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• New Details Revealed for Planned Saudi Museum in AlUla

  04-02-2026 23:24 via artnews.com
  Further details about a new museum to open in AlUla, Saudi Arabia, were revealed by Arts AlUla, a project of the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU). Plans for the Lina Ghotmeh–designed institution, a partnership between the RCU and the Centre Pompidou, were first announced in 2023. The new information was reported by the Art Newspaper, among other outlets.Set in the AlUla Oasis, the planned museum is part of RCU’s development of the historic region of Al-Ula (now officially AlUla), hom
  
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• Philadelphia Art Museum Reverses Controversial Rebrand, Becomes Philadelphia Museum of Art Again

  04-02-2026 22:50 via artnews.com
  Four months after announcing a snazzy rebrand from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the Philadelphia Art Museum, the institution announced that it is reversing course. As of Wednesday afternoon, the museum will again be known by its longtime moniker.In a press release, the museum said that it would retain its new griffin logo and brand identity unveiled in October while also returning to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The decision, it said, reflects “the recommendations of an interdiscip
  
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• Collector Ronald Lauder Repeatedly Named in Newly Released Jeffrey Epstein Files

  04-02-2026 22:00 via artnews.com
  Ronald Lauder, a powerful art collector who has patronized institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Trust, and the World Monuments Funds, appears more than 900 times in the set of Jeffrey Epstein–related files that were released by the Department of Justice at the end of January.Lauder, the heir to the Estée Lauder Company, appears to have met with Epstein multiple times in 2017. While there is no direct communication between Lauder an
  
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• 7 Shows to See in Mexico City Art Week

  04-02-2026 21:05 via artnews.com
  Throughout the year, the museums and galleries across Mexico City (renamed from the DF to CDMX in 2016) mount an expansive set of exhibitions. But during Mexico City Art Week each February, alongside fairs like Zona Maco and Material, they often open some of their most important exhibitions or host closing receptions for their fall/winter exhibitions. This year offers an interesting mix of exhibitions with an emphasis on historical shows for 20th-century artists as well as shows for some of toda
  
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• See Frank Lloyd Wright’s Circular Sun House on the Market for $8.8 M.

  04-02-2026 21:00 via artnews.com
  Frank Lloyd Wright’s so-called Circular Sun House—the last design completed by the famed architect before his death in 1959—is up for sale for $8.8 million. The look is sleek and futuristic, with consummate rhythm and flow. The setting is a hilltop in Phoenix that offers breathtaking views of Palm Canyon and the sun-streaked city below.The listing from Realty ONE Group notes that the house was designed shortly before the opening of Wright’s iconic Guggenheim Museum buildi
  
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• London’s Stephen Friedman Gallery Abruptly Closes, Enters Insolvency Proceedings

  04-02-2026 19:45 via artnews.com
  Rumors have been swirling about London’s Stephen Friedman Gallery, especially after ARTnews reported on Tuesday that the gallery had pulled out at the last minute from a coveted spot at the inaugural Art Basel Qatar, which kicked off Tuesday in Doha. Now, ARTnews can confirm that the gallery has entered administration—the UK equivalent to bankrupcy proceedings—and is closed to the public. The gallery was founded in London’s Mayfair neighborhood in 1995. “S
  
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  04-02-2026 19:00 via zouchmagazine.com
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• The Best Booths at Art Basel Qatar from the Quietly Sensual to the Colorfully Quirky

  04-02-2026 18:51 via artnews.com
  Art Basel Qatar’s first edition doesn’t unfold in a convention center or a sealed-off fairground. Instead, it is embedded directly into the newly built Msheireb Downtown Doha. The fair spans two venues—the M7 building and the Doha Design District—set roughly two blocks apart, close enough that walking between the two doesn’t feel like a chore.M7 is framed as a working hub rather than a neutral exhibition shell. It is designed to support designers from concept to mar
  
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• Mnuchin Gallery to Close After Death of Founder in December

  04-02-2026 18:33 via artnews.com
  Mnuchin Gallery, the long-running Upper East Side establishment founded by Wall Street pioneer Robert Mnuchin, will close at the end of February.“For more than three decades, Mnuchin Gallery had the privilege of presenting exhibitions that fostered rare and sustained dialogue among scholars and audiences around some of the most significant art of our time,” the gallery said in a press release Wednesday. “In the wake of Robert Mnuchin’s passing on December 20, 2025, it is
  
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• Jeffrey Epstein Apparently Got Private Access to the Musée d’Orsay with Woody Allen

  04-02-2026 17:51 via artnews.com
  Jeffrey Epstein bragged to his friends about having gotten private access to visit the Musée d’Orsay in Paris with the filmmaker Woody Allen in emails released by the Department of Justice in January.On March 18, 2012, Epstein wrote to a recipient billed only as “junkermann,” “are you in paris„ the govt is going to open the musee dorsay for me and woody alien at 4.. youa re welcome.” The recipient was German entrepreneur Nicole Junkermann, who repeatedl
  
