Article date: Wednesday, July 22, 2026
The Louvre Museum's Apollo Gallery re-opens to the Public, Nine Months after Jewel Heist

Closed since the theft of October 19, 2025, the Apollo Gallery reopens to the public today, July 22, but no jewels are on display.

Article date: Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Jessica Morgan appointed Director of Tate

he Chairman and Trustees of Tate today announced that leading British curator Jessica Morgan currently Director of Dia Art Foundation, has been appointed Director of Tate. 

Article date: Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Andy Burnham and the Parthenon Marbles: A 20-Year Campaign for Restitution

Just months after being elected MP for Leigh in 2001, Burnham signed an Early Day Motion urging Tony Blair’s government to open immediate discussions with Greece regarding the sculptures.

Article date: Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Two U.S. Tourists stabbed at the Acropolis in Athens

Two tourists, both Greek Americans, were attacked with a knife near the entrance of the Acropolis Museum in Athens on Tuesday.

Article date: Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Lisa Nandy to remain as UK Culture Secretary

Lisa Nandy will stay on as culture secretary as prime minister Andy Burnham continued to name his cabinet on Monday evening.

Article date: Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Raphael: Sublime Poetry Is The Met’s Most Highly Attended Exhibition Since 2018

The landmark exhibition averaged 6,800 visitors per day, welcoming a total of more than 562,000 visitors over its three-month run.

Article date: Monday, July 20, 2026
Trent Park House of Secrets opens July 21

Set in the heart of 413-acre Trent Country Park in Enfield, North London - easily accessible via the Piccadilly Line - the museum tells two extraordinary stories: the glittering interwar social world of Sir Philip Sassoon whose guests included Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin and Fred Astaire, Kings George V and VI, Edward VIII, and also a covert wartime intelligence operation.

Article date: Sunday, July 19, 2026
John Currin at Sadie Coles: The Virtuosity of the Already-Made

In 2003, writing in Artforum, David Rimanelli dismissed one of the founding claims of John Currin's early reputation as a "red herring": the notion that his brushwork constitutes a genuine revival of Old Master technique, arguing that technical finesse develops in step with the artist's content rather than existing for its own sake.

Article date: Sunday, July 19, 2026
Korean Court rules Nam June Paik Works Belong to late Daewoo Chief's Widow

A Korean court has ruled that the ownership of Nam June Paik's artworks, 'My Faust: Economics' and 'My Faust: Spiritual,' belongs to the wife of the late Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong. 

Article date: Saturday, July 18, 2026
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, Receives Important Gift from the Berezdivin Collection

The National Gallery of Art announced  that it has received a major gift of nearly 50 works from the Berezdivin Collection, a major private collection of contemporary art. 

Article date: Friday, July 17, 2026
Pele’s World Cup Shirt sells for $4.9m

The shirt worn by Brazil football icon Pele when he scored two goals to bring his team to victory in the World Cup final of 1958 has sold for $4.9m.

Article date: Friday, July 17, 2026
U.S. Congress Introduces PRESERVE Act to Protect Publicly Commissioned Art

On July 14, Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced the Protecting Resources and Ensuring Stewardship of Enduring Records of Visual Expression (PRESERVE) Act that would establish a procedure to ensure that publicly commissioned art is protected and preserved during the federal building disposal process.