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In Artforum’s April 2026 issue, James Meyer traces the intimate and generative relationships among Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, and Jasper Johns. “There are people we meet when we are young—irreplaceable people.”

On the cover: Cy Twombly, Staten Island beach, New York, ca. 1951. Photo: Robert Rauschenberg.

In Artforum’s April 2026 issue, James Meyer traces the intimate and generative relationships among Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Merce Cunningham, John Cage, and Jasper Johns. “There are people we meet when we are young—irreplaceable people.”

Four men have pulled off a major heist of works by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse from the Magnani-Rocca Foundation in the rural Italian city of Parma. artforum.com/news/renoir-ce…

The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has appointed Kate McNamara John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director. artforum.com/news/kate-mcna…

Cristopher Canizares, an integral partner at Hauser & Wirth, has announced his intention to depart the juggernaut art gallery in order to start his own artist talent management agency. artforum.com/news/cristophe…

After more than six years, a mystery woman captured in a portrait that was acquired by the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2020 has been identified. artforum.com/news/subject-o…

Gabrielle Goliath, who was to have to have represented South Africa at the Sixty-First Venice Biennale before a government official abruptly canceled her exhibition, will instead show her work outside the event. artforum.com/news/gabrielle…

Pat Steir, who rose to prominence in the 1980s for her iconic “Waterfall” paintings, which she made by pouring paint onto canvas from atop a ladder, died in Manhattan on March 25. She was eighty-seven. artforum.com/news/pat-steir…

Calvin Tomkins, whose vivid and revealing profiles of contemporary art’s most fabled figures graced the pages of the New Yorker for more than sixty years, has died at the age of one hundred. artforum.com/news/calvin-to…

Art Dubai today announced that its 2026 fair would not take place in April as planned but instead would be held May 14–17 in an “adapted format” at its longtime home, the resort Madinat Jumeirah. artforum.com/news/art-dubai…

The beleaguered John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for two years to undergo renovations following a unanimous vote from the board, which is helmed by Donald Trump. artforum.com/news/board-vot…

In this episode of Under the Influence, Lisa Yuskavage shares her admiration for Bellini’s Sacred Conversation, relays advice from her MFA teacher Mel Bochner, and discusses Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s impact on how she structures her work. artforum.com/video/lisa-yus…

British Swedish curator and writer James Taylor-Foster has been appointed executive director of Para Site in Hong Kong. artforum.com/news/james-tay…

Paglen discussed his anxieties about the future of images, his favorite Paul Klee painting, and much more with Artforum for the February episode of Under the Influence. artforum.com/video/trevor-p…

Multidisciplinary artist Trevor Paglen, known for his work investigating the hidden systems of tech and power, has been named the winner of the fourth LG Guggenheim Award. artforum.com/news/trevor-pa…

DOGE reportedly cancelled a grant awarded to the High Point Museum in North Carolina after ChatGPT flagged it as DEI. The grant in question was meant to fund the replacement of the museum’s HVAC system. artforum.com/news/doge-canc…

On the heels of the Oscars, Artforum revisits J. Hoberman’s essay on midcentury cinema as proto-Pop, which looked at the films of Orson Welles, Douglas Sirk, and Alfred Hitchcock and found in them “avant-garde experiments in the guise of Hollywood movies.” artforum.com/columns/popcor…

Curator and educator Toleen Touq has been appointed the curator of the twentieth edition of the Montreal-based MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain, which will take place in 2027. artforum.com/news/toleen-to…

The Brooklyn Museum has announced Keisha Scarville as the winner of its sixth UOVO Prize. artforum.com/news/keisha-sc…

In a new interview, Ukrainian artists Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk discuss their exhibition “Pedagogies of War,” on view at @MuseoThyssen and @TBA21, which confronts the competing depictions of war in today’s technologically enhanced media ecology. artforum.com/features/roman…