Politics In a New Bid for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles, Greece’s Prime Minister Is Offering to Loan the U.K. Other National Treasures Greek leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in London this week to discuss the topic. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 15, 2021
Museums & Institutions As the Biden Administration Lifts Travel Bans on Visitors to the U.S., Museums Hope It Will Boost Lagging Attendance For the first time in 20 months, vaccinated travelers from abroad were welcomed back into the U.S. this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 12, 2021
Art Fairs Tastemaking Curator and Dealer Ebony L. Haynes Will Organize a New Section for Under-the-Radar Art Platforms at NADA Miami Fresh from inaugurating a new David Zwirner outpost, the curator will spotlight emerging galleries (and a publisher and nonprofit) at the fair. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 11, 2021
Law & Politics The Head of the Mana Contemporary Arts Center Has Been Indicted for Allegedly Dodging $7.8 Million in Taxes Eugene Lemay, the longtime leader of the Jersey City venue, has been placed on administrative leave. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 9, 2021
Museums & Institutions With Promise It Is ‘Committed to Repatriation,’ Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art Takes Its Benin Bronzes Off View The Washington, D.C. institution is researching dozens of works in its collection as it starts the process of returning them to Nigeria. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 5, 2021
Art History Why Does George Bellows Matter Today? A New Research Center Argues the Artist Embodies All of America’s Contradictions The new George Bellows Center will support scholarship to bring complexity to his legacy. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 4, 2021
Art History A Dutch Painting, Once Stolen in an Infamous Art Heist, May Actually Be a Previously Unknown Rembrandt Viewers can decide for themselves in an exhibition currently on view in Gotha, Germany. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 3, 2021
Events and Parties Quentin Tarantino Is Minting Seven ‘Pulp Fiction’ Scenes as NFTs That Will Reveal New Secrets About the Film The director spoke during a crypto-art conference in New York, where noted NFT collector Cozomo Medici has also taken over Times Square billboards. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 3, 2021
Archaeology & History U.K. Archaeologists Make a ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Discovery: Three Well-Preserved Roman Busts Buried Along a Future Railway 'You really get an impression of the people they depict,' said the dig's leader. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 2, 2021
On View Prospect New Orleans Made ‘a Million Compromises’ to Open. Here’s How Organizers Pulled It Off Without Compromising the Art The show overcame lockdowns, travel restrictions, supply-chain issues, and Hurricane Ida to make its debut. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 1, 2021
Pop Culture Why Are So Many Contemporary Horror Flicks Set in the Art World? Spoiler Alert: It’s a Metaphor About Power Recent entries like 'Candyman,' 'Velvet Buzzsaw,' and 'Get Out' trade splattered blood for spattered paint. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 28, 2021
Auctions Beeple Will Return to Christie’s Next Month, This Time With an Actual, Physical Artwork (That Is Also an NFT) The piece, which features an astronaut striding across an otherworldly landscape, is expected to fetch more than $15 million. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 28, 2021
Law & Politics Ukraine, Not Russia, Has Control Over a Major Trove of Ancient Crimean Gold, a Court Has Ruled Ownership of the gold treasures has been the subject of a bitter court battle since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 27, 2021
Art World How Can Nonprofits Better Serve Artists? With a New $1.5 Million Program, Eyebeam Is Turning Over the Purse Strings to Its Fellows The nonprofit recently gave up its brick-and-mortar space to embrace a more democratic and digital approach. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 27, 2021
Law & Politics The Metropolitan Museum of Art Is Reviewing 45 Antiquities That Cambodian Officials Believe Were Stolen From the Country The museum alerted the U.S. Attorney's office after "new information" came to light. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 25, 2021