Art World The Chief Executive of a Major Mining Company Will Step Down After It Destroyed Two Sacred Aboriginal Structures in Australia The Rio Tinto mining company initially characterized the demolition as a "misunderstanding." By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 11, 2020
Market As a Tax Exemption Expires, the Art Trade Is Slammed With a New Tariff on Chinese Artworks Imported to the US Many US dealers hope the tax won't be here to stay By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 9, 2020
Art World A Remarkable New Study Suggests That Stonehenge Was Built to Amplify Sound During Ancient Ruling-Class Rituals The stones also worked as a sound chamber, keeping outside noise out. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 3, 2020
Law & Politics California’s Legislature Just Passed a Bill to Make It Easier for Native American Tribes to Reclaim Remains and Artifacts From Museums A California state bill that would expand repatriation rights for Native American tribes is heading to the governor's desk. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 1, 2020
Art World A Band of Illegal Gold Miners Have Completely Destroyed an Ancient Kush Settlement in Sudan Archaeologists found the excavation site unrecognizable. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 26, 2020
Art World The British Museum Has Added a Label to a Bust of Its Founder to a Special Cabinet Where He’s Identified as a Slave Owner The institution is developing a guided tour of artifacts that it acquired through colonialism. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 25, 2020
Art World Two Teens Volunteering on an Archaeological Dig in Israel Uncovered Solid-Gold Treasure Buried More Than 1,000 Years Ago The coins date to the Abbasid Caliphate, which ruled 1,100 years ago during the Golden Age of Islam. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 25, 2020
Law & Politics American Authorities Have Returned 10 Looted Antiquities Worth a Combined $1.2 Million Back to India Four years after the works were seized during New York's Asia Week, authorities formally returned them to their home country. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 20, 2020
Art World An Archaeologist Discovered a Trove of Ancient Catholic Relics Under the Floorboards of a Tudor Manor in England An illuminated manuscript and prayer book were among the items hidden centuries ago by secretly-practicing Catholics. By Artnet News, Aug 18, 2020
Art & Exhibitions ‘This Has Made Us Reflect on Who We Are’: The Met Celebrates Its Anniversary With a Sweeping Exhibition Surveying 150 Years of Its History The Metropolitan Museum of Art's long-awaited 150th anniversary exhibition is almost upon us. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 12, 2020
Art World Where Did Stonehenge Get Its Stones? Scientists Have Solved the Age-Old Mystery—Thanks to a 90-Year-Old Retiree The massive sarsen slabs came from an overlooked wood just 15 miles away. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 30, 2020
Art World Scientists Just Proved That the Humanoid Lamb in the Ghent Altarpiece That Everyone Made Fun of Is Supposed to Look Like That Researchers vindicated a meticulous conservation effort that memesters called a restoration flop. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 30, 2020
Politics The Penn University Museum Is Working to Repatriate the Skulls of Enslaved Peoples in its Collection Following Student Protests The skulls were collected by a discredited physician. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2020
Auctions A Vampire-Slaying Kit—Complete With 19th-Century Bible and a Small Pistol—Just Sold for $3,100 at an English Auction House It's possible the buyer himself is a vampire seeking to protect himself. We have no evidence—but it's possible. By Tanner West, Jul 23, 2020
Art World Ancient Greeks Installed Ramps on Temples to Improve Access for Disabled People, New Research Suggests Temples of healing are more likely to have ramps, suggesting they were built to accommodate disabled Greeks. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 21, 2020
