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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Kerry-James-Marshall-65.jpg?w=1024″] Helen Legg, the current director of the Tate Liverpool, has been appointed as artistic director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the institution announced Wednesday. Legg will start in the role in June and will be responsible for the institution’s exhibitions, collection, and public programs. Her tenure at the Tate…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Gagosian-Trading-Beauty-Valentina-Castellani-e1773850328531.jpg?w=1024″] When Valentina Castellani was invited to teach a class at New York University on the history of the art market from the Renaissance to today, she came up against one obstacle in her preparation of the syllabus, even despite her expertise in the matter, with longtime art market experience at both Sotheby’s…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/34495-0-w_720.jpg?w=719″] Paintings by Impressionist artist Claude Monet (1840–1926) are some of the most valuable artworks in the world; in 2019 his Meules (Haystacks) soared to $110.7 million at Sotheby’s New York, setting an auction record for an Impressionist painting that still stands today. From glowing haystacks painted at different hours of the day to his monumental…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2-2025-Portrait-Kamel-Photo.-Archives-mennour.jpg?w=1024″] The baton is being passed from an elder generation of French art dealer to a younger one, with the purchase of Galerie Malingue by dealer Kamel Mennour, who will take over Malingue’s 4,300-square-foot showroom at 26 Avenue Matignon in Paris’s Matignon district. “Located in a space with a long history in modern…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/24628-Jim-Irsay-Collection-Lot-201-Hammer-1.jpg?w=1024″] For a few days in March, Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries felt less like an auction house than a public exhibition of 20th-century mythmaking. Fans came to see Kurt Cobain’s guitar, Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger,” and John Lennon’s piano from “Sgt. Pepper” and Ringo Starr’s “Ed Sullivan” drum kit up close. Then the sales…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-451105346.jpg?w=1024″] Workers at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio have complained to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about headaches, nausea, and dizziness thought to be caused by a chemical sealant used on gallery floors. As reported Tuesday by the Columbus Dispatch, the museum used the floor sealing product GT 275…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2060241559.jpg?w=1024″] A major corporate sponsor of the Sydney Biennale, Australia’s biggest art exhibition, has withdrawn following allegations of antisemitism involving a DJ in its program. On Tuesday, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies filed a police complaint over comments allegedly made by US electronic music producer Zubeyda Muzeyyen, who performs as DJ Haram,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-567361497.jpg?w=1024″] A man caused $240,000 in damage to the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum in Seattle late on Monday night, according to a report by the local police. The Seattle Police Department did not name the man, saying only that he was 40 and that he was arrested for assault. The blotter report…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ParaSite-06272-3d-1536×1024-1.jpg?w=1024″] 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. Praise Shadows Hires Rebecca Hayes as Sales Director: Hayes will lead sales at the Boston gallery’s new…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Whiskey_Auction_Sothebys.webp?w=1000″] The news has not been great for the global spirits marketplace, as we’ve reported many times over the past year. Still, despite distilleries pausing production and corporate sales figures slipping, one bright spot seems to be in the auction market for rare and expensive whiskeys. One of the leading auction houses, Sotheby’s, released its 2025 Wine & Spirits Market…