Who controls what gets seen — and what gets silenced? Art doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It gets stolen, censored, taxed, and weaponized. This is where we track the power plays behind the canvas.
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Four protesters were arrested after hurling crumble and custard at the Imperial State Crown display in the Tower of London, forcing a temporary shutdown and raising fresh questions over security and protest tactics.
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A water leak damaging hundreds of research volumes in the Louvre’s Egyptian department has triggered a staff strike and renewed scrutiny of the museum’s fragile infrastructure.
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A midnight break-in, a £270,000 print, and a debt collectors’ shadow — how a fragile artwork survived a violent detour through London’s underbelly.
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A proposal inside France’s 2026 budget jolts the cultural sector, sparking warnings of market contraction, museum loan freezes and an exodus of collectors.
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A new wave of federal cutbacks is stripping U.S. museums of lifelines — shuttering programs, slashing grants, and leaving culture itself to fight for survival.
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After years of decline in arts education, the UK’s move to scrap the Ebacc marks a turning point. Teachers and artists call it a long-overdue revival — but without funding, can creativity truly return to every classroom?
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A thief who raided Damien Hirst’s London studio was caught through his GPS ankle tag, leaving police a perfect digital trail.
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A verified summary of the 2025 Louvre jewel heist — what was stolen, who’s been charged, and how investigators used DNA to identify suspects.
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Andrea Gyorody resigns from Pepperdine University’s Weisman Museum after administrators removed anti-ICE and protest artworks, sparking outrage, faculty condemnation, and student-led demonstrations on campus.
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Pablo Picasso’s Still Life With a Guitar hanging safely after being mistakenly taken home by a Madrid resident.
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A 77-year-old German man and his network were caught selling forged masterpieces by Picasso, Rembrandt, and Kahlo in a multi-million euro art forgery operation spanning Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
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The British Library reissues Oscar Wilde’s reader’s card, reversing his 1895 exclusion after conviction for homosexuality.