17 Sep 2026
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Plaintiffs in Ongoing Kennedy Center Lawsuit Call for Leadership to Step Aside or for Judge to Appoint Receivership
"If the current leadership of the Kennedy Center is unwilling or unable to exercise its fiduciary duty to protect the historic building and the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the court should consider appointing a receiver or replacing that leadership," the plaintiffs said in a joint statement.
17 Sep 2026 7:03pm GMT
PR Firm Cultural Counsel to Restructure with Founder Adam Abdalla Transitioning to New Role
Senior vice president Marcella Zimmerman will take on the day-to-day operations of leading the art PR firm.
17 Sep 2026 6:35pm GMT
Pace Prints Acquires Brand X Editions
He said the Brand X acquisition and Los Angeles expansion were both part of a larger attempt to push what can be done with the medium.
17 Sep 2026 6:08pm GMT
United States Repatriates 58 Cultural Artifacts to China
A handover ceremony was held by the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.
17 Sep 2026 6:01pm GMT
Trump Administration Moves Forward With Warning Signs Outside Smithsonian
A new set of signs will be erected at a cost of $84,000 to the taxpayer, says a new letter from Interior Secretary Doug Burgum.
17 Sep 2026 4:31pm GMT
AI Companies Are Destroying Books by the Millions. What Will It Mean for Art?
Artists Paul Chan, Oliver Wasow, Pablo Helguera, and Harold Ancart consider the notion of a post-book future.
17 Sep 2026 3:32pm GMT
Monet ‘Iris’ Painting—Last of its Kind in Private Hands—Could Break French Record at Sotheby’s Paris
In October, Sotheby's Paris is auctioning a rare trove of Impressionist and Modern art from the secretive Jeanne Schlumberger collection, estimated to be worth over $45 million.
17 Sep 2026 2:00pm GMT
The 1960s Counterculture Artist Peter Max Has Died, Sotheby’s Paris to Auction Possible Record-Breaking ‘Iris’ Monet Painting, and More: Morning Links for September 17, 2026
Here's what we're reading this morning.
17 Sep 2026 1:08pm GMT
Peter Max, the Psychedelic Artist Who Was Friends with The Beatles, Has Died at 88
Peter Max came up in the 1960s with the likes of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Keith Haring.
17 Sep 2026 12:57pm GMT
Time Magazine Publishes its First Art 100 List, Featuring Artists, Museum Leaders, Dealers and More—See Who Made the Cut
Half of the list is made up of artists, while the other half consists of the people who sell, curate, and collect their work.
17 Sep 2026 12:30pm GMT