Politics The U.K. Government Is Forging Ahead With a Controversial Plan to Build an Underground Tunnel Near Stonehenge UNESCO has threatened to strip the monument of its World Heritage Site status if the project goes ahead. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 2 days ago
Politics France Has Adopted a New Bill That Will Fast-Track the Return of Artworks Looted During World War II The law is the first of three new proposed amendments to French restitution laws expected to be introduced this year. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 14, 2023
Politics Jailed Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Has Penned an Op-Ed Calling for Support in the ‘Just’ Fight Against the Cuban Government Otero Alcántara is currently serving a five-year prison sentence for using “insulting symbols of the homeland” in his work. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 12, 2023
Politics A Group Led by Artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan Is Analyzing an Audio Recording of a French Teen’s Fatal Encounter With Police The group, Earshot, has unearthed new details about the incident by enhancing the audio from a witness's video. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 6, 2023
Politics The U.K.’s Immigration Minister Ordered the Removal of Cartoon Murals at an Asylum Center to Avoid ‘an Impression of Welcoming’ The murals featured Mickey and Minnie Mouse. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 5, 2023
Politics UNESCO’s Member States Have Overwhelmingly Voted to Readmit the U.S. After Trump’s 2019 Withdrawal The Trump administration left the organization due to its “anti-Israeli bias.” By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 3, 2023
Politics Historians Are Calling Out Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution for Hosting a ‘Dangerous’ Right-Wing Group The museum has rented its space to Moms for Liberty, an organization that supports book bans and anti-LGBTQ curriculums. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 29, 2023
Politics Climate Activists Gathered at the Met to Protest the ‘Unjustifiably Harsh’ Charges Facing a Pair of Fellow Demonstrators The group painted their palms, wore tape on their mouths, and encircled a Degas sculpture. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 28, 2023
Politics ‘Hamilton’ Popularized the Legacy of Revolutionary War General Philip Schuyler. It Also Helped Get His Statue Booted From Albany The statue had stood for nearly 100 years. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 27, 2023
Politics The Metropolitan Museum Is Helping Train a New Class of Men to Protect Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage The Met is collaborating with the Smithsonian to help with the army's Monuments Officer Training and Military Programs. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 14, 2023
Politics China Has Once Again Tried—and Failed—to Cancel One of Dissident Artist Badiucao’s European Shows The CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Poland, which is hosting the show, called the Chinese government's actions 'acts of preventive censorship.' By Vivienne Chow, Jun 9, 2023
Politics An Artist Said a Hungarian Biennial Pushed Him to Alter a Work That Took Aim at the Country’s Conservative Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán An uncensored version of the work will be included in a special exhibition organized by Budapest Pride on June 16. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 9, 2023
Politics Chevron Took Down an Artwork, Which Called Out the Oil Giant for Polluting a California City, From a Fence Surrounding Its Refinery The project adorned a fence separating an oil refinery from residential neighborhoods. By Brian Boucher, Jun 8, 2023
Politics Climate Activists Called for MoMA to Drop Its Board Chair in a Demonstration Outside the Museum’s Annual Fundraiser MoMA's board chair Marie-Josée Kravis is married to Henry Kravis, whose private equity firm is invested in the oil and gas sectors. By Artnet News, Jun 7, 2023
Politics London’s Natural History Museum Has Apologized for Renting Its Space to a Conservative Group for a ‘Hateful’ Private Event The museum said its employees are planning how to use the proceeds from the event. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 7, 2023
