Storm King Art Center appoints Anne Reeve as senior curator.
Storm King Art Center has appointed Anne Reeve as senior curator, following her tenure as a curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Reeve, whose work has focused on modern and contemporary sculpture, installation, and interdisciplinary practices, will help shape Storm King’s exhibitions, acquisitions, collection presentations, and site-specific commissions while overseeing its curatorial department. The appointment follows a major period of institutional development for the 500-acre outdoor museum, including the completion of a $53 million capital project in 2025 and a 2026 program featuring exhibitions by Anicka Yi, Saif Azzuz, and Liz Glynn.
The U.K. has spent nearly £150,000 on Banksy removal and security costs.
U.K. taxpayers have spent nearly £150,000 ($202,700) removing and securing artworks by anonymous street artist Banksy. Three works account for most of the spending. Removing a mural that appeared last year on the Grade II-listed Royal Courts of Justice, depicting a judge striking a protester, cost roughly £50,000, with an additional £35,300 spent on security and overtime. A Banksy statue that appeared in London this April, showing a man stepping off a plinth with a flag covering his face, cost £60,000 in security and administrative fees. A third work, a City of London police sentry box painted as a piranha tank in 2024, cost £2,200 to remove and will go on permanent display at the London Museum later this year.
The National Portrait Gallery names its 2026 Photo Portrait Prize finalists.
The National Portrait Gallery has announced the four photographers shortlisted for the Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026, with their work set to feature in a dedicated exhibition at the institution. James Clifford Kent, Marcie Docherty, Katie Hitchcock-Smith, and Max Pattenden make up this year’s shortlist. Kent’s entry draws on two decades spent documenting stories in Cuba, including a striking portrait of 16-year-old pentathlete Neisser. The winner will be announced on November 3, ahead of the exhibition’s opening on November 5. Brandei Estes, Senior Curator of Photography at the National Portrait Gallery, praised the strength of this year’s submissions, noting that she and her fellow judges were struck by the talent and creativity on display. Estes judged the prize alongside Emma Dabiri, Nadine Ijewere, and Mary McCartney. As in past years, the shortlist reflects the prize’s ongoing commitment to showcasing a range of approaches within contemporary photographic portraiture, from intimate personal documentation to more conceptual explorations of identity.
Realistic A.I. architectural renderings must be labeled under EU Artificial Intelligence Act.
Under Article 50 of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, which took effect August 2, companies and artists publishing realistic A.I.-generated architectural renderings in the European Union must now disclose when content is artificially generated, or risk fines of up to €15 million or 3 percent of annual turnover. The rule also extends beyond renderings. A.I.-altered product photography requires disclosure if it changes how a product looks, though basic retouching remains exempt. A.I.-generated text is affected too, but only when addressing public-interest topics like sustainability or ESG, and only if not substantially reviewed by a human.
A wave of 1970s Italian design reissues return to production in 2026, reviving furniture, lighting, and domestic objects created during a decade marked by experimentation with new materials, industrial production, and alternative approaches to domestic life. The releases include Vittorio Varo’s Cigno chair for Visionnaire, Lodovico Acerbis’s 1971 Parioli cabinet, Ernesto Gismondi’s Sintesi and Gae Aulenti’s 1975 Alcinoo lamps for Artemide, Pierangelo Gallotti’s T35 Trio tables, Cini Boeri’s Papero lamp, Marzio Cecchi’s 1975 Fachiro seating for Gufram, Elio Martinelli’s Pallino lamp, and Joe Colombo’s bathroom fittings for Mamoli. Several pieces retain their original forms while introducing contemporary materials or production updates, including Gallotti e Radice’s T35 Trio in bronze-tinted tempered glass and silver travertine and Mamoli’s minimally updated version of Colombo’s taps, reflecting renewed interest in a period of Italian design closely associated with the influential 1972 MoMA exhibition “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape.”
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