art publisher fined $102 million
After four days of hearing in a federal court in Manhattan, a jury has just ordered Michael McKenzie and his…
New York’s Metropolitan Opera loses $200 million Saudi contribution
The Metropolitan Opera (Met) in New York has just lost a Saudi partnership presented a few months earlier as a…
A permanent location for Thanks for nothing in 2030
Paris. A 53 m high crane dominates the roofs of the 14th arrondissement. Steel signal planted in the blue sky…
Oviedo will host the world’s first philosophy museum
Oviedo (Spain). In Oviedo, capital of Asturias, the Miñor sanatorium has long welcomed patients for thermal treatments and also served…
“AI is not a “game changer” at the level of pure creation”
Paris. Arriving in November 2024, before his appointment was announced in January 2025, Aurélien Bosc took over from Bruno Monnier…
The European Parliament keeps up the pressure
Strasbourg. On March 10, 2026, the European Parliament adopted the Voss report entitled “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities…
Fake Warhol, Haring and Banksy seized in Italy
In Reggio Calabria (Italy), a pop art and street art exhibition dedicated to Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and Banksy served…
Anti-Trump statues challenge the White House
Washington, D.C. A Throne Fit for a King (“A throne fit for a king”, (see ill.)). During the month of…
The Victoria & Albert Museum gives in to Chinese censorship
According to revelations reported by the British newspaper The Guardianthe Victoria & Albert Museum has removed a 1930s map depicting…
Madrid again refuses to loan ‘Guernica’ to Bilbao
Madrid. At the beginning of April, the Spanish government closed a file that the Basque Country hoped to reopen on…
European Commission issues ultimatum to Venice Biennale
The European Commission has put the Venice Biennale on notice to justify the reopening of the Russian pavilion for the…
Protests in Mexico against the transfer to Spain of a rare collection
In Mexico, some 380 artists, art dealers, historians and jurists denounce a “public disaster” after the announcement of the transfer…