UK government places export bar on ‘rare’ Renaissance sculpture worth £4.6m – The Art Newspaper
The UK government has placed an export bar on a rare work by the Renaissance sculptor Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi,…
Major Swiss museum acquisition proves far larger after extra works revealed in donor’s unopened portfolios – The Art Newspaper
The Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds in western Switzerland has had “a pleasant surprise” after a recent…
‘Rembrandt’s DNA would be the Holy Grail’: new research samples bacteria on the surface of The Night Watch – The Art Newspaper
When the brave defenders of Amsterdam in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch (1642) strode out into the unknown, they…
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego faces financial and leadership crisis – The Art Newspaper
The Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego (ICA) recently laid off eight staff members, almost half its employees.…
UK government places export bar on £71m Rembrandt portrait – The Art Newspaper
The UK government has placed an export bar on a Rembrandt painting valued at £71m, making it “the most expensive object ever to be…
Monumental Noguchi sculpture donated to the New Orleans Museum of Art – The Art Newspaper
Isamu Noguchi’s sculpture Mississippi Fountain (also known as The Mississippi, 1961-62) will soon be installed at the Beaux…
Art centre launches in Durham, UK with light-themed works by Tracey Emin, Dan Flavin – The Art Newspaper
A new centre for culture and contemporary art launched this weekend in Durham, northeast England, with an exhibition…
US National Gallery of Art acquires paintings, sculptures and photographs spanning five centuries – The Art Newspaper
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, has acquired around 190 works since March of this…
Elvira Dyangani Ose appointed artistic director of Cape Town’s Zeitz MoCAA – The Art Newspaper
Elvira Dyangani Ose, the former director of the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (Macba), has been appointed the artistic…
Collector Bernardo Paz plans new museum in Brazil next-door to Inhotim – The Art Newspaper
The Brazilian art collector and former mining magnate Bernardo Paz is developing a new museum and botanical garden…
Lisbon’s Museu Calouste Gulbenkian returns to its mid-century modern roots following major renovation – The Art Newspaper
The Museu Calouste Gulbenkian reopened in Lisbon on Saturday (18 July) after an 18-month refurbishment. Named after the…
Minneapolis Institute of Art hires Kevin Tervala to lead curatorial – The Art Newspaper
The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has hired Kevin Tervala as its chief of curatorial affairs and exhibitions.…