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The Art Newspaper
Martin Bailey, Newly discovered Bernini painting to be unveiled at Vienna museum
Elizabeth Fortescue, Sydney’s A$915m Powerhouse Parramatta museum announces opening date and plans for ambitious space-themed exhibition
Gareth Harris, Collector couple to fund art history and AI fellowship at London’s Birkbeck
Mercedes Ezquiaga, Colombia earthquake damaged 40 protected sites and dozens more cultural assets, report finds
Edward Akrout, Comment | Kyiv must not let bureaucracy destroy the culture that Russian drones have already damaged
Elena Goukassian, US National Gallery of Art acquires paintings, sculptures and photographs spanning five centuries
Artforum
From the Editors, Rijksmuseum Receives Book of Drawings Made By Rombout van Uylenburgh
From the Editors, Judge Approves Trump Administration’s Paint Tests On Eisenhower Building
From the Editors, Alison Jacques Gallery Faces Lawsuit Over Canceled Sale Of Monica Sjöö Works
From the Editors, Former Owner of Frank Lloyd Wright Skyscraper Sues Media for Defamation
Artnet
Margaret Carrigan, ‘I Believe in the Power of Anachronism’: Alison Gingeras on Bringing Contemporary Art to an Antiquities Museum
Jo Lawson-Tancred, Monet’s Giverny Gardens Wither in Heatwave—and Other Art World Matters
Jo Lawson-Tancred, Gwangju Biennale Organizers Hit Back Against Political Censorship Claims
Vittoria Benzine, The Surrealist Couple History Forgot Is Finally Getting Its Due
Caroline Goldstein, Maya Lin Plans First Texas Piece—and Other Art World Matters
ARTnews
Maximilíano Durón, Armory Shows Announces Two Museum Acquisition Prizes, Launching at September Fair
Brian Boucher, How Asad Raza Makes a Show: By Creating Public Art for New York Rats
Devorah Lauter, Crushing Heat Waves in France Threaten Monet’s Gardens in Giverny
Brian Boucher, Artists, Collectors, Dealers Accuse San Francisco Dealer Jonathan Carver Moore of Nonpayment
Devorah Lauter, Sandy Lerner Cat-Themed Art Collection is Out of the Bag
Leigh Anne Miller, Speed Art Museum in Kentucky Is Repatriating 24 Objects to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
Maximilíano Durón, Bruce Museum Names New Chief Curator, Yusaku Maezawa’s Art-Filled $350 M. Yacht, and More: Industry Moves for August 19, 2026
Daniel Cassady, Christie’s and Sotheby’s Are Duking It Out to Secure Eccentric Collector Herbert Lust’s $60 M. Art Holdings
Daniel Cassady, Fakes Proliferate as South Asian Art Market Booms, Dealers Warn
Brian Boucher, MIT Study Finds that AI-Generated Images Often Can’t Be Traced Back to Their Sources
Maximilíano Durón, Marfa’s Chinati Foundation Plans Major Restoration of Artillery Sheds, Home to Donald Judd’s Iconic Aluminum Works
ArtReview
Martin Herbert, Franco Vaccari: Reverie Against Ruin
Jessica Lanay, The Interview: Nicholas Goodly
Financial Times
EDITOR’S PICK - Victoria Woodcock, How to start an art collection: Begin with your gut . . . and other advice from the experts
James Cahill, David Hockney’s life-defining friendship — and the art it inspired
Frieze
Gee Wesley, Masks and Misdirection: The Trickster Tendencies of Arnold J. Kemp
Ann Mbuti, Shamiran Istifan Lets Her Work Speak for Itself
The Guardian
Caroline Davies, ‘All the watering places are crammed with hot people’: on holiday with Dickens
Larry Ryan, Ref, I barely brushed him! The artist who’s painted all of Roy Keane’s red cards
Hyperallergic
Anna Lee, Speed Art Museum Returns 24 Native Artifacts to Oklahoma Tribes
Lisa Yin Zhang, Remembering Bou Meng, Mary Heilmann, and Kumantjayi (Walala) Tjapaltjarri
Tamar Boyadjian, Haroutiun Galentz’s True Colors
Valentina Di Liscia, Angie Nixon, Champion of Black Art and Culture, Wins Florida Senate Primary in Upset
Rhea Nayyar, MIT Students Can Now Borrow Works by Jennie C. Jones and Nayland Blake
The Los Angeles Times
Sharon Mizota, Imagined by Iranians amid war, made by artists in L.A.: How a powerful show was born
The New York Times
Wendy Moonan, Show of Houses by Dutch Modernist Architect Shines a Light on Gem in U.S.
Will Hienrich, From India, a God of Your Choice, to Display at Home
Observer
Amir Berbic, The Long View: What Qatar Can Teach Us About Investing in Culture
Elise Morton, Shezad Dawood’s “Skin of Dreams” Looks Forward as Well as Back
Lucas Gómez-Doyle, At MCA Chicago, Kenzi Shiokava Gets His Long-Awaited Solo Debut
Urgent Matter
Adam Schrader, Met union accuses museum of stalling arbitration over 110 challenged workers
Adam Schrader, Artist who worked as Austin lifeguard cleared by EEOC to sue the city
The Washington Post
Sydney Page, First jellyfish museum in the United States opens in Florida
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