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Court Tears Up Lawsuit Against Sending Bayeux Tapestry to London

06/08/2026

Last July, French president Emmanuel Macron announced hat one of his country’s great cultural treasures, the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, would be loaned to the British Museum. Six months later, in December, heritage group Sites & Monuments appealed to the French …

Метки : искусствокультурное наследиесуддипломатияфранциявеликобритания

Chinese Archaeologist Liu Bin Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges

06/02/2026

Liu Bin, the Chinese archaeologist widely known for his work at the ancient city at Liangzhu, the so-called Venice of the Stone Age, pleaded guilty on May 20 to charges of taking bribes and embezzling research funds, Caixin Global reports. …

Метки : коррупцияархеологияliangzhuкитайсудкультурное наследие

Fred Eychaner Sued by Chicago Condo Owner Over Museum Expansion

05/18/2026

A legal fight over sunlight, skyline views, and one of Chicago’s richest art patrons is now playing out in one of the largest court systems in the United States. Fred Eychaner, the billionaire philanthropist and founder of the private exhibition …

Метки : искусствосуднедвижимостьчикагоблаготворительностьархитектура

Trump Administration Faces Lawsuit Over Blue Reflecting Pool Renovation

05/13/2026

The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a Washington D.C-based nonprofit focused on education and advocacy, has sued the Trump administration over its controversial makeover of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, arguing that federal officials failed to follow legally required review procedures before …

Метки : памятникисудсохранение наследияархитектураполитикалинкольн

Prado Holds Disputed Velázquez Painting After Court Order in Divorce Case

04/29/2026

A Spanish judge has ordered the Museo del Prado in Madrid to hold onto a painting attributed to Diego Velázquez at the center of a divorce dispute between steel magnate José María Aristrain and his ex-wife Gema Navarro, according to …

Метки : искусствосудmuseo del pradodiego velázquezспор о подлинностикультурное наследие

Trump Claims Halting $400 M. White House Ballroom Is Nat Security Risk

04/06/2026

Just days after a federal judge put the kibosh on President Donald Trump’s $400 million plan to renovate the White House with a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, the administration filed an emergency motion to undo the ruling. On Friday, the Trump Administration …

Метки : политикабелый домсудреконструкциянациональная безопасностьdonald trump

Trump White House Ballroom Halted by Judge as Congress Shows Little Support

04/03/2026

Donald Trump’s $400 million plan to remake the White House with a sprawling ballroom has hit a familiar Washington obstacle: Congress—and a judge who says he cannot go around it. A federal judge earlier this week, passionately and emphatically, ordered …

Метки : белый домдональд трампконгресссудстроительствополитика

With Exclamations, a Judge Orders a Stop to Trump’s Ballroom Project

04/02/2026

In an opinion filed March 31, a US District Court judge for the District of Columbia has rejected the Trump administration’s arguments for a 90,000-square-foot, $400 million ballroom to be erected on the former site of the East Wing, which …

Метки : белый домсудтрампнаследиестроительствоспоры

Reformers Protest Removal of Artworks from UK Court Facilities

02/11/2026

Cultural organizations and reformers in the UK are up in arms against government contractor Serco for removing artworks from court facilities in England and Wales. A February 10 report from Lay Observers, an independent monitor, found that Prisoner Escort and …

Метки : искусствосудреформазаключенныеsercoштат

Artist Eimear Walshe to Face Trial for Protest Against US Military

02/09/2026

Eimear Walshe, who represented Ireland at the 2024 Venice Biennale, will face trial starting tomorrow for a case centering around the artist’s involvement in a protest against the US military staged at an airport in their home country. Walshe will …

Метки : судвенецианская биенналепротестправа человекаирландияискусство

Suspect in Shooting Outside Capitol Jewish Museum Accused of Terrorism

02/07/2026

The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capitol Jewish Museum last May now faces multiple terrorism charges, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago native, …

Метки : терроризмубийствосшасудеврейское сообществоненависть

Jewish Heirs File Suite Regarding Met's Ownership of Pissarro Canvas

02/04/2026

A painting by Camille Pissarro in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is under renewed scrutiny over the circumstances of its sale by its former owner, the department store magnate and art collector Max Julius Braunthal. As reported …

Метки : искусствописсарросудметрополитеннаследствофранция

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

Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Norval Morrisseau Estate Is Tossed Out

01/08/2026

A lawsuit that alleged sexual assault by the late artist Norval Morrisseau was tossed out by British Columbia’s Supreme Court this week, according to the Canadian Press. Filed against the artist’s estate, the lawsuit by Mark Anthony Jacobson claimed that …

Метки : искусствоновостинорвал морриссосудисксексуальное насилие