Guatemala’s Museo de Arte Colonial shut down by authorities – The Art Newspaper
On 29 December, authorities from Guatemala’s Public Ministry (MP) arrived at the Museo de Arte Colonial in Antigua…
London’s National Gallery appoints Patrick Elliott as curator of Modern paintings – The Art Newspaper
The National Gallery in London is planting its flag on 20th-century art with the announcement of Patrick Elliott…
Inside Brussels’s €230m Kanal-Centre Pompidou museum—opening in November – The Art Newspaper
The long-awaited Kanal-Centre Pompidou gallery of modern and contemporary art in Brussels—a vast new art hub rivalling other…
Art Gallery of Ontario curator resigned after failed acquisition of Nan Goldin work – The Art Newspaper
A leaked memo has revealed the resignations of a senior curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)…
Metropolitan Opera considers selling multi-storey Chagall murals, valued at $55m – The Art Newspaper
Amid mounting financial issues, the Metropolitan Opera, the largest performing arts organisation in the United States, announced on…
Ethiopia’s Africa Hall wins Modernist conservation award – The Art Newspaper
World Monuments Fund and the furniture designer Knoll have announced the winner of their annual prize for the…
UK government bans export of £9m rural ‘masterpiece’ by Claude Lorrain – The Art Newspaper
The UK government has placed an export bar on a key painting by the 17th-century French artist Claude Lorrain valued…
Work by Edgar Degas among £59.7m haul of art donated to UK public collections in exchange for tax benefits – The Art Newspaper
Works by Edgar Degas and Ben Nicholson are among the gifts bestowed to the UK’s public collections as…
‘It’s madness’: David Hockney blasts plans to loan Bayeux Tapestry to UK – The Art Newspaper
The British artist David Hockney says bringing the Bayeux Tapestry to London for an exhibition at the British…
The Big Review | Jacques-Louis David at the Musée du Louvre, Paris ★★★★★ – The Art Newspaper
Total star rating: ★★★★★ The works: ★★★★★ The show: ★★★★★ Neoclassicism is having a moment. Long regarded as…
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…
Van Gogh shows in 2026: America, Japan and the Netherlands – The Art Newspaper
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: A Symphony in Blue and Yellow at the Philadelphia Art Museum (6 June-11 October) will…