The British Government Is Looking for an Expert to Guide Its Restitution Efforts as Global Pressure Mounts on Museums to Audit Their Collections

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The British Government Is Looking for an Expert to Guide Its Restitution Efforts as Global Pressure Mounts on Museums to Audit Their Collections

Applications for the four-month gig are open now.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 14, 2020

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Artist Michael Rakowitz Paused His Video at MoMA PS1 as an Act of Protest. After He Left, the Museum Turned It Back On

This is the latest salvo in an ongoing battle between the artist and institution that has played out since last November.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 13, 2020

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Angry Slovenian Villagers Set Fire to a Creepy Wooden Statue of Donald Trump. (The Artist Insists It’s Really a ‘Statue of Liberty’)

The political work of art had recently been given asylum by the mayor of the Slovenian village who has vowed not to be defeated by the vandals.

By Naomi Rea, Jan 10, 2020

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After a Spate of Antisemitic Incidents in New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo Has Pledged to Expand Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage

The museum serves as a place of memory for Holocaust survivors.

By Zachary Small, Jan 9, 2020

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Germany Opens an Official ‘Help Desk’ for Those Seeking to Reclaim Nazi-Looted Art, Simplifying a Long-Opaque Process

The office in Berlin, led by an art historian, aims to guide people around the bureaucratic hurdles for claiming back their cultural assets.

By Naomi Rea, Jan 9, 2020

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LGBTQ Activists Blast Paris’s Palais de Tokyo for Hosting a Show From Qatar, Where Homosexuality Is a Crime

The activists say the partnership legitimizes a nation that offers no legal protections for LGBTQ people.

By Katie White, Jan 8, 2020

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For the First Time in Its History, the Netherlands Is Returning an Enormous Trove of Artifacts to Its Former Colonial Territory of Indonesia

The objects, some of which date back to 5000 B.C., will go on view at the National Museum of Indonesia this June.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 8, 2020

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The Assets of Africa’s Most Important Art Collecting Couple Have Been Frozen Amid Angola’s Corruption Crackdown

Isabel dos Santos and Sindika Dokolo say that the current government is on a political ‘witch-hunt.’

By Kate Brown, Jan 7, 2020

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The Pentagon Has Rejected Trump’s Threat to Bomb Iran’s Heritage Sites. Here’s What May Have Been Saved

Officials at the Pentagon acknowledge that striking Iran's cultural heritage would break "the laws of armed conflict."

By Naomi Rea, Jan 7, 2020

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Activists Used a Sledgehammer to Attack Berlin’s Newest Holocaust Memorial, Objecting to the Use of Victims’ Ashes

The monument allegedly contained the ashes of Jewish victims of the Nazi regime.

By Kate Brown, Jan 7, 2020

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In a Rare Political Gesture, the Met Speaks Out Against Trump’s Threats to Iranian Cultural Sites, Calling Such Targeting ‘Abhorrent’

The Met joins other museum leaders as well as top museum organizations in condemning the US President's comments.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 6, 2020

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President Trump’s Threat to Bomb Iranian Cultural Sites ‘Must Be Condemned,’ Say Outraged Museum Directors, Politicians, and Scholars

Cultural leaders are condemning Trump for threatening a "war crime."

By Naomi Rea, Jan 6, 2020

Is Controversy Inevitable in Public Art? After a Year Filled With Protest, New York’s Cultural Council City Reconsiders Its Approach

At a hearing, legislators and arts professionals called for more transparency and staff to help the overextended system.

By Zachary Small, Dec 17, 2019

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