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Man fingered in Philadelphia theft of thumb from terracotta warrior will plead guilty
A man whose drunken antics at a 2017 ugly sweater party at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia got him in hot water with the FBI, is expected to take a plea bargain in order to avoid jail time
Emily Fisher Landau, contemporary art collector and important Whitney Museum benefactor, has died, aged 102
Landau, whose discerning eye and aesthetic curiosity made her a fixture in the art world from the 1980s onward, began collecting after receiving an insurance settlement for a jewellery heist at her home
Questions remain about the fate of Wounded Knee Massacre objects repatriated to Lakota and Sioux nations
After a repatriation ceremony last November, members of Indigenous communities debate what to do with objects long held at the Founders Museum
Florence's mayor invites Florida students and their former principal to experience the 'purity' of Michelangelo's David
The mayor of Florence and the director of the Galleria dell’Accademia have invited the ousted principal and her students on an honorary visit
More than 50 historical guns returned to US museums they were stolen from decades ago
A lead in a 1970s cold case led investigators to a trove of stolen historical weapons; now, these objects are being returned to the institutions they belong to
Florida school principal fired for showing students Michelangelo's 'pornographic' David sculpture
Tallahassee Classical School's principal, Hope Carrasquilla, was fired following parental complaints her Renaissance curriculum was too risqué
Workers at New York's Hispanic Society will go on strike just as museum completes six-year renovation
Unionised workers at the museum cite stagnant wages, inadequate contracts and unsustainable workloads as just some of the problems at the world-class collection
Closed since the start of the pandemic, a museum reopens with a dramatic gesture—an exhibition without art
The gallery at St. John's College in Maryland has reopened as the revamped Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Art Museum
Netherlands returns Indigenous remains to Caribbean island Sint Eustatius
The small Dutch Carribean island has recovered bone fragments and artefacts uncovered in a Dutch archaeological dig more than 30 years ago
Denver Art Museum returns donations from associate of antiquities smuggler Douglas Latchford
The museum has issued a statement further distancing itself from the late Emma Bunker, who allegedly falsified provenance for items looted from Cambodia
New York court rules against repatriation of ancient artefact to Turkey
A marble idol known as the “Stargazer” will remain in the collection of billionaire Michael Steinhardt
Vast light installation on San Francisco's Bay Bridge goes dark amid $11m fundraising effort to keep it on
After a decade of illuminating the Bay Area's second-most iconic span, Leo Villareal's artwork will be removed due to outages and weather damage
Putting down roots: Wangechi Mutu takes over New Museum
Dedicating its entire space to a single artist for the first time, the museum's show traces the Kenya-born artist’s 25-year career
Computer art at the dawn of the algorithm: ambitious Lacma show celebrates 75 pioneering artists
"Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952-1982" exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art show work generated through the mainframes of the pre-internet era
'More is more’: Iranian American artist Amir H. Fallah's LA show takes a maximalist approach to cultural exchange
Tehran-born artist draws on his migrant experience for new exhibition "The Fallacy of Borders" at UCLA's Fowler Museum
Eight must-see exhibitions to see during Frieze Los Angeles
From New Mexico's short-lived Transcendental Painting Group to the evolution of America through its quilts
Detroit arts organisations receive $23m in grants for digital initiatives from the Knight Foundation
The philanthropic organisation has named ten grantees of tech-focused investments
Centrepiece of Destination Crenshaw, a sculpture-filled public space in south Los Angeles, to open in early autumn
The space, which will feature works by Maren Hassinger, Kehinde Wiley and others, also has the support of local celebrities Issa Rae and DeMar DeRozan
Indigenous art collective purchases 'urban oasis' in Seattle with plans to build cultural centre
The yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective has plans to create a community centre on the verdant site that focuses on artistic, cultural, and environmental initiatives
The Portland Museum of Art picks mass timber design for $100m 'expansion and unification' project
Lever, a sustainability-minded firm, won the international design competition for the museum's ambitious campus overhaul
Documentary about Nan Goldin and her opioid crisis activism earns Oscar nomination
Laura Poitras's film, which follows Goldin's campaign against members of the Sackler family, has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category
University exhibition closes after students decry 'racially insensitive' art in MLK Day protest
Artist Dominique Simmons opted to remove her work from an exhibition at Arkansas Tech University after hundreds of students marched in protest against its presence on campus
SFMoMA acquires its first NFT, a work by tech art pioneer Lynn Hershman Leeson
The museum is one of the most prominent to date to acquire a blockchain-backed digital artwork for its permanent collection
Police recover paintings by Elaine de Kooning and others stolen in Colorado art heist
Paintings worth $400,000 that were stolen from a storage truck on 14 December 2022 have been located in a Colorado hotel room
US returns stolen artefact to Palestine as part of investigation into New York collector Michael Steinhardt
The US government has returned a looted ivory spoon in the first repatriation exchange between the two countries
US government returns looted sarcophagus to Egypt
A trafficked coffin that may have belonged to an ancient priest has been returned
More than $400,000 of art stolen from a padlocked truck in Boulder, Colorado
Police are investigating the theft of five paintings from a vehicle in a hotel car park
Scientists used drones and AI to identify 168 more Nazca Lines geoglyphs in Peru
New additions to the mysterious Nazca Lines have been identified by scientists from Japan's Yagamata University through the use of aerial drone footage and artificial intelligence
Collector cracks art heist cold case with a pillowcase and reverse Google image search
Decades after it was stolen from the Worcester Art Museum, collector Clifford Schorer spotted a missing Dutch Golden Age painting printed on a throw pillow
Seeking return of Van Gogh Sunflowers painting sold under Nazi coercion, German Jewish banker's heirs sue Japanese insurance company
The banker's heirs claim that the current owner, which bought "Sunflowers" for a then-record $39.9m at Christie's in 1987, ignored the painting's provenance issues