BERLIN.- Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by archaeologist Ewa Dutkiewicz at the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University, these sign sequences have the same level of complexity and information density as the earliest proto-cuneiform script that emerged tens of thousands of years later, around 3,000 B.C.E. Using a computational approach, the team examined over 3,000 signs found on 260 objects to reveal insights on the origins of writing. Their findings, which will be published in the journal PNAS, were clear – and surprised even the researchers. Palaeolithic objects dating back between 34,000 and 45,000 years bear mysterious sign sequences – often repeated lines, notches, dots and crosses. Many of these artefacts were discovered in caves in the Swabian Jura, such as a small mammoth found in the Vogelherd Cave in Lo ... More
Jan Brueghel d.Ä., Blumenstrauß, um 1619/1620, Eichenholz, 64 x 59 cm, Gemäldegalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: Google.
BERLIN.- The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz) and Google Arts & Culture are deepening their long- standing collaboration with a comprehensive new presentation of works from the Gemäldegalerie. Starting today, over 1,100 masterpieces from the collection are available in extremely high- resolution gigapixel quality on the new theme page (goo.gle/canvaslegends) and in the free Google Arts & Culture app. In addition, the project offers "Mice in the Museum," a new AI-powered experiment to experience the Old Masters. The aim of the project is to use state-of-the-art technology to give audiences a new way of experiencing the world-famous collection of the Gemäldegalerie. The combination of extremely high-resolution images and modern storytelling creates a contemporary gateway to the paintings of the Old Masters. The online presentation is intended as a digital extension ... More
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA.-Turner Auctions + Appraisals will present the Spring Fine Estate Auction on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at 10:30 am PDT. Featuring over 265 lots from San Francisco Bay Area estates and SFO Museum, the vast array of lots includes antique European and Indo-Persian miniatures; religious items and Mexican retablos; European, American and Asian artworks from circa 16th-21st centuries; carpets, rugs, and runners, mostly from Persia; a diverse selection of antique, vintage, and contemporary furniture; several antique weapons; two suits of armor, one miniature and one Japanese; several World War II items; C.F. Martin acoustic guitars, including an early model; mint gold coins; wax seals; and much more. Many decorative arts and collectibles are also on offer; acclaimed makers include Lalique, Royal Doulton, Royal Copenhagen, and Bing & Grondahl. There is also a wide range of tableware, serving ware and glassware from Herend, Tiffa ... More
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MADRID.- In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Museo del Prado has introduced “Creators at the Prado,” a new digital platform designed to bring greater visibility to the women who have shaped the history of art and cultural knowledge. Developed in collaboration with the University of Salamanca, the platform gathers thousands of previously dispersed references to women connected to art—ranging from painters and sculptors to librarians, historians, photographers and museum professionals. By consolidating these records into a single searchable system, the museum aims to reveal the networks, careers and intellectual contributions of women whose work has often remained overlooked. The initiative is based on an extensive research effort that identified more than 10,800 records in the Prado’s library catalogues and 88 references within the museum’s collection itself. Using data-mining techniques and artificial intelligence, researchers were able to d ... More
PHOENIX, AZ.- Phoenix Art Museum announces the acquisition of Reflection Between Flashes (2023) by Vietnam-based artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen. The work is the latest purchased by the Museum with funds from Men’s Arts Council and the first by Nguyen acquired into the Museum’s collection of more than 21,000 objects. Nguyen, whose work was recently presented in a solo exhibition at James Cohan in New York City, is internationally renowned for his video and sculpture that examine colonial histories and supernaturalisms by tapping into inherited histories and counter-memory. His work Reflection Between Flashes is inspired by the kinetic works of Alexander Calder but is cast from salvaged unexploded munitions recovered in Central Vietnam. The mobile, which expands representation of contemporary Southeast Asian artists in the Museum’s collection, will be on view at the Museum beginning April 25, ... More
Thaddeus Mosley with an early work, Pittsburgh, 1957.
NEW YORK, NY.- Thaddeus Mosley passed away March 6, 2026, at 99 years old. Over the course of seven decades, the artist made soaring abstract sculptures in wood and bronze. While maintaining a daily studio practice, for much of his life Mosley worked for the United States Postal Service in tandem with teaching and raising a family in his home of Pittsburgh. In addition to his monumental impact on the legacy of sculpture, Mosley will be remembered for his contributions to his community, keen and curious mind, and generosity of spirit—he was beloved by all who knew him. Thaddeus Mosley was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1926. After serving in the US Navy in the late 1940s, he studied English and journalism at the University of Pittsburgh, going on to work with a local photographer and as a freelance reporter for, among others, the Pittsburgh Courier, one of America’s leading Black newspapers. In 1950, inspired by Western and Central African art, the work of modernists like Constantin Br ... More
Sotheby's London Modern & Contemporary Evening Sale March 2026. Photo: Rayan Bamhayan. Courtesy Sotheby's.
