Washington, DC
March 2004archive
Are the culture wars over? White House proposes $18m increase to federal arts funding
The boost, which will send "American masterpieces" across the US, comes more than a decade after Congress threatened to abolish the NEA for financing "objectionable" works
Restitutionarchive
Malevich heirs claim paintings—again
A suit has been filed in a US federal court for 14 paintings in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam
Iraqarchive
Military personnel unearth secret hoard of Jewish manuscripts belonging to Saddam Hussein in search for weapons of mass destruction
Found in the headquarters of Saddam’s secret police force in Baghdad, the cache has been transferred to Washington for conservation