Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is Thousands of Art Nonprofits Command Billions in Assets. A New York Conference Sheds Light on an Under-Studied Sector by Brian Boucher for ARTnews. A new report examines the diverse landscape of private arts nonprofits, highlighting their shared challenges, contributions, and evolving role in the art ecosystem.
The Art Newspaper
Gameli Hamelo, New cultural centre focused on archiving Ghana’s history to open in Accra
Rachel Kubrick, Renoir show at London’s National Gallery sees record tickets sales ahead of opening
Osman Can Yerebakan, Dealers make moves around Manhattan
Mark Asch, Documentary traces Sara Flores’s journey from the Amazon to the pinnacle of the art world
Artforum
From the Editors, Trump Orders Smithsonian to Replace “Strange Modernist Sculpture” with Three-Story-High Washington Statue
From the Editors, Struggling School of Visual Arts Axes Photography MFA Program
From the Editors, Vincent Delieuvin Named Director of Louvre’s Painting Department
From the Editors, Stolen Eastman Johnson Paintings Recovered
Artnet
Jo Lawson-Tancred, Think You Know Yayoi Kusama? A New Show Asks Us to Look Closer
Vittoria Benzine, Knicks Legend Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordyn Woods Curate a Sotheby’s Auction
Ben Davis, A Plague of Padded-Out Art Shows—and Other Art World Matters
Vittoria Benzine, Dana Barnes’s Storied Studio Could Be Yours for $10.95M
ARTnews
Hikmat Mohammed, British Museum U-turns on Photography of Bayeux Tapestry, While Conservators Discover Two New Small Breaks After Arrival in UK
Leigh Anne Miller, Pro-Palestine Activists Protest at British Museum During Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition’s Opening Weekend
Andy Battaglia, 300-Pound Faun Sculpture Stolen from French Zoo in the ’90s Heads Home
Tessa Solomon, Prized Gertrude Abercrombie Painting, Priced at $30 at an Estate Sale, Heads to Auction for $250,000
Anne Doran, Using AI, Scientists Recreate the Sights and Sounds of 2,500-Year-Old Tombs
Tessa Solomon, Lawsuit Alleges Warhol Forgery Scheme Spanning Florida, Peru, and Philadelphia
Alex Greenberger, Charlie Kirk’s Widow Denounces Vandalism of Statue in Arizona: ‘His Instinct Was Always to Build, Not Destroy’
Daniel Cassady, Sotheby’s to Offer $90 M. in Art from Richard Hedreen’s Collection, Ahead of Major University Gift
Francesca Aton, Kennedy Center’s Future Hangs in the Balance as Report Warns of Imminent Closure
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, Net.Art Pioneer Olia Lialina on the Practice of Preservation
EDITOR’S PICK - Brian Boucher, Thousands of Art Nonprofits Command Billions in Assets. A New York Conference Sheds Light on an Under-Studied Sector: Stoa has gathered arts nonprofit founders and leaders in Paris and Venice, and now their starry convening is happening in New York.
Alex Greenberger, Arthur Jafa Addresses His Work for Kanye West: ‘I’m Not Into Discarding Black Folk Simply for Things They Say’
ArtReview
Martin Herbert, Who Is Maurizio Cattelan For?
From the Editors, Liang Shaoji, who made his art with silkworms, 1945–2026
From the Editors, Marlies Ritter, ceramicist who thought with her hands, 1941–2026
The Atlantic
Kelsey Ables, Why Does Donald Trump Hate This Sculpture?
Cultured
Sam Falb, How a Warhol Portrait Landed in the Middle of Carolina Herrera’s Spring/Summer 2027 Collection
Isabella Bernstein, Meet the Artist Behind Hermès’s Surreal New Window Display in New York
Frieze
Louisa Elderton, Georgia Gardner Gray Taps Into the Theatre of Stonehenge
The Guardian
Andrew Pulver, James McNeill Whistler review – painter’s work shines through attention-grabbing life story
Hyperallergic
From the Editors, Alfredo Jaar’s America
Hakim Bishara, Alfredo Jaar Is Still Trying to Change the World
Rhea Nayyar, Another Abstract Public Artwork Faces Trump’s Senseless Ire
From the Editors, Member Event: ISCP Ground Floor Studio Visits
Olivia McEwan, James McNeill Whistler’s Music for the Eyes
Isabella Segalovich, Keith Haring Mural May Decide the Fate of Public Art in Philly
Anna Lee, A Twisted Sculpture Lands on Manhattan’s High Line
Natalie Weis, Madelon Vriesendorp’s Subconscious Cities
Rhea Nayyar, Activists Protest Bayeux Tapestry Sponsor’s Ties to Israeli Settlements
Emiline Smith, Europe’s Art Theft Problem Is Much Bigger Than the Louvre
The New York Times
Walker Mimms, Camille Henrot, Polyglot of Arts and Letters, in the Triple Spotlight
Observer
Elisa Carollo, Genesis Belanger’s Classically Inspired Public Art Is a Commentary on Modern-Day Unease
Elisa Carollo, MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives Is Experientially Compelling But Curatorially Thin
Puck
Dan Duray, Inside Danh Vo
Vogue
Liam Hess, This Season’s LFW It Piece? The British Museum’s Bayeux Tapestry Merch
The Wall Street Journal
Kelly Crow, What Brice Marden’s Family Makes of His Legacy
Whitehot
Noah Becker, Terrence Sanders-Smith on the Life and Loss of His Son, Lucien Smith
Kurt Cole Eidsvig, Starting at the End: Roy Lichtenstein: 1997 at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Lara Pan, When Time Slows Down: Teodora Axente in Siena
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