Breadwoman lives at the center of the earth. She is so ancient that her face has turned to bread.The mysterious figure created in 1982 by Anna Homler, the Los Angeles–based musician and performance artist, presides over the cover of Artforum’s September issue.
Artist, photographer, and filmmaker Tyler Mitchell has been named the recipient of the 2026 Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art. Established in 2016, the prize is awarded biennially by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Yves Goldstein will leave Brussels’s new Kanal-Centre Pompidou two days after its opening on November 28. He has spent a decade leading Kanal through the planning and renovation of its home in a massive Art Deco building and navigating a partnership with the Centre Pompidou.
Maria Arusoo has been announced as the director of the Tallinn Art Hall, one of Estonia’s oldest and best-known contemporary art institutions. An influential figure on the Baltic art scene, she arrives to the hall from the Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art, Tallinn.
A fast-moving cloudburst swept through Florence on September 17, dropping nearly two inches of rain in the span of an hour and sending water cascading into the Uffizi Gallery and the historic Palazzo Pitti, sparking concern regarding the masterpieces within.