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Connecticut’s Aldrich Museum Plans a Recurring Survey of Local Artists

The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut, will launch a new periodic survey called the Aldrich Decennial, which, as the name suggests, takes place every ten years. According to a

January 13, 2026

Arts

New Museum Sets Reopening Date in March

To receive morning links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews communication. headlines A new beginning. this new museum The institution announced Tuesday that it will reopen

January 13, 2026

Arts

New York’s New Museum to Reopen on March 21

New York’s New Museum announced on Tuesday that it will reopen on March 21 after being closed for two years. The facility was scheduled to reopen last fall. The new museum is

January 13, 2026

Arts

The New Museum Sets Reopening Date With New Artist Commissions

After more than three years of construction, the museum’s new building will open on March 21 and house an ambitious exhibition exploring how technology is changing what it means to be human.

January 13, 2026

Art and Design

Fired Philadelphia Art Museum Head Says CEO Title Was Nearly Removed

Sasha Suda said in her first extensive interview since being fired last year as director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art philadelphia magazine The board had tried to strip her

January 12, 2026

Arts

Simon Porte Jacquemus Is Staging Fashion Week Show at Picasso Museum

Simon Porte Jacquemus never seemed to meet a lemon, beach umbrella or museum he didn’t like. To wit: His next show is scheduled for January 25, at the end of the Paris

January 12, 2026

Arts

Holland’s Mauritshuis museum to lend Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Mauritshuis in The Hague announced Thursday that the most famous work in its collection is by Johannes Vermeer girl wearing pearl earringsWill be traveling to Japan this fall. The Japan Times

January 10, 2026

Arts

Columbia Museum of Art Opens Newly Configured Collection Galleries

The Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina, is unveiling newly reconfigured collections galleries to celebrate its 75th anniversary and culminate a year-long renovation. While the institution is currently hosting “Keith

January 9, 2026

Arts

Pokémon Pop-Up at London’s Natural History Museum Sells Out Ahead of Opening

London’s Natural History Museum is hosting a Pokémon pop-up store later this month, and the event has proven popular enough to have sold out of limited-time tickets before it even opened. according

January 9, 2026

Arts

Yoshiko Mori, Former Chair of Mori Art Museum, Has Died at 85

Yoshiko Mori, honorary chairman of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, died of pneumonia on December 23. She is 85 years old. The museum confirmed her death in a statement on Tuesday.

January 9, 2026

Arts

M HKA Says Government Plan to Dissolve Museum Is Illegal

The Flemish government’s plans to dissolve Antwerp’s much-loved contemporary art institution M HKA have come under further criticism, with a legal review launched by the museum now claiming the move is illegal.

January 6, 2026

Arts

The US’s Only Weather Museum May Have to Close Due to Poor Funding

The National Weather Museum and Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma, the only U.S. museum dedicated to weather artifacts, said late last month it was at risk of closing. Founded in the early

January 6, 2026

Arts

The Egyptologists’ Guide to the Grand Egyptian Museum

After more than a decade of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum devoted to a single civilization, has fully opened its exhibitions, including the long-awaited King Tutankhamun halls. Originally

January 6, 2026

Arts

‘Treasure Hunter’ Wanted as British Museum Tries to Find Lost Gold

The British Museum is searching for hundreds of stolen artifacts and plans to hire an expert to help track them down before they are lost forever. In 2023, the museum revealed that

January 5, 2026

Arts

‘Treasure Hunter’ Wanted as British Museum Tries to Find Lost Gold

The British Museum is conducting a high-stakes search for hundreds of stolen artifacts and plans to hire an expert to help track them down before they are lost forever. In 2023, the

January 5, 2026

Arts

After Audit, Baltimore’s Lewis Museum Says It’s On Road to Compliance

Leadership at the Reginald F. Lewis Maryland Museum of African American History and Culture in Baltimore is working to address issues uncovered in an Aug. 15 audit by the Maryland Department of

January 3, 2026

Arts

Erie Art Museum Won’t Return “Abandoned” Watercolor by George Demiel

The Erie Museum of Art responds to a lawsuit filed on November 7, 2025, by the daughter of a local artist seeking the return of a watercolor painted by her late father.

