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German Police Release Footage of a High-Profile Museum Heist; Officials Say the Jewels Were Uninsured
The video shows two men breaking into the Green Vault at Dresden's Royal Palace with an axe, stealing a trove of 18th-century jewelry.
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Official 3D Scans of Nefertiti Bust Are Released After Three-Year Battle
After years of refusal and controversy, German cultural authorities allowed artist and designer Cosmo Wenman to publish scans of the 3,364-year-old bust under a Creative Commons license.
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In Mexico City, Widespread Protests About Women's Rights Target a Monument and Museum
Dozens of breastfeeding mothers gathered at Mexico City's Museum of Modern Art in protest of discriminatory regulations, while the Angel of Independence monument was vandalized with feminist graffiti and crocheted hearts.
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A New Collection of Keith Haring Glass Pipes Is an Art-loving Stoner’s Dream
The Keith Haring Foundation has finally realized its perfect demographic: people who like art, people who smoke pot, and people with a desire for designer paraphernalia.
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Noguchi Museum Launches Online Archive of 60,000 Unique Works
The vast archive of photographs, manuscripts, and digitized drawings is coupled with an updated digital catalogue raisonné of Isamu Noguchi's work.
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Teacher Accused of Throwing Away Students’ Black Lives Matter Posters
The ACLU says the incident points to a larger issue of censoring Black students at school.
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A Native American Shield Highlights a Legal Loophole About the Export of Cultural Artifacts
The appearance of a stolen sacred shield at a Paris auction house prompted a New Mexico Senator to propose the STOP Act, which would ban the trafficking of certain cultural items outside the United States.
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“I Feel Like Me Again”: People With Dementia Share the Benefits of Art in a New Study
A study closely followed 25 participants of the Art and Dementia program at National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, finding that art helps balance cortisol levels and decrease "sundowning.”
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Employees at One of LA’s Largest Museums Announce Plans to Unionize
About 50 employees of the Museum of Contemporary Art gathered outside of MOCA Director Klaus Biesenbach’s office this morning and read a statement that formally declared their plans to form a union.
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The UN's World Health Organization Says Art Is a Powerful Prescription
A study published by the World Health Organization, which collected data from 900 different publications over a 19-year span, offers important validation for the arts and new solutions for medical professionals.
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Week in Review: PAIN Sackler Protests in London, An Exhibition of Political Art Censored in China
Also, LA's Museum of Contemporary Art will have free admission starting January 11, the Baltimore Museum of Art will only acquire artworks by women in 2020, and more.
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Artemisia Gentileschi Rakes in $5.3 Million; Souls Grown Deep Announces Four Museum Acquisitions
Also, the New York Public Library purchased 153 Virginia Woolf-related items, an 18th-century Senegalese saber has been returned by France, and more.