’20 Days in Mariupol’ director: Fight in Ukraine goes on
DW - Pulitzer Prize-winning Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov knows global attention is shifting to Israel, but his film on Russian atrocities remains essential. - read more ...
Gaza Artist Killed With Her Children in Israeli Airstrik
Hyperallergic - Palestinian artist Heba Zagout was killed with her two young children in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Friday, October 13, her sister confirmed on Facebook. The 39-year-old artist’s death was ...
Two paintings with the same title, The Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem
Domus - War. Death. Destruction. Once again terror. Gaza under attack. Hamas’ rockets on Ashkelon, sirens in Tel Aviv, rockets between Israel and Lebanon. The horror returns. - read more
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Burglar steals painting in smash-and-grab from NYC gallery
NY Post - A $5,000 painting was stolen from a Manhattan gallery in a smash-and-grab robbery early Monday, according to cops and sources.- read more ...
MoMA and Morgan Library Among Museums Returning Nazi-Looted Art
Hyperallergic - Seven Egon Schiele works that belonged to Austrian-Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum were handed back to his heirs. - read more ...
Claude Picasso, the Spanish Artist’s Youngest Son, Has Died at Age 76
artnet news - Claude Picasso, son of Pablo Picasso and the longtime administrator of the late Spanish artist’s estate, has died at the age of 76. - read more ...
British Museum Fires Worker Accused of Stealing Gold and Gems
NY Times - The museum said that it had dismissed a worker accused of taking the items, some thousands of years old, from a storeroom. The police are investigating. - read more ...
Poland’s quest to retrieve priceless Nazi-looted art
BBC - One of those was Madonna with Child, a 16th Century painting attributed to Italian Alessandro Turchi. A Nazi official who oversaw the looting of art included the painting on a list of hundreds taken f...
Italian government bans NFT sales by museums to protect their cultural heritage
design boom - The Italian government aims to stop digital art sales by museums to protect the country’s cultural heritage from NFT frauds. This decree is a reaction to the recent 240,000€ sale of an NFT of Mic...
The Met Museum Plans to Hire a Team of Provenance Researchers Amid Increased Scrutiny Around Its Collection
artnet news - Amid increased scrutiny from political groups, criminal investigators, and media outlets, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced a slate of new initiatives to review its holdings for objects...