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Ali Cherri Files Complaint Against Israel Over Beirut Bombing

04/03/2026

Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, together with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has filed a civil complaint in France calling for an investigation into Israeli authorities’ bombing of a residential building in Beirut in November 2024, which killed seven …

Метки : искусствовоенные преступленияливанрасследованиеfidhforensic architecture

Works by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse Snatched in Major Italian Art Heist

03/31/2026

Works by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse Snatched in Major Italian Art Heist Four men have pulled off a major heist of works byRenoir,Cézanne, andMatissefrom theMagnani-Rocca Foundationin the rural Italian city of Parma, according toreports. Per a statement given by the …

Метки : искусствокражаиталиямузейное ограблениепармарасследование

Thieves Make Off with $10 M. Worth of Art During Three-Minute Heist

03/30/2026

Four masked men stole three artworks, one each by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, and Henri Matisse, from a private art museum in Italy last week, according to a report by the Bologna-based newspaper La Repubblica. The paintings are reportedly worth …

Метки : краже искусствамузейное ограблениепармарасследованиешедеврытайна

Cesar Chavez Mural Painted Over in San Francisco After Allegations

03/21/2026

A mural of Cesar Chavez in San Francisco’s Mission District was painted over this week, becoming one of the first visible public reckonings with newly surfaced allegations of sexual abuse against the labor leader. The artwork, which covered the facade …

Метки : артобществорасследованиесесар чавессан‑францископереоценка

California Museum to Remove Cesar Chavez From Hall of Fame After Sexual Abuse Allegations

03/20/2026

A California museum is moving to strip Cesar Chavez of one of the state’s highest honors following newly published allegations of sexual abuse. According to Sacramento’s news outlet ABC10, the California Museum in Sacramento said its board of trustees plans …

Метки : cesar chavezобвинениясексуальное насилиеcalifornia museumunited farm workersрасследование

High Point Museum HVAC Grant Canceled After ChatGPT Labeled It DEI, Lawsuit Says

03/16/2026

A federal lawsuit alleges that a government initiative created by the Trump administration relied on the generative AI software ChatGPT to help identify grants tied to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. The lawsuit alleges that a grant awarded to the …

Метки : музейискусствореставрациязагадкаистория.расследованиеискусственный интеллектгрантыdeiсудебный искneh

Epstein Donations to New York Academy of Art Will Be Given to Charity

03/16/2026

The New York Academy of Art said Friday that it will give away money donated by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after newly released Justice Department files shed new light on his ties to the institution. According to the New …

Метки : искусстволос-анджелесазиякультурный обменвыставкиэкономика искусстваскандалфилантропияэтикарасследованиеторговля людьми

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

Bard College to Launch 'Review' of President's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

02/22/2026

Bard College has launched an “independent review” of its president’s ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after newly released emails from the Department of Justice revealed close links between the two. The liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, …

Метки : университетыскандалырасследованиедонорыджеффри эпштейнсша

No, Gardner Museum’s Stolen Rembrandt Is Not in the Epstein Files

02/12/2026

Wouldn’t it be fascinating if one of the greatest museum heists of all time was somehow associated with one of the most sordid crime rings in recent history? And wouldn’t it be great if you could get a piece of …

Метки : искусствопохищениерембрандтэпштейнкриминалрасследование

Investigation Reveals Extent of Corruption at China's Nanjing Museum

02/11/2026

An investigation into the Nanjing Museum, one of China’s premier state-run cultural institutions, found that decades of systemic mismanagement and corruption enabled the secret sale of national treasures into the private art market. According to the South China Morning Post, …

Метки : китаймузейкоррупцияискусстворасследованиескандал

Judge Sends Ousted Philadelphia Museum Director’s Suit to Arbitration

02/02/2026

A judge has ruled that the messy conflict between the Philadelphia Art Museum and its former director and CEO, Sasha Suda, who was dismissed in November, will go to arbitration, not to a jury trial, as Suda had requested in …

Метки : филадельфийский художественный музейsasha sudaарбитражувольнениерасследование

PInvestigators Say Stolen Louvre Jewels Were Hidden in Parking Lot

01/16/2026

Three months on, the $102 million in jewels brazenly stolen from the Louvre in Paris remain missing. While Paris police have arrested at least eight people believed to be connected to the October 19 robbery, investigators have made little progress …

Метки : луврограблениепарижрасследованиеювелирные изделияпреступность

Recovered Picassos at Center of Art Theft Trial in Nice, France

01/10/2026

Seven years after an undercover sting led police to a house packed with stolen art in the hills above Nice, France, the case has returned to court, with ten defendants now on trial over a cache that included several works …

Метки : искусствокражасудпикассорасследованиеницца