ARTnews

• Italian Prime Minister’s Face Erased from Rome Fresco After Vatican Complains February 9, 2026 George Nelson
• Jack Lang Steps Down from Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe After Appearing in Epstein Files February 8, 2026 Daniel Cassady
• White House Floats Idea of Expanded Trump Display at Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery February 7, 2026 Daniel Cassady
• Digitally Rebuilding the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Once One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World February 7, 2026 Anne Doran
• L, Artist Whose Mysterious Sculptures Cast Spells on Viewers, Has Died February 6, 2026 Alex Greenberger