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Architecture and Adaptive Reuse this week: The seventh annual Upstate Art Weekend (UAW) in the Hudson Valley featured over 160 organizations and artists, using; and BIG has completed a 2,800-square-metre mass-timber headquarters for…

U.S. Monuments and Preservation Watch List this week: The World Monuments Fund has added Black Mountain College’s Studies Building to its 2026 U.

Design & Architecture Highlights this week: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has showcased a series of design projects, including a material; and Snøhetta has released plans for a mixed-use building in Miami’s Design…

Museum News & Major Art Projects this week: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and its satellite, the Momentary, have appointed Courtenay Finn as chief; and Archaeologists at the Casas del Turuñuelo site in Spain have uncovered the…

Interactive Light, Sound & Environmental Installations this week: The Clyfford Still Museum has launched ‘Still in Sound,’ a multi-year exhibition where five sound artists created; and Fabien Léaustic’s ‘Hello World’ light installation…

Art & Tech Conferences, Festivals & Calls for Work this week: Art Basel 2026 Basel Edition will feature curated large-scale installations and city-wide public projects; and SIGGRAPH 2026’s Art Gallery and Art Papers programs have been…

Immersive Digital Art & Interactive Exhibitions this week: Immersive digital exhibitions have transitioned from a niche novelty to a core museum offering, now routinely; and Meow Wolf’s upcoming Los Angeles location will feature a major…

Interactive Art this week: Julio Le Parc, a foundational figure in kinetic and Op art, has died at 97.

Interactive Art this week: Julio Le Parc, the Franco-Argentine kinetic artist and last surviving founder of Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel; and Seattle gallerists Zoë Hensley and Sammy Skidmore launched ‘Once Removed,’ a project placing…