Secret Camera Discovered in Centre Pompidou Restroom • Plan for Centre Pompidou in New Jersey is ‘dead’, local official says • London’s National Gallery to cut staff as it faces £8.2m deficit

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Secret Camera Discovered in Centre Pompidou Restroom
Artnet News reported that a hidden camera was discovered in a restroom at Paris’s Centre Pompidou, prompting an investigation and raising concerns...

Plan for Centre Pompidou in New Jersey is ‘dead’, local official says
On 12 February 2026, Jersey City mayor James Solomon said plans for a Centre Pompidou outpost in Jersey City, New Jersey, are “dead,” citing the...

London’s National Gallery to cut staff as it faces £8.2m deficit
London’s National Gallery is preparing staff reductions and program cuts after projecting an £8.2 million deficit for 2026–27, The Art Newspaper...

‘Good people are being compelled to censor themselves’: exhibition of Black artists reinterpreting the US flag opens without key Dread Scott work
The University of Maryland’s David C. Driskell Center opened America Will Be! on 6 February 2026 (running through 8 May), an exhibition about...

This year's Carnegie International will feature 61 artists, including Jasleen Kaur and Li Yi-Fan
Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art announced that the 59th Carnegie International will feature 61 artists and collectives and run from 2 May 2026...

What the Turmoil at the Kennedy Center Means for the Arts
In Artnet News’s article “What the Turmoil at the Kennedy Center Means for the Arts,” the outlet examines how political pressure could reshape...

Radical Performance Artist Florentina Holzinger Joins Thaddaeus Ropac
Artnet News reported that Austrian choreographer and performance artist Florentina Holzinger has joined the roster of the international gallery...

A Belgian Museum Holds Colonial-Era Records About the Congo—A Minerals Company Wants Access
ARTnews reported that a Belgian museum holding colonial-era records related to the Congo is facing a request for access from a minerals company...

Art Movements: Another Artforum Editor-in-Chief Is Out
Hyperallergic’s “Art Movements: Another Artforum Editor-in-Chief Is Out” reports that Artforum has again lost its editor-in-chief, marking another...

Art Basel Hong Kong Reveals Program Details for 2026 Fair, from an Ayoung Kim Film to an Elemental Curatorial Vision
ARTnews reported that Art Basel Hong Kong released program details for its 2026 edition, including a film project by Ayoung Kim and a curatorial...

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