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Court Sentences British Man Over Forgeries Submitted to Sotheby's
Andrew Crowley admitted fraud after presenting fabricated documentation to support the sale of four purported antiquities through the London auction house

Bayeux Tapestry Crosses Channel for First Time Since the 11th Century
The French state-owned embroidery has arrived at the British Museum in London ahead of a year-long exhibition that has already generated record advance ticket sales.

Hauser & Wirth Cleared in UK Russia Sanctions Case
Southwark Crown Court dismissed charges against the gallery's UK subsidiary and art shipper Artay Rauchwerger Solomons after finding insufficient evidence that a collector was connected to Russia under the relevant sanctions rules

How Ghana’s Artists Built Their Own Ecosystem
From studios and galleries to residencies, artists have built the infrastructure sustaining Ghana’s flourishing contemporary art scene, stepping in where public support has failed

Raúl Rueda: “Painting is About Finding the Escape Route”
The self-taught Mexican painter Raúl Rueda has become an overnight sensation with enigmatic works inhabited by monkeys, mirrors and labyrinths

Did You Know There is a Sol LeWitt in the ICE Building?
From a 1970s federal vision of civic art to Trump's America, a monumental Sol LeWitt in Manhattan's de facto immigration headquarters reveals how political change can rewrite an artwork's meaning

Who Actually Owns Frida Kahlo?
The Long Read: As Mexico prepares to send ten nationally protected Kahlo paintings to Spain, campaigners, bankers, politicians and museum officials are locked in a battle over who controls the country's cultural heritage

Eight Shows to See in Arles this Summer
The Art Journal's editors pick the must-see exhibitions at this year’s Les Rencontres de la Photographie festival

How Many More Museums Before ICOM Expels Russia?
More than 500 Ukrainian cultural sites have been damaged since Russia's full-scale invasion. Campaigners say the International Council of Museums must decide whether it will enforce its own code of ethics

Pace Didn't Break the Mega Gallery Model. It Broke Itself
Marc Glimcher says the mega-gallery system is "unfixable". But artist testimony and Pace's own accounts point to a crisis rooted less in the art market than in the gallery leadership's own decisions. For Messy Business, Jeni Fulton reports

A Synagogue Floating Above Venice
Following the many controversies of the Biennale’s opening, are we in for more of the same? That isn’t the intention, says artist Anna Kamyshan

Artist Accuses Work at Manifesta 16 of Plagiarism
Dorothee Bielfeld has asked the Manifesta 16 biennial to remove an installation by Nasan Tur, alleging that the artwork plagiarises her earlier work
