Crime A Painting Stolen From a Museum in Glasgow Has Been Returned After More Than 30 Years The work by Robert Gemmell Hutchison was reportedly worth about $9,721 when it was taken, in 1989. By Adam Schrader, Oct 20, 2023
Law & Politics The Cleveland Museum of Art Is Suing the Manhattan D.A. Over the Seizure of a $20 Million Statue Allegedly Looted From Turkey The museum is asserting it is the rightful owner of the sculpture. By Adam Schrader, Oct 20, 2023
Museums & Institutions In the Wake of a Major Theft Scandal, the British Museum Plans to Spend $12 Million to Fully Digitize Its Collection The museum expects the digitization project will take five years to complete. By Adam Schrader, Oct 19, 2023
Museums & Institutions The American Museum of Natural History Will Remove All Human Remains From Display, Vowing Policy Change The museum holds about 12,000 human remains in its collection. By Adam Schrader, Oct 19, 2023
Museums & Institutions A Glasgow Museum Reveals a $3.7 Million Rodin Sculpture Has Been Missing From Its Collection for Nearly 75 Years The sculpture was last seen during an exhibition in 1949 after which it was recorded as "unlocated." By Adam Schrader, Oct 18, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Excavating the Tomb of Egypt’s First Female Pharaoh Found Hundreds of Jars Still Holding Remnants of Wine The dig has also shed new light on the reign of the ancient queen. By Adam Schrader, Oct 18, 2023
Galleries Dealer Tim Blum Renames His Gallery and Expands in New York After the Departure of His Longtime Partner Jeff Poe Poe split from the company in August. By Adam Schrader, Oct 17, 2023
Museums & Institutions Workers at the Centre Pompidou Went on Strike, Demanding Job Security Ahead of the Museum’s Planned Renovation The strike affected the presentation of the Marcel Duchamp Prize. By Adam Schrader, Oct 17, 2023
Art & Tech A Surprising Mix of Rare Chemical Compounds Found on ‘Mona Lisa’ Shed Light on Leonardo da Vinci’s Innovative Process The lead compound plumbonacrite has never before been detected in Italian Renaissance works. By Adam Schrader, Oct 16, 2023
Art & Tech An A.I.-Powered Chatbot ‘OpinionGPT’ Intentionally Expresses Human Bias. We Asked It 13 Questions About Art "As with any technology, there is a risk that users could misuse OpinionGPT to further polarize debates, spread harmful ideologies, or manipulate public opinion," researchers said. By Adam Schrader, Oct 15, 2023
Auctions A Rare Ceramic Cat Made By David Hockney While He Was Hitchhiking as an Art Student Could Net $48,000 at Auction Another one of the artist's ceramic cats sold for $114,426 in June. By Adam Schrader, Oct 13, 2023
On View ‘I Was Against It’: How Marc Chagall’s Granddaughter Battled Skepticism to Fall for a Revelatory Immersive Exhibit in New York We walked through the exhibition with Bella Meyer. By Adam Schrader, Oct 13, 2023
Museums & Institutions UNESCO Has Teamed Up With Interpol to Build a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Artifacts The goal of the museum is not to expand its collection but to gradually empty itself as the missing objects are eventually recovered. By Adam Schrader, Oct 13, 2023
Museums & Institutions U.K. Museums Maintain That Art Theft Is ‘Rare’ Following Reports Exaggerating the Scale of the Problem Reports of thousands of missing items have come following the British Museum scandal this summer. By Adam Schrader, Oct 12, 2023
Art & Tech An Artist Invited Blind People to Use an A.I. Image Generator. The Unsettling Results Could Help Make Art More Accessible Researchers tested the limitations of images created with text prompts. By Adam Schrader, Oct 12, 2023