Museum Meltdowns and the Politics of Art
Embattled Louvre Director Laurence des Cars Resigns • Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles acquires Kara Walker sculpture made from dissected Confederate...
Restitution Reckonings and AI’s Censorship Future
Art Basel Names 290 Exhibitors for Its Flagship Swiss Fair—and More Art Industry News • New York Historical receives gift of 150 works by Indigenous artists...
Museums Under Fire, Markets on Edge
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Driftwood Beasts and the Collector Temptation
How James Doran-Webb Carves Creatures Out of Driftwood • Can Performance Art Win Over a New Generation of Collectors? • Jasmine Little, Artist Who Painted...
Culture Wars and Shadowy Money Trails
South Africa Drops Out of Venice Biennale Following Legal Uproar • John Akomfrah and Jasleen Kaur among 200 signatories of letter denouncing Barbican’s...
Restitution Returns, Power Players Under Scrutiny
More than 600 works by Afro-Brazilian artists returned to Brazil • Dóra Maurer, ‘towering figure’ of the Hungarian art scene, has died aged 88 • Artist...
Restitution Returns, Censorship Backlash, and Epstein Shadows
YouTube’s First Video Acquired by London’s V&A • Meet the Artist Who Spent 12 Years Remaking ‘Titanic,’ Shot for Shot • Court Dismisses Artist’s Challenge to...
Museum Flashpoints and Artists’ Rights in Flux
Paul Slocum, One of Digital Art’s First Champions, on Building a Sustainable Digital Ecosystem • UK artist resale right at 20: how successful has the...
Museum Scandals, Wall-Text Wars, Market Heat
The $12.7 Million Painting That Exposed a Museum Scandal • Arrests made over alleged €10m Louvre ticket scam • Backlash Erupts After British Museum Removes...
Erased Identities, Rising Art Capitals
Major Contemporary Art Center Planned in Manila—and a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World • British Museum Removed the Word ‘Palestinian’ from Some...
Markets on Fire, Sacred Art Gets Spicy
Africa’s Art Market Is Shifting as Competition in the Middle East Heats Up • Tuwaiq Sculpture Returns to Riyadh With Monumental New Works • The Surprisingly...
Museum Shakeups and Culture Wars Escalate
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá dismisses longtime artistic director • London’s National Gallery to Slash Staff as $11.2 Million Deficit Forces ‘Strategic...
Scandals, Censorship, and Museums on the Brink
Secret Camera Discovered in Centre Pompidou Restroom • Plan for Centre Pompidou in New Jersey is ‘dead’, local official says • London’s National Gallery to...
Restitution Wars and Museums Under Siege
A New Video Game Lets Players Reclaim Africa’s Stolen Treasures • When it comes to restitution, how can museums solve a problem like inalienability? • Amy...
Restitution Reckonings and Museum Power Plays
Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art will return three bronze sculptures to India after provenance review • Ecuador Announces First-Ever Venice...
Oil Money, Restitution Wars, and Biennale Power Plays
‘These are dirty funds’: Indigenous Brazilian leader slams Science Museum for oil sponsorship ahead of climate show • Trump Is Pushing for His Own Dedicated...
Paris Resignation, Scandal Shadows the Art World
Jack Lang Steps Down from Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe After Appearing in Epstein Files Listen to today's episode Today's stories: Jack Lang Steps Down...
Mexico City’s Art Surge Meets Power Plays
At Mexico City’s Material and Salón Acme fairs, artists find hope in nature • Mexico City street market gallery makes art accessible • World Cup art...
Secrets, Scandals, and Power Plays in Art
Leon Black and Ronald Lauder Joined Forces to Buy Masterpieces, Epstein Files Show • MFA Boston Denies Targeting Employees of Color in Layoffs • Royals...
Record Sales, Gulf Ambitions, and Museum Reckonings
Lost Michelangelo Draws $27 Million, Trouncing Estimate and Smashing Record • Saudi Arabia looks to its Modern art history as the art world eyes up the Gulf...