Pro-Beijing lawmakers have called for work by the dissident artist Ai Weiwei to be removed from a new museum, and accused local arts groups of undermining national security.
Tag: Museums
We Don’t Know How Much Art Has Gone Missing From Museums
Museums are doing a better job of accounting for missing inventory than years ago, when they would sometimes not report thefts out of embarrassment and fear of exposing security weaknesses.
Long-Lost Mosaic From a ‘Floating Palace’ of Caligula Returns Home
A 2,000-year-old artifact that had ended up in the home of a Manhattan antiquities dealer is now in an Italian museum.
The first vaccine vial used in the U.S. is added to the Smithsonian’s collection.
Amid efforts to amass items that document the pandemic, the National Museum of American History acquired the bottle used on Dec. 14 to inoculate Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at a Queens hospital.
The Louvre Recovers Armor Pieces Stolen Nearly 40 Years Ago
At the end of May 1983, two pieces of Italian Renaissance armor went missing. The circumstances around their disappearance still remain a mystery.
French Mayor Opens Museums, Defying Coronavirus Orders
Cultural institutions in France have been clamoring to reopen for months. They found an unlikely champion in a far-right civic official in Perpignan.
In Canada, Americans Are Missed, With Limits
U.S. visitors usually mean big business for Canada’s tourism industry. But the pandemic has blunted lonesomeness for the country’s best friend.
With a Gift of Art, a Daughter Honors, if Not Absolves, Her Father
Douglas Latchford, a scholar of Khmer antiquities who was accused of trafficking in looted artifacts, bequeathed his world-class collection to his daughter. She has returned it to Cambodia.
Janez Jansa Kicks Off a Culture War in Slovenia’s Museums
Slovenia’s government has replaced the directors of major institutions. But it says “run-of-the-mill artists really have nothing to complain about.”
At the Louvre, Mona Lisa Is Alone, but Still Smiling
With the Louvre closed because of the pandemic, museum officials are pushing ahead on a grand restoration and cleanup.