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• National Gallery of Art Acquires Artemisia Gentileschi Masterpiece

  04-02-2026 17:00 via artnews.com
  An Artemisia Gentileschi painting entered the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., marking the first work by the artist to join the museum’s holdings.The painting, titled Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy (ca. 1625), was thought to be lost until it resurfaced in 2011 in a French private collection. In 2014, it headed to auction at Sotheby’s, where it sold for $1.1 million, at the time notching a new auction record for Gentileschi.In the 12-year-long interval between
  
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• Restorer Admits Painting Likeness of Italian PM On Ancient Fresco, and More: Morning Links for February 4, 2026

  04-02-2026 16:06 via artnews.com
  Good Morning!Restorer admits to painting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome basilica and complies with Vatican orders to erase it.   Open letter demands curatorial independence at the Art Gallery of Ontario following decision not to acquire Nan Goldin artwork.Trump has plans to erect a controversial statue of Christopher Columbus on the White House grounds.The Headlines IT WAS HER. After repeatedly denying he had painted the likeness of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Me
  
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• Walters Art Museum Appoints New Chief Collections and Curatorial Affairs Officer

  04-02-2026 16:00 via artnews.com
  The Walters Art Museum has named Katherine Larson as its chief collections and curatorial affairs officer, a newly created position, and senior curator of Ancient Art. She will oversee curatorial operations, collections, conservation and research at the Baltimore institution and will take up her new role March 30, managing the exhibition calendar and fundraising for the museum, among other duties.“We are thrilled to welcome Katherine Larson into this role,” said museum executive dire
  
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• Open Letter Demanding More Curatorial Independence at AGO After Non-Acquisition of Nan Godin Work Collects 500 Signatures

  04-02-2026 12:37 via artnews.com
  Since news broke last month that Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) decided against acquiring a new work by Nan Goldin, the fallout has been fierce. The decision, prompted by trustee Judy Schulich, who reportedly branded the Jewish American photographer “antisemitic,” has led to calls for her resignation. It’s also renewed scrutiny of how wealthy donors influence museum governance.Schulich, a major AGO benefactor and executive with the Schulich Foundation, one of Cana
  
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• Comprehending Poker in the Gambling Enterprise Globe

  04-02-2026 06:02 via zouchmagazine.com
  Online poker has long been a staple of the online casino experience, personifying both skill and chance in a significant dance of technique and fortune. While the video game has ancient origins, its current form has actually progressed into a complex sensation, drawing in both novices and experts alike. This post dives deep into the world of casino poker within the gambling establishment setting, supplying visitors a detailed sight of its subtleties, variants, and cultural impact.
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• SVA Chair David A. Ross Resigns After Epstein Files Reveal Ties: ‘I’m Still Proud to Call You a Friend’ 

  03-02-2026 22:20 via artnews.com
  David A. Ross, a writer and curator who led museums nationwide, resigned on Tuesday from his position as chair of the MFA art practice program at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), a post he had held since 2009, after ARTnews revealed that he makes a number of appearances in the newly released tranche of documents from the Justice Department as part of the ongoing publication of information related to late sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in prison in 2019. The cor
  
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• Epstein Files Reveal Friendship with SVA Chair David A. Ross: ‘I’m Still Proud to Call You a Friend’ 

  03-02-2026 22:20 via artnews.com
  David A. Ross, a writer and curator who led museums nationwide and has since 2009 been the chair of the MFA art practice program at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), makes a number of appearances in the newly released tranche of documents from the Justice Department as part of the ongoing publication of information related to late sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in prison in 2019. The correspondence reveals what was apparently a close friendship, and one message
  
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• Scholar Argues Portrait of Albrecht Dürer’s Father in National Gallery Is Authentic

  03-02-2026 22:04 via artnews.com
  In a new catalogue raisonné, scholar Christof Metzger argues that The Painter’s Father (1497), a painting in the collection of London’s National Gallery, is in fact an authentic work by Albrecht Dürer.The Painter’s Father, gifted to King Charles I of England in 1636, has long been thought to be a copy made decades after Dürer’s death in 1528, based on a lost original. But in the new publication Albrecht Dürer: The Complete Paintings, Metzger—a
  
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• Jewish Heirs File Suit in French Court Regarding Met’s Ownership of Pissarro Painting

  03-02-2026 21:11 via artnews.com
  A painting by Camille Pissarro in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is under renewed scrutiny over the circumstances of its sale by its former owner, the department store magnate and art collector Max Julius Braunthal.As reported by the New York Times, seven of Braunthal’s heirs have filed suit in a French court, alleging that the painting, Haystacks, Morning, Eragny (1899), was sold under duress in 1941. The Met maintains that Braunthal received fair market value for the wo
  
