The Latest Breaking News on Art

Chicago’s public sculpture portfolio is bigger than Cloud Gate. And now is as good a time as any to get around town and see some of it.

The Metropolitan Police is investigating how several items from the British Museum’s collection were stolen or damaged by a member of the institution’s staff. 

Hospital Rooms and Hauser & Wirth are working together to raise money for arts and mental health charities

When Adil Writer, an artist from Auroville, reimagined the world’s favourite fashion doll Barbie in clay, and made her more body positive

A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a scheme to profit from the sale of the fake artwork

Federal agents raided the Orlando Museum of Art last year and seized more than two dozen paintings

Case has spanned nearly a decade in state courts

Treasures including jewellery and gems kept in a storeroom were found to be missing, stolen or damaged, the London museum said

The matter is under investigation by the economic crime command of the Metropolitan Police.