News Leonard Lauder and Joel Shapiro Both Pass Away, National Gallery’s Rubens Painting Questioned, Lenin Statue Removed from City of Osh: Morning Links For June 16, 2025 Here's what we're reading this morning, folks. By The Editors of ARTnews Jun 16, 2025 9:07 am
News London’s National Gallery Acquires Curious Altarpiece by Unknown Artist for $20 M. The work includes a bawdy scene with a naughty child and a magnificent slobbering dragon. By George Nelson May 1, 2025 4:09 pm
News Will the Smithsonian Have to Obey Trump’s DEI Order? Maybe Not. The Smithsonian has a unique structure, which means the decision to adhere to Trumps freshly penned executive order isn't so clear. By Daniel Cassady Jan 24, 2025 4:14 pm
News Jan van Eyck’s ‘Arnolfini Portrait’ Gets a New Frame, Polarizing Social Media Users The National Gallery subbed out its former frame with a gilded one from the 15th century. By Alex Greenberger May 3, 2024 2:08 pm
Artists Dorothea Lange and Migrant Mother Lange's most important photograph is Migrant Mother, an image that stands as an enduring symbol of an era fraught with despair and hardship. Captured in 1936, the picture embodies the collective… By Daniel Cassady Mar 26, 2024 12:57 pm
News Climate Activists Throw Tomato Soup on Van Gogh Painting in London, Raising Anger and Confusion The painting was unharmed, the National Gallery said. By Alex Greenberger Oct 14, 2022 11:10 am
News The Guggenheim and London’s National Gallery Are Latest Museums to Drop Sackler Name The latest move could raise pressure on London's Victoria and Albert Museum, which opened a courtyard named for the Sacklers in 2017 By Angelica Villa May 9, 2022 12:23 pm
News National Gallery in London Reveals Plans for Bicentennial Revamp Early designs were offered for public consultation as part of a "NG200" initiative to mark the institution's bicentennial in 2024. By Andy Battaglia Feb 18, 2022 3:53 pm
News Prince Charles Tests Positive for Covid After Visits to London’s National Gallery, British Museum Both museums didn't state whether their staff had fallen ill as a result. By Alex Greenberger Feb 10, 2022 4:06 pm
News Previously Unseen Parts of Manet’s Eva Gonzalès Portrait Come to Light During X-Ray Analysis The museum said that new research evinced Manet's practice of repeatedly redoing his paintings. By Alex Greenberger Jan 28, 2022 11:26 am
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