More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum • Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries • Trevor Paglen wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award

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More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum
To mark its 50th anniversary, Museum Ludwig in Cologne has mounted a major Yayoi Kusama exhibition featuring more than 300 works spanning...

Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries
The Brooklyn Museum is planning a $13 million renovation to create new African art galleries, according to Artnet News. The project is intended to...

Trevor Paglen wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award
Conceptual artist Trevor Paglen has been named the recipient of the 2026 LG Guggenheim Award, an honor that includes a $100,000 prize from LG and...

Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama considering legal action after alleged police assault
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama said he is considering legal action after alleging he was assaulted by police during a traffic dispute in Tamale in...

Zurich Transfers Ownership of Looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Zurich has transferred ownership of 11 Benin Bronzes held by Switzerland’s Museum Rietberg to Nigeria, following a restitution claim submitted two...

The Biggest Week of the Spring?
Hyperallergic’s roundup “The Biggest Week of the Spring?” surveys a cluster of New York art-world events, including the reopening of the New...

DHS Appropriates Japanese Artist’s Work in Racist X Post
On December 31, 2025, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used an image of a Hiroshi Nagai painting in an official X post without...

Louvre Plans Its ‘Most Ambitious’ Painting Restoration Ever: A Refresh for Rubens’s Medici Cycle
The Louvre announced a four-year restoration of Peter Paul Rubens’s Marie de’ Medici cycle, calling it the “most ambitious restoration in the...

Preservation Groups Sue Trump Administration Over Planned Renovation of Kennedy Center
Eight preservation organizations sued the Trump administration over plans to close Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center for two years for...

Internet Goes Wild for The Met’s Newly Acquired Mannerist Painting
Hyperallergic reports that online commenters reacted intensely to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s newly acquired “Madonna and Child with Saint...

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