A museum director in illegally annexed Crimea has been sanctioned because he is holding thousands of works from the Ukrainian city of Kherson, which was temporarily seized by Russian president Vladimir Putin’s forces late last year. Andrei Vitalievich Malgin, who was named by The Art Newspaper in February, was sanctioned by the European Union (EU)

Among the fall’s surveys of contemporary art, I’m most excited about “Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living,” (Oct. 1 -Dec. 31) the sixth incarnation of the Hammer Museum’s always enlightening biennial survey of Los Angeles-area art. Its illustrated checklist — all there is to go on before a show actually opens — is palpable

Does the world need another jewelry fair? “That’s a very, very good question,” the French real estate investor and jewelry collector Richard Steeve Giraud said by phone recently from his home in London. Mr. Giraud, 62, is the founder and chief executive of ArtVendôme, scheduled to debut Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 in Paris. The

BerlinGetty Images 6. Berlin Berlin is a contemporary art lover’s dream. A long weekend – or an entire week, if you’ve got the stamina – can be wiled away just in the German capital’s spectacular galleries and museums. The open-air East Side Gallery houses the largest continuous section of the Berlin Wall. At the same

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Degas, Turner, Rembrandt, Munch, Gaudi – Europe has long harboured some of the most famous names in art history. But which European city is the greatest art hub of all? In order to find out, posterXXL conducted a comprehensive study assesseing five categories: the number of art galleries, art festivals and art schools, as well as the number of

In 2019, as I navigated my transition to the Baltics to assume a curatorial role at the Tallinn Art Hall and teach in the art theory and visual culture faculty at the Estonian Art Academy (EKA), these nations observed a significant milestone: the thirtieth anniversary of the Baltic Way, or alternatively, the Baltic Chain. On

For many years, the megalopolis of New York has been one of the main hubs of international art trafficking. On Tuesday, August 8th, the New York district attorney for the Borough of Manhattan, Alvin Bragg, announced the return of 42 works of art of great value to their country of origin, Italy, following a lengthy

Illustration by Nash Weerasekera The scene is the invitation-only preview of the European Fine Art Fair, colloquially known as TEFAF, in New York in May. A savvy American collector who has known his way around the art world for decades is admiring a headless torso, gracefully chiseled in marble. All that’s left of the statue’s

Dollhouses, Monopoly pieces, action figures, Lilliputians, “The Incredible Shrinking Woman.” What is it about tiny things that tickle, and toy with, our imaginations? “Miniatures are both appealing and sometimes unsettling,” mused Courtney Harris, Museum of Fine Arts assistant curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of Europe. “They can be cute and whimsical, but also