LONDON.- Sotheby’s Spring sales of Modern & Contemporary Art have just concluded, having realised £154.1m / $206.6m across four sales, with standout results seen across categories and price points. Private collections and stellar works – many unseen on the market for decades – proved a real focus for international collectors, many of whom travelled to London especially for this first bellwether season for the market. This week’s strong results were underpinned by a rich seam of supply, greeted with enthusiasm by collectors. The season was anchored by four works from The Lewis Collection, long unseen on the market and shining a strong fresh light on the School of London. The sales also saw standout results for further works by Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brancusi, Anselm Kiefer, Vilhelm Hammershøi, Andy Warhol and - not least - David Hockney. The week also ... More
LAUSANNE.- Salvatore Vitale presents an exploration of how the gig economy is reshaping labor and revealing the contradictions of digital capitalism. Through film, photography and installation, he documents the everyday realities of people whose lives are increasingly governed by algorithmic control and explores a form of resistance. His work with South African freelancers highlights both the vulnerability and resilience of digital workers, revealing that human labor – even when invisible – remains central to digital economies. Salvatore Vitale (b. 1986) is an Italian artist who has lived and worked in Switzerland for the past two decades. His practice centers on structures of power and surveillance, and on how technology is shaping contemporary society. His project How to Secure a Country (2014–2019), an investigation into Switzerland’s security apparatus, was shown at Fotostiftung Schweiz (Winterthur) in 2019, with an accompanying book later released by Lars Müller Publisher ... More
Fully documented Barbie ensemble reveals a story of creativity, fashion history and family heritage (c. 1964-1970).
ARNHEM.- An exceptionally well-documented ensemble of fashion dolls – various original Barbies, one of which still has its box and price sticker from De Bijenkorf, a Bild Lilli doll and two Petra von Plasty dolls (two contemporaries of Barbie) – has recently been donated to the Netherlands Open Air Museum. The collection is notable for its wealth of handmade clothing, accessories, furniture and documentation, offering a unique glimpse into fashion culture, craft practices and family life in the 1960s and 1970s. What makes this collection exceptional is the extensive wardrobe of handmade garments crafted by Geertruida de Groot-Weelink (1922-1974), a professional seamstress, and her daughters Jenny and Emmy de Groot. Rather than building a growing collection of factory-produced Barbies and Barbie outfits, the family chose a creative approach: endlessly experimenting with fabrics, patterns and styles inspired by ... More
BERLIN.- Giulia Andreani opens the anniversary programme of Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart presenting paintings that expose fractures within official narratives. Andreani’s artistic practice of "painting with photographs" thrives on the tension between authoritarian figures and forgotten characters of the past. The starting point for her figurative, monochromatic paintings are family albums or archives. Andreani’s anniversary contribution reinterprets historical collections through a contemporary lens: 36 works by the artist are shown alongside exhibits from the Antikensammlung, the Kunstgewerbemuseum, the Museum Europäischer Kulturen, and the Kupferstichkabinett. Two paintings inspired by ancient objects are exhibited as an intervention at Altes Museum. Giulia Andreani (b. 1985, Venice, Italy) explores the 20th century’s shifting regimes of power. The protagonists of her paintings are mostly women who do not appear in history books: factory workers, nurse ... More
Lebanon Banque de Syrie et du Liban 250 Livres 1939 Pick 21 PMG Extremely Fine 40.
DALLAS, TX.- An exceedingly rare example of the highest-denomination Lebanese banknote is among the treasures that will land in new collections once they are sold in Heritage’s March 26 World Paper Money Signature® Auction. The Lebanon Banque de Syrie et du Liban 250 Livres 1939 Pick 21 PMG Extremely Fine 40 offered in this auction is beyond elusive, even to the most serious collectors, an iconic rarity that rarely is seen in any grade. This was the only 250 Livres issue from the Banque de Syria et du Liban and the highest denomination issued in Lebanon until the rampant inflation in the 1970s and 1980s, the crowning denomination of the first 1939 series printed by the Bank of France. The denomination is five times higher than the next-highest in the series. It has been said that just 112,000 notes of this type were printed and issued, with virtually all being redeemed many decades ago. The one offered here is the second-finest of just eight examples graded in the PMG ... More
Jen Liu, Survey Says: Getting US Currency is Excellent, 2026. Acrylic ink, acrylic gouache, handmade mica and cinnabar-based acrylic paints, trace e-waste, and gesso on paper, 34.5h x 26.5 w in 87.6h x 67.3w cm.
