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Michelangelo Pistoletto: United Nations Collaboration Conveys a Year-Long Call For Peace tinyurl.com/3p53pj6k A new moving-image work by Michelangelo Pistoletto will appear daily on public screens circa.art #michalangelopestoletto @unitednations

Glasgow’s Creative Heart Under Threat By Council Rent Hikes – Clare Henry tinyurl.com/2tttprvp In the 1990s, GLASGOW restored its reputation by championing the arts. @GlasgowTramway @CCA_Glasgow @GlasgowCC @GlasgowMuseums

Cecily Brown In Painting Anything Is Possible – Sue Hubbard tinyurl.com/3rv6jb68 Over the last three decades, Cecily Brown has produced paintings characterised by her febrile brush marks and vivid colour. @Gagosian @SerpentineUK #cecilybrown

The Top 100 Most Visited Museums At A Glance tinyurl.com/yyacsddp Total visits to the world’s top 100 art museums passed 200 million in 2025, but a long way from the 54 million counted during the worst of the pandemic in 2020. @museodelprado @britishmuseum @MuseeLouvre

Rembrandt Original Or Workshop Copy? Art Institute of Chicago Investigates tinyurl.com/52xryn6a In a dark corner of the Art Institute of Chicago, two paintings hang side by side. @chicagoartinstitute @artinstitutechi @artistrembrandt

Lucia Pizzani: Interview of the Month April 2026 – Paul Carey-Kent tinyurl.com/mr3awaas Lucia Pizzani: Interview of the Month April 2026 – Paul Carey-Kent London-based artist presents her first institutional UK exhibition at Focal Point Gallery @luciapizzani @FPGSouthend

Canaletto & Bellotto: The Art of The Constructed View – Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna tinyurl.com/rp8cd24v Giovanni Antonio Canal, AKA Canaletto (1697–1768), and his nephew and pupil, Bernardo Bellotto (1721–1780). @khiflorenz @veniceinabottle @KHM_Wien

Glen Baxter Artist Of The Absurd Has Died Aged 82 tinyurl.com/3yhzx5va Glen Baxter, the Leeds-born artist whose deadpan ink drawings made absurdism look easy and pretension look ridiculous, has died. #glenbaxter @FlowersGallery @Matthew_Flowers

Canaletto & Bellotto: The Art of The Constructed View – Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna tinyurl.com/rp8cd24v @KHM_Wien @ArtistCanaletto

Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Stolen In Audacious Raid On Italian Museum tinyurl.com/5f8j9dyx Three paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse, with an estimated combined value of €9 million, were stolen @artist_renoir @cezanneart

Art Basel Hong Kong has wrapped its 2026 edition with solid commercial results and a notably international crowd, drawing 91,500 visitors over the week and cementing the city’s position as the primary meeting point for the art world in Asia. tinyurl.com/ydjhvbar @ArtBasel

Chen Chen: Finding The Space Between Memory And The Present Moment tinyurl.com/2kwdv6ss #chenchen

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Hurvin Anderson Effortlessly Sharpening Our Viewpoints – John K Grande tinyurl.com/4bes23c7 Comprising some 80 works, Hurvin Anderson’s Tate Britain show is a rich tapestry of painterly reconstructions and deconstructions of the Windrush experience. @Tate #hurvinanderson

Rafael Escardó Explores The Connections Between Material And The Human Body tinyurl.com/nxb8zw34 Rafael Escardó’s exhibition Scaffolder at MOCA London is a material exploration in which the body becomes a vessel for constructed identity. @mocalondon1 #rafealescardo

Pat Steir Abstract Painter Of Waterfalls Dies at 87 tinyurl.com/mwpty6dc Steir described herself as a poet and an artist from the age of five. #patsteir @HauserWirth @MuseumModernArt

Public Backs London Tourist Levy To Keep Museums Free: Free museum entry is one of those policies that, once you have it, becomes almost impossible to imagine giving up.tinyurl.com/2bvedpvc #freemuseums @Tate @V_and_A

Art Basel Hong Kong 2026: VIP Days Signal Recovery tinyurl.com/2wsbvj2a The doors opened, and the money moved. That’s the short version of VIP Day One at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026... @ArtBasel #artbaselhk

London Art Exhibitions April 2026 – An Artlyst Guide tinyurl.com/4udwnvkb Artlyst has put together a guide to exhibitions to visit in London during April and the Easter holiday period. @TateYPs @V_and_A @NPGLondon

Art Meets Hip-Hop Royalty Rashid Johnson Shoots Jay-Z tinyurl.com/3k2xj9pc GQ, under new editor Adam Baidawi, has announced its first major global special issue, featuring Jay-Z, who is now styling his name JAŸ-Z in honour of the 30th anniversary @JAYZclassicBars @GQMagazine