Law & Politics Italian Minister Resigns Following Allegations of Laundering Stolen Art A combative new letter addressed to Italy's prime minster suggests Vittorio Sgarbi is preparing to retaliate. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 5, 2024
On View How Tavares Strachan Reimagined Leonardo’s ‘Last Supper’ The mammoth public sculpture envisions a meeting between notable Black activists, artists, and scientists from the past. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 4, 2024
Museums & Institutions A Man Has Died After Falling From Tate Modern London's Metropolitan police say that the incident is not being treated as suspicious. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 2, 2024
Museums & Institutions British Museum Will Publicly Display Some of Its Stolen Gems The recently recovered Roman objects previously languished in storage, making them vulnerable to theft. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 2, 2024
Art & Exhibitions A Rediscovered Masterpiece by Guercino Will Go on View in the U.K. The long-lost painting will be displayed alongside four more works by the Baroque Old Master. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 1, 2024
Auctions A Forgotten JMW Turner Sketch, Found in an Attic in the U.K., Heads to Auction "The signature is in the style," a paintings specialist said of the watercolor, which was completed when Turner was just 21. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 1, 2024
On View Barbara Kruger Updates Her Iconic Text-Based Works for the TikTok Era Reinvented for the internet age, the artist's works reveal the technological leaps—and social setbacks—that have occurred within her lifetime. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 1, 2024
Art World Marginalized Artists are Front and Center at the 2024 Venice Biennale Curator Adriano Pedrosa is putting the spotlight on Indigenous and queer artists as well as those from the Global South. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 31, 2024
Museums & Institutions Centre Pompidou Workers End Three Months of Strikes With a Major Win "I wanted to put an end to this stalemate," declared France's new culture minister Rachida Dati. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 30, 2024
On View The Cyborgian Life Forms of Anu Põder Touch Down at Muzeum Susch Curator Cecilia Alemani has called the work "sensual, erotic... and at the same time violent." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 30, 2024
Museums & Institutions Protestors Fling Soup at the Mona Lisa in Paris "What is more important? Art or the right to healthy food?" the protestors demanded. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 29, 2024
On View Is This Peak Cute? See Inside a London Show Exploring Our Cultural Obsession With the Adorable The exhibit at London's Somerset House examines the rise of cuteness. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 27, 2024
Auctions Gustav Klimt’s Final Portrait, Thought Lost for Nearly 100 Years, Heads to Auction in Vienna The only known record of the painting had been a black-and-white photograph taken in 1925. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 26, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Entertainment Legend Josephine Baker’s Art and Activism Take Center Stage at a New Show in Germany Though best known as performer, Baker was also a World War II spy and a civil rights activist. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 25, 2024
Museums & Institutions Two Major U.K. Museums Will Send Looted Gold Treasures Back to Ghana as a Long-Term Loan Is the loan of cultural relics to their countries of origin a substitute for permanent restitution? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jan 25, 2024