NEW YORK, NY.- Jen Liu excavates a haunting parallel: the invisible labor sustaining our digital present finds its mirror in the erased histories of Chinese migrant women who entered the United States between 1850 and 1899. Liu researches immigration case files from the Port of San Francisco, each containing the same fabricated story—women coached with scripted accounts of being born in San Francisco, visiting China, and now coming home. Their ability to enter and stay in the country depended on their invisibility.. Here, Liu paints portraits that refuse us the face. Instead, we encounter the backs of women’s heads. Contemporary microworkers—the unseen humans training AI—operate under similar conditions of enforced anonymity. Liu surveys these workers, then feeds this data into an animation that displays a body reduced to its single extractable function. ... More
VIENNA.- Ctrl + Shift + Del is a command to delete. But what if it became a command to reset?The exhibition explores this question through speculative video games that reclaim digital spaces as sites of care, memory, and resistance. Three artistic positions offer distinct responses to overlapping crises—occupation, imperialist violence, capitalism, overtourism, climate collapse—not by escaping them, but by reprogramming their structures. What connects the works is an understanding of land not only as soil or territory, but as a collective experience of place. From this starting point, the artists use video games to connect the individual and the societal through sanctuaries, simulations, and archives. Sanctuaries emerge as virtual spaces where queer BIPOC communities share pain, joy, and grief. Simulations advocate for the sonic self-determination of occupied communities. Archives preserve ancestral practices of land care and rural knowledge—traditions threatened by standardizati ... More
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Jerszy Seymour transforms Berlin's Kunstgewerbemuseum into a "dirty utopia" BERLIN.- Artist and designer Jerszy Seymour (*1968) presents a large-scale social sculpture in Berlin’s Kunstgewerbemuseum, which becomes a stage for performances and encounters in spring. ‘Mutuogenesis’ seeks new impulses for solidarity-based coexistence, it tests forms of learning and producing in a community with social and ecological justice at its core. Tying in a year-long process that has made diverse design and artistic productions with young people as well as interventions by international artists, designers and activists possible, the museum space transforms into an multicoloured, immersive environment. A walkable spatial sculpture, constructed using found, scrap and ecologic materials. Object-based and media elements combine to form a large-scale installation that is brought to life with performances, dance sessions, workshops, concerts ... More
Txuspo Poyo's Anónima debuts at Azkuna Zentroa BILBAO.- Azkuna Zentroa–Alhóndiga Bilbao, Society and Contemporary Culture Centre of Bilbao, presents the exhibition Anónima by artist Txuspo Poyo, the most extensive, profound, and significant monographic exhibition devoted to the artist’s work to date. Under the title Anónima, in reference to ancestral popular wisdom, this show traces much of Txuspo Poyo’s artistic oeuvre, spanning from the 1990s to the present day. Curated by writer and researcher Álvaro de los Ángeles, the exhibition brings together a selection of works that reveal the distinctive and personal universe built by the artist, grounded in the interplay between his interest in historical and documentary themes, and its translation into artistic projects. It also offers an insight into the creative development of his practice, his working methods, and his capacity for innovation in the use of materials, formats, ... More
HKMoA premieres with duo artists presentation at the 61st Venice Biennale VENICE.- The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) is collaborating with the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) for the first time to participate as Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Italy, from May to November in 2026. The HKMoA and the HKADC will jointly present selected works of Hong Kong artists Kingsley Ng and Angel Hui to showcase Hong Kong’s artistic diversity on the international stage. Curated by the HKMoA, the Fermata: Hong Kong in Venice explores the poetic rhythms of everyday life, engaging in a dialogue with the theme “In Minor Keys” of the 61st International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh. Drawing on familiar yet fleeting moments from the daily life in Hong Kong, the exhibition guides visitors on a journey of self-discovery within the flow of life. Born and raised in Hong ... More
