Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Move over New York and LA: red states are the new home for art by Melanie Gerlis for Financial Times. Rising costs and growing investment are driving art-world professionals toward more affordable and collaborative cultural hubs in cities like Austin, Houston, and Atlanta.
The Art Newspaper
Kabir Jhala, Peter Nagy—Nature Morte gallery founder who transformed Indian contemporary art market—has died
Alexandra F. Coego, House museum of Spanish ‘master of light’ Joaquín Sorolla reopens in Madrid
Deborah Nash, Roll up, roll up! Exhibitions celebrate the splendour of the circus and the artists it inspired
Carlie Porterfield, Small is beautiful: boutique fairs bring fresh ideas to London’s Frieze Week
From the Editors, Frieze London Diary: have your toilet cake and (don’t) eat it, dig out your pennies in Bloomsbury, and spot the fashion legends
Rachel Kubrick, Gothic church hosts Bagri Foundation’s first London show
Caroline Roux, From Belgian diesel tanks to Ivory Coast medallions, PAD London fair offers an eclectic mix
Melissa Gronlund, Artist Gabrielle Goliath brings cancelled Venice Biennale work to London
Phin Jennings, Gallery Climate Coalition’s ‘10% Of’ fundraising initiative returns to Frieze London for a second year
Phin Jennings, Frieze Artist Award winner Theo Triantafyllidis’s spider sculpture aims to bring people together
Annabel Keenan, Venice Biennale closing celebration to feature aria from artist Tammy Nguyen’s first opera
Patricia McIlreavy, Comment | Arts and culture belong in disaster recovery
Artforum
From the Editors, Descendents Of Lenepveu Threaten Legal Action Over Paris Opera Ceiling
From the Editors, Architect Junya Ishigami Wins Inaugural $100,000 Barragán Prize
From the Editors, Prague to Welcome First International Contemporary Art Fair in 2027
From the Editors, Qing Dynasty Ceramics on Display at British Museum Found Damaged
From the Editors, After Founder’s Untimely Death, New Owners for NYC’s Lubov Gallery
From the Editors, Family Demands Return of Work Made by Enslaved Potter David Drake
Artnet
Richard Whiddington, Sofia Bassi’s Market Is Heating Up as Female Surrealists Get Their Due
Min Chen, Frank Lloyd Wright Saw Red Over the Guggenheim’s White Facade
Adam Lindemann, Lunch With Adam: Met Curator Alisa LaGamma on Repatriation, the Revitalized Rockefeller Wing, the Benin Bronzes, and More
Annie Armstrong and Andrew Russeth, Where the New York Art World Eats: A Guide by Artnet News and Caper
Min Chen, Cyndi Lauper on the Art Behind Her Maximalist Looks: ‘Using Color That Would Explode’
ARTnews
Maximilíano Durón, A Long-Awaited Art Museum in a Former Renault Factory Finally Arrives on Paris’s Idyllic Île Seguin
Hikmat Mohammed, Dealer Adam Shopkorn’s Alternative Route to Frieze London With Haitian Artist Myrlande Constant
Tessa Solomon, Blackpink Superstar Rosé Tapped for LACMA’s Art+Film Gala
Tessa Solomon, After Algae Crisis and Vandalism Claims, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is Refilling
Brian Boucher, Pope Leo Addresses Global Museum Directors, Who ‘Safeguard a Heritage That Belongs to All Humanity’
Daniel Cassady, A $25 M. Tribeca Apartment Is Being Sold with a Keith Haring Mural
Alex Greenberger, Peter Nagy, Adventurous Artist Turned Sharp-Sighted Dealer, Dies at 67
Leigh Anne Miller, Getty Images Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Following Failed Merger with Shutterstock
Hikmat Mohammed, Chanel Culture Fund and Cindy Sherman Collaborate on Arts & Culture Magazine Ahead of Hauser & Wirth Exhibition
Andy Battaglia, Wynwood Walls Mural Museum Launches Free Admission for Miami Residents with Funding from Rockstar Games
Hikmat Mohammed, 7 Exhibitions to See in London During Frieze Week, From Shocking ’90s Artworks to Renoir Masterpieces
Daniel Cassady, French Police Foil Suspected Plot to Rob Fondation Maeght After Recovering Stolen Renoirs
Alex Greenberger, New York’s Lubov Gallery to Remain Open Under New Ownership After Founder’s Death
Alex Greenberger, Ancient Fayum Mummy Portrait Gets Fresh Restoration, With Rare Plans to Leave Egypt for Italy
ArtReview
Ella Frears, Anne Carson Wins the Nobel Prize, and Everyone Is Happy
Hok-hang Cheung, Chen Qiulin: Where Does the Past Live?
