A New York judge ordered the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) to return an Egon Schiele drawing looted by Nazis from Fritz GrĂŒnbaum. The AIC has contested the provenance, but the court sided with GrĂŒnbaum's heirs.
World leaders mourn Pope Francis. His legacy of progressive views, advocacy for the poor and climate action sparks search for a successor. The election by 138 cardinals will shape the Church's future.
Haarlem grapples with Stolpersteine, stumbling stones, to memorialize Nazi victims. A controversial art project sparks debate and a new city memorial for non-Jewish victims, honoring resistance and remembrance.
Jeremy Deller brings unique art events to UK locations, including London's National Gallery, Plymouth, Wales & Derry/Londonderry. These public events mix art, music, mythology, & local culture.
The Trump Administration's attacks on science & health facilities are defunding crucial programs at Harvard, NIH, CDC, impacting research, public health, and endangering American innovation. Grants termination have struck universities nationwide.
Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Baby Boom' (1982), a stylized family picture painting, heads Christie's 21st-century sale with a $20M-$30M estimate. Formerly owned by Peter Brant, it references post-WWII birthrates.
Artist Imran Qureshi explores miniatures, scale, and Pakistani culture, drawing inspiration from history, politics, and everyday life. His Concrete exhibit blends large works with miniature paintings and woven charpai.
David Geffen countersues Justin Sun over a $78.4M Giacometti sculpture, alleging fraud and deleted messages after a crypto crash and NFT marketplace misrepresentation. Sun's lawyer calls Geffen's claims "misguided".
Guggenheim Fellowships, awarding $30k-$45k, support artists and scholars. Celebrating a century of funding, vital amid US federal cuts to humanities and arts.
Harvard resists Trump's threats over DEI. Colleges shift to pluralism amid political stress. Funding frozen. The debate: Academic freedom vs. political control and culture war.
Icelandic artist Odee protests censorship by Bergen University & Kunsthall after a planned mural was preemptively blocked. He replaced it with a QR code linking to a protest site, alleging undue influence from a fishing company.
Viktor Shvets, a global-market strategist at Macquarie Capital, said, on Bloombergâs âOdd Lotsâ podcast, âI keep asking myself, âWhat is this Administration trying to do?â â Was the objective to reindustrialize the United States, or to raise revenue to help pay for tax cuts to the rich, or to change the global flow of funds?
In an announcement, his publisher described the eighty-seven-year-oldâs latest plot as involving a private eye and a missing cheese heiress, as well as âNazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal, outlaw motorcyclists, and the troubles that come with each of them.â It brings to mind what the magazineâs reviewer thought after reading âGravityâs Rainbowâ: âWhew!â
A gallery of densely salon-hung portraits shows how much Hockney likes to create a world around himselfâmany family members, other artists (including the late Derek Boshier and John Baldessari), the queen of arts public relations Erica Bolton, rendered in charcoal and crayon; the designer Celia Birtwell, in tartan trousers; an unnamed man in an armchair whose red velvet upholstery looks real enough to touch.
A coalition of 21 state attorneys general is suing the administration of US President Donald Trump for attempting to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and several other agencies through executive orders and actions that, the group says in its legal filing, "are illegal several times over".
In times past, one of my favourite ways to switch off was to go through online auction catalogues in pursuit of mis-catalogued paintings (or âsleepersâ as the art trade calls them).
Belgian film-maker Johan Grimonprez exposes how the Eisenhower administration manipulated jazz musicians such as Louis Armstrong to distract from the murder of Lumumba.
