Politics German Museums Fine Climate Protestors for Damaging Property, But Environmental Groups Show No Signs of Slowing Down The Dresden State Art Collections has initiated civil proceedings and filed a complaint with the city's public prosecutor’s office after activists damaged Raphael’s Sistine Madonna. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 26, 2022
Politics Artists Unfurled Red Banners From the Guggenheim Rotunda to Support the Iran Women’s Protest Movement Protests have embroiled Iran since the death of Mahsa Amini. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 24, 2022
Politics Feminist Artists Marched for Reproductive Freedom in New York—and Are Taking the Message to Voters in Red States With a Billboard Campaign Michele Pred's latest feminist parade is accompanied by a billboard art campaign in support of abortion rights staged in 12 states. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 24, 2022
Politics German Collector Hasso Plattner Has Temporarily Closed His Museum After Climate Activists Threw Mashed Potatoes at His $111 Million Monet The institution plans "to discuss the risks revealed by the recent attacks" with other international museums. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 24, 2022
Politics After 19 Bitter Days on Strike, the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Union Has Reached a Tentative Deal With Management If the contract is approved by the union's members, they will return to work on Monday. By Ben Davis, Oct 14, 2022
Politics Self-Censorship Among Artists and Museum Workers Is on the Rise in Poland, a New Report Finds But it may be more difficult than ever for the E.U. to take action. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 11, 2022
Politics New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss Says She Does Not Support Repatriating the Parthenon Marbles to Greece Greece’s own prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, plans to push her on the topic in a meeting later this year. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 5, 2022
Politics ‘I Am Ashamed’: The Hermitage Museum’s Head of Contemporary Art Resigns Over Russia’s War in Ukraine "I left because I don’t intend to have anything in common with today’s Russia" the curator said. By Caroline Goldstein, Oct 4, 2022
Politics The Victoria & Albert Museum Finally Banishes the Sackler Family Name From Its Buildings The V&A had been a hold out as museums around the world removed the name of the disgraced pharmaceutical family. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 3, 2022
Politics London’s Newest Fourth Plinth Sculpture Is a Tribute to an Anti-Colonial Hero. Politicians Want to Replace It With a Statue of Queen Elizabeth II The site has hosted contemporary art commissions for more than 20 years. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 29, 2022
Politics ‘Traitors Are Everywhere’: UCCA Beijing Removed a Painting From View and Scrubbed Its Website After Nationalistic Visitors Complained Details about the exhibition have also been scrubbed from the museum's website. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 27, 2022
Politics Iranian Artists React With Outrage, Calling for Solidarity as Protests Over Women’s Rights Spread Globally "People have no fear—they are desperate for change," said one Iranian artist. By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Sep 27, 2022
Politics Uber Has Launched Uber Restore, a Special App in Ukraine to Help Transport Art Conservators The State Department and the Smithsonian helped connect Ukraine's Ministry of Culture to Uber. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 16, 2022
Politics ‘My Mother Tells Me Not to Go Back to China’: Ai Weiwei Gets Personal as He Accepts the Praemium Imperiale He won the prestigious honor alongside SANAA, Wim Wenders, and several others. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 16, 2022
Politics A Panel Convened to Address Antisemitism at Documenta Called for Action on Yet Another ‘Problematic’ Artwork. The Show’s Artists Claim It’s Censorship “We are angry, we are sad, we are tired, we are united,” the curators wrote in an open letter. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 12, 2022
