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The curling venue during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, with athletes competing on the ice under arena lighting.

Law & Politics

Olympic Opening Graphic Altering Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man Draws Scrutiny Over Broadcast Authority

An edited version of Leonardo da Vinci’s drawing appeared in the opening sequence of Italy’s Winter Olympics coverage, prompting parliamentary questions and renewed scrutiny of cultural authorship within Olympic broadcast governance.

Exterior view of California College of the Arts’ Hooper Street campus in San Francisco, showing the school’s open, urban-facing architecture.

Field Notes

When an Art School Is Still Thinking

As California College of the Arts prepares to close as an independent institution, its final years reveal a widening gap between cultural vitality and institutional survivability.

Lisa Phillips, longtime director of the New Museum, photographed in 2025

Field Notes

Lisa Phillips to Step Down as New Museum Director Following 2026 Reopening

After overseeing the New Museum’s transformation and expansion, Lisa Phillips will retire in April 2026, following the institution’s public reopening.

Rendering of the New Museum’s OMA-designed expansion on the Bowery in New York

Field Notes

New Museum’s Expanded Home to Open in March 2026, Marking a New Phase on the Bowery

The New Museum will reopen in March 2026 with an OMA-designed expansion that doubles its footprint and reshapes its Bowery campus.

Archival provenance documents and valuation files arranged on a desk, reflecting the fragile role of documentation in contemporary art authentication.

Art & Tech

Why Provenance Is Failing Under Artificial Intelligence

As generative systems turn narrative coherence into a cheap resource, the art market confronts a deeper problem: documentation can no longer bear the evidentiary weight it was never designed to carry.

Latest Art News

The Color of 2026 Is White — and That Is Not a Neutral Choice

White as the Color of 2026 reflects how restraint, neutrality, and control increasingly shape contemporary art and its institutions.

Visitors outside the Louvre as the museum faces growing operational and structural pressures following a challenging year.

Law & Politics

Louvre Faces Mounting Strain After a Year of Converging Pressures

After a turbulent year marked by staffing unrest, infrastructure stress and debate over a major renovation plan, the Louvre is navigating intensifying pressure over how it balances long-term ambition with day-to-day operations.

Collectors and galleries navigating an art fair environment where visibility, pacing, and positioning are carefully managed.

Art Market Watch

The Market Is Now Structured to Avoid Exposure

The art market has reorganized around exposure avoidance—reshaping liquidity, framing, pacing, and decision-making without altering surface stability.

Exterior view of the British Museum in London, a neoclassical stone building with columns and a broad forecourt.

Field Notes

The British Museum’s Three-Year Solution to Restitution Gridlock

The British Museum’s long-term loans to Mumbai signal a new soft-power approach to restitution pressures, reframing ownership disputes through time-bound circulation and curatorial partnership.

Modern exterior of the Museum of Liverpool by the River Mersey.

Law & Politics

Arts Council England Review: Trust, Funding & Reform Explained

An independent analysis of the Hodge review of Arts Council England, examining trust, bureaucracy, funding reform, touring, and the arm’s-length principle.

Artists and the public overwhelmingly reject proposals allowing AI to train on creative work without consent or payment.

Art & Tech

UK Artists Demand Stronger Copyright Rules for AI Training

Public opposition grows as UK artists challenge AI copyright plans that could allow tech firms to train models on creative work without payment.

Press Image: Pantone’s Color of 2026, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer

Trends & Attention

Color of 2026: Why Pantone’s White Divides the Art World

Pantone names white as the Color of 2026. Cloud Dancer sparks debate across contemporary art, design, and visual culture.