Raymond Saunders, the abstract painter known for challenging racial categorizations in art and pioneering assemblage techniques, died Monday at age 90, according to his galleries David Zwirner, Andrew Kreps, and Casemore. The Pittsburgh-born artist’s death came just one week after the closing of his first major museum retrospective, “Flowers from a Black Garden,” at Carnegie […]

Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović and Scottish painter Peter Doig have been named recipients of the 2025 Praemium Imperiale Awards, announced by the Japan Art Association. Abramović, 79, received the award for sculpture in recognition of her groundbreaking performance work exploring the relationship between artist and audience. Doig was honored in the painting category for

A stolen painting by 16th century Venetian artist Antonio Solario, depicting Madonna and Child, had finally returned to Italy after 52 years. The artwork was handed over to the Civic Museum of Belluno on July 21,2025 marking the end of a long and complex journey of loss, inheritance, legal conflict, and moral responsibility. Originally stolen