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• Contemporary Art Market Declines For Fourth Straight Year, as Old Masters and Impressionist Works Rebound: Art Basel UBS Report

  Markets, like fashion, swing between radical novelty and conservative taste. Suddenly old looks new again.

• Lawsuit Alleges DOGE Cancelled $349,000 HVAC Grant to Museum after ChatGPT Flagged It As DEI

  Attorneys for the academic groups argue the process shows how the administration replaced expert review with a rushed system that relied on an AI chatbot.

• South Carolina’s International African American Museum Officially Acquires Earliest Known Daguerreotypes of Enslaved Americans

  "The 1850 Daguerreotypes" were transferred to the museum from Harvard University last year.

• Thomas J Price, Artist Behind Viral Times Square Sculpture, Unveils New Bronze in London

  The 18-foot-tall sculpture, titled A Place Beyond, is Price's tallest to date.

• Senators Whitehouse and Schumer Call for ‘Proactive Measures’ to Protect Philip Guston and Ben Shahn Murals

  "The Fine Arts Collection belongs to the American people," they wrote.

• Van Gogh Museum Acquires Only Third Painting by a Female Artist at TEFAF

  The work by Virginie Demont-Breton was admired and copied by Van Gogh.

• King Charles Visited Tate Britain’s ‘Turner and Constable’ Show and Loved What He Saw

  He let out a "wow" before a Turner painting that was thought lost until it was auctioned last year.

• Smiljan Radic Wins the Pritzker Prize, ‘Men Retire But Women Get Fired From Museum Leadership’ Says Anne Pasternak: Morning Links for March 13, 2026

  Here's what we're reading this morning, folks.

• Massive, 44-Foot-Long David Hockney Print to Headline Christie’s Spring Prints Season in London

  The work is printed on a single sheet of paper and is among Hockney’s largest prints.

• At Making Their Mark Forum, Brooklyn Museum Director Anne Pasternak Notes Troubling Pattern in Museum Leadership

  At a forum in Washington, D.C. last weekend, Anne Pasternak voiced concern about what she sees as a troubling pattern in museum leadership.