Politics 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
Politics 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 It Was a Year of Turmoil. Here Are the 11 Biggest Controversies That Rocked the Art World in 2019 From the ouster of Whitney co-chair Warren Kanders to the decision to cover up murals of George Washington in San Francisco, there was a lot to debate. By Eileen Kinsella, Dec 26, 2019
Politics French Artists and Culture Professionals Are Skipping Work to Join the Pension-Reform Protests That Have Paralyzed Paris The reforms could negatively impact workers in an array of industries. By Naomi Rea, Dec 18, 2019
Politics 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
Politics Why We Founded the Yes Women, an Art Group Demanding Justice for Divorcées in the Former East Germany The long, hard road to the birth of a new slogan: "Never Mind Us!" By Nika Dubrovsky & David Graeber, Dec 17, 2019
Politics After a Year of Inaction, France Commits to Returning 26 Looted Artifacts to Benin by 2021 President Emmanuel Macron had said he would send the objects back to Africa "without delay" in 2018. By Naomi Rea, Dec 17, 2019
Politics The US and China Have Reached a Trade Deal—But What Does That Mean for Chinese Art and Antiquities? Tariffs on art and antiquities will be cut in half, but not eliminated. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 17, 2019
Politics ‘This Feels Worse Than Trump’: Artists Voice Anguish After Boris Johnson’s Landslide Victory in the British General Election What many artists feared most this year has just come true. By Javier Pes & Naomi Rea, Dec 13, 2019
Politics ‘We’re Coming Late to the Matter Here’: Belgian Museums Continue to Struggle With a Flurry of Restitution Claims New Zealand and the Congo are just the latest nations to push for the return of their cultural artifacts. By Karen Chernick, Dec 13, 2019
Politics See the Creative Ways Artists Are Urging Britons to Vote Against Boris Johnson in the UK’s General Election There's dark humor, heartfelt pleas, and hilarity in how artists are urging people to vote in the UK's Brexit election. By Javier Pes, Dec 12, 2019
Politics France Released a Groundbreaking Report on the Restitution of African Art One Year Ago. Has Anything Actually Changed? The landmark report was about more than just an exchange of objects. By Naomi Rea, Dec 11, 2019
Politics A Right-Wing Politician in Poland Has Threatened a Curator With Jail Over an Artwork Commemorating the Holocaust, Calling It ‘Anti-Polish’ Art historian Tomasz Kitliński defied the politician's orders to remove the work. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 10, 2019
Politics Kyrgyzstan Censored a Feminist Art Show at the National Museum of Fine Arts. Now Its Director Has Resigned The ministry of culture decried the nudity in the "scandalous" show. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 4, 2019
