A public art campaign in Palermo, Sicily, is reminding residents of the city’s grim Mafia years, and is encouraging them to resist creeping organized crime influence.
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In a Former Mafia Stronghold, Art Remembers, and Warns
A public art campaign in Palermo, Sicily, is reminding residents of the city’s grim Mafia years, and is encouraging them to resist creeping organized crime influence.
Lviv Reopens Art Galleries ‘to Show We Are Alive’
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinds on, a museum director in Ukraine’s cultural capital is turning to art as a form of resistance.
In Lviv, a hidden work by a master is discovered.
During the renovation of a former Catholic church, a mural by the Polish painter Jan Henryk de Rosen was uncovered.
Saving Ukrainian Art, and Helping Artists, One NFT at a Time
Lika Spivakovska, the owner of two art galleries in Kyiv, Ukraine, has partnered with an NFT gallery in Puerto Rico to auction off pictures of art damaged and created during the war. The money will go to Ukrainian artists and other humanitarian aid.
Smithsonian Adopts Policy on Ethical Returns in a Nod to Changing Norms
The institution’s leaders hope other cultural centers will follow its lead. It has already announced plans to return most of its collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria under the new policy.
A Long Way Home for ‘Looted’ Art Is Getting Shorter
Curators at major museums are increasingly grappling with a thorny topic: restitution.
Your Wednesday Briefing: Beijing’s Mass Testing Plan
Plus more aggressive support for Ukraine and Hong Kong’s brownface controversy.
Your Tuesday Briefing: Elon Musk Buys Twitter
Plus a lockdown looms over Beijing and the U.S. flexes in Ukraine.
Israel’s Oldest Museum Takes a New Look at Israeli Art
For decades, museums presented Israeli art as a companion to the country’s history. The Tel Aviv Museum of Art breaks away from that approach — with surprising results.