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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/hyundai-image2.jpg?w=936″] Though separated by roughly 6,000 miles, the New Museum and Korea’s Ulsan Art Museum have never been closer. The two institutions today announced a multi-year partnership as part of the Hyundai Translocal Series, an initiative by the Hyundai Motor Company. The collaboration begins with a new commission by Singaporean multimedia artist and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Brent-Leggs-Headshot_NTHP-2025.jpg?w=1024″] The board of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a Congressionally chartered nonprofit involved in lawsuits against Donald Trump’s plans for a new White House ballroom and a reimagined John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, elected Brent Leggs as its new president and chief executive. As reported by the New…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-1240309903.jpg?w=1024″] Charles Hinman, known for his three-dimensional shaped canvases, died on May 29 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was 93. The news was first reported by the New York Times. Born in 1932 in Syracuse, New York, Hinman received a BFA from Syracuse University before moving to New York to study at the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/4.-Pablo-Picasso-Still-Life-with-Basket-of-Fruit-and-Flowers.jpg?w=1024″] The Courtauld Gallery in London announced this week that it will put on view works from the Reuben Collection alongside works from its own holdings this fall. Opening September 18, the exhibition, titled “Modern Painting from the Courtauld and Reuben Collections,” will feature works by Paul Cezanne, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Amedeo…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1074451604-1.jpg?w=1024″] Police raiding a house in the Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne on June 15 got a welcome surprise when they stumbled upon a stolen Pablo Picasso painting. Though the specific canvas has not yet been identified, it is reported to depict the artist’s lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, reports Le Parisien, which indicates…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Office_approx_21_x_14_cm_ABB26__Messeplatz__Messeplatz_Project__N_HiRes.jpg?w=1024″] With the close of business on Sunday, the 2026 edition of Art Basel in Switzerland is a wrap. For most collectors, it’s time to jet off to Mallorca—though for the true diehards, there’s always another convening point. (The London sales or Upstate Art Weekend, anyone?) Coming off two lackluster years, the first…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2282325176.jpg?w=1024″] Germany and the Netherlands have agreed to return 2,000 culturally significant artifacts to Ghana, which were taken from the country during the colonial era. The announcement was made at Next Steps, a conference held last week in the Ghanaian capital of Accra. The conference, hosted by John Dramani Mahama, the president of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-2281335004.jpg?w=1024″] The chaos and confusion that have roiled the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since President Donald Trump set it in his sights continues as the institution’s management said it won’t reschedule shows even though its proposed closure was blocked by a federal judge. As reported by U.S. News &…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.artnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GettyImages-1781755821.jpg?w=1024″] Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, known for his optical and kinetic artworks, has died at 98. The news was reported by outlets including the Times of Israel, Haaretz, and the Jerusalem Post. The son of an Orthodox rabbi, Agam was born Yaacov Gipstein in Rishon LeZion, Palestine (now Israel), in 1928. After studying…