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Shuttered San Francisco arts school will become college co-named for Nvidia founder Jensen Huang

The anchor institution for Vanderbilt University’s Bay Area campus will be the Jen-Hsun and Lori Huang College of Art, ...
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A fresh appreciation of Victorian painter Richard Dadd, who was haunted by mental illness

The most comprehensive show of the artist since the 1970s brings together more than 100 works at the Royal Academy of Arts in ...
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London mansion where ‘secret listeners’ spied on Nazi prisoners for intel opens as museum

Trent Park House of Secrets tells the story of how mainly Jewish refugees covertly transcribed conversations from the ...
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Comment | How much can one artist take from another before it is copyright infringement?

An EU court's decision in a case relating to the sampling of a Kraftwerk track will have implications across the arts ...
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Head of V&A’s academic programmes resigned citing ‘racist’ and ‘culturally insensitive’ behaviours, letter reveals

Yuko Kikuchi wrote a letter to the museum’s leadership that was supported by 12 academics and included student testimonials ...
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As Andy Burnham becomes the new UK prime minister, here are five key challenges facing his culture ministry

From the future of the Arts Council to AI, there are several complicated issues for the incoming culture secretary to tackle ...
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The Armory Show reveals 230-gallery line-up and move to late September

The 2026 edition of The Armory Show will feature a larger contingent of young, emerging galleries and a thematic emphasis on ...
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Renovation of Bolivia's national archaeology museum gives repatriated treasures pride of place

The museum in La Paz had been closed for a year; its new permanent collection exhibition includes a mummified girl ...
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More than 100 archaeological structures discovered in the Peruvian Andes

Researchers working in Peru have discovered more than 100 previously unknown structures at the Gran Pajatén archaeological complex, an ancient site located within Río Abiseo National Park, 500 km ...
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Petroglyphs and cave paintings, some more than 4,000 years old, discovered in Mexico

Specialists from Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH) announced this week that they have recorded 16 petroglyphs and cave paintings dating from prehistory and the Mesoamerican ...
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Auction houses made significant recoveries in 2026, ArtTactic report finds

Data from Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips shows confidence from major single-owner sales is trickling down to the rest of ...
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Union threatens strike action over working conditions in Venice museums due to extreme temperatures

Trade unionists have threatened strike action amid complaints that temperatures in some Venice museums have remained above 30C for weeks, endangering the wellbeing of workers and visitors. The Unione ...