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
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
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
Art World Watch Marina Abramović Declare Solidarity With Pussy Riot in a New Video as Its Members Sit in a Russian Jail The artist has released a powerful statement of solidarity with Pussy Riot members' recent arrests via the art collective's Twitter account. By Kate Brown, Jul 27, 2018
Shows & Exhibitions The Louvre’s Critically Acclaimed Delacroix Show Gets Record-Breaking Attendance The Parisian museum broke its attendance records with the show, which will travel to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in September. By Kate Brown, Jul 27, 2018
Art World See the Flemish Tourism Board’s Hilarious Response to Facebook’s Relentless Censorship of Peter Paul Rubens In the satirical video, a team of "Social Media Inspectors" block viewers from seeing paintings at the Rubens House in Antwerp. By Kate Brown, Jul 24, 2018
Analysis Part Capitalist, Part Socialist, Estonia May Have Cracked the Code for a Thriving Art Scene. Here’s How They Did It Estonia has built something of a cultural utopia, complete with government-subsidized art-fair participation and a national artists' union. By Kate Brown, Jul 24, 2018
On View This Artist Plastered the Facade of Austria’s Most Prestigious Art School With a 56-Foot Feminist Manifesto Katharina Cibulka has installed a cross-stitched text piece on the side of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. By Kate Brown, Jul 23, 2018
Galleries ‘It Becomes Impossible’: Why One Gallerist Says Berlin Is No Longer Hospitable to Contemporary Art Dealers As the Berlin gallery EXILE announces its move to Vienna, we speak with its founder about the challenges facing emerging galleries today. By Kate Brown, Jul 17, 2018
