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Molemo Moiloa (left) and Chao Tayiana Maina (right), founders of Open Restitution Africa (ORA) Mekbib Tadesse, 2025. On March 31, the research initiative Open Restitution Africa (ORA) launched the ORA Open Data Platform, a database that provides information on the restitution of African artifacts and ancestral remains. Developed over six years by ORA’s all-woman, pan-African …

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Installation view of “Abbas Akhavan: Entre chien et loup,” 2026, Canada Pavilion, at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Commissioned by the National Gallery of Canada and presented in partnership with the National Gallery of Canada Foundation and the Canada Council for the Arts. Photo Francesco Barasciutti/©Abbas Akhavan Step through the glass door of the Canada Pavilion—particularly …

Abbas Akhavan Transforms the Canada Pavilion Into a Greenhouse, Daring Viewers to Leave Behind Their Preconceptions Read More »

People visit the American Wing for paintings, sculpture and decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum in 2012 following a 10 year $100 million renovation. Getty Images Most American museums have a problem that visitors rarely see until it’s too late: their buildings are falling apart. A new report from the Government Accountability Office analyzed by The …

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Kader Attia. Courtesy Kochi Biennale Foundation Kader Attia, an acclaimed artist whose work is currently included in Koyo Kouoh’s main exhibition of the Venice Biennale, has been selected to curate the 2027 edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India’s top biennial. Attia, a winner of France’s Prix Marcel Duchamp, may be best known for his sculptures …

Artist Kader Attia Will Organize 2027 Edition of India’s Top Biennial Read More »

San Giacomo Island. Courtesy Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. Photo: Jacopo Trabuio The international art world visiting Venice for the preview week of the Biennale woke up Thursday with great relief to a sunny forecast after two days of rain. For some, the day got even better with a visit to the island of San Giacomo, …

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo’s New Art Island Made a Sunny Splash in a Rainy Venice Vernissage Week Read More »

Jeffrey Epstein, 2004. Corbis via Getty Images An eBay seller claimed to have Jeffrey Epstein‘s reproduction of a painting by Kees van Dongen, a Dutch painter who became a part of the Fauvist movement in France during the early 20th century. The work in question, it should be noted, was not a bona fide van …

Was Jeffrey Epstein’s Copy of a Modernist Painting Available for Sale on eBay? Read More »

The exterior of the BBC building is seen at their Shepherds Bush headquaters July 22, 2003 in London. Getty Images  A former BBC reporter is claiming that the U.K. broadcaster “buried” footage that he captured of Banksy at one of his mural sites in New York City. Nick Bryant, who previously served as the BBC’s New York correspondent, detailed …

BBC ‘Buried’ Footage of Banksy at NYC Mural Site, Former Reporter Claims Read More »

The wreck of the Titanic. Photo Xavier Desmier/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images The Headlines I’ll NEVER LET GO? Jack, from the 1997 film Titanic, famously heard those words from his beloved Rose before he sank into the icy ocean. But now, the company that owns salvage rights to the Titanic shipwreck wants to let go of—or, rather, auction—nearly 100 artifacts recovered …

Legal Dispute Threatens Auction of Titanic Artifacts, Vaillancourt Fountain Catches Fire During Demolition, and More: Morning Links for May 7, 2026 Read More »

Emmanuel Macron at the Marina Palace of Cotonou during a 2022 visit to Benin. Photo Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images The Headlines IN THE DOGEHOUSE. A federal judge slammed the US DOGE Service, ruling on Thursday that the Elon Musk–led department made unconstitutional and discriminatory cuts to National Endowment for the Humanities grants worth over $100 million, according to …

France Passes Historic Law for Restituting Colonial-Era Art, American Folk Art Museum Workers Protest, and More: Morning Links for May 8, 2026 Read More »

Nicole Kidman, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, and Anna Wintour at the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue The annual Met Gala has become such a global pop-culture phenomenon that many probably forget—or maybe never knew!—that the event functions as a lucrative fundraiser …

See Some of the Most Outrageous, Stylish Looks at the 2026 Met Gala Read More »