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Today's top art-world stories from around the globe — researched and cited, published every day.
First Major U.S. Duchamp Retrospective in 50 Years Opens as a Bowie Self-Portrait Heads to Sotheby’s
Today's top art-world stories: the Philadelphia Museum of Art opens the first major U.S. Marcel Duchamp retrospective in over 50 years, a 1996 David Bowie self-portrait comes to auction for the first time at Sotheby's London, George Lucas's Museum of Narrative Art drew sold-out crowds for its Los Angeles opening, and Bilbao's Museum of Fine Arts has reopened with the Plácido Arango collection.
Stolen Renoirs Recovered With Six Arrests as Frieze Week Floods London With Auctions
Today's top art-world stories: two Renoir paintings stolen from a French Riviera museum last month have been recovered and six suspects arrested, Sotheby's Lichtenstein collection sale tops its high estimate as a Whitney retrospective opens, London's auction houses stage a wall of Frieze Week sales and previews, and the early fall auction season closes with solid if unspectacular results.
A Churchill Heads to Christie's as Indianapolis Museum of Art's Director Departs
Today's top art-world stories: a Winston Churchill painting gifted to his daughter is heading to Christie's London, the $100M-plus Ted and Ruth Baum collection of Rothkos and Lichtensteins is consigned to Sotheby's, Indianapolis Museum of Art director Belinda Tate steps down after three years, Glasgow's arts community fights to save its Centre for Contemporary Arts, and Arlington County sues over Trump's planned triumphal arch.
Art Basel/UBS Survey Lands as Artists Accuse Tang Contemporary of Withholding Pay and Work
Today's top art-world stories: the Art Basel/UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2026 delivers some surprising findings, artists accuse Hong Kong's Tang Contemporary gallery of owing them money and artwork following its debt-driven closure, Geneva museum founding director Christian Bernard dies at 76, Tate Britain opens "The 90s: Art and Fashion," and artists create works for a War Child charity auction inspired by a Paul McCartney lyric.
A $30 Estate-Sale Painting Fetches $1.35M as Turner's Rome Heads to a Record $66M Sale
Today's top art-world stories: a Gertrude Abercrombie painting bought for $30 at a Michigan estate sale just sold for $1.35 million, a Turner masterpiece of Rome returns to auction with a record-breaking $66 million estimate, Christie's stages its second anime and manga sale, Lee Bul debuts a zeppelin-scale sculpture at Hauser & Wirth Chelsea, and Art Basel Miami Beach reveals a scaled-down, more focused 2026 floorplan.