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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/ART371533-1.jpg?w=1024″] Joseph Beuys was full of contradictions—in his art and in his life. Born in Krefeld, Germany, in 1921, he enlisted in the Hitler Youth months before membership was mandatory. At 18, he worked in a circus, and two years later, he volunteered for the Nazi Air Force. After serving on the front…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/News-20260210-Iraq-Charax-Spasinou-Aerial-Walls.jpg?w=1024″] An international team of researchers has confirmed the rediscovery of the lost city of Alexandria on the Tigris in Iraq. Founded by Alexander the Great (356 BCE–323 BCE), whose brief empire stretched from Greece to the Indus River and encompassed swathes of Europe, the Middle East, and Central and South Asia, it…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GettyImages-2256579812.jpg?w=1024″] The board of directors the Kennedy Center voted on Monday in favor of President Donald Trump’s proposal to shut the institution down for two years, according to the Associated Press. The closure will begin after celebrations there on July 4, marking the 250th anniversary of the United States. When Trump announced plans…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2023-08-18_Timothy_Taylor_Gallery_02_v3_100dpi.jpg?w=1024″] The London-based gallery Timothy Taylor will close its New York outpost next month at the conclusion of its current show for James Prapaithong, after nearly a decade of operation in Manhattan. The decision was made “to ensure the long-term stability of the gallery and the community around it,” the gallery told ARTnews.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/GettyImages-2221372230.jpg?w=1024″] Maria Balshaw, who in December announced her plan to step down from her role as director of Tate since 2017, said that UK chancellor Rachel Reeves should incentivize donations to museums’ endowment funds by offering bigger tax breaks to would-be philanthropists. In an interview with the Financial Times, Balshaw said, “The government…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-2182689138.jpg?w=1024″] Blue shields now guard 34 archaeological sites across Lebanon, as the country moves to protect its cultural heritage amid escalating air and ground assaults from Israel, the Lebanese Culture Ministry announced Sunday. The shields signal that the sites are protected under international agreements regarding cultural property during wartime. Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/small-Monet-Painting-Time.jpg?w=1024″] The Tate’s four national museums—Tate Modern and Tate Britain, in London, plus branches in Liverpool and St Ives—have announced their exhibition programming for 2027. One of the more high-profile shows is “Monet: Painting Time,” Tate Modern’s first solo show dedicated to the French Impressionist. “Painting Time” is co-organized with Paris’s Musée de…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-1151392973.jpg?w=1024″] In 1951, a 16-year-old Paula Rego wrote to her mother after visiting an Edvard Munch exhibition, the Guardian reported Sunday, in a newly uncovered letter. “It’s so impressive that you can’t imagine,” Rego wrote, years before she would emerge as the Iberian Peninsula’s preeminent figurative painter, known for her searing visions of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2217872022.jpg?w=1024″] When the National Endowment of the Humanities announced in January its first round of grants since the start of President Donald Trump‘s second term, one recipient stood out from the rest: Grand Central Atelier. Based in Queens, the New York art school was awarded $2 million, one of only a handful that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GettyImages-1201959953.jpeg?w=1024″] The Bank of England (BOE) announced last week that the next generation of banknotes it will issue will feature depictions of wildlife native to the UK, rather than historical figures, including painter J.M.W. Turner. The decision comes after the BOE held a consultation in July 2025 asking the public to vote on…