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• 6 Books We’re Looking Forward to in Febraury

  03-02-2026 20:19 via artnews.com
  It’s probably for the best that this month’s most exciting art books favor the past, with the present as abysmal as it is. Curl up with a copy and escape to another century; if yesterday’s groundhog was correct, we have 6 more weeks of a winter marked by record-breaking weird weather across the globes
  
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• Art Basel Qatar Opens with Slow Sales and Plenty of Promise

  03-02-2026 20:09 via artnews.com
  Art Basel’s first edition in Doha opened this week with a noticeably different rhythm from the fair’s established outposts in Basel, Paris, Hong Kong, or Miami Beach. The Qatari fair’s format focused on fewer galleries, solo presentations, and a layout that encourages visitors to move slowly. The change was significant and widely praised on the floor by dealers and visitors. Disparate booths were suddenly in conversation with each other yet there was room for both the art, and
  
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• Hirshhorn Museum and Art Bridges Team Up to Lend American Artworks to Museums Throughout the US

  03-02-2026 19:57 via artnews.com
  The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., has announced a new, large-scale partnership with the Art Bridges Foundation. The initiative, called 50 for 50, will bring key artworks by American artists from the Hirshhorn’s collection to smaller museums throughout the US’s 50 states and Puerto Rico. The loans will be long-term, lasting three to five years, and will typically include several artworks chosen by each participating museum that will complement their existi
  
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• Hammer Museum Names Chief Curator and Launches Chief of Learning, Engagement, and Research Role

  03-02-2026 19:00 via artnews.com
  The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles announced two senior leadership appointments today: Michael Wellen will be chief curator, and Regan Pro will be chief of learning, engagement, and research, a newly created role. Wellen begins at the museum on April 6, while Pro will start on March 2.The chief curatorship at the Hammer, which oversees the museum’s contemporary art exhibitions and collection, publications, and registrar and preparator teams, has been vacant since 2023, when Connie Butler dep
  
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• Hammer Museum Names Chief Curator and Launches Chief Learning, Engagement, and Research Role

  03-02-2026 19:00 via artnews.com
  The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles announced two senior leadership appointments today: Michael Wellen will be chief curator, and Regan Pro will be chief of learning, engagement, and research, a newly created role. Wellen begins at the museum on April 6, while Pro will start on March 2.The chief curatorship at the Hammer, which oversees the museum’s contemporary art exhibitions and collection, publications, and registrar and preparator teams, has been vacant since 2023, when Connie Butler dep
  
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• Former French Culture Minister Jack Lang and His Daughter Caroline Lang Appear in the Epstein Files

  03-02-2026 18:21 via artnews.com
  Former French culture minister Jack Lang and his daughter, film producer Caroline Lang, are the latest art world figures revealed to have had ties with Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender. Correspondence between Epstein and the Langs appears in the documents published Friday by the US Department of Justice, and Caroline Lang has resigned from her position as a general delegate with the Syndicat des Producteurs Indépendants, a union of independent media prod
  
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• Jeff Koons Says He ‘Did Not Have a Relationship’ with Jeffrey Epstein After Appearing in Files

  03-02-2026 18:00 via artnews.com
  After correspondence between Jeff Koons and Jeffrey Epstein’s representatives emerged last month via a newly released set of files, the artist distanced himself from the convicted sex offender.Among those files is an email from Koons to Epstein’s assistant, confirming his presence at a dinner held at Epstein’s house, as ARTnews previously reported. Other documents in the newly released files show that Epstein sought a visit to Koons’s studio with filmmaker Woody Allen and
  
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• ‘Pain is a violent lover’: Daisy Lafarge on the paintings she made when floored with agony

  03-02-2026 16:54
  Suffering from a connective tissue disorder and enduring endless calls to try and get benefits, the poet and novelist turned to painting – resulting in work that could change perceptions of disabled peopleDaisy Lafarge was lying on the floor in excruciating pain when she started her latest paintings. A severe injury, coupled with a sudden worsening of her health, had left her unable to sit upright, while brain fog and fatigue made reading and writing impossible. So the award-winning noveli
  
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• Curator Ekow Eshun Picked to Organize Next SITE Santa Fe International

  03-02-2026 16:00 via artnews.com
  SITE Santa Fe has appointed independent curator Ekow Eshun as the organizer of the next SITE Santa Fe International. The exhibition’s 13th edition is scheduled to open in summer 2027.London-based Eshun, a former director of the Institute of Contemporary Art London, has recently drawn acclaim for organizing a number of high-profile exhibitions in the UK. In 2022, he curated “In the Black Fantastic” at the Hayward Gallery in London, which included 11 artists from the African dias
  
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