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Former Deutsches Museum Worker Convicted For Stealing And Selling Artworks
A former worker at the Deutsches Museum has been sentenced to prison for stealing 4 paintings from the museum and selling three of them.
The unnamed 30-year-old worker worked at the Deutsches Museum between 2016 and 2018. A provenance…
Christie’s To Offer Monet Painting Worth $65M In November
On Thursday, Christie’s announced that the famous water lily painting by Claude Monet will go on auction with a price tag of $65 million.
Le bassin aux nymphéas was painted by Monet sometime between 1917-1919. The painting, which is 2x1…
Union Finalizes First Contract With Art Institute Of Chicago, Ensuring Wage Increases
The employee union at the Art Institute of Chicago has secured a contract with the museum, assuring “across the board” wage increases.
For more than a year, the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United (AICWU), which comprises over 500…
British Museum Launches Website To Help Recover Stolen Artifacts
The British Museum announced the launch of a website to seek help from the public for the return of the stolen objects.
The museum released on press statement on Tuesday, announcing the launch of the website. At the same time, it also…
Art School Organization Shuts Doors, Leaving Hundreds Of Students In Limbo
The Art Institutes has announced sudden closure, leaving the fates of 1,700 students in its 8 schools hanging.
On Friday, The Art Institutes – a network of eight private schools – announced that it will close its remaining locations.…
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum Plans To Sue Architecture Firm Over ‘Inadequate’ Work
The San Francisco-based Asian Art Museum is planning to take legal action against the architecture firm WHY over ‘inadequate expansion plans”.
The expansion of the Asian Art Museum was completed in 2020. It cost around $38 million and…
After A Century In Storage, Lost Painting Gets Attributed To Artemisia Gentileschi
A painting, neglected in storage for over a century, has now been identified as a work by Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi.
Titled 'Susanna and the Elders', the work was initially misattributed to a French artist. It was kept at the…
Ancient Buddha Statue, Worth $1.2M, Stolen From Barakat Gallery
A prized Buddha statue, worth $1.2 million, was stolen from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The CCTV footage showed that the theft occurred around 3.45 am on Sunday morning. The thieves backed a rental van and slammed it…
Florida Museum Fires Curator After Greek Artifacts Scrutinized Over Provenance
The Museum of Fine Arts in Florida has dismissed its curator after its Greek artifacts were scrutinized over unsatisfactory provenance.
The artifacts belong to the show “From Chaos to Order” which showcased artifacts from the Geometric…
Legal Battle Memphis Citizens And New Art Museum Intensifies
Memphis citizens continue pressing legal claims that the new art museum on the city’s riverfront violates their rights to private property.
At the center of the controversy is the new Brooks Museum of Art, proposed by the Memphis city…