The news came after Iraqi officials said in July that more than 40,000 artifacts had been repatriated to the country in recent years.

Urgent Matter’s tracker follows major crimes targeting cultural property, from museum heists and forgeries to activist vandalism globally.

New markets are opening as the art-fair economy adjusts to higher costs and slower top-end sales.

The idea of “free for all forever” echoes a wider push in university art museums to rebuild public trust and attendance after years of pandemic-era decline and financial restructuring.

Facing tougher laws, rising costs, and waning support, climate activists are quietly ending the museum protests that once shocked the art world.

The filing comes after the museum closed to the public in 2024 and moved to a "global museum" model.

Timothy Martin, 55, was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

The museum claims city assessors overvalued its Chinatown building by more than four times its worth.