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Banksy's a Girl With Balloon print on display at gallery.

Latest Art News

A Desperate Smash-and-Grab for a Banksy Leaves London Holding Its Breath

A midnight break-in, a £270,000 print, and a debt collectors’ shadow — how a fragile artwork survived a violent detour through London’s underbelly.

The Grand Palais during a bustling Paris art fair, as debate over a proposed art-ownership tax casts a shadow over the market’s momentum.

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France’s Art Market Erupts as Lawmakers Float Tax on Simply Owning Art

A proposal inside France’s 2026 budget jolts the cultural sector, sparking warnings of market contraction, museum loan freezes and an exodus of collectors.

Jane Birkin and her original black leather Hermès Birkin prototype

Art Market Watch

The $10 Million Birkin That Won’t Be Sold: Why Valuence Is Sending the Original Into Public View

Valuence Japan stunned the luxury world by declaring the first-ever Hermès Birkin will travel through museums instead of returning to the private market.

Buyers flood back to blue-chip names, outsider art, and emotionally grounded photography.

Latest Art News

Art Market Trends 2025: Why Collectors Are Returning to Blue-Chip Classics

From Old Masters to photography, buyers are abandoning digital speculation and seeking stability in proven, historically grounded art.

Guard facilities and barbed-wire fencing at concentration camp on a grey day.

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Scandal in Neuss: Outcry Forces German Auction House to Pull Holocaust Relics

A planned auction in Neuss offering letters and documents from Nazi concentration camps was abruptly cancelled after survivors, diplomats, and cultural officials denounced the sale as a betrayal of historical dignity.

Conceptual image of a person’s silhouette with neural light patterns, symbolizing the brain’s calm reactivation during deep visual focus

Latest Art News

The Human Brain Was Never Built for This Pace

Flick, scroll, refresh — our attention splinters into a thousand bright fragments.

Aerial view of Manhattan skyline at dawn, as auction week approaches.

Art Market Watch

Billion-Dollar Week: Sotheby’s Bets Big on a Reawakened Art Market

With $1.4 billion in art sales on the line, Sotheby’s and its rivals are gambling on a long-awaited revival — and a new generation of collectors ready to change the rules.

The White House seen in daylight, framed by green lawns and clear skies.

Latest Art News

When Washington Turns Away: How Federal Cuts Are Draining America’s Museums

A new wave of federal cutbacks is stripping U.S. museums of lifelines — shuttering programs, slashing grants, and leaving culture itself to fight for survival.

Exterior view of the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, showing the red-brick architecture of Fulbright College

Field Notes

The New Vanguard: How the University of Arkansas Is Rewriting the Rules of Art History

The University of Arkansas’s tuition-free MA in Art History, fueled by museums and open borders of creativity, is quietly redefining how the next generation studies — and shapes — American art.

Gleaming 18-karat gold toilet in a stark white gallery, its curved surfaces reflecting spotlights like liquid metal.

Art Market Watch

The $10 Million Throne: Cattelan’s “America” Tests What We’ll Pay To Flush

Maurizio Cattelan’s “America” heads to Sotheby’s with a starting bid pegged to the price of gold — a flushable referendum on value.

The heart of Venice’s Biennale beats on — but America’s place in it hangs in the balance

Latest Art News

America Without a Pavilion: When Bureaucracy Chokes the Art

The United States was supposed to land in Venice with an eagle — instead, it’s showing up with silence.

Art classroom with brushes, paints, and unfinished student work — symbolizing the revival of creative subjects in UK schools.

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Britain’s Schools Bring Back the Arts: Why Scrapping the Ebacc Could Spark a Creative Revival

After years of decline in arts education, the UK’s move to scrap the Ebacc marks a turning point. Teachers and artists call it a long-overdue revival — but without funding, can creativity truly return to every classroom?