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Museum Heists Plague 2025: Art World on Edge
10 Dec, 2025
Summary
- 2025 saw a disturbing increase in high-profile museum heists globally.
- June Squibb stars in Scarlett Johansson's debut film exploring grief.
- Michael Fullerton's poignant asylum seeker portraits are on display.
The year 2025 has been significantly disrupted by a series of audacious museum heists, sending shockwaves through the international art community. Notable incidents include the daring theft from Paris's Louvre in October and a more recent disappearance of Matisse artworks from a Brazilian library. These events have prompted UNESCO to open a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects.
On the cinematic front, veteran actress June Squibb delivers a compelling performance in Scarlett Johansson's first feature film, 'Eleanor the Great.' The movie centers on a woman in her nineties who revisits her past and forms an unlikely bond with a young student, tackling profound themes of grief and deception.
Artistic expression also takes center stage with Michael Fullerton's exhibition at Edinburgh's City Art Centre. His portraits, created while working in a hotel kitchen, offer a moving depiction of asylum seekers, shedding light on their experiences through symbolic imagery.
