An enormous banner by the US street artist Shepard Fairey, based on a photograph of an injured Palestinian child crying by the Gazan photojournalist Belal Khaled, was unfurled by Greenpeace activists on the façade of the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid Wednesday
John Bonafede, a New York-based painter and performance artist who participated as a nude performer in the Museum of Modern Art’s 2010 exhibition “Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present,” has filed a lawsuit against the institution. Bonafede accuses MoMA of failing to
In the early hours of Sunday morning, a destructive fire engulfed the National Art Gallery of Abkhazia, a pro-Russian separatist region officially part of Georgia, resulting in the loss of at least 4,000 artworks, as reported by local state media. Acting Minister
Two artworks by the Austrian Expressionist painter Egon Schiele, looted by the Nazis during World War II, have been restituted to the descendants of the family that originally owned them. The return of the pieces, “Portrait of a Man” (1917) and “Girl
The 18th Istanbul Biennial, scheduled between 14 September and 17 November 2024 has been cancelled. The announcement made by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) is as follows: ‘’ The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) has been working since
Belgian authorities announced a significant breakthrough in the recovery of stolen artworks, revealing that Picasso’s “Tête” and Chagall’s “L’homme en prière” have been found in a basement in the city of Antwerp. The paintings, pilfered from an art collector in Tel Aviv,
The upcoming 60th Venice Biennale, scheduled to run from April 20 to November 24, 2024, has already faced setbacks as some countries announce withdrawals from their national pavilions. While curators and artists are eagerly preparing for the prestigious event, several nations have
Switzerland’s renowned Kunstmuseum Basel announced on January 16 that it would not be restituting the Henri Rousseau painting purchased from German countess Charlotte von Wesdehlen in 1940. Contrary to Nazi loot, the museum categorized the artwork as a “flight asset,” stating that
Italian authorities are investigating junior culture minister and art critic Vittorio Sgarbi, accused of owning and displaying a 17th-century painting that was allegedly cut from its frame in a heist over a decade ago. The 71-year-old government official, who also serves as
Brazilian authorities are investigating the death of Brent Sikkema, co-owner of Manhattan’s contemporary art gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Company, who was reportedly found dead in his Rio de Janeiro residence. He was 75 years old. According to CNN Brazil, Sikkema’s body was
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