The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa has received a donation of 24 contemporary artworks from Vancouver-based collector and real estate tycoon Bob Rennie and his family. The gift includes works by American artists Kerry James Marshall and Christopher Williams, and Canadian artists Brian Jungen and Jin-me Yoon, bringing the total number of works donated by the Rennie family to the NGC since 2012 to 284.
The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art has commissioned artist Nalini Malani for a collateral exhibition at the 2026 Venice Biennale, titled 'Of Woman Born'. Art Collaboration Kyoto announced a shift from a single director to a seven-member leadership committee. Australian artist Datsun Tran won the 2026 Glover Prize for his landscape work 'The giants are falling'. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani appointed Diya Vij as commissioner of the city's Department of Cultural Affairs.
British painter Hurvin Anderson's exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario features his lush, layered paintings that explore themes of home, belonging, and cultural memory. The show includes his "Ball Watching" series, which reworks a 1983 photograph taken in Birmingham's Handsworth Park, transforming a personal snapshot into a meditation on place and identity.
The long-running television series Law & Order has adapted the recent high-profile Louvre Museum jewel heist into a new episode titled "Beyond Measure." Filmed at the Brooklyn Museum—serving as the fictional Atlas Museum of Art—the plot follows detectives investigating the theft of the bejeweled Crown of Popoyan, a fictionalized version of the real-world $102 million heist involving a cherry picker escape. The episode weaves in a complex subplot regarding the repatriation of Indigenous Colombian artifacts held by the Vatican.
Cree artist Kent Monkman has unveiled a significant solo exhibition at the Akron Art Museum, featuring large-scale paintings including "History is Painted by the Victors" and "The Great Mystery." The showcase highlights Monkman’s signature style of subverting Western art history canons through the lens of Indigenous experience, utilizing his gender-fluid alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, to challenge colonial narratives.
The Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver has launched "Photolithics," a major exhibition by Secwépemc and Scottish-settler artist Tania Willard. The show features a decade of Willard’s work, including monumental recreations of historical postcards on sandpaper and photographs viewed through ulexite crystals. The exhibition utilizes innovative installation techniques, such as a traditional kekuli structure, to recontextualize archival imagery and explore the intersection of geological time and Indigenous history.
Canada has returned 11 Ottoman-era artefacts to Turkey, marking the first official repatriation of cultural property between the two nations. The items, which include manuscript pages and calligraphy works from the 17th to 19th centuries, were handed over in a ceremony at the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa following a federal court ruling.
The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair has announced its exhibitor lineup for its New York edition, set for May 13–17 at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea. More than 20 galleries will participate, including a mix of returning and first-time exhibitors from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Americas, with the fair running concurrently with Frieze New York and NADA New York.
Hotel Confidential is a new contemporary art exhibition hosted at the Royal Hotel in Picton, Ontario, featuring original projects by 16 artists. The show utilizes the hotel's Annex Building to display site-specific installations, such as a collection of vintage suitcases containing miniature dioramas and various architectural interventions. Co-curated by Stacey Sproule and Christina Zeidler, the event aims to bridge the gap between the region's luxury tourism industry and its dense local artist community.
A Milano una mostra racconta la mitica Elisabetta Catalano, grande fotografa amica degli artisti
The Viasaterna gallery in Milan is hosting a comprehensive exhibition titled "Elisabetta Catalano: Cinema, Moda e Performance," curated by Laura Cherubini. The show explores the prolific career of the Roman photographer, featuring her iconic portraits of film stars on the sets of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti, her high-fashion photography for Vogue, and her deep collaborations with avant-garde artists like Fabio Mauri and Michelangelo Pistoletto.
Ethics and Parafiction: A Conversation
e-flux Screening Room hosted an event featuring artist and filmmaker Salomé Lamas on December 6, 2025. The program included screenings of her films 'Eldorado XXI' (2016) and 'Gold and Ashes' (2025), a presentation of her related publication, and a public conversation with curator Lukas Brasiskis. The published transcript focuses on Lamas's filmmaking process, particularly the logistical and ethical challenges of shooting in extreme locations like La Rinconada, Peru.
The Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto has officially announced the representation of Tom Wilson Tehohàhake, a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and Order of Canada appointee. Wilson’s latest paintings are set to make their debut with the gallery at the upcoming Dallas Art Fair in April 2026. His work is characterized by vibrant, intricate patterns that incorporate elements of Mohawk beadwork and excerpts from his own literary writings.
The Guardian's picture editors curated a selection of global photographs for Tuesday, March 31, 2026. The images include a Holy Week procession by the Trabajo y Luz brotherhood in Granada, Spain; white pelicans at Lake Çavuşçu in Turkey; apricot blossoms in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; and scenes from California, Lebanon, India, Israel, Ukraine, the West Bank, and France, capturing moments of nature, conflict, displacement, and commemoration.
This article is a photographic roundup of notable wildlife encounters and discoveries from around the world. It features images including an award-winning photo of an Iberian lynx in Spain, a brushtail possum found in an Australian airport toy store, an Arctic fox in Canada, and a newly discovered emerald pit viper in Cambodia.