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A giant “poop” statue to sarcastically commemorate January 6, 2021, is on display in direct view of the U.S. Capitol, confusing Washington, DC, pedestrians on Thursday morning.

The sculpture evokes a Tzompantli, a rack used in Mesoamerican civilizations to display the skulls of captured enemies and sacrifice victims.

A fire broke out Saturday on the roof of Somerset House, a historic arts venue on the River Thames in central London.

An 18-foot horned statue featured at the University of Houston — and dubbed by pro-life groups as “Satanic” — was beheaded during Hurricane Beryl on Monday, the New York Times reported.

The first official portrait of King Charles III since his ascension to the Throne has been criticised by the public and critics alike.

The latest “contemporary” sculpture to be unveiled in London’s Trafalgar Square has sparked an uproar, with critics calling it “hideous.”

Two climate activists threw soup at the face of Leonardo da Vinci’s famed Mona Lisa painting in Paris on Sunday morning.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked occult “Spirit Cooking” artist Marina Abramović to serve as an ambassador, according to The Telegraph.

A purse called “Microscopic Handbag” that is the size of a crumb was auctioned Wednesday for more than $63,000.

‘Just Stop Oil’ protesters were subjected to a barrage of jeers and boos after they set off air horns and confetti cannons at the opera.

An independent German commission recommended that a painting by Wassily Kandinsky currently owned by the Bavarian state bank be returned.

The Louvre Museum was closed when its workers took part in the wave of French protest strikes against the govt’s pension reform plans.

Viktor Bout, a former Russian arms dealer who was released from prison in the U.S. in a swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner in December, unveiled an exhibition of his artworks at a Moscow gallery on Tuesday.

A statue of a horned feminine figure emerging out of a lotus, supposedly symbolizing “femininity” and paying homage to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who fought for abortion, now sits atop the New York City courthouse.

Rep. James Comer, House Oversight Committee chair, renewed demands for Hunter Biden’s art dealer to testify before Congress in February.

Ukraine’s culture minister has demanded the West boycott Russian culture including opera, arguing Ukraine is in a “civilizational battle.”

Activists attacked a famous Klimt painting with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame.

Norwegian police said two people tried in vain to glue themselves to Edvard Munch´s 1893 masterpiece “The Scream”.

A Just Stop Oil extremist glued his own head to the famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting in the latest attack on a works of art.

LONDON (AP) – Three climate activists appeared in a London court on Saturday on charges of criminal damage after protests including throwing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting in the National Gallery.

Thousands of pieces of state-owned art, from paintings to furniture to antique tableware, have reportedly gone missing.

The emergence of “A.I.-generated art” is sparking renewed debate among artists about the role of human talent and inspiration in modern works after the New York Times published a report of a creator winning an art prize with one of the productions.

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is returning ancient sculptures and other works of art that were illegally exported from Italy, the museum announced Thursday.

A statue of an African revolutionary is to go on display in London, and followed up by a “trans” monument styled after Aztec skull rack.

Woke curators at the Royal Collection Trust (RCT) are reviewing over 2,500 artworks and photographs to ensure they conform to politically correct language codes and emphasise any supposed links to slavery and imperialism.

The charity which owns it complains it spends so much money on repairs, it can no longer afford to deliver anti-racism and pro-Euro education. 

Climate extremists from the Just Stop Oil group have glued themselves to artworks by Vincent van Gogh and William Turner, to blackmail the government into halting fossil fuel projects. 

Two men have been arrested while two others allegedly remain on the run after armed thieves conducted a daylight raid on a major European art fair.

A new San Francisco school board voted to reverse an earlier board decision to remove a George Washington mural because of slavery images.

An ancient Roman bust, last seen in Germany at the close of World War II, was recently discovered in Texas when an art collector purchased the relic at a Goodwill store for just $34.99.

A former security guard at a Russian art gallery is under investigation for allegedly drawing eyes on a painting valued at over $1 million.

Political art depicting Dr. Anthony Fauci and President Biden as communist dictators appeared in Washington, DC, over the weekend, while the district began enforcing vaccine passports.

A statue at the BBC headquarters by a prominent British artist who was acknowledged to have sexually abused children has been vandalised.

Legendary musician Brian Eno, known for his contributions to electronic music and collaborations with David Bowie, recently discussed the concept of Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), expressing his skepticism over them and cryptocurrency in general. Speaking to an interviewer, Eno said: “People I like and trust are convinced they’re the best thing since sliced bread, so I wish I could have a more positive view, but right now, I mainly see hustlers looking for suckers.”

Exhibiting a torture instrument as an innocent rocking chair, Chinese dissident artist Badiucao mocks the propaganda of Beijing in a new show — while appropriating its codes.

Hunter Biden’s art dealer Georges Bergès was pictured Sunday wearing a Camp David hat. It is unknown how Bergès obtained the hat or if he traveled to Camp David with the president’s family during the collapse of Afghanistan.