PROVIDENCE, RI – APRIL 25: The RISD Museum on the campus of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI is pictured on April 25, 2019. (Photo by Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Boston Globe via Getty Images On January 9, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)’s board of trustees voted …
The UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy (fourth from right), next to the UK’s culture secretary, Lisa Nandy (fifth from left), at the launch of the Soft Power Council. Ben Dance / FCDO The UK government has recruited Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Peter Bazalgette, the chair and pro-chancellor of …
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MF Husain’s portrayals of naked women continue to enrage hardline Hindus. Getty Images On Monday, a court in India’s capital city, Delhi, ordered the seizure of two artworks by the late Maqbool Fida Husain – aka MF Husain – after they were deemed “offensive” by authorities. He is one of India’s best-known artists. The judge …
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A broken glass box in the looted Kherson Regional Museum amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 2022. Photo DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images A Russian military officer and three Russian-appointed officials from occupied Crimea illegally removed more than 33,000 historical artifacts and artworks from two museums in the Ukrainian city Kherson in the fall of …
Orthodox Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius, Lithuania Getty Images A group of artifacts from the 15th and 16th centuries, linked to the Jagiellon dynasty and royal officials within it, has been discovered in Vilnius Cathedral, a prominent Catholic site in Lithuania. The dynasty, which ruled over territories in Lithuania and Poland during a period …
The FBI raided the Orlando Museum of Art in June 2022 as they investigated paintings attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat. Willie J. Allen Jr./Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Aaron De Groft, the former CEO of the Orlando Museum of Art whose tenure was ultimately defined by a Basquiat forgery scandal, died on January 18 …
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Tesla Founder Elon Musk walks on stage with his son, X, beside President-elect Donald Trump during a rally at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 2025. Photo Tom Brenner for the Washington Post via Getty Images A portrait of tech billionaire Elon Musk was removed from a space and technology exhibition at …
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC De Agostini via Getty Images. The National Building Museum and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., are preparing inauguration dinners for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance, respectively. The black-tie, candlelight dinner at the National Building Museum is expected to be attended by Trump …
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A rendering of the National Cathedral of Ghana. Courtesy Adjaye Associates The National Cathedral of Ghana, a $400 million building in Accra that is being designed by architect David Adjaye‘s firm, will reportedly be investigated after concerns were raised about its cost. The cathedral had been the source of controversy in Ghana well before Adjaye …
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Exterior view of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, 2024. Photo Graham Denholm/Getty Images The Louvre is suffering from water leaks and overcrowding, its director, Laurence des Cars, warned in a leaked missive to the French culture minister. Des Cars, the first woman to lead the museum, told culture minister Rachida Dati, that the museum’s deteriorating facilities …
