Is Edvard Munch’s The Scream A Case For Nazi Restitution
A version of Edvard Munch’s The Scream, which broke all auction records for a work of art when it was… Read More
14 October 2012
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Nazi Restitution East West Coast Moral Divide
Boston Museum Of Fine Art Sets Example For Norton Simon Museum The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has agreed to… Read More
27 June 2011
Egon Schiele Nazi Restitution Case Settled
Compensation to the family of a Jewish art dealer who was forced to sell a painting by Secessionist Artist, Egon… Read More
5 May 2011
Maria Altmann: Victorious Nazi Restitution Art Claimant Dies Aged 94
Maria Altmann who in 2006 successfully reclaimed five paintings by Gustav Klimt, from Austrian museums that were seized by the Nazis in 1938, has died age 94.
12 February 2011
60th Venice Biennale Twelve Essential Highlights – Nico Kos Earle
Brazilian curator Adriano Pedrosa proposed the title for the 60th Edition of La Biennale di Venezia. ‘Foreigners Everywhere’.
23 April 2024
60th Venice Biennale Pavilions And Collateral Events Guide – Artlyst
The 60th Venice Biennale Arte, scheduled to spearhead the 2024 cultural calendar from 20 April to 24 November 2024, will mark a significant milestone…
8 April 2024
Dr Nicholas Cullinan Appointed New Director of Troubled British Museum
Dr Nicholas Cullinan OBE has been appointed as the new Director of the British Museum. He will inherit a position marred by staff sackings…
28 March 2024
Three Rubens Masterpieces to Remain at Courtauld Advisory Panel Decides
In a recent ruling, the UK’s Spoliation Advisory Panel has upheld the retention of three significant paintings by Peter Paul Rubens…
25 March 2024
Whitney Biennial 2024: Is This The Real Thing – Ilka Scobie
Curated by Chrissie Illes and Meg Onli, the 81st incarnation of America’s longest-running survey show…
18 March 2024
Amedeo Modigliani Painting Restituted To Heirs Of French Artist Writer
Hanover, Germany – In a gesture of resolution, the city of Hanover has returned a painting “Tête de Femme” (1917) by the renowned Italian Modernist painter/sculptor Amedeo Modigliani
17 February 2024
Asante Gold: UK Agrees To Loan Looted Crown Jewels To Ghana
The United Kingdom is set to return some of Ghana’s revered “crown jewels” more than a century after being looted…
25 January 2024
British Museum Launches Website To Recover Internally Stolen Artefacts
Last August, 1,200 to 2,000 valuable objects were reported “missing, stolen or damaged” by officials at the British Museum.
26 September 2023
Egon Schiele Masterpieces Restituted To Heirs Of Cabaret Performer
Seven significant artworks by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele have been restituted to the family of the Jewish art collector Fritz Grünbaum.
21 September 2023
India’s Diplomatic Campaign To Restitute The Koh-i-Noor Diamond And Other Artefacts
India has launched a diplomatic campaign to reclaim the Koh-i-Noor diamond and thousands of other artefacts housed in museums
13 May 2023
Soutine And Kossoff Hastings Contemporary Explores Two Major Artists
Soutine / Kossoff is the first-ever museum exhibition to explore the artistic relationship between British artist Leon Kossoff (1926-2019) and Belarus-born painter Chaim Soutine (1893-1943).
2 March 2023
Boris Johnson Denounced UK Government Over Parthenon Marbles What About Now?
As a student, Boris Johnson lambasted UK officials for not allowing the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles.
2 July 2022
Dreaming With Our Bodies In Ancient Futures – Venice Biennale 2022 – Marie-Louise Jones
The 59th Venice Biennale reconnects sensory awareness with ancestral forms of knowledge
23 May 2022
Otto Dix Watercolours From The Gurlitt Hoard Auctioned
Ten years after the Gurlitt Hoard (“Schwabing Art Trove”) hit the headlines worldwide, two important watercolours by Otto Dix will go under the hammer at Ketterer Kunst
13 May 2022
Camille Pissarro Catalyst of Impressionism Ashmolean Museum – Nico Kos Earle
Upstairs, on the third floor of the Ashmolean, is a show that will quietly break your heart. Entitled Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (12 June 2022), this major exhibition of works drawn from the Ashmolean’s collections as well as international loans, spans Pissarro’s entire career.
