Archive for February 2020
The Met restitutes 16th century silver cup to Holocaust victim’s heirs
Restitution had another win recently. Last week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that a 16th century silver cup, once the possession of a man murdered during the Holocaust, would […]
Art in the time of coronavirus
Amid growing panic over the rapid spread of the coronavirus, some of Italy’s most famous museums are shuttering their doors. From Turin to Venice, seven northern regions have been directed […]
‘Leonardo da Vinci’ shatters Louvre exhibition attendance records
After running its course, the numbers are finally out for the Louvre’s blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci exhibition and a blockbuster it was. A staggering 1,071,840 people ended up waiting their […]
Saudi Arabia’s artistic whitewash part of a well-trodden tradition among autocrats
The latest iteration of the site-specific art installation festival Desert X is currently underway in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia – but not without controversy. Normally associated with the barren wastelands […]
$10,000 AWARE Prize will recognise 20th century female artist at the Armory Show
As the kick off to the 2020 edition of the Armory Show edges closer and closer, the fair has announced a new art prize to add to its list of […]
Caroline Baumann, former director of Cooper Hewitt, calls report behind resignation a ‘sham’
For the first time since her abrupt resignation as the director of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum on February 7th, Caroline Baumann has now spoken out. In a statement […]
US court upholds $6.75m ruling concerning the fate 5Pointz graffiti art
The US Court of Appeals has upheld a landmark decision that real estate developer Gerald Wolkoff did indeed violate the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) when he ordered 32 graffiti […]
