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May 21, 2026
Is Museum Wall Text the Next Political Battleground?
The Smithsonian has changed or eliminated some interpretive language that typically accompanies exhibited artworks. Critics call this self-censorship.
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May 14, 2026
The Met Will Expand by Merging With the Nearby Neue Galerie
Beginning in 2028, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will own the Neue’s Fifth Avenue home and the prestige collection of 20th-century Austrian and German art built by Ronald S. Lauder.
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May 1, 2026
The Audacity of Art at the Obama Presidential Center
Barack and Michelle Obama commissioned 30 artists to create work for their campus, which starts visitor previews next week on the South Side of Chicago.
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April 22, 2026
With $116 Million Gift, National Gallery Will Send Its Art Around Nation
The large contribution from the billionaire collector Mitchell P. Rales is enabling long-term loans to smaller museums in perpetuity.
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April 8, 2026
An Audacious $724 Million Building Reinvents LACMA
Two decades in the making, the David Geffen Galleries will offer an unconventional approach to art history and cement the director Michael Govan’s legacy.
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March 12, 2026
Chilean Architect Smiljan Radic Wins Pritzker Prize
The naming of Smiljan Radic as the next Pritzker laureate was delayed by the disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein’s friendship with Tom Pritzker, who has now distanced himself from the prize.
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