Caddy Crush
Kevin Beasley, a contemporary Black artist, claims in court that Bayview Auto Wreckers secretly swapped a less expensive Cadillac Escalade out for the 2008 model that he had hired them to crush as part of an art installation.
Read more
art
Rarely Seen Van Gogh Painting Exhibited Ahead of Auction
A rare painting by Dutch impressionist master Vincent van Gogh of a street scene in the Parisian neighborhood of Montmartre will be publicly displayed for the first time before its auction next month.
Read more
Kangaroo Painting Australia’s Oldest Aboriginal Rock Art
A kangaroo painting created over 17,000 years ago by Aboriginal artists has been identified — with a little help from some ancient wasps — as Australia’s oldest intact rock art.
Read more
Norway Museum: Munch Wrote ‘Madman’ Sentence on ‘The Scream’
Norway’s National Museum says a small, barely visible sentence written with a pencil on Edvard Munch’s 1893 masterpiece “The Scream” was penned by the Norwegian painter himself.
Read more
Famed Medieval Bayeux Tapestry Goes Online — Every Thread
The world-famous medieval Bayeux Tapestry may be off-limits to visitors because of the coronavirus pandemic, but its keepers have put a digital version online so the public can enjoy its fabled cloth from the safety of home.
Read moreGermany, Hungary Prevail at High Court in Holocaust Treasure Case
These 2014 photos show (left) the 13th century medieval Dome Reliquary and (right) a medieval cross, artifacts belonging to the
Read more
Europe Court Faults Turkey Over British Artist’s Conviction
The European Court of Human Rights said Tuesday that Turkey violated a British artist’s freedom of speech by convicting him of “insulting” Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he was prime minister.
Read more
Italian Police Find Stolen Copy of Leonardo ‘Salvator Mundi’
Italian police have recovered a 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century “Salvator Mundi” painting of Jesus Christ that was stolen from a Naples church during the pandemic without the priests even realizing it was gone.
Read more
Stop Auctioning!
A New York attorney representing himself accuses the state of letting at least three museums unload artwork to raise operating funds — a violation of laws put in place after the Great Recession led to similar auctions that deprived New Yorkers of enjoying cultural treasures.
Read more
Lebanon Returns Two Stolen 18th-Century Icons to Greece
Lebanon handed back two 18th-century religious icons of Jesus and Mary to Greece on Tuesday after they were seized during an auction, a judicial source said.
Read more
Germany Says It Has Handed Over 14 Works From Gurlitt Trove
German authorities have now handed over all 14 works from the art trove accumulated by late collector Cornelius Gurlitt that so far were proven to have been looted under Nazi rule, the government said Wednesday.
Read more
Dutch Court Refuses to Return Painting to Jewish Heirs
A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in 1940.
Read more
Denmark’s Top Art School Head Sacked Over Royal Bust Stunt
The head of Denmark’s top art school has been sacked over the drowning of a bust of a former king in a Copenhagen canal, the culture ministry said Monday.
Read more
Precious Painting Lost at German Airport Found at Dumpster
A surrealist painting worth more than a quarter million dollars that was forgotten by a businessman at Duesseldorf’s airport has been recovered from a nearby recycling dumpster, police said Thursday.
Read more
Indian Couple Help Traditional Artisans Get Back to Business
Most artisans live in far-flung parts of vast India. With markets and exhibitions closed by the pandemic, many had no way to reach customers. Now they can register on the Direct Create platform to showcase their work.
Read moreNazi-Looted Art
The Ninth Circuit denied a family’s request to rehear its suit against a Spanish museum over a Camille Pissaro painting stolen from the family by Nazis.
Read more
High Court to Decide Whether Nazi Art Case Stays in US Court
Jed Leiber was an adult before he learned that his family was once part-owner of a collection of centuries-old religious artworks now said to be worth at least $250 million.
Read more
California Monolith Pops Up After Finds in Utah, Romania
Days after the discovery and swift disappearance of two shining metal monoliths half a world apart, another towering structure has popped up and then quickly vanished, this time from the pinnacle of a trail in California.
Read more
New Phallus Sculpture Appears in Bavarian Mountains
Just days after a large phallus sculpture mysteriously disappeared from a Bavarian mountainside, a similar wooden carving has appeared in its place, German news agency dpa reported Thursday.
Read moreCivil War Art
An artist whose murals at Vermont Law School depict the state’s efforts to help free slaves leading up to the Civil War is suing the school for painting over his work at the demand of students who found the murals offensive.
Read more