Indian Ceramics Triennale 2027 to be held at NGMA Mumbai MUMBAI.- The Indian Ceramics Triennale (ICT) announces that its upcoming edition will be held at the National Gallery of Modern Art from 5 November to 23 December 2027. Marking a significant milestone for the Triennale, the exhibition will be hosted at one of India’s premier national art institutions. The NGMA has stood witness to almost a century of creative courage, exhibiting the best of Indian and international art. In 2027, it will open its doors to clay, a primal material that stands relevant in the landscape of contemporary art and digital practices. Founded in 2018, the Indian Ceramics Triennale is India’s first and only international platform dedicated to contemporary ceramics. Conceived as a recurring exhibition and research initiative, ICT brings together artists, potters, designers, architects and thinkers to expand the discourse around clay practices in South Asia ... More
Juan Muñoz sculpture to remain at the Prado through 2028 after successful exhibition MADRID.- Visitors approaching the Jerónimos entrance of the Prado Museum will continue to encounter one of Juan Muñoz’s most striking sculptural works for at least two more years. The museum has announced that Thirteen Laughing at Each Other, installed outside the historic building during the exhibition Stories of Art, will remain in place until March 2028. The extension has been made possible thanks to the generosity of the Juan Muñoz Estate, which has agreed to loan the sculpture to the museum free of charge. The decision allows the Prado to maintain one of the most memorable elements of the recent exhibition dedicated to the Spanish sculptor, which concluded last Sunday after attracting nearly 100,000 visitors. Curated by Vicente Todolí, the exhibition drew 96,940 people to the museum’s temporary exhibition galleries C and D. The show explored Muñoz’s distinctive ... More
Institut suédois presents Formes ouvertes PARIS.- The exhibition presents nearly thirty years of work by painter and sculptor Olle Bærtling (1911–81), an iconic figure of abstraction, in dialogue with the works of seven international artists: Cécile Bart, Rana Begum, Ulla von Brandenburg, Jacob Dahlgren, Bernd Ribbeck, Bella Rune and Brooklin A. Soumahoro. Through very different approaches and mediums, they are revitalising geometric abstract art and exploring its relevance today. “Art for me has always been about abstract motion. […] Everything is motion, everything moves. There is no fixed point in the universe. But whereas such motion is physical, abstract motion is in tune with human thought.” These are the opening words of Prologue to a Manifesto of Open Form (1970), a seminal text written by Olle Bærtling, a banker who became an artist at the age of twenty-three. In the 1950s, he began ... More
Ecuador reimagines life and territory at the 2026 Venice Biennale VENICE.- The Pavilion of Ecuador at Biennale Arte 2026 presents Tawna & Óscar, an exhibition that challenges dominant ways of organizing life, knowledge, and territory. Featuring the Tawna collective and Óscar Santillán, and curated by Manuela Moscoso with the support of its commissioner, the Museum of Anthropology and Contemporary Art of Ecuador (MAAC), the project approaches art as a practice of attention. Tawna & Óscar brings together the practices of Óscar Santillán and the Tawna collective to present two contemporary ways of thinking and making the world through relation. The project proposes an approach to art that moves away from fixed categories and closed hierarchies, focusing instead on processes of exchange that unfold across bodies, languages, territories, and times. Curated by Manuela Moscoso, the Pavilion of Ecuador is conceived as a space ... More
Rare Olympic and boxing treasures head to auction WELLINGBOROUGH.- For sale are 765 historic sporting items from the heroes of the Olympics, athletics, cricket, boxing, cycling, golf, rugby, tennis football and horse racing with BUDDS over two days, 17-18 March - fascinating sports items that will excite collectors to offer record prices. David Convery of BUDDS comments: “This is a market that has continued to grow over the last 30 years as collectors vie to own something linked to a passion for a sporting hero of theirs. It is a market that has now become a true alternative investment. Sports memorabilia is not just a passion, it’s an investment in sporting history. The items we sell are from moments that made headlines and caused stadiums to erupt. Now preserved, authenticated and ready to own.” Walking into BUDDS salerooms is an exercise in nostalgia and excitement for all around you from Lester Piggott’s ... More
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On a day like today, Dutch painter and etcher Jacob van Ruisdael died
March 10, 1682. Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (c. 1629 - 10 March 1682) was a Dutch painter, draughtsman, and etcher. He is generally considered the pre-eminent landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, a period of great wealth and cultural achievement when Dutch painting became highly popular. In this image: Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael, Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede (c. 1670).
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