The art world, in context
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Image: ArtskUnion workers at the Brooklyn Museum and the American Folk Art Museum have reached tentative contract agreements, averting threatened strikes. Members of UAW Local 2110 were scheduled to vote on the deals starting September 29.
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Image: ArtskAnn Temkin is stepping down as chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in January, ending an 18-year tenure in the role. She will stay on as a strategic adviser working on the museum's 2029 centenary.
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Image: ArtskDáiddadállu, a 22-strong network of Sámi artists, has won the MUNCH Award, Munch's prize honoring artistic freedom of expression. It is the third edition of the NOK 300,000 award.
Source date ·Image: ArtskA senior executive at the National Gallery of Victoria has been accused of stealing AUD 8 million over six years, allegedly reselling mobile phones at a profit. The case, investigated by IBAC, comes to court on October 20.
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Image: ArtskThe Leiden Collection has acquired its 18th Rembrandt painting, Saint John on Patmos (c. 1661), which depicts the artist's son Titus as the exiled evangelist. The work had sold at Sotheby's London in 2025.
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Image: ArtskThe UK government has confirmed England's national museums will keep universal free admission, ruling out charging overseas visitors. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the museums 'must be free, forever, for everyone.'
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Image: ArtskChng Hak-Peng has been appointed chief executive officer of National Gallery Singapore, succeeding Dr Eugene Tan effective January 1, 2027. The announcement also reshuffles leadership at the Singapore Art Museum.
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Image: ArtskMuseums · Exhibitions · New York
A Morgan Library & Museum exhibition surveys the art collection of poet John Ashbery, celebrated as much for his collecting as for his verse. The show examines how visual art shaped his writing.
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Image: ArtskGallery artist Elger Esser's museum exhibition 'Tempus pingendi – Die Zeit des Malens' opens at Museum Ratingen on September 18, 2026.
Image: ArtskGallery artist Zilla Leutenegger's solo exhibition opens at Museum Tinguely in Basel on September 23, 2026.
Image: ArtskMuseums · Exhibitions · Washington, DC
BmoreArt reviews 'Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise,' a juried exhibition of 48 artists at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, on view from August 1 through September 20, 2026.
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Portland Monthly previews 'The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art,' the largest exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art ever shown in North America, on view at the Portland Art Museum from September 5, 2026 through January 3, 2027.