The 45-page lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia called the project "flagrantly unlawful," attorneys general Jay Jones of Virginia and Brian Schwalb of the District of Columbia wrote. - NPR
A 17th-century painting titled Un Buveur (“A Drinker”) by Willem Cornelisz Duyster, stolen in 1940 from the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans in France, was located last month at a Swiss auction house. - ARTnews
“Brady Lum, the former chief operating officer of Atlanta‘s High Museum of Art, has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for stealing more than $600,000 from the institution. He previously pleaded guilty to the charges in July.” - Artforum
In the letter addressed to the new director of Art Basel Paris, Karim Crippa, the association demanded “concrete proposals for compensating exhibitors,” stated that the galleries were never consulted about the event’s early closure, and accused organizers of “disrespect, even contempt,” according to Monopol. - Hyperallergic
The history, combined with the opportunity for hands-on experience, is fueling new exhibitions at museums across the United States that are exploring today’s complex scientific and social issues through the artistry’s lens. - The New York Times
Paramatta Powerhouse, a new art and science museum in Sydney’s booming western suburbs, has cost roughly AU$915 million (US$639 million) and has been touted as western Sydney’s equivalent of the Opera House. Is that too much to expect, especially after the bumpy road to the museum’s completion? - The Guardian
On Saturday the US embassy in Moscow issued a security alert about a “credible threat of a mass casualty event” at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve, a popular palace and park complex. Russia’s FSB has arrested one suspect, a teenager who is a Russian citizen. - Al Jazeera
The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Italy’s art crime squad, has been using an AI algorithm to identify stolen artworks and artifacts since 2023. The platform they use is called SWOADS—or Stolen Works of Art Detection System—and was developed by Salvatore Rapicavoli, an IT engineer who joined the art crime team in 2023. - ARTnews
"As we’re all waiting for traffic to clear, I could feel the motion of the bridge, slightly pulsating up and down. Curiosity got to many people, who got out of their cars to see if they could see anything." - San Francisco Chronicle
"It’s a highbrow-meets-lowbrow thing," said the Dutch tattoo artist completing the requests. He's done it before, but "this time, had a greater ambition: to reproduce one of Rembrandt’s most famous etchings, The Descent From the Cross, from 1633, across a man’s back." - The New York Times
And Tuesday's election will determine what happens with its collection - and if its local advocates have done enough to organize support. - Oregon ArtsWatch
"In 1941, Albert Speer presented plans to his Führer for a monumental arch that would tower nearly 400 feet over Berlin. Taller than the towers of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in New York, it would have been twice the height of the Arc de Triomphe." - The New York Times
"Leon Black’s board position at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is one of the starkest examples of institutional ignorance — a head-in-the-sand, look-the-other-way mentality that will inevitably give abuse of power a dark corner to grow and fester in." - Hyperallergic
"Buried in the bones are clues about how plants and animals lived and died. Understanding why some of those species became extinct could help us." - The New York Times
"While the music never stops and its doors didn’t close, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is undergoing the largest renovation and expansion since it was built in 1995 — a $195 million, nine-year effort." - The New York Times
