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February 2026
The February 2026 issue of Artforum, featuring Banks Violette, Gulf institutions, Alison Knowles, and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
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In Artforum’s February 2026 issue, Rachel Wetzler reflects on the art of Banks Violette, who rose to prominence in the neo-goth movement of the 2000s. Today, “Violette’s work has returned with a vengeance.” www.artforum.com/issue/2026/f...
Onetime French culture minister Jack Lang has resigned his role as president of L’Institut du Monde Arabe over his links to financier Jeffrey Epstein. www.artforum.com/news/jack-la...
Epstein Connection Prompts Jack Lang to Resign Institut du Monde Arabe Presidency
Onetime French culture minister Jack Lang is out as president of L'Institut du Monde, Paris, after appearing nearly 700 times in the Epstein files.
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February 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Onetime French culture minister Jack Lang has resigned his role as president of L’Institut du Monde Arabe over his links to financier Jeffrey Epstein. www.artforum.com/news/jack-la...
This week, following the inaugural edition of Art Basel Qatar, Artforum revisits Hal Foster’s essay on Richard Serra’s East-West/West-East, 2014, a monumental sculpture located in the desert forty miles outside of Doha. www.artforum.com/columns/from...
From East to West and Back Again
Artforum revisits Hal Foster’s 2014 essay “Serra in the Desert.”
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February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This week, following the inaugural edition of Art Basel Qatar, Artforum revisits Hal Foster’s essay on Richard Serra’s East-West/West-East, 2014, a monumental sculpture located in the desert forty miles outside of Doha. www.artforum.com/columns/from...
In Artforum’s Summer 2014 issue, Matt Saunders puzzled over paintings by George W. Bush: “The ex-president defines himself as a painter, but do we define him as an artist?” www.artforum.com/columns/the-...
the paintings of George W. Bush
George W. Bush, Vladimir Putin, 2013, oil on board, approx 20 x 18". We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy-ride in a paint box. And…
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February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
In Artforum’s Summer 2014 issue, Matt Saunders puzzled over paintings by George W. Bush: “The ex-president defines himself as a painter, but do we define him as an artist?” www.artforum.com/columns/the-...
Belgium is abandoning its plan to dismantle the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA) after being met with stiff resistance from the artistic community. www.artforum.com/news/flemish...
Flemish Government Scraps Plan to Dissolve M HKA After Backlash
Belgium is scrapping its plan to dissolve the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA) after meeting stiff resistance from the artistic community.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Belgium is abandoning its plan to dismantle the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (M HKA) after being met with stiff resistance from the artistic community. www.artforum.com/news/flemish...
Stephen Friedman Gallery in London has shut its doors permanently and begun insolvency proceedings after thirty years in business. www.artforum.com/news/londons...
London’s Stephen Friedman Gallery Closes for Good Amid Insolvency Proceedings
Stephen Friedman Gallery in London has closed its doors for good amid insolvency proceedings. The gallery shuttered its New York outpost last year.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Stephen Friedman Gallery in London has shut its doors permanently and begun insolvency proceedings after thirty years in business. www.artforum.com/news/londons...
David A. Ross has stepped down as chair of the master’s degree program in art practice at the School of Visual Arts in New York following the revelation of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. www.artforum.com/news/school-...
School of Visual Arts Chair David A. Ross Resigns Over Ties to Epstein
David A. Ross stepped down as chair of the MFA program at the School of Visual Arts in NYC after his correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein was revealed.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:21 AM
David A. Ross has stepped down as chair of the master’s degree program in art practice at the School of Visual Arts in New York following the revelation of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. www.artforum.com/news/school-...
The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), a leading light of the Glasgow experimental and contemporary art scene and a mainstay in the larger Scottish art scene, is closing after thirty-three years in operation. All thirty-nine of it staff will lose their jobs. www.artforum.com/news/glasgow...
Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts Announces Permanent Closure
The Centre for Contemporary Arts, a leading light of the Glasgow experimental and contemporary art scene, is closing after thirty-three years.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), a leading light of the Glasgow experimental and contemporary art scene and a mainstay in the larger Scottish art scene, is closing after thirty-three years in operation. All thirty-nine of it staff will lose their jobs. www.artforum.com/news/glasgow...
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will go dark for two years while it undergoes renovations. www.artforum.com/news/kennedy...
Kennedy Center to Shutter for Two-Year Renovation
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, will close on July 4 for two years for a major renovation.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:58 PM
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will go dark for two years while it undergoes renovations. www.artforum.com/news/kennedy...
