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Brazil’s Culture Secretary Has Been Fired After Quoting Joseph Goebbels in a Chilling Speech That Sparked Immediate Outrage

Roberto Alvim had pledged to create a "cultural war machine" against progressive ideas.

By Zachary Small, Jan 17, 2020

Politics

Vladimir Putin Has Asked Two Russian Museum Directors to Help Him Rewrite the Country’s Constitution So He Can Stay in Power

The directors of the Hermitage Museum and Tretyakov Gallery have been given a big task by the Russian president.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 16, 2020

Politics

Three Dozen Artists Showing at MoMA PS1 Sign a Letter Urging the Museum to Sever Its Ties With Controversial Trustees

About half of the artists in the show "Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011" signed the letter.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 14, 2020

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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 10, 2020

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

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

Politics

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

Politics

Brazil’s Culture Secretary Has Been Fired After Quoting Joseph Goebbels in a Chilling Speech That Sparked Immediate Outrage

Politics

Vladimir Putin Has Asked Two Russian Museum Directors to Help Him Rewrite the Country’s Constitution So He Can Stay in Power

Politics

Three Dozen Artists Showing at MoMA PS1 Sign a Letter Urging the Museum to Sever Its Ties With Controversial Trustees

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Brazil’s Culture Secretary Has Been Fired After Quoting Joseph Goebbels in a Chilling Speech That Sparked Immediate Outrage

Vladimir Putin Has Asked Two Russian Museum Directors to Help Him Rewrite the Country’s Constitution So He Can Stay in Power

Three Dozen Artists Showing at MoMA PS1 Sign a Letter Urging the Museum to Sever Its Ties With Controversial Trustees

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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