Architect Frank Gehry, whose audacious designs—from the Guggenheim Bilbao to the Walt Disney Concert Hall—reshaped contemporary architecture, died on Dec. 5 at his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness. He was 96.
Björk’s new exhibition, which merges ritual, ecology, and Icelandic mythology, opens on May 30, 2026, at the National Gallery of Iceland as part of the opening of the Reykjavik Arts Festival.
The legal tension between the Philadelphia Museum of Art and its former director Sasha Suda has escalated into the public sphere, marked by mutual accusations
On view at EArt Gallery through 18 January 2026, The Possibility of Exceptions draws inspiration from Alfred Jarry’s Pataphysics to foreground personal utopias, alternative realities, and the conceptual spaces opened up by exceptions.
Irish author Sally Rooney stated that, due to her support for Palestine Action in the United Kingdom, not only could her existing books be withdrawn from sale, but publishing any new work there has become almost impossible.
Neriman Polat makes traces of fragility, lost grounds, and collective memory visible through everyday materials in Groundless, her exhibition at Zilberman Berlin. The show is on view until February 7.
The recent ban on feeding stray animals brings into question Istanbul’s centuries-old tradition of coexisting with animals—a culture shaped by mancacılar, charitable endowments, travelers’ notes, and a vocabulary of mercy that has refused to disappear.
A 1939 copy of Superman #1, discovered in a long-neglected attic in California, sold for $9.12 million, becoming the most expensive comic book in history.
With his calm voice, his philosophy of “happy accidents,” and the soothing atmosphere he created on screen, Bob Ross continues to make an impact even 30 years after his death.
One hundred twenty-five exceptional works from Japan’s Okada Museum achieved a white-glove sale at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, attracting intense bidding and selling in their entirety.
Edwin Austin Abbey’s “The Hours” and related Capitol studies are on view at London’s National Gallery until 15 February 2026.
Fondation Beyeler, Chanel Culture Fund support, appoints first botanical curator, integrating art and nature in a pioneering curatorial model.