Art Industry News: Former payroll clerk accused of stealing $2 million from Art Institute of Chicago + other stories

Art Industry News: Former payroll clerk accused of stealing $2 million from Art Institute of Chicago + other stories

Art Industry News is a daily round-up of the most momentous developments in the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Wednesday, January 18th. MUST READ Artist Yulia Tsvetkova flees Russia amid LGBTQ crackdowns The artist, who has been persecuted by the state for three years, has left the country … Read more

Art Industry News: Did a Baptist Preacher Steal Art From Edward Hopper’s Estate? + Other stories

Art Industry News: Did a Baptist Preacher Steal Art From Edward Hopper's Estate?  + Other stories

Art Industry News is a daily round-up of the most momentous developments in the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Thursday, October 20th. DEFINITELY READ What is the new museum in Moscow all about? – The much-anticipated GES-2 House of Culture, backed by Russian billionaire Leonid Mikhelson, was set … Read more

The other reason why food prices are rising

The other reason why food prices are rising

The United Nations worst-case scenario calculation assumes that global food prices will increase by a further 8.5% by 2027. More expensive fertilizers are contributing to these higher costs, with some fertilizers up 300% since September 2020, according to the American Farm Bureau. “Last year [fertilizer] was about $270 a ton and is now over $1,400 … Read more

In Ukraine, a broken life lives in a broken house, just one of many

Nila Zelinska holds a doll belonging to her granddaughter, she was able to find in her destroyed house in Potashnya outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Zelinska just returned to her home town after escaping war to find out she is homeless

POTASSIUM, Ukraine — In 100 days of war in Ukraine, countless lives were forever destroyed, torn apart and turned upside down. For tens of thousands, life was brutally ended. Those who survived sometimes hardly know how to start picking up the pieces. When a house that symbolizes a life of work and memories is destroyed, … Read more