In Artforum’s February 2026 issue, Rachel Wetzler reflects on the art of Banks Violette, who rose to prominence in the neo-goth movement of the 2000s. Today, “Violette’s work has returned with a vengeance.” www.artforum.com/issue/2026/f...
February 2026
The February 2026 issue of Artforum, featuring Banks Violette, Gulf institutions, Alison Knowles, and the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.
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February 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
In Artforum’s February 2026 issue, Rachel Wetzler reflects on the art of Banks Violette, who rose to prominence in the neo-goth movement of the 2000s. Today, “Violette’s work has returned with a vengeance.” www.artforum.com/issue/2026/f...
Rodrigo Moura will step down as artistic director of Argentina’s Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) in February, after occupying the post for one year. www.artforum.com/news/rodrigo...
Rodrigo Moura Departs as Artistic Director of Malba After One Year in the Role
Rodrigo Moura will step down as artistic director of the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires in February. The museum will instead seek a CEO
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February 2, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Rodrigo Moura will step down as artistic director of Argentina’s Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) in February, after occupying the post for one year. www.artforum.com/news/rodrigo...
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, is closed until February 7, following a January 23 “sprinkler emergency” that caused it to evacuate visitors. www.artforum.com/news/studio-...
Sprinkler Malfunction Forces Studio Museum in Harlem Close for Two Weeks
Just months after reopening in its new home, the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, will be closed until February 7 owing to a broken sprinkler.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, is closed until February 7, following a January 23 “sprinkler emergency” that caused it to evacuate visitors. www.artforum.com/news/studio-...
Francis Irv, a young New York gallery known for showing an eclectic mix of established and emerging artists from the US and Europe, has announced its closure after a little more than three years in business. www.artforum.com/news/new-yor...
New York’s Eclectic Francis Irv Gallery Shutters after Three Years
New York's Francis Irv gallery, which showed an eclectic mix of well-known and emerging US and European artists, is closing.
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January 29, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Francis Irv, a young New York gallery known for showing an eclectic mix of established and emerging artists from the US and Europe, has announced its closure after a little more than three years in business. www.artforum.com/news/new-yor...
For this installment of the Under the Influence video series, Artforum asked Howardena Pindell about her favorite artworks, artists, and sources of inspiration. www.artforum.com/video/howard...
Howardena Pindell
Artist Howardena Pindell shares her sources of inspiration and reflects on the people who supported her as she faced racism in the United States
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January 28, 2026 at 8:57 PM
For this installment of the Under the Influence video series, Artforum asked Howardena Pindell about her favorite artworks, artists, and sources of inspiration. www.artforum.com/video/howard...
Gallerist Marian Goodman, who reshaped the New York contemporary art scene and by extension that of the US, has died at the age of ninety-seven. www.artforum.com/news/transfo...
Transformative Gallerist Marian Goodman Dead at 97
Gallerist Marian Goodman, who introduced some of Europe's most important contemporary artists to New York audiences, has died at the age of 97.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Gallerist Marian Goodman, who reshaped the New York contemporary art scene and by extension that of the US, has died at the age of ninety-seven. www.artforum.com/news/transfo...
This week, amid demonstrations against ICE in Minneapolis and beyond, Artforum revisits David Gissen’s essay “Grounds for Action: Landscape and Protest,” published in the magazine’s September 2015 issue. www.artforum.com/columns/davi...
The Protest Landscape
Revisiting David Gissen’s September 2015 Artforum essay on landscape and protest, “Grounds for Action”
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January 27, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This week, amid demonstrations against ICE in Minneapolis and beyond, Artforum revisits David Gissen’s essay “Grounds for Action: Landscape and Protest,” published in the magazine’s September 2015 issue. www.artforum.com/columns/davi...
The Walker Art Center is closed today, January 23, in solidarity with a Minnesota-wide general strike protesting ICE activity. “This reflects our institutional values,” a spokesperson said. www.artforum.com/news/walker-...
Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center to Temporarily Close in Support of ICE Protest
The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis will be closed on January 23 in solidarity with a daylong protest against the presence of ICE in Minnesota.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Walker Art Center is closed today, January 23, in solidarity with a Minnesota-wide general strike protesting ICE activity. “This reflects our institutional values,” a spokesperson said. www.artforum.com/news/walker-...
Facing a budget crunch, the Metropolitan Opera in New York is considering selling off two massive murals by renowned Russian French painter Marc Chagall that have graced its Grand Tier since 1966, when they were created. www.artforum.com/news/metropo...
Cash-Strapped Metropolitan Opera Might Sell Iconic Chagall Works
The Metropolitan Opera in New York is contemplating selling two monumental murals by renowned Russian French painter Marc Chagall to ease budget woes.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Facing a budget crunch, the Metropolitan Opera in New York is considering selling off two massive murals by renowned Russian French painter Marc Chagall that have graced its Grand Tier since 1966, when they were created. www.artforum.com/news/metropo...
