Israel’s Antiquities Authority Busts Dealer for Possession of Hundreds of Looted Artifacts, Including a Great Revolt-Era Coin

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Israel’s Antiquities Authority Busts Dealer for Possession of Hundreds of Looted Artifacts, Including a Great Revolt-Era Coin

The seizure featured a historically significant silver shekel.

By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 24, 2022

Politics

Kharkiv’s Palace of Culture Was Destroyed by a Russian Missile Attack, Leaving Eight Injured

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an example of “absolute evil.”

By Taylor Dafoe, May 24, 2022

Op-Ed

My Art and Tech Company Has a Four-Day Work Week. It’s Made Us More Creative, More Productive, and Much, Much Happier

Kickstarter's Head of Arts explains how to move your arts organization to a more flexible and sustainable weekly schedule.

By Patton Hindle, May 24, 2022

Politics

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukrainian Artists Are Staging an Anti-War Show in a House Typically Occupied by Russian Elites

On view are documentary photographs and other depictions of extreme violence in besieged Ukrainian cities.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2022

Crime

A Long-Lost Titian Painting, Valued at $7 Million, Was Recovered by Italian Heritage Police After It Was Sent for Restoration

The work disappeared in 2004, and was thought to have been taken to Switzerland, but a tip led authorities to a workshop in the Asti area of Piedmont.

By Dorian Batycka, May 23, 2022

Crime

Hackers Took Over Beeple’s Twitter Account and Stole More Than $400,000 in NFTs and Crypto From the Artist’s Followers

The theft was just the latest in a string of NFT-related phishing scams.

By Dorian Batycka, May 23, 2022

Politics

Germany Bumps Up Culture Spending by 7 Percent to $2.4 Billion, Citing Link Between Arts and Democracy

The budget represents a 7 percent rise over last year's.

By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 20, 2022

Politics

‘No One Should Have the Power to Kill Us All’: Artist Pedro Reyes Is Mounting a Global Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

Reyes's installations are on view now at Frieze New York and in Times Square.

By Sarah Cascone, May 19, 2022

Politics

Arts Council England’s Future Hangs in the Balance as the U.K. Government Looks to Cut Down on Spending

The cost-cutting exercise, which affects hundreds of pubic bodies, will be overseen by Jacob Rees-Mogg.

By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 18, 2022

Crime

An Artist Who Attacked an Asger Jorn Painting in a Denmark Museum Apologizes for Accidentally Using Such a Strong Glue

The perpetrator has claimed the act raises questions about artistic ownership, but many believe it was a right-wing stunt.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 17, 2022

Politics

Activists Occupied Venice’s V-A-C Foundation, Founded by Oligarch Leonid Mikhelson, to Protest the War in Ukraine

The billionaire energy magnate has close ties to the Kremlin.

By Sarah Cascone, May 16, 2022

Art Criticism

Critic’s Spotlight: How Felipe Baeza’s Symbolically Charged Dreamscapes Give Body to Contemporary Struggles at the Venice Biennale

Baeza's creates a distinctive language of fantasy that encodes queer desire and the immigrant experience.

By Barbara Calderón, May 15, 2022

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