People Meet Kris Lemsalu, the Eccentrically Costumed Artist Who Will ‘Give Birth to a World of Shamanic Force’ at the Venice Biennale Lemsalu will team up with friends, including the artist Sarah Lucas, to create her own world on a Venetian island. By Kate Brown, Jan 16, 2019
Law & Politics Skateboarding Thieves Stole a Giant $4 Million Coin From a Berlin Museum. Now a Trial Begins—But the Coin’s Still Missing The gang is accused of stealing the giant coin, smashing its bulletproof showcase and escaping using a skateboard and a wheelbarrow. By Kate Brown, Jan 10, 2019
People ‘I Feel Robbed’: Adrian Piper Speaks Out After the Haus Der Kunst Cancels Her Retrospective A show by German painter Markus Lüpertz replaces planned exhibitions by Piper and Joan Jonas. By Kate Brown, Jan 9, 2019
Politics It Turns Out That the Gurlitt Trove May Not Be the Kunstmuseum Bern’s Only Gift That Is Tainted by Nazi Loot The Swiss museum is investigating Modern masterpieces given by the art dealer George F. Keller whose business partner collaborated with the Nazis. By Kate Brown, Jan 7, 2019
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
Art & 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 7, 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