Crime A Michigan Dealer Charged With Conning Collectors Out of More Than $1.6 Million Is Expected to Strike a Plea Deal The dealer, Wendy Beard, faked life-threatening health scares and invented fake employees to dodge payments to clients. By Taylor Dafoe, May 30, 2023
Politics Internet Netizens Accuse Renowned Chinese Artist Yue Minjun of Insulting the Country and Army with His Iconic ‘Laughing Man’ Paintings The artist's longstanding series has captured the attention of nationalists online. By Vivienne Chow, May 26, 2023
Crime Police in Italy Busted a Major Antiquities Trafficking Ring, Seizing Some 3,500 Relics in the Process Twenty-one suspects faces charges of criminal conspiracy, theft, and the illegal export of goods. By Artnet News, May 25, 2023
Op-Ed Why the Supreme Court’s Decision in the Andy Warhol Copyright Case Shows the Dangers of a Sympathy Vote The former director of the ACLU’s Arts Censorship Project on the implications of 'Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith.' By Marjorie Heins, May 24, 2023
Crime A Disgruntled Florida Man Just Plowed His Car Into a $200,000 Blue Bunny Sculpture—His Second Time Vandalizing Public Art His latest victim was artist Hunt Slonem's 14-foot bunny. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 24, 2023
Crime A ‘5th-Century’ Vase, One of the 351 Artifacts Recently Repatriated to Greece, Is a Known Fake, Says a Forensic Archaeologist The characters on the vase's surface were likely painted in the 1990s. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2023
Crime More Than 300 Community Members Show Up to Clean Tschabalala Self’s Vandalized Sculpture at the U.K.’s De La Warr Pavilion In a malicious act of destruction, someone had covered the statue of a Black woman with white spray paint. By Sarah Cascone, May 23, 2023
Opinion Kenny Schachter Spills the Tea on New York’s Spooky Spring Auctions (Including the Art Consigned by His Mother-in-Law) Our intrepid columnist had an inside view of the distinctly uneven market action in the salesrooms last week. By Kenny Schachter, May 23, 2023
Politics Michelangelo’s ‘David’ Is Embroiled in Yet Another Censorship Controversy—This Time For a Pizza Ad in Scotland This latest episode follows the firing of a Florida principal for allowing the nude to be shown in class. By Vittoria Benzine, May 19, 2023
Crime Thieves Targeted a Regional History Museum in the U.K., Making Off With 12 Precious Historical Artifacts The break-in was only the latest in a series of thefts in the area, according to local police. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 19, 2023
Crime A Portuguese Ex-Banker Convicted of Fraud in a $20 Million Art Deal Has Evaded Jail Time After a Criminal Statute Expired José Viamonte de Sousa skimmed millions off a sale of 41 Joan Miró paintings. By Eileen Kinsella, May 16, 2023
Politics Oxford University’s Ashmolean Museum Has at Long Last Removed the Sackler Name From Its Galleries The tainted family name has also been dropped from the university library and staff posts. By Vivienne Chow, May 16, 2023
Crime A German Court Has Convicted Five Men Over Their Involvement in the Shocking $119 Million Dresden Jewel Heist The verdict comes after a lengthy 47-day trial. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 16, 2023
Politics 600 Cultural Figures Have Signed an Open Letter Protesting an Art Exhibition Sponsored by Data Analytics Firm Palantir The show was organized by Walter Smerling, a curator who has come under fire for his connections to toxic philanthropy. By Taylor Dafoe, May 11, 2023
Politics The Gwangju Biennale Has Abolished Its Park Seo-Bo Art Prize After Just One Edition Amid Protests Organizers of the biennale plan to establish a new, more progressive award system after soliciting opinions from different communities. By Vivienne Chow, May 11, 2023
