People ‘Direct Action Is Our Only Hope’: Opioid Crisis Activist Nan Goldin on Why People Need to Go Offline to Fight for Their Beliefs For eight months, Goldin has dedicated herself to speaking out againt the Sackler family's influence in art museums. By Kate Brown, Sep 4, 2018
Art World Millions of Artifacts Feared Destroyed as Fire Engulfs the National Museum of Brazil The 200-year-old museum, which is the oldest scientific institution in Brazil, had been underfunded for years. By Kate Brown, Sep 3, 2018
Art Fairs Can a Dealer Design a More Sustainable Art Fair? Ex-Gallerist Joanna Kamm Is Taking the Reigns at Liste to Find Out Afters 23 years, Basel's fair for young art is changing hands. By Kate Brown, Aug 31, 2018
Art World Amid Fears for Public Safety, a German City Removes a Mock Golden Statue of the Turkish President From Their Biennale The larger-than-life sculpture caused an outcry and required police protection after it was unveiled for the Wiesbaden Biennale. By Kate Brown, Aug 29, 2018
Art World An Estonian Official Wants to Turn a Former Prison Into a Museum of Communist Crime The harrowing abandoned prison could become a memorial to Red Terror. By Kate Brown, Aug 27, 2018
Art World Oslo Tells Bjarne Melgaard He Can’t Build His Sci-Fi ‘Death House’ in the Place Where Munch Died The enfant terrible's prospective neighbors are not crazy about 'A House to Die In.' He's not giving up. By Kate Brown, Aug 23, 2018
Art World ‘This Is Not a Street’: Brussels Gets a Very Surreal Street Name in Honor of Magritte The artist-inspired street name is part of an effort to rebrand a former industrial area that hosts Art Brussels. By Kate Brown, Aug 22, 2018
Art World In a New Report, Berlin’s Artists Detail Shockingly Low Pay and High Levels of Sexual Harassment The German capital's reputation as a great place for artists to live belies a "hidden scandal," particularly for female artists, a new report shows. By Kate Brown, Aug 20, 2018
Art World A 66-Foot Section of the Berlin Wall Was Just Discovered, Hidden in Plain View on a Quiet Street A group of locals stumbled upon a large piece of the forgotten landmark, which was covered by vines and graffiti, during an urban walking tour. By Kate Brown, Aug 17, 2018
Art World An Artist Rebuilt and Preserved Rosa Parks’s Home. Now That It Failed to Sell at Auction, Its Fate Hangs in the Balance The humble monument to the Civil Rights movement could be saved by a university, a foundation, or a pair of Detroit businessmen. By Kate Brown, Aug 14, 2018
Art World People Are Having Lots of Public Sex in Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s New Moscow Park—and the Architect Is Thrilled Call it the Moscow Mamba. By Kate Brown, Aug 13, 2018
Art World Did a Rogue Collector Order the Theft of Sweden’s Crown Jewels? Police Hunt for Missing Treasure, Motives, and the Thieves Who Escaped by Speedboat Police suspect a collector ordered the theft of the gold crown and orb from a cathedral as the hunt for the criminals continues. By Kate Brown, Aug 2, 2018
Art and Law Following an 11-Year Legal Battle, Cranach’s Nazi-Looted Adam and Eve Paintings Will Remain at a California Museum The final decision in favor of the Norton Simon Museum represents a landmark ending to a complicated lawsuit that lasted over a decade. By Kate Brown, Jul 31, 2018
Art and Law A German Farmer Was Just Awarded Almost $1 Million for an Ancient Roman Bronze Found on His Property After the man learned that this was no ordinary find, he sued the government to get his fair share of the value. By Kate Brown, Jul 30, 2018
Art World Benin’s Looted Bronzes Are All Over the Western World. Here Are 7 Museums That Hold Over 2,000 of the Famed Sculptures As talks continue between the UK and Nigeria over Benin Bronzes, we survey the institutions that hold the majority of these African treasures. By Kate Brown, Jul 27, 2018
