"(In) the biggest art heist in modern history, the thieves made off with a haul worth more than €113 million ($123 million) from the Green Vault museum in 2019. Some, but not all, of the loot was recovered in exchange for four of the defendants confessing in court." - Yahoo! (AFP)
"We will never recognize that these sculptures are owned, legally owned by the British Museum,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. "But again, we have to be constructive and ... innovative if a solution is to be found. … That word 'loan' is not part of … what I consider a win-win solution." - AP
No, this isn't about young protesters from Just Stop Oil gluing themselves to Renoirs. It's about moths, mostly, and other pests that might eat, bore through, and otherwise damage artworks — and how chief conservation officer AnnaLivia McCarthy does her bug patrols. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The original paintings were last seen by the public in 1824, the year they were sold to the ancestors of their current owners, who Christie’s said were unaware that both were confirmed originals. - Washington Post
"Because flint isn’t a resource native to Norway, researchers suspect the roughly 3,700-year-old dagger originated elsewhere, perhaps in Denmark. An excavation of the school’s grounds following Elise’s discovery unearthed no related artifacts." - Smithsonian Magazine
Sarah Sze, who is about to take over a huge unused railway station waiting room in London, is thinking abotu AI. "We’ve created a system that can destroy us. We know that, right? And that’s new. We’ve never had that before." - The Observer (UK)
"In one of the more extreme attempts to attract a younger audience post-Covid, the newly renovated museum in Amsterdam is launching a 'poor man’s Rembrandt project.'" - The Guardian (UK)
There's "a new generation of miniature makers, following in the footsteps of artists like Laurie Simmons, bringing the genre out from the home, into the gallery — with designs more modern and cheeky than the antiquarian selections" of the old miniature world. - The New York Times
"Every colour we encounter in a great work of art, from the ultramarine that Johannes Vermeer wove into the turban of his Girl with a Pearl Earring to the volatile vermillion that inflames the fiery sky of Edvard Munch's The Scream, brings with it an extraordinary backstory." - BBC
New York surpassed Paris as the global centre of the art market in the years after the Second World War. Now it has been the biggest for so long that the fact barely attracts comment. The narrative over the past 20 years has instead been about globalisation and diversification. - Apollo
“The Gallery has been focused on bringing our IT systems back online,” the email read. “The Gallery has continued to be open to the public and our on-site membership, ticketing and Boutique systems are now functional.” - Ottawa Citizen
Last summer, Emmanuel Christian Center bought a 1901 church so dilapidated that the pastor decided on a gut renovation and sold all the furnishings to an architectural salvager. He took the windows to the city's Freeman Auction House to be assessed — and got quite a surprise. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
“Lacking regulation, the construction spurt has been like sprinting blindfolded, outstripping public consensus and leading to a breakdown in cultural thought and design.” - Bloomberg
"Although the museum previously announced a long-term shuttering, it was expected to begin this year and last only through 2027. ... During the closure, the Centre Pompidou will focus its efforts on planned satellites in Brussels and Jersey City, which are now slated to open in 2025 and 2026, respectively." - ARTnews
