled from its prominent location on Avenue Winston Churchill outside the Petit Palais and Grand Palais.

Article date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage Demands Protection for Egyptian Artifacts at the Louvre

The Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage expressed concern amid the ongoing protests in Paris, which led to the closure of the Louvre Museum following demonstrations outside its doors on Monday.

Article date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
Roman Emperor Torso Sells for a Record $34.3 million at Sotheby's

A marble torso made in the earliest days of the Roman Empire has set a new world record for any ancient classical sculpture at auction.

Article date: Thursday, October 22, 2026
The Matter of Memory: Dominique Fung and the Afterlives of Objects

What survives of the past depends on what is preserved, how it is displayed, and the
meanings it is made to carry. In The Trace of Things, Dominique Fung’s first solo exhibition in Italy, presented by MASSIMODECARLO in Milan, paintings and drawings explore the relationship between material persistence and cultural memory. Objects and represented forms participate in the construction of history, their significance shifting as they move through different contexts of interpretation.