Crime Gunshots Were Fired at a Dutch Museum as Two Thieves Tried to Steal a Monet Painting—and Then Dropped It on the Way Out No one was injured in the botched heist. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 16, 2021
Opinion How Artists Are Seizing the NFT Moment to Transform the Debate About Tech and the Environment There is plenty to criticize in the world of NFTs—but artists are pushing forward important conversations. By Charlotte Kent, Aug 11, 2021
Op-Ed The U.K. Government’s Decision to Slash Arts Funding in Higher Education Is Short-Sighted. We Must Remind Our Politicians Why Art Is Essential The director of the Contemporary Visual Arts Network, England, comments on the recent decision to slash subsidies for arts education. By Paula Orrell, Aug 10, 2021
Politics Trump Mandated a Hunting Image Be on All Fowl Hunting Licenses. A Proposed Change to That Plan Has Ruffled Some Feathers Artists found the requirement onerous. Hunters say it made them feel seen. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 10, 2021
Politics Plans for a Public Art Show in Florida Have Been Derailed After the Mayor Accused Two of the Artists of Being Communists The city commission voted to fund the show only if Cai Guo-Qiang and Sandra Ramos were dropped from the project. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2021
Op-Ed Why Do Forgeries Sometimes Deceive Even the Most Venerable Experts? Because We All Want to Believe As the author of the catalogues raisonnés for Grandma Moses and Egon Schiele, Jane Kallir has encountered a lot of fakes in her career. By Jane Kallir, Aug 8, 2021
Politics An Artist’s Memorial on the Site of Last Year’s Devastating Blast in Beirut Has Been Met With Sharp Criticism Nadim Karam's 'The Gesture' marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly explosion. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 3, 2021
Politics A New York Gallery Owner Says He Destroyed Six Paintings Over a Controversy Regarding Their Depiction of Native American Symbols The paintings depicted the murders of Native Americans that took place in Oklahoma from the 1910s through the 1930s. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 30, 2021
Crime Disgraced Former Art Dealer Angela Gulbenkian Has Been Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Fraudulently Selling a Kusama Work The socialite sold a $1.4 million Kusama sculpture that she never delivered. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2021
Crime Notorious Los Angeles Art Dealer Douglas Chrismas Has Been Charged With Embezzling $260,000 From His Former Gallery The 77-year-old dealer has been sued dozens of times. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 29, 2021
Crime Once Smuggled Out of Iraq, the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet Has Been Seized by U.S. Authorities and Will Be Returned The U.S. is restituting 17,000 looted antiquities to Iraq, including the tablet, which was once owned by collector Steve Green. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 28, 2021
Politics A Republican Just Introduced a Bill to Require the White House to Report Hunter Biden’s Art Sales. It’s Called the ‘PAINTER Act’ Representative Mike Waltz, an ardent Trump fan, is suddenly very concerned with the business dealings of presidential children. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2021
Crime Foiled! How Advanced Technology Is Stopping Art Thieves, Looters, and Fraudsters From Hatching Their Schemes Developments in the tech sector are giving law enforcement agencies new tools to combat art crime around the world. By Brian Boucher, Jul 27, 2021
Politics 25 Artists Have ‘Deauthored’ Their Works in the Zabludowicz Collection Because of Its Ties to the Israeli Military The artists are acting with the BDZ collective. By Kate Brown, Jul 27, 2021
Op-Ed What My Mentor, Paula Rego, Taught Me About Feminism, Drawing, and the Potential of a Well-Told Story Critics of Rego's work have failed to engage with it on a meaningful level. By Natalie Frank, Jul 23, 2021
