March 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 Multiple museums, cultural sites damaged in Iran amid U.S.-Israel airstrikes by Adam Schrader for Urgent Matter. An update on how the escalating conflict is impacting museums and cultural heritage across the region.
Apollo Magazine
From the Editors, The art of insuring art
From the Editors, Russia makes controversial return to Venice Biennale after six years
The Art Newspaper
Sarvy Geranpayeh, Unesco sites in Iranian city of Isfahan damaged by US-Israel strikes
Mercedes Ezquiaga, Tomás Saraceno and Indigenous communities build art complex in Argentine salt flats
Mary Ceruti, Comment | What is the role of art museums in times of civic stress?
Ben Luke, Artists agonise over when a work is finished—but should we viewers care?
Sinbad Hammache, Pretty in pink: how Toulouse is establishing itself as a top arts destination
Simon Bainbridge, UK council criticised over sale of collection including works by pioneering photographer Tony Ray-Jones
Artforum
From the Editors, Chief Curator Julian Cox to Depart Beleaguered Art Gallery of Ontario
From the Editors, Ancient Egyptians Altered Book of the Dead with “Wite-Out,” Scholars Say
Artnet
Annikka Olsen, It’s Time to Give Annibale Carracci Some of Rembrandt’s Spotlight
Kate Brown, Beeple’s Robot Dog Pack Heads to the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin
Katie White, A Closer Look at the Posthumous JFK Portrait Seen in ‘Love Story’
Vittoria Benzine, You Can Now Tour Queen Elizabeth II’s Private Rooms in This Scottish Palace
Richard Whiddington, 3,300-Year-Old Papyrus Reveals How Ancient Egyptians Fixed Drawing Mistakes
Vittoria Benzine, U.K. Blocks Export of Record-Breaking Howard Hodgkin Painting
Richard Whiddington, Previously Unseen Dante Gabriel Rossetti Portrait Goes on View for the First Time
ARTnews
Leigh Anne Miller, Laura Phipps Named Director of Gochman Family Collection, Which Is Opening a New Exhibition Space in Katonah, N.Y., in Fall 2026
Andy Battaglia, 1,000-Year-Old Tomb in Panama Reveals Riches and Victims of Sacrifice
Brian Boucher, Legal Conflict Between Art-Dealing Brothers Escalates Into Competing Assault Accusations
Alex Greenberger, Met Museum Appears to Be Planning the First US Cy Twombly Retrospective in More Than 30 Years
Maximilíano Durón, 60 Percent of Sudan National Museum’s Holdings Have Been Looted, Officials Say
Tessa Solomon, Iranian Media Reports Damage to Chehel Sotoun, a UNESCO-Listed Palace
Anne Doran, Ancient Egyptians Used Correction Fluid to Fix Errors on Papyri, Researchers Discover
Daniel Cassady, Jonas Wood Turns Tennis Courts into Color Experiments in New Gagosian Show
Harrison Jacobs, Decades in the Making, Institut Restellini’s Amedeo Modigliani Catalogue Raisonné to Release Next Month
Daniel Cassady, Works by Es Devlin, Brian Eno, and Nan Goldin to Be Auctioned to Support Palestinian Aid
Alex Greenberger, Art Gallery of Ontario Deputy Director and Chief Curator Leaves in Latest Departure
Alex Greenberger, Venice Biennale Faces Mass Outcry Over Return of Russian Pavilion: ‘Normalizing What Cannot Be Normalized’
Daniel Cassady, UK TV Hosts Ant and Dec Seek Court Order to Trace Alleged ‘Secret Profits’ in Banksy Print Deals
Brian Boucher, This LA Exhibition of Julia Stoschek’s Video Art Collection Is the City’s Hottest Ticket
ArtReview
From the Editors, Lubaina Himid on Representing Great Britain at the 61st Venice Biennale
Nathan O’Donnell, After The Complex: The Dublin Art Scene
From the Editors, Art Collaboration Kyoto announces new leadership
From the Editors, Curators for 16th Baltic Triennial announced
The Brooklyn Rail
Ginevra de Blasio and Vittoria de Franchis, What is Radical?
From the Editors, Atelier dell’Errore
From the Editors, Diva Corp
Eliel Jones, Eliel Jones
Elizabeth Breiner, Elizabeth Breiner
Frieze
Sophia Cai, 7 Shows to See During the Biennale of Sydney 2026
Cassie Packard, Pat Oleszko’s Badly Behaved Blow-Ups
Vanessa Peterson, The Productive Doubt of Luigi Ghirri’s Images
The Guardian
Andrew Pulver, Turner & Constable review – excellent survey of two great rivals in English painting
Charlotte Jansen, Donna Gottschalk and Hélène Giannecchini / Deutsche Börse prize review – images to enrage, bamboozle and deeply move you
Angela Giuffrida, ‘A stage for whitewashing war crimes’: Venice Biennale urged to exclude Russia
Hyperallergic
Isa Farfan, Lebanon Gallerist Navigates Ongoing Israeli Airstrikes
Alicia Grullón, How a Texas Town Became an Art Project
Aaron Short, Thaddeus Mosley, Beloved Self-Taught Sculptor, Dies at 99
Nereya Otieno, Amoako Boafo Takes His Studio on the Road
Renée Reizman, Ali Eyal Gives Testimony
The New York Times
Zachary Small, After Venice Biennale Fallout, Artist Representing U.S. Signs With Mega-Gallery
Observer
Sarah Moroz, ARCOmadrid Balances Curatorial Quality With an Easygoing Spirit
Elisa Carollo, Two Legendary Collections Are Set to Dominate New York’s May Marquee Auctions
Elisa Carollo, Julia Jo Paints at the Threshold of Emotion and Psychical Presence
Urgent Matter
EDITOR’S PICK - Adam Schrader, Multiple museums, cultural sites damaged in Iran amid U.S.-Israel airstrikes: Iranian officials said blast waves from recent airstrikes shattered windows, dislodged tiles and damaged buildings in Isfahan and Khorramabad.
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