Law & Politics An Expert Flagged Two Antiquities Headed for Sale as Suspicious. What Happened Next Reveals Why the Antiquities Market Is So Treacherous Christie's recent antiquities sale underscores just how complicated it is to prove certain works are illicit. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 23, 2018
Art & Exhibitions After Three Years of Work, the Getty Villa Prepares to Reopen With a New Look—and Koons’s Play-Doh Getty director Timothy Potts gave the center’s museum of ancient art a much-needed facelift. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 13, 2018
Art World Sorry, Atlantis Believers! Scientists Say a Legendary Golden Hoard Did Not Originate from the Underwater City The Phoenicians likely made the ornate jewelry, using local Spanish gold. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 12, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Philadelphia Tells China It’s Sorry an Idiot Broke a Terracotta Warrior’s Thumb + More Must-Read Stories Plus, France and Saudi Arabia sign a major cultural development deal and Sotheby's brings back fees for online sales. By Artnet News, Apr 10, 2018
Politics German Culture Minister Meets With France to Find Common Ground on Colonial Heritage and European Policy Germany is keen on a joint approach to the problem of looted artefacts as the Humboldt Forum nears completion in Berlin. By Kate Brown, Apr 10, 2018
Law & Politics UK to Introduce ‘One of the World’s Toughest Bans on Ivory,’ With Only a Few Exceptions for Cultural Objects Many in the antiques trade lobbied hard to avoid an unqualified ban as conservationists keep up the pressure on the European Union. By Kate Brown, Apr 5, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Marina Abramović Plans to Electrify Herself With One Million Volts + More Must-Read Stories Plus, four works of art go missing inside French parliament and Brad Pitt is hard at work as a furniture designer. By Artnet News, Apr 5, 2018
Art World After a Decade of Planning, a Massive New Cultural Center Funded by Saudi Arabia’s Oil Company Prepares to Open A show of Islamic art from LACMA will inaugurate Saudi Aramco's mega-project, which aims to harness the country's creative energy. By Javier Pes, Apr 4, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Italian Far-Right Wants to Turn a Fascist HQ Into a Museum + More Must-Read Stories Plus, the Met is relocating about 700 paintings and China voices objections to a planned auction of Summer Palace loot. By Artnet News, Apr 4, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Newly Released Tapes Show Francis Bacon Trash-Talking Warhol + More Must-Read Stories Plus, New York's MAD Museum gets a new director and LaGuardia airport launches an artist residency program. By Artnet News, Mar 30, 2018
Art World The Ghost of Iraq’s Lost Heritage Comes to Trafalgar Square as Michael Rakowitz Unveils His Fourth Plinth Sculpture We spoke to the Iraqi-American artist about his version of the ancient Assyrian sculpture destroyed by Islamist extremists and what he thinks of the rehabilitation of George W. Bush. By Naomi Rea, Mar 27, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: The Duchess of Cambridge Is the V&A’s Newest Patron + More Must-Read Stories Plus, locals are skeptical about the Obama Presidential Center and a Lee Ufan sculpture is vandalized by a K-pop fan. By Artnet News, Mar 27, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: George Lucas’s Futuristic Museum of Storytelling Breaks Ground in LA + More Must-Read Stories Plus, street artists call for an H&M boycott and a Brazilian scientist claims he discovered a hidden Michelangelo selfie. By Artnet News, Mar 15, 2018
Art Guides Asia Week 2018: Your Go-To Guide to All the Shows, Parties, and Auctions Highlights include a Winter Olympics-themed exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center. By Sarah Cascone & Caroline Goldstein, Mar 14, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Climate Protesters Stage a Die-In Strike at the Louvre + More Must-Read Stories Plus, collector and designer Hubert de Givenchy has died and galleries are cashing in on hotel art. By Artnet News, Mar 13, 2018
