Transparency Sought for Returning Art
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Germany's culture minister and top museums called Monday for more transparency in the return of paintings stolen by the Nazis, responding to concerns that the nation's galleries risk losing scores of valuable ...Comment
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An artist is offering to donate his own head to a museum - if a collection of shrunken heads has to be returned.
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A messy battle with Mass MoCA wanting to uncover an exhibition and the artist Christoph BÃ¼chel wanting to withdraw it.
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Scientific testing of recently-found paintings supposedly by Jackson Pollock has cast doubt on their authenticity.
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The judge who allowed The Barnes Foundation to move its multibillion-dollar art collection to Philadelphia should re-examine his ruling because he was not given accurate information before making the decision, a lawyer said Friday.
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A painting in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow was looted from its Jewish owners and must be returned.
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Foreign collectors want them. Newly minted local millionaires want them. The rise and rise of the country's modern artists
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The removal of a Damian Loeb painting from the University of Hartford appears to be more a copyright issue than a case of censorship.
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The financially faltering Fisk University is seeking a quick ruling on whether it can sell a 50 percent stake in a 101-piece collection of artworks donated by Georgia O'Keeffe in 1949.
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While some arts groups are likely to benefit from a change in New York Cityâs process for dispensing culture funds, those that fared well under the old system may face significant losses.
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Steven Spielberg led the FBI straight to a stolen $700,000 Norman Rockwell painting snatched from a Missouri gallery. It was in his collection in California. The FBI says its just one example of how pilfered art lands in respectable places. And it was an uncommon ending for stolen art -- someone found it.
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Art experts think two priceless paintings stolen from a Norway museum might be returned...only if a hefty ransom is paid. They say the ransom on Edvard Munch&#39;s &quot;The Scream&quot; and &quot;Madonna&quot; could be as high as a hundred million dollars.
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Arts & entertainment: What's behind our sudden craving for big, bold works of public art?
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By Chris Shull, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 21--One man wanted to learn more about a family quilt. A woman was curious about a vase she bought at a flea market.   Another hoped a painting might help send her kids to college.
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The story behind an exhibition: postcards, designs, photography, travels, history, stamps and law enforcement.
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Two recovered Edvard Munch paintings are to go on display in Oslo before being repaired, say museum officials.
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Art theft may conjure up images of a suave movie villain creeping through a dark gallery &#151; or last year's bold daylight robbery of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" from a Norway museum. Most art heists, however, are far more subtle, involving forged documents, fake prints or smuggled cultural artifacts that slowly make their way into the hands of private owners or museums.