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Baloise Art Prize for Emerging Artists at Art Basel Canceled

The Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel will not be awarded in 2026, the Art Newspaper reports. Established in 1999, the SFr30,000 (roughly $37,000) honor ...

Jun 18, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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Trellis Art Fund Announces 2026 Recipients of $100,000 Milestone Grant

The Trellis Art Fund has named the dozen artists making up its 2026 Milestone Grant cohort. Each will receive an unrestricted grant of $100,...

Jun 18, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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Russian Artist And Political Dissident Robert ⁠Kuzovkov Shot Dead In Pol...

On June 16, Robert Kuzovkov, a Russian artist and political dissident, was killed outside his home in Biała Podlaska, a city in eastern Poland. Kuzovk...

Jun 17, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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Houston Museum Displays Vandalized Painting Unrestored

The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) revealed last week that a painting depicting a Black man draped in an American flag had been in...

Jun 17, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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José Roca Named Curator of 37th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts

MGLC, the International Centre of Graphic Arts in Slovenia, has appointed Colombian curator José Roca curator of the 37th Ljubljana Biennale of Graphi...

Jun 17, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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2026 Frieze Seoul Artist Award Goes to Yagwang

Frieze has named Seoul-based collective Yagwang as the recipient of this year’s Frieze Seoul Artist Award. Now in its fourth year, like Frieze Seoul, ...

Jun 17, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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House Proposes $0 For Department of Education’s Lone Arts Grant Program

The Republican-chaired House Appropriations Committee on June 9 requested that Congress allocate $0 to the Department of Education’s Assista...

Jun 17, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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Soyoung Yoon Appointed Director of the Whitney’s Independent Study Progr...

The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, has announced Soyoung Yoon as the new director of its prestigious Independent Study Program, effective i...

Jun 17, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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The Royal Ontario Museum Acquires Major Collection of Arab Textiles and ...

“The Widad Kawar Collection of Arab Dress and Heritage Arts”—comprising nearly 600 textiles, accessories, garments and other objects that attest to da...

Jun 16, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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Teresita Fernández Installation Will Grace The Reopening Of The Menil’s ...

New York–based artist Teresita Fernández has been revealed as the first artist in a new commissions program for the reopening of the Menil Collection’...

Jun 18, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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David Nahmad Given 30 Days to Return Nazi-Looted Modigliani

A New York Supreme Court judge on June 16 gave billionaire dealer David Nahmad thirty days to return Amedeo Modigliani’s 1918 painting&...

Jun 18, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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Barack and Michelle Obama Unveil First Dual Portrait Painted By Artist N...

In the lead up to the formal opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, former US president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obam...

Jun 18, 2026 · Artforum Must See

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