Storm over closure of South Africa’s much-loved Irma Stern Museum – The Art Newspaper
A row has erupted over the closure last year of the Irma Stern Museum (ISM), founded in 1971…
The Year Ahead 2026: the big exhibitions and the key museum openings—podcast – The Art Newspaper
In the first episode of 2026 we look ahead at the next 12 months with a guide to…
Vancouver Art Gallery gifted 131-work private collection from Hong Kong – The Art Newspaper
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) has received a landmark donation from an anonymous Hong Kong-based collector of 131 works…
Opening of Museum of West African Art in Nigeria delayed after protests – The Art Newspaper
The official launch and preview weekend of the highly anticipated Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin…
McMichael Canadian Art Collection picks architect for museum expansion – The Art Newspaper
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, home to one of the world’s foremost collections of Canadian and Indigenous art,…
Museum dedicated to Indian Modernist M.F. Husain to open in Qatar – The Art Newspaper
Qatar is opening a new museum in late November devoted to the work of the pioneering Indian Modernist…
Vancouver Art Gallery selects architects for second attempt at new building – The Art Newspaper
The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) announced on Monday that it has chosen an architectural team as it reboots…
New Museum’s longtime director to retire after building expansion opens – The Art Newspaper
Lisa Phillips, who was appointed to lead the New Museum in Manhattan in 1999, will end her transformative…
Artists including Jenny Holzer, Alison Saar and Kiki Smith creating commissions for Obama Presidential Center – The Art Newspaper
The Obama Foundation has commissioned ten more artists to make works for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago,…
Metropolitan Museum gifted 188 Dada and Surrealist works – The Art Newspaper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s holdings of works from the early 20th century associated with Dada and Surrealism…
London’s National Gallery receives record-breaking donations for new wing—and will start collecting contemporary art – The Art Newspaper
London’s National Gallery is to build a major new extension, featuring nearly as much space as the present…
Banking family’s treasures go on show at Bath’s Holburne Museum – The Art Newspaper
A golden ship stands proudly on an ornate foot, its sail a rippling flash of silver. At the…