Politics France Released a Groundbreaking Report on the Restitution of African Art One Year Ago. Has Anything Actually Changed? The landmark report was about more than just an exchange of objects. By Naomi Rea, Dec 11, 2019
Art World Rebecca Salter Has Been Elected the First Female Artist to Preside Over London’s Royal Academy in Its 251-Year History Rebecca Salter has broken the glass ceiling of one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious artist-run institutions. By Naomi Rea, Dec 11, 2019
On View ‘There Hasn’t Been a Lot of Improvement’: Feminist Artist Valie Export on Why She’s Rebooting Her 1980 Venice Biennale Pavilion The provocative installation is now on view at Galerie Thaddeus Ropac in London. By Naomi Rea, Dec 10, 2019
Art World What Would It Cost for the Art World to Offset Its Enormous Carbon Footprint? We’ve Compiled a Helpful Menu of Prices Critics say carbon offsetting avoids the real problem. By Naomi Rea, Dec 9, 2019
Art Fairs As Jetsetters Prepare to Descend on the Eroding Shores of Miami, Art Basel Awkwardly Tries to Address Climate Change How can an industry that hinges on international travel confront climate change? By Eileen Kinsella & Naomi Rea, Dec 2, 2019
Art World Berlin’s Stasi Museum Is Targeted by Thieves Just Days After Europe’s Biggest Jewel Heist in Dresden Burglars took historic artifacts, medals, and gold jewelry from the museum housed in the former headquarters of the feared ministry of state security. By Naomi Rea, Dec 2, 2019
Art World Ever Wonder How Experts Find Long-Lost Masterpieces? We Asked Top Sleuths in the Trade to Share Their Secrets Be prepared to spend a lot of time digging for answers. By Naomi Rea, Dec 2, 2019
Art World Have You Seen a Benin Bronze in an Art Museum? The Guardian Launches a Campaign to Locate and Return African Art The newspaper is looking for information on Benin bronzes held in small institutions around the UK. By Naomi Rea, Nov 29, 2019
Art Fairs Art Basel Cancels Its Experimental $15,000-a-Ticket Abu Dhabi Conference Just Two Months After It Was Announced The Swiss art fair blames a short lead time, not the hefty ticket price. By Naomi Rea, Nov 27, 2019
Exhibitions Step Inside King Tut’s Tomb With This New Virtual-Reality Experience—Possibly the Best Part of London’s Tutankhamun Blockbuster The VR experience will tour the world with the exhibition. By Naomi Rea, Nov 27, 2019
On View How a Landmark Show by LGBTQ Artists in Thailand Is Sowing the Seeds of Tolerance Across the Region The exhibition includes works by Danh Vō, Ren Hang, and Dinh Q. Lê, among others. By Naomi Rea, Nov 26, 2019
Art and Law Police Plan to Seize a Rotterdam Museum’s 16th-Century Altarpiece Fragments After a Church Claimed They Were Stolen The sculptures disappeared from a Belgian church in 1914. Now it wants them back. By Naomi Rea, Nov 26, 2019
Art and Law Amid a Nationwide Push for Museum Workers’ Rights, the Staff of LA MOCA Is Unionizing The museum's senior management says it does "not believe that this union is in the best interest of our employees or the museum." By Naomi Rea, Nov 25, 2019
Art World Solange Will Close the Venice Biennale With a Spiritual Performance in the Flood-Devastated City Set for November 24, the work develops themes from her recent Getty performance, 'Bridge-s.' By Naomi Rea, Nov 22, 2019
Politics A Key Impeachment Witness, Gordon Sondland Is Also a ‘Lover of Art.’ Here’s What We Know About His Multimillion-Dollar Art Collection The diplomat and wealthy hotelier owns a collection valued at up to $25 million. By Naomi Rea, Nov 22, 2019
