In an interview with Urgent Matter, Art Guard co-founder Bill Anderson warns that criminal groups are exploiting weak points in Europe’s historic museums and says private homes account for far more art theft than is publicly reported.
The artists were selected through an open call earlier this year and will each receive a $40,000 stipend and dedicated workspace within their respective agencies.
The gallery unveiled a searchable catalog of more than 86,000 archival records, but the underlying documents remain undigitized and largely inaccessible to the public.
Newly released national data shows artists balancing multiple jobs, contending with financial insecurity and receiving little recognition from cultural institutions.
Urgent Matter’s tracker follows major crimes targeting cultural property, from museum heists and forgeries to activist vandalism, across the art world.
In an interview with Urgent Matter, Art Guard co-founder Bill Anderson warns that criminal groups are exploiting weak points in Europe’s historic museums and says private homes account for far more art theft than is publicly reported.
The artists were selected through an open call earlier this year and will each receive a $40,000 stipend and dedicated workspace within their respective agencies.
The gallery unveiled a searchable catalog of more than 86,000 archival records, but the underlying documents remain undigitized and largely inaccessible to the public.