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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/000028410014.jpg?w=1024″] The New York–based Swiss Institute has acquired the ground floor and lower level of 250 Bowery, which will become its permanent home when it opens in spring 2027. In an interview, Swiss Institute director Stefanie Hessler described the move as a “new chapter” in the institution’s history as it celebrates its 40th…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Arts14C_ArtOfTheGame__MG_0688_9ca071.jpg?w=1024″] A ceaselessly ticking clock, sweat-drenched players, and howling crowds: Soccer is a game of extremes. A few minutes spent watching a heated match proves why it is the most popular sport on earth. Fans obsess over what most of the world calls football for its glorious display of the desire to win.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2283364368.jpg?w=1024″] The Headlines VENEZUELA FALLOUT. The painter Onai Quiñonez is one of thousands still missing since Venezuela’s devastating double earthquake on Wednesday, June 24, reports Hyperallergic. His family has issued a call for help in rescuing the artist, whom they believe remains trapped under rubble from his collapsed residential building in the coastal town of Caraballeda in La…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-1126083994.jpg?w=1024″] Raphael’s epic fresco cycle, the Loggias, is getting a makeover.  The Vatican Museums launched a restoration of the Renaissance masterpiece this week, unprecedented in scale: more than 20 experts are set to clean the artwork spanning 65 meters (nearly 215 feet) in the Apostolic Palace, also known as the Pope’s residence. The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-980208008.jpg?w=1024″] Three years ago, in the summer of 2023, the Irish government formed a committee to advise museums and other cultural institutions on matters related to restitution and repatriation. That endeavor, known as the Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage, presented its final report last month. According to The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2213936264.jpg?w=1024″] The US State Department is now accepting design proposals for the 2027 Venice Biennale of Architecture, with stipulations echoing its application process for this year’s Venice Biennale: designs should “exemplify America’s exceptionalism,” and “advance and complement U.S. foreign policy and public diplomacy objectives.” Per the proposal submission guidelines, the ideal architectural design…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/9b312738653621.5769ec3172818.webp?w=1024″] Four panels of an interconnected painting by Norman Rockwell have gone on public view for the first time at the headquarters for the White House Historical Association, a “non-profit, non-partisan organization” a short walk from its namesake in Washington, D.C. The work ran under the headline “So You Want to See the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/site_1731_0005-1000-562-20250617154735.jpg?w=1000″] The Iron Age city of Sardis in western Turkey has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, marking a milestone in one of the longest-running archaeological projects in history. Every year since 1958, archaeologists have returned to the ancient city as part of the Harvard-Cornell Exploration of Ancient Sardis, and excavations are…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Sebastian-Smee-Photo-Banner-1024×442-1.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 Friday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week. Industry Moves Frank Trujillo Named Director of the Morgan’s Thaw Conservation Center: Trujillo joined the institution as…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/UAW25-Printed-Map-Shot-by-Sophie-Fabbri-of-BEST-e1782411842875.jpg?w=1024″] How time flies: Upstate Art Weekend, the annual arts festival spread across the Hudson Valley, returns this weekend for its seventh edition. Since its founding in 2020, the festival has grown from 23 participants to 160, with an additional open studios event in May that featured 240 artists. There are several additional…