Museums
San Antonio Gets Its First Contemporary Art Museum, Thanks To A Hot-Sauce Heiress
Shortly before she died in 2007, philanthropist Linda Pace had a dream in which she saw a shining red counterpart to the Emerald City in The Wizard of Oz which would hold her art collection and make it available to the public. A dozen years later, Ruby City has opened, with a building (yes, it’s […]
Social Issues
Nearly 500 protesters stage Anti-Columbus Day history tour at New York museums
After being blocked from entering the American Museum of Natural History, decolonization demonstrators took to the streets, ending at the Metropolitan Museum’s steps.
Crime & Theft
Jeffrey Epstein Gets Dragged Into $200 Million Battle Over Brancusi Sculpture
“In court filings, John H. McFadden — scion of one of the founding families behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art — denied claims that he stole a bronze cast of one of … Brancusi’s most famous works from Stuart Pivar, a prolific Manhattan art buyer and onetime friend of Andy Warhol.
Archaeology, Artifacts & Antiquities
A Massive Sculpture Of An African American Last Supper Was Hidden Behind Drywall Until A Theatre Moved In
The Studio Acting Conservancy was just starting demolition work at a former church that will be its new home in Washington, D.C.’s Columbia Heights when the crew boss called the theatre’s founder, Joy Zinoman, to tell her about a discovery, “an enormous frieze of the Last Supper that was hidden behind drywall for more than […]
Fine Art
Where Is The Missing Leonardo?
And will it ever appear again? With less than two weeks to go before the Louvre’s Leonardo exhibition, “there are now serious doubts as to whether the star of the exhibition will be included, as the Paris museum had hoped.” – T…
War, Looting and Repatriation
In Paris, A New Musée De La Libération Commemorates The Nazi Occupation Of The City And Its Emancipation
The museum’s collection of archival film and photos, maps, letters, posters, and pamphlets focuses on two heroes of de Gaulle’s Free French movement: the former préfet Jean Moulin and General Philippe Leclerc. – Apollo