Peruvian artist Antonio Paucar, known for his work drawing on Andean culture, has been announced as the winner of the eleventh Artes Mundi Prize. www.artforum.com/news/antonio...
Antonio Paucar Awarded Artes Mundi Prize
Peruvian artist Antonio Paucar, known for his work drawing from Andean culture, has been named the winner of the 2026 Artes Mundi Prize.
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January 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Peruvian artist Antonio Paucar, known for his work drawing on Andean culture, has been announced as the winner of the eleventh Artes Mundi Prize. www.artforum.com/news/antonio...
In Artforum’s January 2025 issue, Alex Jovanovich introduces a portfolio by Beau McCall, who “unabashedly take[s] on social and political issues” in works that are “technically sophisticated and dazzlingly beautiful.”
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Beau McCall
Beau McCall shares a portfolio of images of garments and sculptures that employ myriad buttons, with an introduction by Alex Jovanovich.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
In Artforum’s January 2025 issue, Alex Jovanovich introduces a portfolio by Beau McCall, who “unabashedly take[s] on social and political issues” in works that are “technically sophisticated and dazzlingly beautiful.”
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The Southbank Centre has named Leeds-born curator Sally Tallant as the next director of London’s Hayward Gallery. www.artforum.com/news/sally-t...
Sally Tallant to Lead London’s Hayward Gallery
Sally Tallant, since 2019 the director of the Queens Museum, New York, has been named director of London's Hayward Gallery, succeeding Ralph Rugoff.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The Southbank Centre has named Leeds-born curator Sally Tallant as the next director of London’s Hayward Gallery. www.artforum.com/news/sally-t...
Philip Leider, the founding editor in chief of Artforum, died at his home in Berkeley, California, on January 11. He was ninety-six. www.artforum.com/news/artforu...
Artforum Founding Editor Philip Leider Dies at 96
Philip Leider, the founding editor in chief of Artforum, died at his home in Berkeley, California, on January 11. He was ninety-six.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Philip Leider, the founding editor in chief of Artforum, died at his home in Berkeley, California, on January 11. He was ninety-six. www.artforum.com/news/artforu...
San Francisco’s California College of the Arts announced on January 13 that it will “wind down” its operations and shutter permanently at the end of the 2026–27 school year. www.artforum.com/news/califor...
California College of the Arts to Close in 2027
California College of the Arts, the last nonprofit art school in Northern California, will close in 2027, yielding its campus to Vanderbilt University
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January 16, 2026 at 7:47 PM
San Francisco’s California College of the Arts announced on January 13 that it will “wind down” its operations and shutter permanently at the end of the 2026–27 school year. www.artforum.com/news/califor...
Roland Augustine, who alongside Lawrence Luhring cofounded influential New York gallery Luhring Augustine forty-one years ago, is leaving the business to engage in philanthropic pursuits and work as an independent adviser. www.artforum.com/news/lurhing...
Lurhing Augustine Cofounder Roland Augustine Exits Gallery to Focus on Philanthropy
Roland Augustine, who alongside Lawrence Lurhing cofounded influential New York gallery Luhring Augustine in 1985, is leaving to focus on philanthropy
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January 16, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Roland Augustine, who alongside Lawrence Luhring cofounded influential New York gallery Luhring Augustine forty-one years ago, is leaving the business to engage in philanthropic pursuits and work as an independent adviser. www.artforum.com/news/lurhing...
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has revealed the recipients of its fall 2025 grants. The foundation will award more than $4 million to fifty-seven visual arts organizations and institutions, scattered across seventeen US states and Washington, DC, as well as Lebanon and Ukraine.
Warhol Foundation Names Fall 2025 Grantees
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts on January 14 named the 57 recipients of its Fall 2025 Grants totaling more than $4 million.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has revealed the recipients of its fall 2025 grants. The foundation will award more than $4 million to fifty-seven visual arts organizations and institutions, scattered across seventeen US states and Washington, DC, as well as Lebanon and Ukraine.
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery removed a wall text accompanying a portrait of US president Donald Trump that contained mention of his two impeachments. www.artforum.com/news/smithso...
Smithsonian Removes Mention of Trump Impeachments from Presidential Exhibit
The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery removed a wall text accompanying a photo of US president Donald Trump that mentioned his two impeachments.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery removed a wall text accompanying a portrait of US president Donald Trump that contained mention of his two impeachments. www.artforum.com/news/smithso...