Adam Sudewo, The Evolving Language of Indonesia’s Local Craft
Peter Brock, Hanna Hur: Between Thinking and Feeling
The Boston Globe
Lauren Daley, From Fenway Park to Market Basket, Boston inspires this Somerville watercolor artist
The Brooklyn Rail
Philip Kelleher-Rios, Gabriel Martinez: Article
Justin Duyao, The 2026 Converge 45 Triennial: Here, To you, Now
Alfred Mac Adam, John Constable: The Landscape Reimagined
William Corwin, Seismic Shifts: Filippo Marignoli in Spoleto
Saul Ostrow, Gordon Matta-Clark: New Openings Against Old Surfaces: On Gordon Matta-Clark’s Walls Paper
Financial Times
Jackie Wullschläger, Photography’s subversive power shines through the dross in Tate Modern’s Light and Magic
Caroline Roux, Théo Mercier’s world of curious things
EDITOR’S PICK - Melanie Gerlis, Move over New York and LA: red states are the new home for art: Scenes are flourishing in Texas and Georgia as professionals and creative talent head inland
Julie Belcove, Stan Douglas: ‘The things AI steals are always better than the things it makes’
Ariella Budick, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock — a marriage that sustained and constrained
The Guardian
Eddy Frankel, Larger Than Life review – Wallace, Gromit and the gang say cheeeese for hilarious Aardman origin story
Chris Osuh, 50 years on from Arts Britain Ignores: how much has changed for black and Asian artists?
Hyperallergic
From the Editors, Roy Lichtenstein Was All Style
Rhea Nayyar, NYC Artists Open Their Doors
Emma Cieslik, “Cornell 7” Case Sparks Fury and Protests in Solidarity With Jane Doe
Anna Lee, Art Films We Look Forward to Watching at DOC NYC
Eileen G’Sell, Sara Flores Paints What the World Stands to Lose
John Yau, Roy Lichtenstein Has Lost His Luster
Rhea Nayyar, Utah Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Nine Mile Canyon Construction Project
Anna Lee, Karachi Biennale Cancels Fifth Edition Over “War Conditions”
Valentina Di Liscia, Jonathan Nez on Indigenous Perseverance
The Los Angeles Times
Laura Zornosa, Rosé is LACMA’s ‘number one girl’: She’ll perform at its upcoming Art + Film Gala
The New York Times
Zachary Small, Sculptors Panic as Specialty Plaster Used in Artworks to Be Discontinued
Kin Woo, Andreas Schulze’s Collection of Spritzdekor Ceramics
Observer
Elisa Carollo, Why James Brett Wants to Retire the Term “Outsider Art”
Elisa Carollo, The Haas Brothers On Finding Magic in Math at Marianne Boesky
Jasmine Lobe, At Storm King’s 2026 Gala, Sculpture Met Sky
Roberta Naas, Patek Philippe’s Milan Exhibition Is a Love Letter to Rare Handcrafts
Elisa Carollo, Public Gallery Built Its Reputation by Letting Artists Take the Lead
Elisa Carollo, The Must-See London Exhibitions Beyond Frieze
Emily Zemler, The London Restaurants With the Most Impressive Art Collections
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