31 March 2022
Edward Colston Statue Four Acquitted Of Criminal Damage
Edward Colston’s statue was dragged from its plinth and thrown into Bristol Harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest have been acquitted.
5 January 2022
Found: Egyptian Sphinxes A Tiepolo Drawing And Two Newly Discovered Van Goghs
Egyptian Sphinxes A Tiepolo Drawing And Two Newly Discovered Van Gogh’s found in gardens, lofts and cellars.
18 October 2021
Tate Gauguin Is A Fake – Bank of England Removes Slave Trade Portraits – Stedelijk Museum Kandinsky Returned To Heirs
Tate Gauguin Is A Fake – Bank of England Removes Slave Trade Portraits – Stedelijk Museum Kandinsky Returned To Heirs
31 August 2021
Camille Pissarro Saga Continues – Shai Baitel First Artistic Director Of MAM Shanghai – Louvre Abu Dhabi Explores Abstraction and Calligraphy
The Modern Art Museum MAM Shanghai has announced Shai Baitel as its inaugural Artistic Director. The newly opened state of the art museum located at the heart of Shanghai’s cultural mile along the Huangpu River is a premier institution for contemporary art with a global and multidisciplinary approach.
9 February 2021
Tate Cuts Staff – James Murdoch Buys Art Basel – Manifesta’s Catalonian Beach Party
Tate Cuts Staff – James Murdoch Buys Art Basel – Manifesta’s Catalonian Beach Party
6 December 2020
John Waters Gift To Baltimore Museum – Spain’s Latest Horrific Art Restoration – CINOA Begs UNESCO For Art Trade Cooperation
An Open Letter From CINOA Congratulates UNESCO for their 50-year anniversary of the 1970 Convention but pleads for better representation of the facts and better cooperation for the art trade
12 November 2020
Curator Lee Cavaliere Talks About VOMA And The Sixteen Trust – Artlyst Interview
Lee Cavaliere is currently experiencing the busiest point of his career. He has worked tirelessly through the COVID crisis, as founder of The Sixteen Trust, an arts and education charity
29 September 2020
Roundhouse Refuses Sackler £1m Donation
The Roundhouse in London is to continue to use the controversial Sackler family signage on the theatre patron’s wall even though they have refused to accept a promised £1m donation.
2 November 2019
Nan Goldin Arrested As Sacklers Offer Insignificant Opioid Settlement
The American photographer Nan Goldin was arrested yesterday and charged with disorderly conduct. She and a group of protesters were… Read More
30 August 2019
Sackler: A Family Divided – Dame Jillian Sackler Speaks Out
Dame Jillian Sackler, third wife of the late Arthur Sackler has defended her branch of the family’s philanthropic donations with a statement to the Washington Post, outlining that her side of the family has never participated in the manufacture of OxyContin or benefited from money generated by Purdue Pharma, which is wholly owned by the other side of the Sackler family.
15 April 2019
Preservation Of A Much Loved Waterloo Public Art Poem – Sue Hubbard
In these grim times, we need all the art we can get. Public art feeds the soul as well as the mind. It provides spaces for contemplation in a gritty difficult world.
21 March 2019
Cranach the Elder Venus Masterpiece Gifted To National Gallery
Visitors to the National Gallery are in for a treat as they will be able to view a new acquisition… Read More
20 February 2019
Bosco Sodi A Moment Of Genesis – Revd Jonathan Evens
What is the nature of chance and accident? In a secular context, chance is a series of entirely random events, while in a religious context such events are understood as, in some way, reflecting the influence or direction of the divine.
3 February 2019