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A schooltrip in Norway turned into a significant archaeological event after a six-year-old boy discovered an ancient sword believed to date back to the Viking Age.

Minister Dr. Bizimana, announced that Rwanda will collaborate with the National Museum of China to manage and preserve the Rwanda Liberation War Historical Museum at Mulindi w'Intwari in Gicumbi District.

The recipient was selected by an official jury comprising Michelle Kuo, Venus Lau, Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine) and Jon Rider (FLAG Art Foundation) and Rirkrit Tiravanija. 

In September 2026, the Barbican presents Repercussions, a bold new multi-day takeover led by Turner Prize-winning artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan. 

The New Museum unveiled a new sculpture by Sarah Lucas (b. 1962, London, UK) as the first commission produced for the Museum’s outdoor plaza at the terminus of Bowery and Prince Street—a new public space created through the New Museum’s OMA-designed building expansion. 

3 Savile Row, Mayfair, London is already enshrined in pop cultural history. It was one of Apple Corps Ltd’s earliest 1960’s headquarters, the studio where Let It Be was recorded and the setting for The Beatles’ – John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr – final public performance, the era-defining rooftop concert of January 30th 1969. 

For the first time ever, the entire BMW Art Car Collection will be reunited at home in Munich. Titled “BMW ART CARS – 20 ARTISTS, 50 YEARS OF INNOVATION. REUNITED AT BMW WELT”, the exhibition will present all 20 Art Cars together in one location for the first time, from 29 July to 31 August 2026.

A painting looted by the Nazis during World War II is still in the possession of heirs of Dutch SS General Hendrik Seyffardt. This is revealed by research conducted by Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and art detective Arthur Brand.

More then 50 artists have withdrawn their work from consideration for the ‘Visitor Lion’ prizes at the Venice Biennale. 

Melbourne-based artist Richard Lewer has won the Archibald Prize 2026 and $100,000 for his portrait of Pitjantjatjara Elder, senior artist and ngangkari (traditional healer)  Iluwanti Ken.

Kader Attia has been announced as the curator of the 7th edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

Brussels cultural project Kanal/ Centre Pompidou is shaken ahead of its inauguration in November following the resignation of director Yves Goldstein.

An activist group left over hundreds of urine bottles at the Met Gala venue while protesting against Jeff Bezos and his wife. 

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the Dutch Ministry of Culture have made good progress in the mediation process to break the deadlock over subsidies. 

Heritage Auctions announced The Matthew Perry Estate Auction, a charity auction in partnership with Matthew Perry’s namesake nonprofit organization, The Matthew Perry Foundation, commencing Friday, June 5.

Palestinian photographer Saher Alghorra wins the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for his documentation of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

The Musée d'Orsay opened a new exhibition space dedicated to works of art recovered in Germany after the Second World War, some of which were stolen from Jewish owners under the Nazi regime.

The National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam, the setting for the National Remembrance Day on May 4, has been defaced with red paint.

Anish Kapoor urged for the exclusion of the United States from the Venice Biennale due to what he described as the nation's hateful politics and military aggression. 

The Pergamon Museum, located on Berlin’s Museum Island – a UNESCO World Heritage Site – will reopen its doors to the public on 4 June 2027.