Rate of return – is France’s commitment to restitution waning?
In a changing political climate, conversations about colonial history – and calls for action – are taking on a new urgency
Status anxiety – the battle over culture in Bolivia
The sacking of two museum directors and the axing of the ministry for culture is part of a wider struggle about who and what culture is for
Peruvian artists address the Covid crisis in the Amazon
A project to raise funds for Amazonian communities also raises questions about the status of indigenous people in Peru
Trial by fire – the rush to rebuild Notre-Dame
Was the pledge to restore the cathedral in just five years a reasonable commitment or a rash promise?
A summer of blunders at the French Culture Ministry
The sudden sacking of Nicolas Bourriaud suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of the art world
What is Pyotr Pavlensky playing at?
There is no shortage of theories about why the Russian artist leaked a sex tape that made a French politician drop out of the mayoral race in Paris