Politics The German Government Has Agreed to Roll Out Another €1 Billion in Aid to Its Ailing Cultural Sector It brings the total of emergency aid for culture supplied by the government to €2 billion. By Kate Brown, Feb 4, 2021
Law & Politics The Ex-Wife of Disgraced Art Dealer Helge Achenbach Must Pay $1.2 Million to the Heirs of a Major Supermarket Chain Dorothee Achenbach has been found to have negligently sold unauthorized copies of artworks as originals. By Kate Brown, Feb 4, 2021
Crime Have You Seen This Art? Austrian Officials Are Searching for 21 Works That a Priest May Have Swiped From a Benedictine Abbey Authorities have released ads with images of the missing works. By Kate Brown, Feb 3, 2021
Art World ‘I Miss Gossiping!’: How the Invite-Only Social-Media App Clubhouse Is Making the Art World Fun Again (Even Without the Parties) We took a tour through the buzzy new audio-only platform Clubhouse, which has taken the art world by storm. By Kate Brown, Feb 1, 2021
Art World The Centre Pompidou in Paris Will Close for Four Years as It Undergoes a $243 Million Top-to-Bottom Overhaul The museum will be closed from 2023 to 2026. By Kate Brown, Jan 26, 2021
Art World As Lockdowns Remain in Force Across Europe, Museums Are Grappling With the Reality of Several More Weeks of Closed Doors Cultural institutions in the UK and on the continent are facing extreme uncertainty. By Kate Brown, Jan 25, 2021
Sustainability Arts Organizations Across Germany Are Partaking in a Study to Investigate—and Curb—Their Carbon Emissions The goal is to create a model for other institutions to follow. By Kate Brown, Jan 21, 2021
Art World In Five Short Years, the Berlin Program for Artists Has Helped Dozens of Art-School Graduates Find Their Way. Now, It Faces an Uncertain Future After losing a key grant, the program's administrators are looking for a path forward. By Kate Brown, Jan 21, 2021
Art World To Keep Young Artists in London, an Upstart Group Is Offering Them Cut-Rate Studio Space in the City’s Ritziest Neighborhood With a location in Mayfair, an upstart residency and gallery space aims to garner international footfall for artists based in London. By Kate Brown, Jan 19, 2021
Art World One of Italy’s Leading Contemporary Art Museums Will Be Transformed Into a Vaccination Center Artist Claudia Comte is making a special audio work for those waiting in line for their shot. By Kate Brown, Jan 18, 2021
Pop Culture Netflix’s Latest Hit Series Stars a Master of Disguise Who Plans an Ingenious Art Heist at the Louvre—Watch the Thrilling Trailer Here The action-packed mini-series stars the acclaimed French actor Omar Sy. By Kate Brown, Jan 12, 2021
Art World German Cultural Venues That Need to Beef Up Their Security Will Benefit From a New €32 Million Government Grant Much of the money will be distributed to institutions outside the country's major cosmopolitan hubs. By Kate Brown, Jan 12, 2021
Law & Politics Mwazulu Diyabanza, the Robin Hood of Restitution Activism, Has Been Fined for Removing a Congolese Funerary Statue From a Dutch Museum Diyabanza was banned from entering museums, but is allowed to meet with museum directors. By Kate Brown, Jan 12, 2021
People ‘It’s Time the Old Rulebook Was Rewritten’: Artist Marianna Simnett on the Virtues of Shocking Imagery and Difficult Art Simnett says artists need to stick to their guns and insist on radicality. By Kate Brown, Jan 11, 2021
Art World An Abandoned Amusement Park in East Germany Is Being Renovated Into a €45 Million Cultural Site Work has begun on revamping a historic 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel. By Kate Brown, Jan 8, 2021