Article date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Nazi-Looted Painting by Oskar Moll remains in the Schlesischen Museum in Görlitz Germany
A significant painting from the collection of the Silesian Museum in Görlitz has been identified as a work left behind by art collector Otto Wachenheim when fleeing Nazi persecution.
Article date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Earthquake, 3.1 Magnitude, in Campi Flegrei near Pompeii
A 3.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the Campi Flegrei area near Naples at 8:52 on Wednesday as a wave of seismic activity in the volcanic caldera continued.
Article date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
5-Star Exhibition at Raven Row, London: Peter Hujar – Eyes Open in the Dark
This is the first exhibition to take on the full breadth of Peter Hujar’s later photography.
Article date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Harvard Art Museums receive Transformative Gift of Prints and Paintings by Edvard Munch
The Harvard Art Museums announce an extraordinary gift from the collection of Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus; the gift comprises sixty-two prints and two paintings by Edvard Munch as well as one print by Jasper Johns.
Article date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
UNESCO Director-General in Lviv Ukraine to strengthen Support for Culture
Almost 3 years after the start of the war, Audrey Azoulay once again visited Ukraine to increase UNESCO's support for cultural professionals involved in the country's recovery. Most notably, she inaugurated a new national cultural institution: the Lviv Culture Hub.
Article date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Seeing the Mona Lisa at the Louvre will require an Additional Ticket
The president of the Louvre, Laurence Des Cars, has proposed requiring an additional ticket to view the Mona Lisa, in addition to the museum's general admission.
Article date: Monday, February 3, 2025
Newly restored Philip Guston Mural unveiled in Mexico
‘The Struggle Against Terrorism’ (1934–35), a monumental landmark mural by Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish is unveiled to the public on Friday, 31 January 2025 in a celebration honoring the masterwork’s resplendent restoration.
Article date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Worcester Art Museum returns Antiquities to Italy
The Worcester Art Museum (WAM) announced today that it has entered into a long-term loan agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture as part of the Museum’s voluntary return of two objects from its collection.
Article date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum denies Attribution for Portrait ...... Again
In an email send to ArtDependence, a Van Gogh Museum spokesperson said that the Van Gogh painting bought at a garage sale in 2019 is not an authentic Van Gogh.
Article date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Russian Forces launched a Missile Attack on the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Odesa, Ukraine
Russian forces launched a Friday night missile attack on the historic centre of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, damaging buildings and injuring two people, local officials said.
Article date: Friday, January 31, 2025
Paris Court Judgment: €200m stolen Paintings secured for Khatib Family
The Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris has ruled that 135 paintings worth over €200m seized by the French authorities from leading Paris art authenticator ArtAnalysis include works that collector Uthman Khatib seeks to recover in German litigation proceedings against their thief and convicted Russian-Israeli criminal Mozes Frisch.
Article date: Friday, January 31, 2025
US Copyright Office clarifies AI-generated Content Rules
The U.S. Copyright Office released Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). This Part of the Report addresses the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI.
Article date: Friday, January 31, 2025
President Trump revives Plans for a ‘National Garden of American Heroes’
President Trump revived an executive order to establish a statuary park named the National Garden of American Heroes (National Garden).
Article date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Unique Survey of U.S. Art Museum Directors reveals Worries over Censorship
A unique survey of U.S. art museum directors finds mounting concerns that threats of censorship have been worsening from multiple directions in recent years and that more calls might be coming in the near future to censor what they can display in exhibitions.
Article date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Dutch Police share Identities and Photos of Two Suspects in Drents Museum Burglary
The Dutch police is seeking more information about the whereabouts of two arrested suspects following a burglary at the Drents Museum on the morning of Saturday, January 25.
Article date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Felix Lehner, Pamela Rosenkranz and Miroslav Šik awarded the Swiss Grand Award for Art/Prix Meret Oppenheim 2025
On the recommendation of the Federal Art Commission, the Federal Office of Culture is this year presenting the Swiss Grand Award for Art/Prix Meret Oppenheim to Felix Lehner, Pamela Rosenkranz and Miroslav Šik. The award ceremony will take place on 16 June, the day of the opening of the Swiss Art Awards exhibition in Basel and will be attended by Federal Councillor Elisabeth Baume-Schneider.
Article date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Hirshhorn Museum acquires 175 Artworks
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced the acquisition of 175 artworks by more than 60 modern and contemporary artists through purchase and gifts, marking transformative milestones in its 50th anniversary year.
Article date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
The Frick Collection New York to reopen April 17, 2025
The Frick Collection announced that it will reopen to the public on April 17, 2025, following the multi-year renovation and enhancement of its historic Fifth Avenue home.
Article date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
LA Art Show to kick off its Milestone 30th Edition on February 19
LA Art Show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center from February 19 to 23, 2025 for their 30th anniversary, marking their pioneering role in the city’s emergence as a global epicenter of art.
Article date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Dutch Police Arrest three Suspects for Gold Heist at Drents Museum
After an intensive four-day manhunt, the police have arrested three suspects for the spectacular heist at the Drents Museum in Assen on Saturday morning.
