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A view of Los Angeles looking toward Miracle Mile where LACMA’s buildings are. Source.
How LACMA Is Centering Curation Around Cross-Cultural Exchange

When the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) opened its…

An archeological site in Malatya, Turkey. Source.
A Record for Repatriation: Turkey Reclaims Its Cultural Heritage

A quiet ceremony at the Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa marked a turning point in international cultural property law in recent weeks.

Visitors looking at Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. Source.
Should Guernica Leave Madrid? A Dispute Over Picasso’s Painting

From the moment Pablo Picasso finished painting …

The Magnani-Rocca Foundation. WikiCommons.
The Parma Heist and Europe's Escalating Museum Security Crisis

In the late hours of March 22, four thieves broke through the front door of the …

The New Museum’s expansion under construction. Source.
The New Museum Reopens with a Focus on Modern Technology

At Bowery on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where the New Museum has stood since 2007, a 13-foot aluminum…

Graffiti of Jean-Michel Basquiat by Eme Freethinker and Pen Chill in Berlin. WikiCommons.
What a $45 Million Basquiat Says About the Art Market Right Now

A monumental 1983 Jean-Michel Basquiat…

A statue of Rembrandt van Rijn near the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Source.
The Art and Science of Reattributing a Rembrandt

In early March, the Rijksmuseum announced…

Frieze Los Angeles 2025.
Frieze LA's Resilient Return

One year after the Palisades Fire tore through Los Angeles, Frieze…

Visitors in the Louvre Museum. WikiCommons.
The Louvre Reckons with Fraud, Floods, and Failing Infrastructure

The Louvre has weathered both revolutions and…

The Great Hall of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
The Politics of Presidential Portraiture

The White House’s recent push to reshape President …

Exterior of Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Emerging Art Fairs Expand The Persian Gulf’s Art Market

The Persian Gulf is witnessing unprecedented art fair expansions as major players like Art Basel and …

The National Museum of Asian Art.
A “Shared Stewardship” of Repatriated Objects at the Smithsonian

In late January, the Smithsonian …

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art under construction in 2022.
Los Angeles Bids for Cultural Dominance With New Art Institutions

Los Angeles has long lived in the shadow of New York’s art world dominance, but with the opening of three major institutions this year, the city is strategically repositioning…

Paul Cezanne, Mountains Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from the Bibémus Quarry, c. 1897. Source.
From Matisse to Warhol: The Return of the Modernists

From New York and Detroit to London and Basel, leading museums are staging major exhibitions devoted to canonical modernist masters at a moment when our world is as uncertain and…

United States Capitol and reflecting pool. Source.
Why US Museums Are Bracing for More Restitution Claims

Before ringing in 2026, the US Senate unanimously approved the Holocaust Expropriated…