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• Catalonia Sues Aragón for €791,000 for Repayment Over Restitution of 56 Artworks

  The figure is to recoup costs related to the value and upkeep of artworks from the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena.

• More Than 100 Seattle Art Museum Workers Plan to Unionize

  On Wednesday, more than 100 Seattle Art Museum employees announced plans to unionize, joining the nationwide labor movement.

• London’s Wellcome Collection to Transfer 2,000 Manuscripts to Jain Community, But They Will Stay in UK

  The receiving institution will be the University of Birmingham’s Dharmanath Network in Jain Studies, which was founded in 2023.

• Egypt Unveils a Hidden Tomb of 3,500-Year-Old Coffins at Luxor’s Abu el-Naga

  The announcement was made by Egypt’s The announcement was made by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.

• Megadealer Larry Gagosian Is the Subject of Unauthorized Documentary In the Works from Director Barry Avrich

  It’s not the first look at the art world by the director, who also studied the forgery scandal that brought down Knoedler gallery.

• Trump’s Planned Miami Presidential Library Faces New Lawsuit Over Land Transfer

  White House spokesperson Davis Ingle described the future library as “one of the most magnificent buildings in the world.”

• Photographer and Activist Claudia Andujar, Known for Documenting Yanomami People of Brazil, Is the Subject of a New Biopic

  The Swiss-Brazilian artist, who was included in the 2024 Venice Biennale, will be played by 'Sentimental Value' star Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas.

• Rothko Leads Sotheby’s $433.1 M. Contemporary Art Sale, UK Returns Artifacts to Ethiopia, and More: Morning Links for May 15, 2026

  The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Trust in the UK has returned artifacts to Ethiopia that were taken during the Anglo-Indian Expedition of 1868.

• Valie Export, Groundbreaking Feminist Artist Who Questioned the Nature of Art, Dies at 85

  “The center of my work is the body, and moreover, the female body,” she said in 2020.

• Peter Doig, Tracey Emin, and More Sign Letter Defending Southbank Centre Chair

  The letter asserts that Harriman is the victim of what it calls a “dishonest smear campaign”