ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL

Inside the CDMX Studio of Lari Pittman & Roy Dowell

2026-04-01

Sophie Fox

Trump’s $400 Million East Wing Ballroom Plans Temporarily Nixed By Judge

2026-04-01

Mika Lee

Amidst a partial government shutdown and an illegal war on Iran, Trump’s plans for an overhaul of his living quarters have been at least temporarily scuppered: on Tuesday, a federal judge approved an order that will halt Trump’s in-progress construction of an opulent ballroom at the site of what was formerly the  White House’s East Wing. His ruling follows […]

The Louvre is Still the World’s Most Visited Museum, 2025 Study Shows

2026-04-01

Mika Lee

The Art Newspaper’s annual survey of museum attendance found that the Louvre in Paris continues to be the most visited museum in the world, even though numbers have dipped significantly since Covid—the institution, which has recently been plagued by a major jewel heist and a ticket fraud scheme, welcomed over 9 million people in 2025. Some […]

Hired Amid Great Fanfare, Patricia Marroquin Norby, Met’s Inaugural Curator of Native American Art, Quietly Left

2026-04-01

Polly Watson

Patricia Marroquin Norby, who in 2020 was named the first-ever full-time associate curator of Native American art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, quietly departed the role in December as questions swirled regarding her own Native heritage, Artnews reports. Norby had been touted as the first Native American curator hired by the museum. The Met […]

Reina Sofía’s Refusal to Loan Picasso’s Guernica Opens Old Political Wounds in Spain

2026-04-01

Polly Watson

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid has refused the Guggenheim Bilbao’s request to borrow Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, evoking reminders of a painful political history in Spain, according to Italy’s Il Giornale dell’Arte. The Guggenheim, which is located in Basque Country, had hoped to borrow the 1937 masterpiece for nine months beginning […]