Around 30 inscriptions, the majority in Tamil-Brahmi, have been identified in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, offering striking new evidence of the global reach of ancient Tamil civilisation and confirming that Tamils travelled and lived in Roman Egypt between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE.

His figures are little more than lines – and yet they are full of life: to mark the 125th anniversary of Alberto Giacometti, his famous Walking Man I is now hiking across a Swiss stamp.

French Minister of Culture Rachida Dati appointed Annick Lemoine as President of the Musée d'Orsay and Orangerie.

Galería Travesía Cuatro announced that the project RedSkyFalls by Portuguese artist Alexandre Estrella has been elected to officially represent Portugal at the upcoming 61st Venice Biennale, in 2026.

A maritime archaeological excavation in Singapore waters has uncovered the Temasek Wreck—an assemblage that is both locally unprecedented and globally significant for Yuan dynasty ceramics. 

The 61^st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh, will run from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 at the Giardini, the Arsenale and in various locations around Venice announced the invited artists.

French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Christophe Leribault as president of the Louvre Museum, government spokesperson Maud Bregeon said Wednesday.

At 35, Belgian painter Sara Bervoets is emerging as a compelling voice within the country’s contemporary art scene. 

After a years-long legal battle, the Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin has announced it will return a Nazi looted sculpture to the heirs of Jewish businessman Heinrich Stahl.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today new details for the Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition, Costume Art, and the annual Met Gala fundraiser, which will take place on Monday, May 4.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a resolution that improves the procedure for evacuating cultural property during martial law.