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• World Monuments Fund Commits $7 M. to Protect Global Heritage Sites in 2026

  11-02-2026 23:41 via artnews.com
  The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced that it will commit $7 million in 2026 to support 21 new preservation projects.Founded in 1965 and originally known as the International Fund for Monuments, the New York–based WMF has for the last 60 years worked to preserve more than 700 heritage sites across the globe.The organization’s 2026 funding will go to projects at places included on the organization’s 2025 World Monuments Watch List—a biannual, nomination-based list o
  
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• Tina Rivers Ryan Departs Artforum—Rachel Wetzler and Daniel Wenger to Lead Magazine as Co-Editors

  11-02-2026 23:15 via artnews.com
  On Wednesday, Artforum announced that editor-in-chief Tina Rivers Ryan will depart from her role at the end of February. She will be replaced by the publication’s executive editor, Rachel Wetzler, and editor Daniel Wenger, who will now serve as co-editors. (The editor-in-chief title will no longer be used.)Ryan, a curator, critic, and specialist in digital art, joined the publication in 2024, after serving as a curator at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum for seven years. She also spent time at t
  
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• Queens Museum Promotes Debra Wimpfheimer to Executive Director

  11-02-2026 23:02 via artnews.com
  The Queens Museum has named Debra Wimpfheimer as its next executive director. She replaces Sally Tallant, who departed last month ahead of taking on the directorship of the Hayward Gallery in London.Wimpfheimer, a Queens native, has worked for the museum for more than two decades. She first joined as the institution’s director of external affairs in 2002, a role she held until 2006, when she left to serve as director of special projects at Lincoln Center for just over a year, according to
  
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• No, The Gardner Museum’s Stolen Rembrandt Is Not in the Epstein Files, Despite Claims in a Viral Video

  11-02-2026 22:20 via artnews.com
  Wouldn’t it be fascinating if one of the greatest museum heists of all time was somehow associated with one of the most sordid crime rings in recent history? And wouldn’t it be great if you could get a piece of the $10 million reward? That was the prospect presented by a video by Instagrammer Emily Kaplan (whose handle is @newsnotnoise and whose slogan is “Truth > Agenda”), in which she says that two artworks stolen decades ago from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gard
  
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• Centre Pompidou’s New Jersey Museum Is Officially ‘Dead,’ Says Jersey City Mayor

  11-02-2026 21:46 via artnews.com
  A Centre Pompidou satellite museum that was expected to open in Jersey City is officially not happening anymore, the city’s Mayor said on Wednesday.The museum, officially known as the Centre Pompidou x Jersey City, would have been the only North American satellite operated by Paris’s biggest museum of modern and contemporary art, which is currently closed for renovations. The Pompidou also runs satellites in Shanghai and Málaga, Spain. Others are expected to open in Hanwha, So
  
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• David Bowie Will Be the Subject of the Next Immersive Exhibition Experience, Opening in London in April

  11-02-2026 21:11 via artnews.com
  The UK can’t seem to get enough of David Bowie. “David Bowie Is,” an exhibition about the late pop icon’s life, music, videos, and art, was organized by the V&A in London, where it opened in 2013 and proceeded to tour the world for five years. The V&A also recently opened the David Bowie Centre, a permanent installation of objects drawn from the musician’s 90,000-item archives, housed in the museum’s new storage facility in East London.Now comes &ldquo
  
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• Bonhams’ New HQ Opens, Lubaina Himid Wins PAMM Prize, and More: Industry Moves for February 11, 2026

  11-02-2026 18:48 via artnews.com
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week.Bonhams Opens New US Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan: The auction house’s official opening of its new 42,000-square-foot flagship at Steinway Hall comes with a month-long slate of exhibitions an
  
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• Bonhams’ New HQ Opens, Lubaina Himi Wins PAMM Prize, and More: Industry Moves for February 11, 2026

  11-02-2026 18:48 via artnews.com
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week.Bonhams Opens New US Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan: The auction house’s official opening of its new 42,000-square-foot flagship at Steinway Hall comes with a month-long slate of exhibitions an
  
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• Harmony Korine Talks About Creating New Worlds and Adding Emotion to AI

  11-02-2026 18:33 via artnews.com
  In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Harmony Korine—a filmmaker and multimedia artist whose boundless imagination has careened into painting, poetry, music, digital art, and pretty much every other artform that exists—talks about moving past his previous pursuits and going all-in on AI.From the Miami office of EDGLRD, the creative studio Korine started around the time of his infrared movie Aggro Dr1ft in 2023, the provocateur said he hasn’t read a book in decades and
  
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• Advocates for the Incarcerated Protest Removal of Artworks from UK Court Facilities

  11-02-2026 18:11 via artnews.com
  Cultural organizations and reformers in the UK are up in arms against government contractor Serco for removing artworks from court facilities in England and Wales. A February 10 report from Lay Observers, an independent monitor, found that Prisoner Escort and Custody Service, a government agency, provided artworks to all courts. Lay Observers found that only courts operated by prisoner transport company GEOAmey put the work on display. Some facilities operated by government contractor Serco
  
