Politics A Russian Filmmaker’s Plan to Recreate the Berlin Wall Was Scuttled in Germany. Now, It Will Make Its Debut in Paris The controversial installation will take over two historic theaters in Paris this month—and visitors will need visas to enter. By Kate Brown, Jan 4, 2019
Exhibitions ‘Maybe the Human Thing Is Over’: Why Artist Julia Scher Has Revived Her Disturbingly Prescient ’90s Techno-Dystopia The artist's acclaimed 1998 installation imagined a dark technological future. Its recreation in Berlin now asks, has it arrived? By Kate Brown, Jan 3, 2019
Politics In Response to Exploding Visitor Numbers, Venice Will Now Start Charging Tourists an Entrance Fee The new tax is targeting one demographic in particular: tourists on cruise ships. By Kate Brown, Jan 2, 2019
People A Museum Director Planned a Show About Art and Oil. Just One Problem: His Institution Is Funded by Volkswagen Many wonder if Ralf Beil's fossil fuel-focused exhibition was a problem for the museum's sole sponsor, Volkswagen. By Kate Brown, Dec 21, 2018
Art World As the Restitution Debate Rages on in Europe, Could the Solution Lie in the Art of the High-Tech Copy? Technologies like VR and 3D modeling could have a role to play in the conversation about the restitution of colonial-era objects. By Kate Brown & Naomi Rea, Dec 19, 2018
Art World Archaeologists Discover an Ancient Royal Egyptian Priest’s Tomb in Almost Perfect Condition—See It Here The 4,400-year-old tomb, which is being hailed as one of the greatest finds of the decade, could reveal more secrets as excavations continue. By Kate Brown, Dec 17, 2018
Politics The Strasbourg Biennale Is Postponed After a Fatal Shooting at the City’s Christmas Market The inaugural exhibition, which was due to open at the weekend, has been pushed back while the city mourns and an intense search for a suspect continues. By Kate Brown, Dec 13, 2018
Politics Easter Island’s Mayor Says a Monumental Moai Sculpture Is Better Off in the British Museum Support for the British Museum coincides with an activist-led tour of "stolen art" that included the sculpture Hoa Hakananai’a. By Kate Brown, Dec 11, 2018
Politics With a $84 Million Makeover, Belgium’s Africa Museum Is Trying to Appease Critics of the Country’s Colonial Crimes The $84 million restoration includes bringing contemporary African artists into the galleries of the "last colonial museum." By Kate Brown, Dec 8, 2018
Art World Senegal Unveils a Vast Museum That Raises the Stakes in Africa’s Campaign to Reclaim Its Art The $30 million Museum of Black Civilizations opens in Dakar thanks to major funding from China. By Kate Brown, Dec 7, 2018
Market Adam Chinn, Prominent Sotheby’s Dealmaker, Is Out as Chief Operating Officer at the Auction House The position is being redivided into two new posts in a structural re-shifting. By Kate Brown, Dec 4, 2018
Exhibitions Fighting ‘Institutional Intolerance,’ Canada Is Introducing a Biennial for Indigenous Artists in 2020 The event will coincide with the opening of the Winnipeg Art Gallery's new $65 million Inuit Art Center. By Kate Brown, Nov 30, 2018
Art and Law How Much Should Taxpayers Pay for a Private Museum? A French Watchdog Group Files a Claim to Find Out A Paris museum is locked in a battle with a French watchdog organization over allegations of tax fraud. By Kate Brown & Javier Pes, Nov 30, 2018
Art World Thieves Steal a Renoir Landscape Right Off the Walls of the Dorotheum Auction House In an audacious heist, the suspects removed the canvas from its frame and left the Vienna building within minutes. By Kate Brown, Nov 29, 2018
People ‘Hysteria Is Still Taboo’: Performance Art Dynamo Nora Turato on Why the Art World Still Isn’t Ready to Hear a Woman Scream The Croatia-born, Amsterdam-based artist is on a hot streak. By Kate Brown, Nov 28, 2018
