Politics New London ‘Ticket Bank’ Will Give Unsold Theater Tickets to Those Hardest Hit by the Cost of Living Crisis The National Theatre, Barbican, and the Roundhouse are among the seven major art organizations to have joined the scheme so far. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 15, 2022
Museums Tate Commissioned Artist Keith Piper to Make Work in Dialogue With Its Embattled Rex Whistler Mural The work will replace the museum's Rex Whistler Restaurant, which never reopened after the pandemic. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 13, 2022
Politics Brazil’s President-Elect Reinstates Its Culture Ministry and Appoints a Bahian Singer to Lead the Department The musician Margareth Menezes founded a nonprofit cultural organization in her native state of Bahia. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 13, 2022
Artnet News Pro London’s $56 Million Old Master Evening Sales Suggest That Experiments to Reinvent the Category May Be Paying Off Amid dwindling interest and low supply of top masterpieces, the efforts to expand the category's typical offerings are beginning to bear fruit. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 13, 2022
Studio Visit Pierre Dunoyer Creates Lyrical Paintings Brimming With Color and Movement. Peek Inside the Light-Filled Paris Studio The artist has a retrospective on view at the Museum d'Arte Moderne in Paris. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 13, 2022
Crime A Recently Discovered Trove of Ancient Roman Coins Has Mysteriously Vanished From a U.K. Museum Facility Police have been investigating the disappearance, but haven't so far announced any suspects. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 12, 2022
Art World What I Buy and Why: Philanthropist Aarti Lohia on the Beautiful Watercolor Works That Slipped Away She is a founding patron and trustee of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale for contemporary art in India, which opens its fifth edition this week. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 12, 2022
People After a Unanimous Vote, Artist and Poet Julien Creuzet Will Represent France at the Venice Biennale in 2024 The French-Caribbean artist is known for his suspended sculptures and wall pieces made out of found materials. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 8, 2022
Archaeology A 1,300-Year-Old Gold Necklace Found in an Early Christian Burial in England Is a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime Discovery,’ Says Archaeologist The so-called "Harpole Treasure," which scholars think may have belonged to a female religious leader, will be featured on BBC Two's "Digging for Britain." By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 7, 2022
Crime The Long-Smoldering Vasarely Family Feud Has Erupted Again Over the Op Art Pioneer’s Latest Gallery Show Mazzoleni Art gallery has 10 of the artists works for sale in “Einstein in the Sky with Diamonds,” through December 16—including two paintings which have been part of a decades-long dispute. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 6, 2022
Museums Long-Lost Remains of the Last Tasmanian Tiger Have Been Found in an Australian Museum’s Cupboard The animal's remains had not been properly categorized and were once mistaken for a marsupial. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 6, 2022
Museums The British Museum Is Said to Be Reaching a Deal With Greece on the Parthenon Marbles. But the U.K. Warns It Can’t Break Up Its Collection The museum hints it may be able to reach a compromise with Greece that includes loans of works. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 5, 2022
Crime Ukrainian Police Thwart Thieves’ Attempt to Steal One of Banksy’s Anti-War Murals in Kyiv A group of suspects had cut the art out of the wall by the time authorities arrived on the scene. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 5, 2022
Auctions This Symbolist Masterpiece Was Expected to Be the Priciest Painting Ever Sold in Poland. Now, Police Are Trying (and Failing) to Seize It Authorities believe the work may have been stolen. So far the seizure has been thwarted by a lack of proper packing materials. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 2, 2022
Museums Australia’s Answer to the Guggenheim, the $228 Million Sydney Modern, Opens to the Public Nearly a Decade After Breaking Ground The revamped Art Gallery of New South Wales is being touted as Sydney's greatest cultural asset after its Opera House. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 2, 2022
