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In LA? Watch Out For LED Truck with Art World’s Jeffrey Epstein Emails

03/01/2026

Artist Tod Lippy has been following reports about art world figures who maintained friendships and correspondence with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—even after his crimes were public—and been left with the nagging sense that the consequences have been too mild. …

Метки : современное искусствоскандалрасследованиехудожникиэтикатайны

National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Looted Sculptures to India

01/29/2026

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announced today that it will return three bronze sculptures to India, continuing a recent series of restitutions that last month included Khmer-period works returned to Cambodia. The three bronze figures —“Shiva Nataraja” (ca. …

Метки : история.искусствокультурное наследиемузейвозвращениеэтика

MSCHF's Latest Project Could See a Two-Year Cow Slaughtered

01/09/2026

In about two months, the fate of a cow named Angus will be decided. At present, the outlook is grim: Angus is slated to be turned into roughly 1,200 hamburger patties and four leather handbags. But MSCHF—the art collective behind …

Метки : искусствоэтикамясная промышленностьmschfкритикапроект

The National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Sculptures to Cambodia

12/15/2025

On December 11, the National Museum of Asian Art, an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., announced it was returning three Khmer period sculptures in its collection to the Kingdom of Cambodia. The return was made after …

Метки : #культураискусствокамбоджаэтикаскульптурымузей

Disgraced Miami Dealer Begins Selling Labubus—and More Art News

10/21/2025

The Headlines WHINING AND DINING. Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, blasted the British Museum for allowing 800 or so guests to get merry around the Elgin Marbles during Saturday’s £2,000-a-ticket Pink Ball, dubbed London’s answer to the Met Gala, the …

Метки : этикаискусство#культурагрециябританский музейистория.

Can Artists Find a Middle Ground Between Embracing and Rejecting AI?

10/21/2025

Editor’s note: This story is the third edition of Link Rot, a new column by Shanti Escalante-De Mattei that explores the intersections of art, technology, and the internet. Complaints about the use of generative AI in creative fields are often …

Метки : искусствотехнологиигенеративный иианимацияпрофессиональные художникиэтика

Mütter Museum in Philadelphia Announces New Policy for Human Remains

08/22/2025

The Mütter Museum, a well-known medical history institution in Philadelphia that has faced bitter controversy over the past couple years, recently announced a new policy for exhibiting human remains. Announced at a press event on August 19, the policy will …

Метки : mütter museumмедицинская историячеловеческие останкиэтикаполитика

What will come of the Guggenheim Asher legal battle?

07/19/2025

While much of the art world is off on summer holidays, news broke earlier this week of a bitter legal battle between top art advisor Barbara Guggenheim and her former partner Abigail Asher. The implosion of the advisors’ high-profile partnership, …

Метки : искусствоюридические спорыконсультантырепутацияфинансовые аферыэтика

Staffers Slam British Museum for Hosting Israel Independence Day Party

06/02/2025

Staffers from the British Museum have criticized the museum’s decision to allow the Israeli embassy in London to organize a party on its premises celebrating the 77th anniversary of the founding of Israel, the Art Newspaper reported Monday. Several staff …

Метки : британский музейпротестизраильпалестинцыкультурные отношенияэтика

ICOM Russia President Responds to Calls to Eject Russia from ICOM

05/19/2025

In the wake of calls for Russia to be ejected from the International Council of Museums (ICOM) for violating the organization’s code of ethics, ICOM Russia’s president, Vasilij Pankratov, has slammed the move as “political libel.”ICOM is a non-governmental organization …

Метки : россиicomискусствоукраинакультурное наследиеэтика

Piglets Stolen from Art Installation in Which They Were Left to Starve

03/06/2025

Three piglets were stolen from an installation in Copenhagen after the artist behind the work had placed the animals in a cage and left them to starve. Marco Evaristti had shown the work, titled And Now You Care?, in a …

Метки : искусствопровокациясвиньиэваристтиэтикадания