June 10, 2026
Your morning brew of art world media
Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is How the World’s Great Artist Foundations Stay Solvent by Daniel Grant for Observer. How artist foundations and estates are expanding revenue through licensing, brand partnerships, and other income streams to support their long-term missions.
Art in America
Emily Watlington, Saidiya Hartman on Teaming Up with All-Star Artists to Imagine the End of White Supremacy
The Art Newspaper
Hadani Ditmars, International organisations and Lebanese culture ministry issue warnings amid Israeli capture of Beaufort Castle and strikes on Tyre
Aimee Dawson, Gaudí goes viral: TikTok partners with Sagrada Familia to livestream inauguration of finished tower
Gareth Harris, Victoria and Albert Museum to bring Istanbul to London in upcoming exhibition
Rachel Ashcroft, National Galleries of Scotland announces £56m funding boost for V&A East Storehouse-like gallery in Edinburgh
Gabriella Angeleti, The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC receives largest gift in museum’s history
Ben Luke, A brush with... Lisa Yuskavage—podcast
Artforum
From the Editors, Italian Arts Collectives Call For ‘General Cultural Strike’ On June 12
From the Editors, Galerie Templon Pares Back NYC Presence
From the Editors, Convicted Drents Museum Gold Thieves Must Serve 47 Months in Prison
From the Editors, Pine Cone–Wielding Child Damages Magritte Masterwork at Israel Museum
Artnet
Andrew Russeth, Lee Krasner Will Make Paris Debut via Gagosian, Olney Gleason
Vittoria Benzine, Amsterdam’s Grimm Gallery Expands With New Headquarters, Residency
Andrew Russeth, California Art Dealer Esther Kim Varet Falls Short in House Bid
Jo Lawson-Tancred, London’s Gallery Scene Is Full of Contradictions. Its Art Is, Too.
Margaret Carrigan, Sandra Jackson-Dumont Wants Museums to Survive. Things Have to Change
Vittoria Benzine, Steve Martin and Ann Philbin Team Up to Highlight Unsung Artist
ARTnews
From the Editors, Museum Rietberg’s A Kind of Paradise: Colonial-Era Photography in Contemporary Art is Balm for the Scars of European Conquest
Daniel Cassady, How the Pace Layoffs Went Down—And What Comes Next
Tessa Solomon, Three Men Convicted in High-Profile Dutch Museum Heist of Ancient Romanian Gold
Leigh Anne Miller, Here is the Artist List for the 16th Gwangju Biennial
Anne Doran, MoMA to Present the First Survey of Piet Mondrian’s New York Paintings
Harrison Jacobs, Art News, Indeed: NBA Star Victor Wembanyama Prepped For Finals Game By Sketching in Gramercy
Brian Boucher, Boy Punctures Magritte’s ‘The Castle of the Pyrenees’ With a Pinecone at the Israel Museum
Tessa Solomon, Professor at School of the Art Institute of Chicago Under Investigation for Referencing Palestine
ArtReview
Jenny Wu, Notes from New York: The Art of War
Agnish Ray, Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk: War in the Background
Sonja Teszler, Racheal Crowther: Smells Like Military-Industrial Complex
From the Editors, Gwangju Biennale 2026 announces artist list
From the Editors, Elfie Semotan, fashion photographer, 1941–2026
The Brooklyn Rail
Alfred Mac Adam, Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years, 1945–50
Alfred Mac Adam, Julian Schnabel: Italy Through Its Trees
Hearne Pardee, Philip Guston: Life with P.
Saul Ostrow, John Armleder: Ripple: Furniture Sculpture and Painting after 1982
Saul Ostrow, Katharina Fritsch
Cultured
From the Editors, Here’s What Art to See in New York Before the Wave of Summer Group Shows Hits
Danielle Mckinney, Artist Danielle Mckinney Explains the Story Behind Her Painting on CULTURED’s Cover
Financial Times
Caroline Roux, Do art museums need ‘botanical curators’?
Julie Belcove, Jenny Holzer found fame for her subversive slogans — now she’s turning FBI files into art
Frieze
Krzysztof Kościuczuk, The 7 Best Exhibitions to See in Basel and Zurich
The Guardian
Emma Madden, ‘It’s not about heroes and villains’: the triumphant return of long-lost indie I Shot Andy Warhol
Ben Eastham, ‘Making paintings at this moment is total folly’: the cosmic, chaotic art of Caragh Thuring
Jonathan Jones, Project a Black Planet review: spits out dreary academic theory where it should sing
Eddy Frankel, Cats, flowers and Harry Hill’s car on fire – RA Summer Exhibition review
From the Editors, Win a Tate membership, Tracey Emin merch and more
Hyperallergic
Lisa Yin Zhang, Nayland Blake Doesn’t Believe in Fixed Selves
Aaron Short, Artists Scramble to Rescue Works After Queens Building Fire
From the Editors, 7 Art Books You Should Read This Pride Month
Matt Stromberg, My Queasy, Forest-Scented Stroll Through LA’s New AI Art Museum
Channelle Chevelle Russell, Danielle Mckinney’s Portraits of Black Women at Rest
Rhea Nayyar, Child Punctures Magritte Painting With Pinecone at Israel Museum
Isa Farfan, SAIC Puts Professor on Leave After Palestine Reference
The New York Times
Clay Risen, Julio Le Parc, Op Art Master Whose Sculptures Moved, Dies at 97
Observer
Elisa Carollo, London Art Dealers Take the City’s Temperature
EDITOR’S PICK - Daniel Grant, How the World’s Great Artist Foundations Stay Solvent: Behind the philanthropy, the grants and the named galleries lies a surprisingly rigorous set of revenue streams.
Elisa Carollo, Ahead of Basel, London Gallery Weekend Put a Defiant, Energized City Scene on Display
Urgent Matter
Adam Schrader, Supreme Court declines Van Gogh ‘Sunflowers’ restitution case
Adam Schrader, Sharon Percy Rockefeller mysteriously listed again as MoMA trustee
Adam Schrader, Alma Allen says galleries withdrew Venice Biennale support after publicist’s advice
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