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Confronting South Korea’s Violent Past and Its Echoes Today

26 août 2026 à 07:05
The National Museum of Korean Democracy, which opened last year, documents an era of brutal suppression. But that dark history has resurfaced in troubling ways.

© Woohae Cho for The New York Times

Yoo Dong-woo was among hundreds of pro-democracy activists who were tortured at the Namyeong-dong Anti-Communist Interrogation Office in Seoul. He has returned often to what is now the National Museum of Korean Democracy.
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  • ‘Jim Crow must go’: the artists and everyday heroes who fought injustice – in pictures
    Turn the Volume Up! at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University highlights the activism of everyday people who have confronted injustice. New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, quoting the Bronx rapper KRS-One’s song Turn The Volume Up during his election-day victory speech inspired the name of the exhibit. Featuring work by artists such as Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems and the Guerrilla Girls, the show examines how protests and collective action can create and inspire social changeTurn the Volume
     

‘Jim Crow must go’: the artists and everyday heroes who fought injustice – in pictures

19 août 2026 à 05:00

Turn the Volume Up! at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University highlights the activism of everyday people who have confronted injustice. New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, quoting the Bronx rapper KRS-One’s song Turn The Volume Up during his election-day victory speech inspired the name of the exhibit. Featuring work by artists such as Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems and the Guerrilla Girls, the show examines how protests and collective action can create and inspire social change

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© Photograph: Bruce Davidson

© Photograph: Bruce Davidson

© Photograph: Bruce Davidson

Art Heist: 4 Antonello da Messina Paintings Stolen From Sicily

17 août 2026 à 03:31
The works, by Antonello da Messina, were taken as the Sicilian city of Messina held a religious celebration.

© Museo Regionale Accascina Messina, via Reuters

Five Arrested in Connection to Stolen Works by Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse, Prosecutors Say

14 août 2026 à 17:08
The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after being taken in a nighttime heist near Parma.

© Carabinieri Art Recovery Squad, via Associated Press

8 Matisse Works, Looted from Library in Brazil, Are Recovered

Par : John Yoon
14 août 2026 à 06:56
The prints by the French master were taken in São Paulo last year in a brazen daylight heist.

© São Paulo Police Press Office, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A handout photo released by the São Paulo police press office showing the recovered Matisse works.
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