China faces a nearly $1 trillion funding gap. It will need more debt to fill it.
During the first four months of the year, investment in real estate development fell by 2.7% from a year ago.…
International Authorities Seize Nearly 10,000 Illicit Cultural Artifacts and Make 52 Arrests in the Latest Wave of Crackdowns
International law enforcement authorities in 28 countries executing the latest phase of Operation Pandora, an international crackdown on illegal cultural goods…
We Broke Down the 2022 Oscar Nominees Where Art Plays a Role. Here’s What We Found
This year’s Oscar nominees are light on films related to the visual arts, with perhaps the strongest tie to the…
TEFAF, Which Has Repeatedly Been Battered by the Pandemic, Postpones Its 2022 Maastricht Edition
For the third straight year, the European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht (TEFAF) has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.…
See 10 of the Exhilarating Installations at the Spring/Break Art Show, From a Shrine to Giantesses to One Absurdly Big Ham
Spring/Break Art Show, the upstart cool kid’s fair, kicked off its 10th New York edition—yes, you read that right—in uncharacteristically…
How a New Class of Investors Driven by Nostalgia—and Flush With Cash—Shot the Video Game Market Into High Orbit
Since last July, the record for the world’s most expensive video game has been broken six times, skyrocketing from $114,000 for…
An Artist’s Memorial on the Site of Last Year’s Devastating Blast in Beirut Has Been Met With Sharp Criticism
A year after the deadly explosion in Beirut that shattered the city, a new sculpture commemorating the victims of the…
Samoa’s first female leader has made history — now she faces a challenging future at home and abroad
After nearly four months of being taken to the brink of dictatorship, Samoa’s constitutional crisis ended on July 26 when…
After a Wave of Protest Against Its Deaccessioning Scheme, the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art Has Halted Its Plans
Two years ago, the Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art in Napa, California, announced plans to sell off the bulk of its…
View from The Hill: Morrison and Coalition sink in Newspoll on the back of rollout shambles
Support for Scott Morrison and the government have slumped in Newspoll, in a major backlash against the botched vaccine rollout.…
Public trust in the government’s COVID response is slowly eroding. Here’s how to get it back on track
Public trust is critically important during the pandemic. Without it, the changes to public behaviour that are necessary to contain…
On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order
Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of an almost unimaginable disaster. The withdrawal of US and allied forces, scheduled by…
Aedas envisions soft, fluid geometries to design its zhanjiang yunhai tower
Aedas unveils the design of its zhanjiang yunhai no. 1, located at the southernmost tip of mainland china. being surrounded…
Under pressure on the Olympics, Japan’s prime minister is saying little and hoping for a political lifesaver
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is probably a little relieved the G7 Summit came when it did. Before departing for…
There are 209 Australian kids stranded in India — they have special legal rights we must not ignore
The latest Senate estimates hearings revealed there were more than 200 Australian children stuck in India without their parents, up…
6 Gripping Art Films to See at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, From a Gordon Parks Tribute to a New Banksy Doc
New York’s Tribeca Film Festival makes a triumphant return for its 20th anniversary edition. Screenings are taking place across the city, at…
The Artist Who Dumped 31 Tons of Carrots at Goldsmiths Last Year Is Back With a Museum Show (and, Yes, It Involves Many Perishables)
The artist Rafael Pérez Evans, who gained notoriety for dumping 240,000 carrots (plus some potatoes) outside of Goldsmiths College, his…
Federal government changes vaccination advice in rush to protect Victorian aged care sector
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly on Thursday changed the medical advice as the government rushed to vaccinate those Victorian aged…