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Coverage of how local to global governments influence the arts and cultural heritage through funding, policy, and regulation. Includes legislation, cultural diplomacy, institutional restitution, and public transparency in arts administration.

Government and Cultural Heritage

Coverage of how local to global governments influence the arts and cultural heritage through funding, policy, and regulation. Includes legislation, cultural diplomacy, institutional restitution, and public transparency in arts administration.

Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Nov 03, 2025 Rubin Museum, now ‘without walls,’ challenges building’s tax assessment
An exterior shot of the Rubin Museum of Art with the museum's name in the windows

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

Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Nov 02, 2025 Museum of Chinese in America challenges NYC tax bill amid ongoing funding scrutiny
The Museum of Chinese in America is pictured on a sunny morning in 2015

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

A man in a dark suit and blue tie stands beside an Iraqi flag, holding an ancient clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform script inside a marble hall.
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Nov 04, 2025 Britain seizes 185 artifacts as Iraq seeks return of looted items

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

by Adam Schrader
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Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Nov 04, 2025 Britain seizes 185 artifacts as Iraq seeks return of looted items
A man in a dark suit and blue tie stands beside an Iraqi flag, holding an ancient clay tablet inscribed with cuneiform script inside a marble hall.

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

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Nov 03, 2025 Rubin Museum, now ‘without walls,’ challenges building’s tax assessment
An exterior shot of the Rubin Museum of Art with the museum's name in the windows

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

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Nov 02, 2025 Museum of Chinese in America challenges NYC tax bill amid ongoing funding scrutiny
The Museum of Chinese in America is pictured on a sunny morning in 2015

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

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Oct 31, 2025 Artist Gao Zhen, detained in China, is in poor health
Chrome bust of Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin in West Hollywood, California

Gao fainted in September and may have arteriosclerosis, putting him at risk for a stroke.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Oct 29, 2025 National Gallery of Jamaica gives tips on protecting art studios from Hurricane Melissa
Satellite image shows Hurricane Melissa as a large, organized storm over the Bahamas on October 29, 2025, with its dense cloud mass extending toward Florida, Cuba, and Hispaniola.

Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a strong Category 5 storm Tuesday before making its way to Haiti and the Dominican Republic, killing dozens of people.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Oct 29, 2025 Trump asks Supreme Court to let him fire Shira Perlmutter
Donald Trump sits at a desk in the Oval Office, reading a document with an American flag and presidential seal visible behind him.

The dispute determines who ultimately guides copyright policies impacting artists and leads the agency forward in the age of artificial intelligence.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Oct 27, 2025 New York nonprofit launching digital archive to guard Latino stories from ‘erasure’
Screenshot of the Historias NYC digital map interface showing Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, with colored dots marking cultural sites related to Latino and immigrant histories

The digital archive from the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center seeks to collect and connect Latino histories across New York City.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Oct 26, 2025 Russian museum admits Pyongyang’s involvement in Ukraine war
Kim Jong Un pictured shoveling dirt

Russia and North Korea are using art to acknowledge that North Korean troops fought in the Ukraine war.

by Adam Schrader
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