A recent discovery marks the earliest known evidence of the production of animal-based clothing.
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Vermeer Restoration, Finally Complete, Reveals a Painting Within a Painting
Conservators at Dresden’s Old Masters Picture Gallery have uncovered a full-length cupid in Vermeer’s “Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window” — likely painted over by someone other than the artist.
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With Mother Tongue, Camille Henrot Calls for Change
Henrot demonstrates the need to look at the beginning of our very existence to address social and gender inequalities.
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Forensic Architecture Tracks Surveillance of Activists and Journalists
The comprehensive project is designed to be used as evidence in future legal cases, according to the London-based research collective.
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Redemption at Last: Yael Bartana’s Solo Exhibition Opens at the Jewish Museum Berlin
At the core of Yael Bartana: Redemption Now is the commissioned video work “Malka Germania,” which the artist produced at historically charged locations across Berlin.
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The Gropius Bau in Berlin Reopens With Major Exhibitions on Yayoi Kusama and Hella Jongerius
Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective — A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe and Hella Jongerius: Woven Cosmos are on view through August 15.
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Restitution of Franz Marc Painting Sets New Precedent for Art Sold Under Nazi Duress
Germany’s advisory commission recommended the work be returned even though it was sold “outside of the National Socialist sphere of influence.”
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Germany Announces Plan to Return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
The Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City is being considered as a future home for the returned artifacts.
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A Fragrance Bottles Up the Everyday Scents of Former East Germany
Notes of mold and tobacco hit quickly, with raspberry candies cutting through the musk, personifying the feeling of “bittersweet.”
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Path Toward Restitution of Benin Bronzes Advances in Germany and UK
Thousands of objects were looted from present-day Nigeria by British troops in a punitive mission in 1897.
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Nazi-looted Watercolor by Egon Schiele, Belonging to Artist’s Dentist, Will Be Returned to Heirs
Germany’s advisory commission on Nazi-looted art also recommended the return of a painting by Erich Heckel to the heirs of Jewish journalist Max Fischer.
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Artists and Cultural Workers Oppose Humboldt Forum Opening, Citing Colonial Ties
The protesters called to redirect government funding of the Humboldt Forum towards cultural decolonization initiatives.