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The Headlines

HEAR, HEAR. The HEAR Act was adopted by the House of Representatives on Monday, and now heads to President Trump for approval, reported the New York Times. The bipartisan bill is designed to make it easier to restitute Nazi-looted artworks by extending the original 2016 act, which expires later this year. However, new amendments to the bill have some worried that it goes too far, making it hard for current owners of potentially looted artworks to fairly defend themselves. Notably, the bill states that looted art should be considered a violation of international law, giving the US legal system jurisdiction in foreign cases. But others see this change as a boon. “It would be a tremendous development,” said Nicholas O’Donnel, who represented the heirs of the disputed Guelph Treasure case.

HOCKNEY’S NIGHT AT THE OPERA. Who says opera is not alive and well? David Hockney is turning Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall into a giant, immersive opera house, reports the Guardian. Hockney’s set designs for works by Mozart, Wagner, and Stravinsky, which he made in the 1970s, will fill the museum’s huge space in celebration of the British artist’s 90th birthday in 2027. “I wanted to design operas because I want to have something to look at,” Hockney said. The rest of the Tate’s 2027 program was also announced and includes several highlights, from a Sonia Boyce retrospective and Edvard Munch show, to the Tate Modern hosting Claude Monet paintings for the first time. 

The Digest

Restorers have discovered a hidden El Greco painting underneath a forged artwork that had been hanging in the Vatican for decades. El Greco’s small oil painting of a Christ figure titled The Redeemer dates to the 1590s and is now on view in an exhibition of just two artworks titled “El Greco in the Mirror: Two Paintings in Dialogue.” [Artnet News]