Museums Under Siege, Auctions Breaking Records
The Louvre’s new director is inheriting a troubled, traumatised museum—can he repair the damage? • Raja Ravi Varma Painting Sells for $17.9 M., New Auction...
Record Sales, Restored Masterpieces, and War’s Shadow
Vaccine billionaire buys $17.9m Raja Ravi Varma, setting new record for Indian painting at auction • Stolen Van Gogh Back on View at Dutch Museum After...
Restitution Reckonings and Missing Masterpieces Mayhem
Bavaria restitutes Lesser Ury painting to the heirs of a Jewish banker • New York’s Jewish Museum opens Paul Klee exhibition without its centrepiece •...
Restitution Reckonings and Biennale Boycott Fever
Germany to create council to oversee restitution of colonial-era acquisitions • Pinakothek in Munich Returns Nazi-Looted Painting by Lesser Ury to Jewish...
Masterworks Stolen, Restitution Wars Escalate
Thieves Snatch Renoir, Matisse, and Cézanne Works From Italian Museum • Comment | A generational moment for Nazi-looted art claims in the US • Copy of...
Pop Icons, Print Power, and Culture Wars
Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen—Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World • The IFPDA Print Fair Returns to the Park Avenue Armory,...
Collectors Unboxed, Stained-Glass Uproar at Notre-Dame
Jean-Marc Bottazzi on why good collecting is not about 'ticking boxes' • Claire Tabouret’s Stained-Glass Windows for Notre-Dame Divide French Society, with a...
Museums Unearthed, Biennales in the Crosshairs
How Mumok’s New Director Plans to Make Museums Feel Alive Again • Hidden Underground Railroad Passage Discovered at New York Museum Faces Development Threat...
Museums for Sale, War Shadows the Art World
Hirshhorn Museum’s revamped sculpture garden will feature new acquisitions by Mark Grotjahn, Lauren Halsey and more • Contemporary Jewish Museum puts its...
Venice Defiance, Monuments Return, A.I. Retreat
Gabrielle Goliath Is Bringing Her Canceled South Africa Pavilion Show to Venice Anyway • Toppled Monuments Are Reappearing Across the U.S. Under Trump •...
Restitution Shockwaves and Museums Under Pressure
More Than 300 Yayoi Kusama Works Take Over a German Museum • Brooklyn Museum Plans $13 Million Overhaul for New African Art Galleries • Trevor Paglen wins...
Biennale Brinkmanship and AI’s Ethical Abyss
Museums in Shenzhen and Guangzhou are building bridges between Hong Kong and mainland China • The Met’s blockbuster Raphael exhibition looks beyond the...
Next-Gen Money, Queer Legacy, Viral Theft
What the Art Market Still Gets Wrong About Next-Gen Collectors • Agosto Machado, Artist and Activist Whose Shrine Sculptures Kept Queer History Alive, Has...
Knotted Power, Outsider Prices, Uncensored Voices
Artist LR Vandy on Sculpting the ‘Knotted Histories’ of Power • This Sam Doyle Painting May Mark a New Price Peak for the Self-Taught Artist • Iranian Artist...
Restitution Reckonings and Biennale Blowups
Zurich's Museum Rietberg transfers 11 Benin Bronzes to Nigerian government • What’s So New About the New Museum Building? • Police investigating DJ’s...
Museums on the Brink, Heritage Under Fire
‘New Humans’ and the Strange End of Contemporary Art as We Know It • The Cultural Heritage Sites Damaged by the U.S.-Israel War on Iran • Art Dubai Postpones...
Museum Shakeups, Restitution Fights, and Sponsor Fallout
British Museum did not remove Palestine from labels due to pressure campaign, museum sources say—as backlash continues • The new New Museum: now with twice...
Museums Reeling, Auctions Embrace Anime
Director of Poland’s Jewish Museum Reinstated After Defeat of Far-Right Government • Vancouver Art Gallery gifted more than 800 photographs by Stephen Shore...
Museum Shakeups and Culture Wars Ignite
Tracey Emin: 'Racist behaviour is dividing our country' • Sophie Calle explores the stories we tell ourselves • Paris to host first museum devoted to Alberto...
Biennale Visions, Museum Power Plays
New leaders of France's Louvre and Orsay museums announced • 111 Artists Announced for the Venice Biennale • A selective history of the moving image comes to...