Art
New research puts spotlight on ancient artefacts looted by the Nazis...
Jan 27, 2022
New research by scholars across the world has started to shine a spotlight on the Nazi role in the looting of antiquities...
Pour un communisme des ténèbres
Revoir notre entretien avec Annie Le Brun
13 août 2024
Envers et contre elle, Annie Le Brun traverse l’époque. Elle occupe ce point où sensible et...
Parthenon Marbles: UK’s PM Sunak cancels meeting with Greek counterpart Mitsotakis
Nov 27, 2023
In a surprised and totally undiplomatic move, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak cancelled a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis scheduled...
The degeneration of ecologic protest
Anti-oil protesters throw tomato soup on van Gogh’s Sunflowers
By Erik Schreiber, David Walsh
17 October 2022
On Friday, two anti-oil activists threw two cans of tomato...
Roger Waters in concert: Art and politics in a time of...
By Matthew Brennan, David Walsh
26 July 2022
Roger Waters, the renowned musician and activist, co-founder of the group Pink Floyd and its creative driving force...
Mixtape 60: It began in Africa
To celebrate his beloved continent, Charles Leonard has picked 25 of his favourite African songs – stone-cold classics, fresh discoveries and hidden gems.
Production: The...
France: Former Director of Louvre Charged for Art Trafficking
On Wednesday, the former president and director of the Louvre Museum were prosecuted under the charge of art trafficking.
May 26, 2022
Jean-Luc Martinez, former president...
Book Review Mozart’s intriguing if incomplete visage
Bravura surfing of the wave of history omits profound truths, writes JOHN GREEN
Mozart in Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces
By Patrick Mackie
Granta...
The reality of looted colonial art and restitution
"A high-priority cultural policy": The German Lost Art Foundation is hosting a conference on looted art and the restitution of colonial objects.
Dec 05, 2021
"As...
Africa’s lost heritage and Europe’s restitution policies
France is returning artworks acquired in colonial times to Benin. Germany is also open to restitutions. How are other European countries addressing the issue?
Nov.9,...