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• Iconic Baseball Painting by Norman Rockwell Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago

  11-02-2026 17:49 via artnews.com
  On Tuesday, the Art Institute of Chicago announced its acquisition of a study for The Dugout (1948) by Norman Rockwell. Donated by former governor of Illinois Bruce Rauner and Diana Rauner, it will be the first work by that artist in the museum’s collection.A popular painter of American everyday life, Rockwell (1894–1978) is most famous for his cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post magazine, which published over 300 of his artworks between 1916 and 1963. This oil study de
  
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• ‘Old Masters Are Back!’ New York Sales Set Records for Gentileschi, Michelangelo, and Rembrandt

  11-02-2026 17:40 via artnews.com
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.As an Old Masters auction started up in a packed room at Sotheby’s new Madison Avenue headquarters on Thursday morning, the auctioneer, David Pollack, made an unusual announcement. By far the top-priced work in the sale, a two-sided panel painting by Italy’s Antonello da Messina tagged at up
  
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• Louis Fratino, Ascendant Painter of Queer Intimacy, Joins David Zwirner

  11-02-2026 15:30 via artnews.com
  With his fame fast rising, painter Louis Fratino has joined David Zwirner, one of the world’s biggest galleries. Rather than cutting ties with his past galleries, as many artists do when they join a mega-gallery like Zwirner, Fratino will still be represented by Berlin’s Galerie Neu and New York’s Sikkema Jenkins Malloy, which helped make the artist famous in the city he calls home.Working in vivid figuration, Fratino has memorably painted bathers, fornicating lovers, dancers,
  
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• Dallas Art Fair’s Kelly Cornell Takes the Helm at Aspen Art Fair

  11-02-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  The Aspen Art Fair will return to the historic Hotel Jerome from July 29 through August 1, 2026, for its third edition, this time under the direction of Kelly Cornell, who will continue in her role as the head of the Dallas Art Fair.From her perspective, the pairing works because of the similarities she sees between the two fairs. She noted that both have strong communities, engaged collectors, and a commitment to quality. Both also occupy a space where there is room to grow thoug
  
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• Acquavella Plans 50-Work Matisse Exhibition This Spring

  11-02-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  This spring, Acquavella Galleries will stage one of the most ambitious gallery exhibitions of Henri Matisse in recent memory. “Matisse: The Pursuit of Harmony,” on view from April 9 through May 22, will bring together 50 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper that span roughly half a century of the artist’s career.For the gallery, the show is saturated with history. It is the first exhibition devoted entirely to Matisse at Acquavella since 1973, and comes at a time when
  
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• Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag from Stonewall Monument, MFA Boston to Create ‘People in Culture’ Position and Denies Targeting Minorities in Layoffs: Morning Links for February 11, 2026

  11-02-2026 14:55 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesPRIDE FLAG. Over the weekend, the Trump administration removed the rainbow Pride flag that flew from New York City’s Stonewall National Monument to gay rights, reports the Washington Post. The divisive move was traced to a January 21 federal order by the Interior Department, which states that National Park Service (NPS) property should
  
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• Ahead of a “Mammoth” Smithsonian Show, Nick Cave and Bob Faust Open Up About Collaborating as a Couple

  11-02-2026 14:00 via artnews.com
  Nick Cave and his longtime partner, artist and designer Bob Faust, moved into an abandoned textile factory on the northwest side of Chicago in 2018. The 18,000-square-foot building was dilapidated, so they spent three years renovating it into a mixed live-work-gallery space they named Facility. Upstairs is the couple’s chic but minimalist apartment; downstairs are studios where they and their 10 assistants labor amid tropical and desert succulents, a tidy profusion of fabrics and buttons a
  
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• Quartet of Works by Monet, Signac, Degas, and Léger to Headline Sotheby’s Spring Modern & Contemporary Sale in London

  11-02-2026 11:42 via artnews.com
  A quartet of masterpieces by Claude Monet, Paul Signac, Edgar Degas, and Fernand Léger will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s London this spring. The paintings are part of the house’s Modern and Contemporary evening sale on March 4 and have a combined high estimate of £24 million.Monet’s Maison de Jardinier (1884) spearheads the group. It was painted during the artist’s ten-week sojourn on the Italian riviera and conveys the famous garden of Francesco Moreno
  
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• TEFAF New York Names 88 Exhibitors for 2026 Edition at Park Avenue Armory

  10-02-2026 23:10 via artnews.com
  TEFAF New York will return to the Park Avenue Armory from May 15 to 19, 2026, with 88 exhibitors presenting modern and contemporary art, design, jewelry, and antiquities. An invitation-only preview will take place on May 14.The 2026 edition will bring together dealers from 14 countries across four continents. The roster includes nine new exhibitors and 78 returning participants, with four galleries rejoining after an absence.“The heart of TEFAF New York lies with its exhibitors,” Lea
  
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• With New Bill, Israel Moves to Expand Control Over Ancient West Bank Sites

