Archaeologist Accuses Manhattan DA’s Office Of Abusing Intellectual Property
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has gained an international reputation for its efforts to repatriate looted artifacts through its antiquities trafficking unit (ATU). But one...
Art Institute of Chicago Union Finalizes First Contract, Secures “Across the Board” Wage Increases
Unionized employees of the Art Institute of Chicago museum (AIC) and its affiliated school, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), have secured their...
Lawsuit Over Mural Honoring Police Shooting Victim in Miami Beach Returns to Court
A censorship lawsuit over an artwork removed by city officials in Miami Beach returned to court on September 22, the Art Newspaper reported. Rodney Jackson’s...
British Museum Wants Your Help Recovering Its Stolen Items
The British Museum in London has launched a web page for the items that are still missing with the hope of relocating. Around the same...
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum Says It Will Sue Architecture Firm of Its ‘Inadequate’ Expansion
The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco announced on Monday that it would take legal action against the architect of its expansion—an unusual move, given...
Network of Private Art Schools Abruptly Closes, Leaving 1,700 Students Affected
The Art Institutes, an eight-school network of private for-profit colleges in the US, has abruptly closed, in a move that has left 1,700 students affected....
Florida Judge Dismisses Case Against NFT Artist Over Million-Dollar Deal That Never Was
A Florida judge ruled in favor of the digital artist Danny Casale in a breach of contract suit brought by the web3 collective DigiART, which...
Excavation of Roman Cemetery Reveals Coffins Carved With Images of Grapes and Dolphins
Four Roman-era tombs have been unearthed in Gaza City, including two lead coffins, one delicately carved with harvest motifs and the other with dolphins gliding...
A Sacred Ethiopian Tablet, Looted by the British at the Battle of Maqdala, Is Restituted
A sacred tablet that was stolen by British troops during the 1868 battle of Maqdala in Ethiopia was restituted in a service at a church...
A Trio of Cezannes, from Switzerland’s Museum Langmatt, will be the Focus of Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale this Fall
Christie’s upcoming 20th Century evening sale in New York will highlight not one, but three works by Paul Cezanne. The works all come from the...
Getty Releases AI-Image Maker Trained on Company’s Data
Getty Images announced Monday the launch of a proprietary artificial intelligence tool that will generate images from its wide-spanning collection of digital media. The move...
1,294 Pre-Columbian Artifacts Repatriated by a California Museum to Mexico
A whopping 1,294 pre-Columbian artifacts have been returned to Mexican authorities by American officials during a ceremony at the San Bernadino County Museum (SBCM) in...
‘Prized’ $1 M. Buddha Statue Stolen from Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles
A large bronze Buddha statue from the Edo period, valued at $1.5 million, has been stolen from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles. Security footage...
Painting Emerges After a Century in Storage as a Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi
A painting left in storage for more than 100 years has been reattributed to Artemisia Gentileschi, a Baroque painter who, after centuries of relative obscurity, has...