Prominent art adviser Lisa Schiff is said to have closed her business, SFA Advisory, after long-time clients accused her of using sales proceeds to defraud them as part of a …
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The Hermitage returns the monumental silver sarcophagus of Saint Alexander Nevsky to the Russian Orthodox Church
The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg has agreed with the Russian Orthodox Church to return the silver sarcophagus of Saint Alexander Nevsky to the cathedral of the same name, also …
In September 2022, I wrote an article on why the famous abstract expressionist Frank Stella was making an NFT centered around Stella’s well-documented involvement in defending artists’ resale rights. At …
After close ties come to light, Oxford University removes Sackler’s name from museum and libraries, but keeps money
Oxford University ended its relationship with the Sackler family after protests from staff and students. Several members of the Sackler family were owners of Purdue Pharma, the company that produced …
The Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), which closed abruptly in April, seemingly for good, has reopened in a reduced capacity. Community donations sent to the center the day …
Photographer’s haunting images of traces of Nazi extermination resonate with today’s Bloodlands of Ukraine
They are called the Bloodlands, these countries that stretch from the Baltic to the north of Romania. The famous book of the same title by Timothy D. Snyder estimates that …
The Berlin State Museums are launching a systematic investigation into the provenance of state archaeological collections with a view to repatriating illegally excavated or exported objects from their place of …
Frieze New York returns for its 11th edition, and dealers hope it will help boost what some are describing as a slow start to the year, with bank failures, rising …
Tales of Two Camerons “Near, far, wherever you are…”. These lyrics from Celine Dion’s theme song for the 1997 blockbuster Titanic— are forever etched in the minds of millennial teens …
In honor of the influential artist Mickalene Thomascollectors Bernard Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr, have just endowed a scholarship at the Yale School of Art to provide tuition assistance …