Surrounded by Visitors, the FBI Seized 25 Works Purportedly by Basquiat From a Florida Museum in a Mid-Day Raid

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Surrounded by Visitors, the FBI Seized 25 Works Purportedly by Basquiat From a Florida Museum in a Mid-Day Raid

The previously unseen works surfaced in 2012, after apparently spending three decades in a storage unit.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 27, 2022

Museums

The Royal British Columbia Museum Has Scrapped a $789 Million Rebuilding Plan After the Public Balked at the Price

The project, announced just a month ago, proved immediately controversial.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 23, 2022

Museums

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Is Selling NFTs of Artworks in Its Collection to Fund the Conservation of Degas Paintings

The museum is minting NFTs of Impressionist pastels by Monet and other artists.

By Dorian Batycka, Jun 23, 2022

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Sudanese Museum Officials Call on the U.K. to Return Looted Cultural Artifacts, Including Two Human Skulls

The objects were taken by British colonizers as war trophies after a battle against Sudanese soldiers

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 21, 2022

Museums

Demonstrators Descend on the British Museum to Make the Case for Athens as the Rightful—and Safer—Home for the Parthenon Marbles

The demonstration marked the 13th anniversary of the opening of the Acropolis Museum in Athens.

By Cristina Ruiz, Jun 20, 2022

Museums

Looking to Put Itself on the Cultural Map, the Swiss City of Lausanne Just Opened a New Art Center the Size of Five Football Fields

Plateforme 10 brings together three museums and cost over $200 million to build.

By Anna Sansom, Jun 18, 2022

Museums

Kim Kardashian’s Marilyn Monroe Dress Fiasco Inspired the Top Museum Organization to Set Up a Clothing Preservation Committee

Preservationists posted photos on social media that appeared to show damage to the iconic dress, with missing crystals and stretched fabric, compared to a photograph taken before Kardashian wore it.

By Sarah Cascone, Jun 17, 2022

Museums

Italy Opens the Museum of Rescued Art, Dedicated to Cultural Heritage the Country Reclaimed From Abroad

The museum will mount rotating exhibitions of repatriated art.

By Amah-Rose Abrams, Jun 16, 2022

Museums

A Sick Orca Trapped in the Seine Engrossed the French Public For Weeks. Its Skeleton Is Now Headed to a Paris Museum

The acquisition could meet with controversy, as wildlife organizations voice concerns that too little was done to save the sick sea mammal.

By Devorah Lauter, Jun 16, 2022

Museums

In a Landmark Vote, the Smithsonian Institution Officially Approves the Return of 29 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

The move marks the first major restitution effort under the institution’s newly adopted policy.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 15, 2022

Museums

A University Museum Has Come Under Fire for Displaying the ‘Terrible’ Art of a Self-Help Author and Major Donor

The arrangement has many calling the museum’s ethics into question.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 14, 2022

Museums

A Slovenian Museum Director Was Forced to Resign for Organizing a Show of Allegedly Forged Works by Picasso, Matisse, and Others

The works in question were acquired by former Croatia's former internal affairs minister Josip Boljkovaca.

By Dorian Batycka, Jun 13, 2022

A French Museum Agency Ignored Red Flags When It Advised the Louvre Abu Dhabi to Purchase Antiquities, a New Report Finds

French investigators said the agency showed “real professional negligence" regarding Egyptian antiquities with questionable provenance.

By Devorah Lauter, Jun 10, 2022

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A Long-Awaited Center Dedicated to Cheech Marin’s Chicano Art Collection Is Finally Opening in Riverside, California

The space will house more than 500 works of art.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 10, 2022