Taylor Dafoe

Senior Writer
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Art World

Australia Is Investigating Claims That Workers at an Aboriginal Arts Center Altered Works by Indigenous Artists

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Art History

Did Michelangelo Have a God Complex? An Expert Has Suggested That He Painted Himself Into ‘The Creation of Adam’

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Auctions

Two Rare Rembrandt Portraits Will Hit the Block at Christie’s in July—199 Years After They Were First Sold by the Auction House

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Politics

600 Cultural Figures Have Signed an Open Letter Protesting an Art Exhibition Sponsored by Data Analytics Firm Palantir 

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Museums & Institutions

The Met Museum Plans to Hire a Team of Provenance Researchers Amid Increased Scrutiny Around Its Collection

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Crime

Stolen Ancient Tomb Carvings Sat in Storage at the Met Museum for Decades. Now, They’ve Been Returned to China

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NFTs

The Quilters of Gee’s Bend Head to the Blockchain, Collaborating With a Young Generative Artist on a Series of NFTs

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Archaeology & History

A California Man Repatriated 30 Ancient Artifacts He Found in His Father’s Cupboard After Reading a Viral Article About Repatriation

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Crime

An Elderly Man Spray-Painted a Miriam Cahn Painting at a Paris Museum After Right-Wing Attempts to Censor It Failed

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Art Fairs

Art Basel Has Named Maike Cruse, Head of Gallery Weekend Berlin, the Director of Its Flagship Fair in Switzerland

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Museums & Institutions

Austria Will Return Two Small Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Officials Hope the Move Will Encourage Britain to Follow Suit 

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Museums & Institutions

Questions of Provenance Cloud a Major Gift of Native American Objects to the Met Museum, According to a New Report 

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Law & Politics

An Art Collector Is Suing His Former Attorney For Allegedly Stealing a $5 Million Andy Warhol Painting 

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Art World

The San Francisco Art Institute, Which Educated Artists From Ansel Adams to Kehinde Wiley, Has Filed for Bankruptcy

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Museums & Institutions

The Brauer Museum’s $20 Million Deaccessioning Plan Has Hit Another Snag: A Lawsuit From Its Founding Director

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