Welsh rock photographer Justin Thomas has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in New York against American painter Elizabeth Peyton, alleging she copied his 1995 photograph of Oasis brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher for a painting that sold at auction for $1.92 million in May 2026. The Photograph and the Painting The dispute centres on a […]
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Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese avant-garde artist whose obsessive dots, pumpkins and mirror rooms made her one of the most recognisable figures in contemporary art, has died at 97. Her studio announced on 27 August that she passed away on 14 August 2026 at a hospital in Tokyo; no cause of death was disclosed in the
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Ikon Gallery in Birmingham is set to present Lines of Flight, the first major retrospective of British–Indian artist Balraj Khanna (1939–2024), running from 30 September 2026 to 21 February 2027. The exhibition brings together more than 40 paintings spanning six decades of Khanna’s career, offering the most comprehensive overview to date of his work as
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has declared the longest continuous downturn in US architecture revenues on record, with the sector now enduring nearly three and a half years of declining billings. The announcement comes as the July 2026 Architecture Billings Index (ABI) fell to 46.6, extending what AIA chief economist Richard Branch describes as
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Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation’s Reverse Futures is a thoughtful and ambitious exhibition that closes its Worldmaking trilogy by asking what a fair, humane future could look like when imagined from the Global South. Running from 26 June to 5 December 2026, it brings together art, research, and Indigenous knowledge to challenge dominant Western ideas of
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Emami Art will participate in a major international exhibition, The World in a Single Nest: Following the Way of Tagore, opening on 25 June 2026 at the GES-2 House of Culture in Moscow. Running until 23 August, the exhibition brings together works by Rabindranath Tagore alongside contemporary artists from India and Russia, marking a rare and
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Internationally acclaimed British‑Indian artist Bharti Kher has been commissioned by Powerhouse Parramatta to create a major new public artwork for the museum’s upcoming cultural campus in Western Sydney. The sculpture, titled Tree of Life, will form a central outdoor feature at the Parramatta site when the museum opens to the public. The commission will take the
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The Koyo Kouoh Foundation has been officially launched in memory of the late curator, cultural theorist, and institutional leader Koyo Kouoh, marking a significant moment for the global contemporary art community. The foundation aims to preserve and extend Kouoh’s intellectual, curatorial, and political legacy, which profoundly shaped discourse around African and diasporic art. Kouoh, who
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Ahmedabad-based artist Rakesh Patel will present a sculpture at the Château du Grand Launay sculpture park in France, a project envisioned by noted collector Jean Marc Decorp. Spread across two hectares, the park features works by over 25 international artists and remains open to the public from April to October. Patel is the only Indian
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The National Gallery has named Kengo Kuma and Associates, working with BDP and MICA, as the winner of the competition to design its new wing under Project Domani. The scheme is part of a £750 million campaign and will be subject to ratification after a standstill period ending 16 April 2026. According to the National
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