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The organ at St. Burchardi Church in July, 2026. Photo: Matthias Bein/dpa via Getty Images. One of the longest-running musical performances in history witnessed its first chord change in over two years on August 5. The 639-year-long performance, which is taking place at the St. Burchardi Church in Halberstadt Germany, features John Cage‘s composition “Organ² / ASLSP – As Slow as Possible” played on a wood-framed organ.

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles, May 8, 2025. Photo: Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is scheduled to open to the public on September 22nd, but the Los Angeles institution’s planned multi-tiered membership models have drawn criticism already.

Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather under around a heavily secured Banksy statue on Pall Mall in London. Photo: Thomas Noonan / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images. UK Taxpayers have shelled out nearly £150,000 ($202,700) to remove or secure works by anonymous British street artist Banksy. These costs were revealed through Freedom of Information requests made by the BBC. Three artworks make up the lion’s share of the cost.

Ballroom and helipad construction on the South Lawn of the White House, August 6, 2026. Photo: Kevin Carter via Getty Images. Last Friday, a federal appeals court ruled that Trump cannot move forward with the construction of the ostentatious ballroom he plans to add to the White House without first receiving Congressional approval.

Anne Reeve. Photo: Tina Krohn / Storm King. Storm King Art Center in New York’s Hudson Valley has announced Anne Reeve as its new senior curator, according to Artnet News. Reeve arrives to the outdoor museum from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, where she has worked since 2018, most recently as curator of modern and contemporary sculpture. She succeeds Nora Lawrence, who left the role vacant in early 2025 when she was promoted to executive director of the center.

From Artforum’s May 1983 issue: "God Made the First Copy.” In May 1983, Artforum editor Ingrid Sischy and critic Germano Celant dedicated an issue of the magazine to the “floating phantasm of the future,” examining trends in technology, communication, and art at the dawn of the “electronic age.” The result was a sprawling thirty-six-page kaleidoscopic endeavor that consumed all editorial space, with each contribution offering reflections on “the pervading stress and directional shifts” in the...

David Zwirner's Los Angeles flagship. Photo: David Zwirner gallery. Elizabeth Mulholland is set to take on the role of senior director at David Zwirner Gallery’s Los Angeles outpost, according to ARTnews. The move follows Mulholland’s two-decade tenure at Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York, where she served as a director and subsequently became a partner. Speaking to ARTnews, Andrew Kreps conveyed his gratitude to Mulholland, stating: “It’s a big life decision, and I’m supportive.

White Cube’s New York flagship, at 1002 Madison Avenue. Photo: White Cube/Wikimedia Commons. Three star directors have severed ties with White Cube’s New York gallery, Artnet News reports. The trio—Courtney Willis Blair, Sukanya Rajaratnam, and Jessie Washburne-Harris—offered varying reasons for their departures.

Former head of the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Roberto Riccardi poses with seized goods in 2021. Photo: Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images. Thieves stole €4 million ($4.6 million) worth of art from Italian fuel distribution company Lilli Petroli in an overnight raid at the firm’s headquarters in Abruzzo. The Italian newspaper Il Messaggero reports that the thieves made off with roughly 30 artworks, all belonging to the company’s owner Mauro Lilli.

New lighting in the Sala Bianca (White Hall) of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence. Photo: Uffizi Galleries. The Uffizi in Florence has announced a €50 million ($58 million) restoration plan that it expects to carry out over the course of two years. The renovations will encompass the Uffizi Gallery, Palazzo Pitti, and the Boboli Gardens. Work has already begun on various projects, which are being staggered to avoid closing the museum completely.