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Philadelphia Art Museum Sues Sacked Director Sasha Suda for Theft

11/26/2025

Philadelphia Art Museum Sues Sacked Director Sasha Suda for Theft ThePhiladelphia Art Museum(PhAM) has filed a civil suit against former director and CEOSasha Suda, accusing her of theft. The filing, which claims that Suda “misappropriated funds from the Museum and …

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GoFundMe Created Pages for Museums Without Telling the Museums

11/25/2025

Art museums and other nonprofits have whole departments devoted to fundraising that employ seasoned experts and deploy time-tested strategies to fill their coffers, and museum directors often spend a great deal of their time cultivating the kinds of major donors …

Метки : фандрайзингgofundmeмузеиискусствонекоммерческие организациискандал

Sasha Suda Was Investigated by Philadelphia Art Museum Prior to Ouster

11/10/2025

Sasha Suda has sued the Philadelphia Art Museum after being dismissed last week as director and CEO of the Pennsylvania institution, according to the New York Times. Per the Times, the suit alleges that Suda was accused by board members …

Метки : искусствоскандалмузейувольнениесудфиладельфия

Philadelphia Art Museum's Director Is Out Following Rebrand

11/05/2025

Sasha Suda, the director and CEO of the newly rebranded Philadelphia Art Museum, was dismissed on Tuesday, according to reports from the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Magazine. ARTnews has reached out to the institution for comment. The museum continues to …

Метки : филадельфийский художественный музейsasha sudaувольнениеребрендингискусствоскандал

Faked Artworks in Japan Linked to Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi

11/04/2025

A painting long hailed as a Moïse Kisling masterwork, held in the collection of a Japanese company, has been linked to notorious art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi—the latest in a wave of such discoveries shaking Japan’s fine art scene. For years, …

Метки : искусствоподделкаяпонияскандалkislingбельтраки

Embattled Director of Wexner Center for the Arts Resigns

10/31/2025

Gaëtane Verna, the embattled executive director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University, will resign effective immediately. The news comes a week after the Columbus Dispatch reported that Wexner had accumulated a $1.1 million deficit in …

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Sotheby's Records Surrealist Records in Paris—and More Art News

10/27/2025

The Headlines SUSPECTED LOUVRE THIEVES ARRESTED. Two suspects have been detained in connection with the theft of jewels, including pieces once belonging to Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie, from the Louvre on October 19. French prosecutor Laure Beccuau said …

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Anthony Kiendl to Lead Museum of Contemporary Art Denver

10/23/2025

Anthony Kiendl to Lead Museum of Contemporary Art Denver TheMuseum of Contemporary Art Denverhas announced Anthony Kiendl as its next director, effective December 1. Kiendl, who holds dual US and Canadian citizenship, was most recently chief executive and executive director …

Метки : скандалискусствомузейденверновостикуратор

DuSable Black History Museum Responds to Accusations of Retaliation

10/14/2025

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago, the oldest public museum in the country dedicated to African American visual art, has responded to allegations of a retaliatory termination, following several years of high staff turnover. Weekly newspaper …

Метки : музейувольнениеистория.афроамериканская культурачикагоскандал

New York Auction House Sued for $2 M. over ‘Missing Stamps’

10/13/2025

A Floridian widow is demanding that a Manhattan auction house return her husband’s stamp collection, which is reportedly worth up to $2 million. Shelley Entner wants the collection back because she claims some stamps are missing. Her late husband, Stanley …

Метки : коллекциямаркиаукционвдоваскандалсудебный иск

Flemish Government Eliminates Belgium's M HKA, Raising Controversy

10/09/2025

A proposal by the Flemish government to close Belgium’s oldest museum dedicated to contemporary art has spurred widespread controversy in the Belgian art scene. Earlier this week, the Flemish government, which manages the mostly Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, said …

Метки : музейсовременное искусствоантверпенфландрия#культураскандал

Matthiesen Gallery Files Lawsuit Over Gustave Courbet Painting

10/08/2025

The Matthiesen Gallery has filed a lawsuit against a convicted con man, an artist, another Old Masters art gallery and a top art collector alleging fraud, breach of contract, and four other counts over the Gustave Courbet painting Mother and …

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Acquavella, Nahmad Contemporary Caught Up in Billionaire Jan Koum’s Lawsuit

10/08/2025

Late last month, WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum filed suit against interior designer Remi Tessier, whose elite clientele includes billionaire art collectors Larry Ellison and Ken Griffin. In court filings, Koum alleged that Tessier inflated prices and misrepresented the quality and …

Метки : искусствосудскандалдизайнеробвиненияиск

Sally Mann Warns of Government Censorship After Art Seizure

09/26/2025

After her photographs were seized at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas earlier this year in January, photographer Sally Mann opened up in an interview with NPR about how it impacted her second recently released memoir Art …

Метки : скандалискусствоцензурамузеифотографияамериканский юг