Top 20 Art International News
2025-11-12 02:31:31
- A Klimt portrait from the collection of a late Estée Lauder heir could fetch over $150 million at auction.
Source: edition.cnn.com - Musician Brian Eno will present his new series of kaleidoscopic paintings, titled “Blocks,” at Paul Stolper Gallery in London.
Source: www.artsy.net - Toronto’s Gardiner Museum, dedicated to ceramics, reopened after completing an $11 million renovation.
Source: www.theartnewspaper.com - Torkwase Dyson and Alia Farid are among the initial artists commissioned for the 2026 Carnegie International.
Source: www.theartnewspaper.com - The Louvre Museum announced a new €80 million ($92 million) security plan following the recent $102 million jewel theft.
Source: www.artsy.net - Sasha Suda, the dismissed director of the Philadelphia Art Museum, is suing the institution, claiming she was terminated after clashing with a “corrupt and unethical faction” of the board.
Source: www.artnews.com - A performance artist and a festival of culture were added to the Russian government's list of ‘foreign agents.’
Source: www.theartnewspaper.com - An artist successfully hung their own AI-generated work in the National Museum Cardiff (Welsh museum) before it was spotted by staff.
Source: www.theartnewspaper.com - The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum named Allison Blais as its new President and CEO, starting in January.
Source: www.artnews.com - A heist at the National Museum of Damascus has spurred a search for missing artifacts, including several gold ingots and marble statues.
Source: www.artnews.com - The opening of the Museum of West African Art in Nigeria was delayed after protests disrupted the official preview weekend.
Source: www.theartnewspaper.com - Dana Awartani was announced to represent Saudi Arabia at the Venice Biennale 2026, focusing on craft traditions and cultural heritage.
Source: www.theartnewspaper.com - George Condo is now jointly represented by Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt Gallery, following his departure from Hauser & Wirth.
Source: www.artsy.net - An 18th-Century painting of St. Francis was returned to a Mexican church 24 years after it was stolen in a nighttime heist.
Source: www.artnews.com - Writer David Szalay won the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with his novel ‘Flesh.’
Source: edition.cnn.com - The identity of the Louvre ‘fedora man’—a stylish teenager photographed at the scene of the recent heist—was revealed.
Source: edition.cnn.com - The story of how the Jadeite Cabbage became one of the Forbidden City’s most memorable treasures was highlighted.
Source: edition.cnn.com - Sarah Hoover’s memoir ‘The Motherlode’ is being adapted into a television series focusing on a millennial art dealer navigating motherhood.
Source: www.artnews.com - Scientific Art Analysis Firm ArtDiscovery launched the ‘World’s First Insured Authenticity Guarantee for Artworks.’
Source: www.artnews.com - The Studio Museum in Harlem, championing Black artists, opened its new $300 million home with an exhibition devoted to Tom Lloyd.
Source: www.theartnewspaper.com