January 2, 2026

Arts

Shows, Museum Openings, and Biennials to Visit

While 2026 has barely even begun, the year already looks to be a busy one. The world’s biggest art festival, the Venice Biennale, is returning, headlining a year that will also see

January 2, 2026

Arts

Bad Bunny Gets Backlash from Mexico for Touching Museum Artifact

Bad Bunny strikes a nerve, not a heartstring, after touching an artifact on display at Mexico City’s Archaeological Museum. On Saturday, Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) publicly denounced the

December 31, 2025

Arts

Imperial War Museum Faces Criticism for Medal Gallery Closure

The Imperial War Museum (IWM) has faced criticism from Lord Ashcroft after it closed its long-running Victoria Cross Gallery and launched new virtual tours focusing on LGBTQ+ history. The museum’s upper floors

December 29, 2025

Arts

Cinema Icon Brigitte Bardot Dies, Olfactory Art Shines in Germany, Controversy at Imperial War Museum, and More: Morning Links for December 29, 2026

To receive morning links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews communication. headlines Sew it up. UK ministers to be liable for potential damages of up to

December 29, 2025

Arts

UK government insures Bayeux Tapestry during loan to British Museum

When the French Bayeux Tapestry is loaned to the British Museum in 2026, it will receive a guarantee of approximately £800 million ($1 billion) from the British Treasury. This means British taxpayers

December 29, 2025

Arts

For a Night at the Museum, Pajamas and Dinosaurs

Strolling through the American Museum of Natural History in pajamas was a night to remember for hundreds of kids and their brave parents.

December 27, 2025

Art and Design

China Launches Probe Into Alleged Art-Theft Scheme at Nanjing Museum

Chinese officials have launched multiple investigations into allegations that staff at the state-run Nanjing Museum secretly removed cultural treasures from the collection and sold them on the open market, allegations that have

December 23, 2025

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Connecticut’s Aldrich Museum Plans a Recurring Survey of Local Artists

New Museum Sets Reopening Date in March

New York’s New Museum to Reopen on March 21

The New Museum Sets Reopening Date With New Artist Commissions

Fired Philadelphia Art Museum Head Says CEO Title Was Nearly Removed

Simon Porte Jacquemus Is Staging Fashion Week Show at Picasso Museum

Holland’s Mauritshuis museum to lend Girl with a Pearl Earring

Columbia Museum of Art Opens Newly Configured Collection Galleries

Yoshiko Mori, Former Chair of Mori Art Museum, Has Died at 85

M HKA Says Government Plan to Dissolve Museum Is Illegal

The US’s Only Weather Museum May Have to Close Due to Poor Funding

The Egyptologists’ Guide to the Grand Egyptian Museum

‘Treasure Hunter’ Wanted as British Museum Tries to Find Lost Gold

‘Treasure Hunter’ Wanted as British Museum Tries to Find Lost Gold

After Audit, Baltimore’s Lewis Museum Says It’s On Road to Compliance

Erie Art Museum Won’t Return “Abandoned” Watercolor by George Demiel

Shows, Museum Openings, and Biennials to Visit

Bad Bunny Gets Backlash from Mexico for Touching Museum Artifact

Imperial War Museum Faces Criticism for Medal Gallery Closure

Cinema Icon Brigitte Bardot Dies, Olfactory Art Shines in Germany, Controversy at Imperial War Museum, and More: Morning Links for December 29, 2026

UK government insures Bayeux Tapestry during loan to British Museum

For a Night at the Museum, Pajamas and Dinosaurs

China Launches Probe Into Alleged Art-Theft Scheme at Nanjing Museum

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