Art World ‘Museums Are Withholding Information’: Why an Artist Made a Guerrilla Audio Guide for an Art Institute of Chicago Show Artist Michelle Hartney says the museum fails to acknowledge the terrible cruelty many of the show's courtesan subjects endured. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 23, 2019
Art World A Dutch Art Detective Tracked Down a Pair of Stolen Medieval Stone Reliefs in an English Aristocrat’s Garden The Visigothic artifacts were stolen from a Spanish church in 2004. By Henri Neuendorf, Jan 22, 2019
Law & Politics Looters Beware: The British Museum Is Leading an International Task Force Fighting the Illicit Trade in Egyptian Antiquities An expert team and powerful new database will help recover stolen artifacts and expose fake documentation. By Javier Pes, Jan 20, 2019
Opinion To Truly Take Ownership of Its Heritage, Africa Needs a New Museum to House Its Returning Cultural Artifacts The Nigerian architect Olajumoke Adenowo argues that building museums will be vital for the future of Africa where 60 percent of the population is under 25. By Olajumoke Adenowo, Jan 10, 2019
Art World The Strange, Sordid History of the World’s First Nude Female Statue An excerpt from Beard's new book 'How Do We Look.' By Mary Beard, Jan 2, 2019
Art World These Are The 12 Biggest Controversies That Rocked the Art World in 2018 From resistance to the Met's new admission policy to outrage over museum funding, these were the biggest debates of 2018. By Javier Pes & Eileen Kinsella, Dec 27, 2018
Art World The Ivory Coast Drafts a Long List of the Colonial-Era Works It Wants Back From France As support for repatriation grows, the Ivory Coast is asking France to return 148 works. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 20, 2018
Art World Governments Around the Globe Are Teaming Up to Help Brazil’s National Museum Recover From a Devastating Fire Museums, foreign governments, and private companies alike are pledging support for the museum. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 18, 2018
Art World ‘It Still Belongs to Africa’: Trevor Noah of ‘The Daily Show’ Says Colonial-Era Art Should be Returned—With Interest The show's host says European countries owe African nations not only the art that was stolen, but also some great European paintings and sculptures. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 18, 2018
Art & Exhibitions MFA Boston Gets a Game-Changing Gift of Chinese Art Spanning Five Dynasties—See Highlights Here The museum says the 183-work donation is one of the most significant gifts in its history. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 14, 2018
People A Danish Photographer Shot Himself Having Sex With a Model Atop Egypt’s Great Pyramid. Here’s Why He Did It The photo was "the dumbest idea I could get on," explains Danish daredevil Andreas Hvid. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 11, 2018
Law & Politics Italy’s Supreme Court Has Ruled That the Getty Must Return ‘Victorious Youth.’ The Getty Says, ‘No’ The work by Lysippos is one of the most popular in the LA museum's collection. By Henri Neuendorf, Dec 5, 2018
Auctions A British Auction-House Employee Used a 4,000-Year-Old Pot He Bought for $6 to Store His Toothbrushes It later sold at auction for a 2,000 percent profit. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 29, 2018
Art World New Analysis of Cave Art Suggests That Prehistoric Humans Had Sophisticated Knowledge of Astronomy The paintings appear to reflect the position of the stars in the night sky. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 28, 2018
Auctions A Rare 11th-Century Scroll by the ‘Chinese da Vinci’ Sold for Nearly $60 Million at Christie’s Hong Kong But some observers are underwhelmed by the price. By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 27, 2018
