$5 Million Offered for Information on ISIS Looting
Art News Daily : 1 October
Art News Daily : 1 October
As the destruction of archaeological sites in Syria and Iraq continues, what can dealers of legal antiquities do to end the trade in illegally obtained artefacts, and the looting it encourages?
Art News Daily : 17 September
The complicated truth behind optimistic media reports
Isis destroys temple in Palmyra; Singapore court unfreezes Yves Bouvier’s assets; Argentina to return 4,000 ancient artefacts to Ecuador and Peru
Syrian archaeologist killed by Isis in Palmyra; Italy appoints 20 new museum directors; collector and philanthropist Melva Bucksbaum dies
French culture minister sacks Nicolas Bourriaud; Italy seeks 20 new museum directors; Whitworth wins Museum of the Year award; condom art controversy in Milwaukee
Julian Raby, director of the Smithsonian's Freer and Sackler galleries, speaks to Apollo
Isis destruction in Palmyra; Russborough treasures withdrawn from auction; Court orders Danh Vo to produce new work; Queen Elizabeth deeply unimpressed by painting
Frida Kahlo in the garden; highlights from Art Basel; sculpture in Oslo; and Dan Holdsworth's dizzying photographs
Fighting continues in Palmyra; Tania Bruguera is detained in Havana; Richard Prince raids Instagram
Fears for Palmyra as Islamic State militants seize neighbouring town; Anne Pasternak takes over at the Brooklyn Museum; Abramovic and Jay Z have a very public spat
Terror at the Bardo Museum; Syria recovers looted artefacts; Gabriele Finaldi joins the National Gallery; and a new CEO for Sotheby's