Banksy’s proposal on what to do with Bristol’s toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston
Last week, Virginia officials announced that a statue of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee would be taken down from a main thoroughfare in the state’s capital of Richmond. Then, […]
Striking gold: man finds treasure worth $2m buried in the Rocky Mountains
Like something out of an Indiana Jones film, a trove of treasure, buried a decade ago in the Rocky Mountains by Forrest Fenn, has officially been found. Hundreds of thousands […]
In new online exhibition, Michelangelo Lovelace pays homage to some of society’s most invisible
A new online exhibition of works by American artist Michelangelo Lovelace is as enjoyable as it is relevant. The exhibition brings into intimate focus some of the US’s most marginalised […]
Art World Roundup: a $70k Basquiat, Cady Noland’s ongoing legal battle, and how you can support Black creatives
In this week’s Art World Roundup, we look at ways you can support Black creatives, art that benefits those who can’t make bail, a never-before-seen Basquiat, what the Louvre expects […]
Eike Schmidt, Uffizi director, urges religious art be returned to places of worship
In many cases, it’s a lot easier for an artwork to find its way into a museum than it is to find the exit. If you follow restitution news, you’re […]
Walker Art Center cuts ties with Minneapolis police
In an Instagram post on Wednesday afternoon, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis officially cut ties with the Minneapolis Police Department – for now. With their statement, the Walker Art […]
Major US museums slow to respond to the murder of George Floyd highlight systematic injustice in the art world
Museums across the US faced backlash from their communities when in the face of police brutality that resulted in the murder of George Floyd, they stayed silent or were slow […]
