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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 …

Метки : искусствоскандалмошенничествоюридические делагюстав курбеколлекционирование

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

FAU Art History Professor Suspended Due to Charlie Kirk Comments

09/19/2025

Karen Leader, an associate professor of art history at Florida Atlantic University (FAU), was placed on administrative leave due to comments made about Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist shot dead in Utah last week. On Saturday, FAU President Adam Hasner …

Метки : искусствополитикаобразованиесвобода словаскандалфлорида

Lee Ufan Painting at Center of Bribery Investigation in Korea

09/13/2025

Last month, Kim Keon-hee, wife of South Korea’s impeached and jailed former president Yoon Suk-yeol, was arrested on charges of bribery, stock manipulation, and election interference. On Thursday, the special prosecutor leading the case said a painting by Lee Ufan …

Метки : южная кореякоррупцияискусствополитикаскандалрасследование

Ohio Auction of Two Paintings Looted By Nazis Halted By Foundation

09/13/2025

The auction of two 17th century oil still-life paintings of flowers was recently halted after a foundation claimed they were looted by Nazis during World War II. The 5-inch by 8-inch paintings were set to be sold by Apple Tree …

Метки : искусствоаукционнацистыкартиныскандалреставрация

Sally Mann Says Her Black Men Photos Are 'Problematic' in Hindsight

09/11/2025

In her new memoir Art Work, photographer Sally Mann writes that she now has reservations about one series featuring Black men—and reveals that she even removed some of these works from her 2018 National Gallery of Art exhibition because of …

Метки : искусствофотографияскандалсаморефлексия#культурачернокожие модели

Leon Black and Leslie Wexner's Letters to Jeffrey Epstein Released

09/10/2025

Documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that were submitted to the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee—including pages from a birthday book which included contributions from collectors Leon Black and Leslie Wexner—were recently released in full by the panel. …

Метки : эпштейнскандалдокументырасследованиеутечкаизвестные фигуры

Basquiats Linked to 1MDB Scandal Auctioned by US Government

09/06/2025

Four artworks by Jean-Michael Basquiat, Diane Arbus, and Pablo Picasso surrendered to the US Department of Justice in connection with the multibillion-dollar 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal collectively netted some $36 million in an online auction conducted by the US Marshals …

Метки : искусствоаукционбаскияпикассоди каприоскандал

Met Denies Owning Guitar Stolen from Onetime Rolling Stone Mick Taylor

08/05/2025

Met Denies Owning Guitar Stolen from Onetime Rolling Stone Mick Taylor TheMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has refuted allegations that a guitar in its collection was stolen from erstwhile Rolling Stones axeman Mick Taylor. As first reported by theNew …

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