Police Accuse ‘Disloyal Employees’ of Stealing $30 Million Worth of Art From the Italian Broadcast Company Rai

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Police Accuse ‘Disloyal Employees’ of Stealing $30 Million Worth of Art From the Italian Broadcast Company Rai

The trove, pilfered over the course of several decades, includes works by Monet and Modigliani.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 14, 2021

Politics

City Officials Are Conducting an Audit of the Gwangju Biennale Following Allegations of Worker Mistreatment

The foundation's president has described the allegations as “unfounded claims and factual distortions.”

By Artnet News, Jun 10, 2021

Politics

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Will Return Two Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, Putting Pressure on Other Museums to Do the Same

The museum also brokered the return of a third artwork after a collector offered to sell it to the institution.

By Naomi Rea, Jun 10, 2021

Politics

The Detroit Institute of Arts Commissioned a Mural for the Local Police Department. Amid Backlash, the Artist Who Made It Wants It Gone

"If this piece is interpreted by the people that I care about as being a sign of brutality, then it should be removed," the artist said.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 8, 2021

Politics

A Spanish Art Professor and Her Students Staged a Silent Protest at the Picasso Museum to Raise Awareness of the Artist’s Treatment of Women

The group showed up with custom t-shirts calling out Picasso’s behavior.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2021

Politics

A Year After It Was Toppled, a Statue of Slave Trader Edward Colston Is Being Temporarily Displayed in a English Museum

The statue is being displayed on its side, in part because damage done to its base prevents it from standing upright.

By Naomi Rea, Jun 4, 2021

Politics

Scholars in Belgium, Frustrated With the Government’s Inertia on Restitution, Have Released Their Own Repatriation Guidelines

The report's authors hope to stimulate public debate and force the government to make concrete decisions regarding restitution.

By Kate Brown, Jun 3, 2021

Politics

China Just Shut Down an Annual Hong Kong Exhibition Commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown

Some fear the closure is another sign that mainland China’s pro-democracy crackdown is now targeting Hong Kong.

By Artnet News, Jun 2, 2021

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Vandals Used White Paint to Deface New York’s Black Wall Street Gallery on the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre

The gallery was originally founded in Tulsa, and opened its SoHo outpost in October.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 2, 2021

Op-Ed

The Organizers of a Major U.K. Exhibition Used My Name to Promote Their Show. But They Were Too Afraid to Embrace My Ideas

"The Great Big Art Exhibition" rejected an artwork I made that focused on political prisoners. What was the real reason?

By Ai Weiwei, Jun 1, 2021

In an Ironic Twist, Culture Workers Who Occupied Theaters in France to Protest the Lockdown Are Now Blocking Their Reopening

Arts workers who have been occupying theaters in protest of lockdown say their needs have not been met—and many won’t leave.

By Devorah Lauter, May 27, 2021

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