Politics The U.K.’s Latest Budget Gives Arts Organizations an Impressive-Sounding $1.2 Billion—But It’s Actually Less Than Last Year Museum leaders are most excited about an extension of tax relief for arts organizations through 2024. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 28, 2021
Museums A 4,250-Year-Old Vase in the V&A Collection With Ties to the Illegal Art Trade Has Been Restituted to Turkey The golden ewer was purchased by Arthur Gilbert in the 1980s before it was placed on long-term loan at the museum. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 27, 2021
Museums ‘Vote Leave’ Campaigners Have Shortlisted Venues in Two U.K. Cities as Potential Sites for a Brexit Museum The Museum of Brexit seeks to tell a "balanced" story of the road that led the U.K. to break with the European Union. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 26, 2021
Museums Tate Has Brokered Its First-Ever Deal to Acquire ‘Custodianship’ of an Artwork in a Novel Agreement With a Mayan Artist and His People Tate will act as the custodian, rather than owner, of artist Edgar Calel's work for 13 years. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 22, 2021
Archaeology Boo Who? The World’s Oldest Ghost Drawing May Have Been Found on an Ancient Babylonian Tablet at the British Museum The object is among many early examples curator Irving Finkel has documented that show humans' eternal fascination with the spiritual realm By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 20, 2021
Archaeology A Perfectly Preserved 900-Year-Old Crusader Knight’s Sword Was Discovered by a Scuba Diver Off the Israeli Coast The weapon, encrusted with shells, was found with several other objects after underwater currents shifted the sands on the ocean floor By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 20, 2021
Museums Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie Returned a Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting—and Then Bought It Back The painting will remain on display at the museum, which bought the work in 1961. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 19, 2021
Art Fairs ‘Are There Any Left?’: A Sales Frenzy at London’s 1-54 Fair Reflects the Heated Demand for African Contemporary Art The fair features 48 galleries showing work by more than 150 African and diaspora artists. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Oct 14, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions ‘For Every Story, I Have a Photograph’: Legendary Ghanaian Photographer James Barnor on His London Retrospective “I wish I was just a bit younger for this,” he told our reporter wistfully in his home in suburban West London. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 24, 2021
Art World As the U.K. Inches Towards Reopening, Will the Creatives Who Fled London During Lockdown Return to the Capital? Some artists have found a more comfortable life and community outside of the crush of the Big Smoke. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 5, 2021
Market How London’s Art Industry Is Reimagining Mayfair in an Effort to Keep the Tony Neighborhood a Hotbed for Contemporary Art Frieze is leading the way by opening 6,400-square-foot galleries that international dealers can rent for temporary exhibitions. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Mar 31, 2021
Auctions Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz’s Marriage Certificate and Never-Before-Seen Ceramics Are Heading to Auction at Sotheby’s The items come from the collection of O’Keeffe’s friend, the artist Juan Hamilton. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Feb 4, 2020
Art World The Openings of Two Major New Chinese Museums Have Been Put on Hold Because of the Coronavirus The X Museum and the He Art Museum have postponed their grand openings as China grapples with how to put a lid on the virus. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Feb 4, 2020
Law A Gaming Billionaire’s Questionable Trove of Ancient Artifacts Is Raided by Bulgarian Authorities Vasil Bojkov has been detained in Dubai following charges filed against him. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Feb 3, 2020
Art World Experts Fear Australia’s Raging Wildfires Have Destroyed 500-Year-Old Indigenous Rock Art in New South Wales The true extent of the damage is unknown, but experts fear an "irreparable" loss. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Feb 3, 2020
