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Renewed Bern Kunsthalle works to reframe Switzerland's history

The Art Newspaper

In place of plastic, the Ghanaian artist enfolded the building in a material evocative of global labour and trade—jute sacks made in Southeast Asia and imported to Ghana for the transportation of cocoa beans to European markets. ft of polyethylene over the Neo-Classical façade of the Kunsthalle Bern—their first wrapping of an entire building.

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London’s Queen Elizabeth II memorial to feature contemplative Yinka Shonibare sculpture

The Art Newspaper

Within this setting, Shonibare’s Wind Sculpture will be a “space for reflection and shared experience”, says a project statement. The project also incorporates new figurative sculptures of the late Queen alongside her husband Prince Philip at Birdcage Walk, a Prince Philip gate and a main monument to Elizabeth II to be built beside the Mall.

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New venue for video, sound and other durational art forms coming to Manhattan

The Art Newspaper

A new venue for durational art, Canyon , will open its doors on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 2026. The artists working in time-based media today are grappling with everything from artificial intelligence and facial recognition to climate anxiety and cultural memory. The 40,000 sq.

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Orange County Museum of Art in talks to merge with University of California, Irvine

The Art Newspaper

“As a university committed to discovery, creativity and public service, we see great potential in combining our strengths to expand access to the arts, deepen engagement with California’s artistic legacy and support new generations of creators and scholars.”

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Amid geopolitical tensions, Pakistani and Indian art worlds unite in London exhibitions

The Art Newspaper

The irony is lost on no one that the seat of the British Empire, whose rule and hasty exit from the subcontinent lies at the root of the present conflict, should play host to fertile artistic exchanges between India and Pakistan, but right now in London there are multiple examples of collaboration.

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Lacma will plant towering, flowering Jeff Koons sculpture outside new building

The Art Newspaper

Now, as the museum prepares to open its $715m David Geffen Galleries next year , it has acquired a monumental floral sculpture by Jeff Koons to anchor the outdoor spaces around the new building. The artist’s only other large-scale floral sculpture, 1992’s Puppy , also exists in one edition and an artist’s proof.)

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Three works by artist and sexual abuser Eric Gill withdrawn from UK exhibition after consultation with survivors group

The Art Newspaper

Each had been lined up for inclusion in the exhibition It Takes A Village at the Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft (until 1 February 2026), focused on artists who, like Gill, worked in the Sussex village in the early 20th century. It has since been restored and was reinstated in April.