March 25, 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 Introducing the Intelligence Report: The Year Ahead 2026 by The Editors of Artnet. Artnet’s 2026 Intelligence Report finds the art market stabilizing, with auction sales rebounding and demand shifting toward established artists.
Art in America
Christian K. Kleinbub, Raphael Died Before 40. His Met Retrospective Begs the Question: What If He Had Lived?
The Art Newspaper
Sophia Kishkovsky, Unesco-protected monastery in Lviv damaged by Russian drone strike
Larry Humber, Researchers at Art Gallery of Ontario identify painter and subject of 18th-century portrait of Black woman
Gareth Harris, Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District signs partnerships with 12 international institutions
Eddy Frankel, Ten must-see works in Art Basel Hong Kong’s new section
Lisa Movius, Pride of place: the rise of LGBTQ+ art in Hong Kong
Artforum
Bryan Barcena, Struggle Bus
From the Editors, Wagner Foundation Names Winners of $75,000 2026 Arts Fellowships
From the Editors, Hans Baldung Grien Portrait Declared National Treasure, Barred from Leaving France
From the Editors, Artist Ibrahim Mahama Says Police Attack in Ghana Put His ‘Entire Life On Hold’
From the Editors, San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum To Sell Daniel Libeskind–Designed Building
Artnet
EDITOR’S PICK - From the Editors, Introducing the Intelligence Report: The Year Ahead 2026: The latest edition of our biannual report provides a data-driven snapshot of the art world today.
Sarah Cascone, A Truck Driver Spent 20 Years Building a Miniature Model of New York City. Then, It Went Viral
Min Chen, The Antwerp Six at 40: A New Show Revisits Fashion’s Most Mythic Cohort
Jo Lawson-Tancred, Gabrielle Goliath Is Bringing Her Canceled South Africa Pavilion Show to Venice Anyway
Vittoria Benzine, More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum
Vittoria Benzine, Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries
Richard Whiddington, True Origins of King Tut ‘Curse’ Emerge in Newly Sold Letter
Sarah Cascone, At the Every Woman Biennial, Joy Becomes a Form of Resistance
ARTnews
Daniel Cassady, South Africa’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Sits Empty as Gabrielle Goliath’s Banned Work on Gaza Appears Nearby
Daniel Cassady, Hirshhorn Unveils First Sculptures for Revamped Garden Ahead of October Reopening
Alex Greenberger, Louvre Plans Its ‘Most Ambitious’ Painting Restoration Ever: A Refresh for Rubens’s Medici Cycle
Harrison Jacobs, Rashid Johnson Photographs Jay-Z for New GQ Cover Story
Andy Battaglia, 15th-Century Bellini Altarpiece in Venice to Be Restored While the Public Watches
Maximilíano Durón, Preservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Renovation of Kennedy Center
Anne Doran, Zurich Transfers Ownership of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Daniel Cassady, France Blocks Sale of Newly Discovered Hans Baldung Drawing at Last Minute
George Nelson, Newsmakers: Founders of Chicago’s Neighbors Fair on ‘Focusing on Quality over Quantity’
ArtReview
From the Editors, Bose Krishnamachari’s resignation from Kochi Biennale came after sexual harassment allegations
From the Editors, Cancelled Gabrielle Goliath pavilion to show outside of Venice Biennale
Travis Jeppesen, Li Yi-Fan: Poet of the Enshittosphere
Frieze
Ravi Ghosh, On the Familial Turn in Photography
From the Editors, Four Galleries to Watch in Milan
Lou Stoppard, Veronica Ryan and the Freedom of Fragile Materials
Ellen Mara De Wachter, Rachel Crowther on the Scent of Control
Bailey Trela, Michael Rakowitz and the Ghosts of Iraq’s Antiquities
Andreas Petrossiants, Italian Activists Fight for a Non-Militarist Future
The Guardian
Eddy Frankel, Angela de la Cruz review – wonky chairs and busted pianos are monuments to resilience
Philip Oltermann, South African work banned from Venice Biennale to be shown outside main event
Mason Currey, Shoplifting, sex shows and sheepdog-breeding: great artists and the side-hustles they did to get by
Veronica Esposito, ‘What a fascinating challenge for an artist’: how Monet captured Venice in his twilight years
Olivia McEwan, Michaelina Wautier review – an astounding lost artist steps out of her male contemporaries’ shadows
Hyperallergic
Curtis Brodner, Despite Uncertainty, Gulf Art World Projects Normalcy
Steven Weinberg, How to Make a No Kings Protest Sign
Natalie Jenkins, 10 Exhibitions to See in Chicago This Spring
Farren Fei Yuan, DHS Appropriates Japanese Artist’s Work in Racist X Post
Rhea Nayyar, Internet Goes Wild for The Met’s Newly Acquired Mannerist Painting
The New York Times
Jori Finkel, Their Ancestor Was an Enslaved Potter. They Are Battling to Recover His Legacy.
Andrew Russeth, Through Bamboo, a Swedish Artist Explores Her Family’s History
Observer
Christa Terry, Meet the Collector: Dwight Cleveland On Turning Hollywood Ephemera into Museum-Worthy History
Elisa Carollo, New Alternative Fairs Kick Off Hong Kong Art Week With Fresh Energy
Elisa Carollo, Serakai Studio Launches a New Cross-Disciplinary Cultural Lab in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang
OCULA
Zian Chen, Mixed Messaging
Shanyu Zhong and Zian Chen, The Shows and Sights Not to Miss During Hong Kong Art Week
Philippa Kelly, Ai Weiwei Will Re-enact Prison Detention in 24-Hour Performance
Philippa Kelly, Banned South African Pavilion Artist Defies Government With Venice Show
Aimee Walleston, Agosto Machado, Chinese-Spanish-Filipino-American Artist, Has Died
Puck
Marion Maneker, Raphael Gets the Full Met Treatment
Vogue
Stephanie Sporn, At Lévy Gorvy Dayan, an Underrated Italian Master Gets His Biggest American Showcase in Decades
Wallpaper
Hannah Silver, Painter Hurvin Anderson’s blend of memory and history is mesmerising at Tate Britain
Hannah Silver, The Venice Art Biennale is nearly upon us. Here are eight things we are looking forward to so far
Sofia Hallström, Inez & Vinoodh celebrate their 40-year career with a major exhibition in The Hague
The Wall Street Journal
Cammy Brothers, ‘Raphael: Sublime Poetry’ Review: A Renaissance Master’s Staggering Range
Whitehot
Claire Gemima, My Silence Is Made of Explosions - A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Women Surrealist Photographers
John Drury, Book Review: Art Brut Cuba by John Drury
Serena Hanzhi Wang, Interview: Creative Technologist Simi Gu and the Art of Worldbuilding
Carlota Gamboa, The Origins and Communities of The CAMP Gallery
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