  10-02-2026 22:40 via artnews.com
  Israel has unveiled a bill to oversee West Bank antiquities, drawing condemnation as a violation of international law and a further escalation of its annexation of Palestinian territory.The bill was approved for a first reading by the Israeli Knesset’s Ministerial Committee on Legislation on February 8. It would give Heritage Minister Amihai Eliyahu “sweeping authority” to appoint the governing council, designate antiquity sites, and expropriate land and artifacts across the We
  
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• Lauren Haynes Appointed Executive Director of Atlanta Contemporary

  10-02-2026 20:34 via artnews.com
  Atlanta Contemporary has named Lauren Haynes’s as its new executive director, effective March 16. She replaces interim ED Everett Long, who had been in the position since last summer.Haynes brings a wealth of curatorial experience to her new role, from institutions throughout the United States. She was most recently vice president of arts & culture and head curator at the Trust for Governors Island. Governors Island, in New York Harbor, has robust arts programming, including exhibition
  
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• Investigators Find Decades-Long Mismanagement, Corruption at China’s Nanjing Museum

  10-02-2026 19:31 via artnews.com
  An investigation into the Nanjing Museum, one of China’s premier state-run cultural institutions, found that decades of systemic mismanagement and corruption enabled the secret sale of national treasures into the private art market. According to the South China Morning Post, the scandal erupted last September after the museum was accused of selling donated paintings, prompting an investigation by Chinese authorities that has since focused on a former director. The publication reported
  
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• Prominent Collector and Navy Secretary John Phelan Rode On Jeffrey Epstein’s Private Plane

  10-02-2026 19:15 via artnews.com
  John Phelan, a prominent art collector and the current Secretary of the Navy, is revealed to have flown on the private plane of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2006, according to a report by CNN. Flight logs note that he flew from London to New York on March 3 of that year. The flight came four months before Epstein was first indicted in Florida for felony solicitation of prostitution.CNN reports that a close friend of the secretary confirmed that Phelan was on the flight, “but e
  
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• Bard College President Leon Botstein Scrutinized for Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

  10-02-2026 19:05 via artnews.com
  Longtime Bard College president Leon Botstein, who has helmed the influential liberal-arts school since 1975, is under fire after the release of email communications with Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender, suggest a relationship more personal than had been previously disclosed.On Monday, the New York Times reported that Botstein had sent Epstein a grateful note regarding a 2012 trip to the Caribbean that he recently claimed not to remember in detail—includ
  
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• Ali Eyal Wins Hammer Museum’s $100,000 Mohn Award

  10-02-2026 19:00 via artnews.com
  The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has announced the winners of the three prizes it gives out for each edition of its Made in L.A. biennial.Ali Eyal has won the Mohn Award, which comes with $100,000 and a Hammer-produced monograph on his work. Carl Cheng, who is in his 80s, won the Career Achievement Award, which comes with $25,000. Greg Breda was selected by public vote of visitors to the exhibition to receive the Public Recognition Award, which also comes with $25,000.Eyal and Cheng were selecte
  
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• Philadelphia Museum of Art Chief of Staff Departs as Tumult Continues

  10-02-2026 18:39 via artnews.com
  A period of turmoil at the newly rechristened Philadelphia Museum of Art continued on this week as two more senior staffers are set to resign from their posts.The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that chief of staff Maggie Fairs and CFO Valerie McDuffie will both vacate their posts. Fairs is expected to leave by the end of February while McDuffie’s final day will be Friday.Fairs was appointed to her post by Sasha Suda, who was fired in November from her post as director and CEO for an unspeci
  
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• Counterpublic Triennial’s 2026 Edition to Take Theme of ‘Coyote Time’

  10-02-2026 17:00 via artnews.com
  The upcoming iteration of Counterpublic, a triennial staged in St. Louis, Missouri, has announced the exhibition’s title and a number of its main venues around the Gateway City. The 2026 show will run September 12 to December 12.For their version of Counterpublic, the five-person curatorial team—consisting of Jordan Carter, Raphael Fonseca, Stefanie Hessler, Nora N. Khan, and Wanda Nanibush—chose “Coyote Time” as the title and theme. They have commissioned 50 artist
  
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• Frieze New York Names More Than 65 Galleries for 2026 Edition

  10-02-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  Frieze New York has named the more than 65 galleries that will participate in its upcoming 2026 edition, which will be the sixth iteration staged at the Shed in Hudson Yards.This year’s Frieze New York is scheduled to take place May 13–17, its timing comes closer to the middle of the month of May than usual in order to avoid conflicting with the professional days and opening of the 2026 Venice Biennale. The exhibitor list includes several of the world’s leading galleries includ
  
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• Five Artists Honored, Including Claire Fujita and Yuki Kobayashi—TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 Finalist Exhibition Opens

  10-02-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  Warehouse TERRADA, which supports emerging artists on the foundation of its art-storage business, opened the finalist exhibition for TERRADA ART AWARD 2025 on January 16. Works by five artists poised to shape the next generation are now on view.Related ArticlesUnleashing the Power of Art Through Artistic Resources: PIGMENT TOKYO Creates a Canvas Embracing People, Knowledge, and the Art of Tomorrow How Warehouse Terrada Turned Reclaimed Land at the Edge of Tokyo into Japan's Leading "Art Quarter"
  
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