Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025
Small Sculpture of David de Pury stolen in Switzerland

The bust stood next to the large statue of de Pury, erected in 1855, on a central square in the city center of Neuchâtel. It had been erected in 2022 as part of the reappraisal of the city's colonial past.

Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025
Hayward Gallery Touring announces Ekow Eshun as Curator of British Art Show 10

British Art Show is the largest and most significant recurring exhibition of contemporary art in the UK. It is developed and produced by Hayward Gallery Touring, the UK’s leading contemporary art organisation producing touring exhibitions, which is part of the Southbank Centre. 

Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025
General Authority for Antiquities Yemen publishes 27th List of Looted Artifacts

The General Authority for Antiquities and Museums Yemen published today a new list of looted Yemeni artifacts.

Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025
Italian Photographer Berengo Gardin dies aged 94

Considered a master of photographic storytelling, he worked with many leading Italian and foreign publications, including Il Mondo, Domus, Epoca, L'Espresso, Le Figaro, Time and Stern. 

Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025
Fire engulfs Historic Spanish Church Mezquita de Cordoba

A fire has broken out at the Mezquita de Cordoba, Spain, emergency services are at the scene

Article date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
This Week on Art to Collect: Six Works You Should Have on Your Radar

Every week, Art to Collect by ArtDependence brings together an exceptional curation of works that reflect the pulse of contemporary art today, offering collectors, new and seasoned alike, a window into some of the most compelling creative practices around the world.

Article date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
 Grand Egyptian Museum to open on November 1

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Wednesday that President Al-Sisi has approved 1 November as the official date for the complete opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).

Article date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces return of Antiquities to Italy

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced the recent repatriation of antiquities to Italy.

Article date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
France strips Residence Permit of Man who lit Cigarette at War Memorial

France’s Interior Minister on Wednesday imposed a harsh penalty on a man who had been caught on camera lighting a cigarette at a war memorial in Paris.

Article date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Kimbell Museum Texas acquires Important Early Italian Still Life

The Kimbell Art Museum acquired of Still Life with Melon, Watermelon, and Other Fruits, painted c. 1610–20 by the Italian artist known as “Pensionante del Saraceni,” the name historians have given to an as-yet-unidentified artist associated with a small group of paintings created in Rome around 1610–20.

Article date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Rosa Barba wins 2026 Zurich Art Prize

Haus Konstruktiv and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd have awarded the annual Zurich Art Prize to Rosa Barba. She will receive CHF 100,000 to produce a solo exhibition as well as a cash prize of CHF 30,000. 

Article date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025
New Discovery sheds Light on Early Christianity in Egypt

A 2,000-year-old settlement was discovered in the Kharga Oasis in Egypt, a site first inhabited in the 3rd century BC and reused during the early Coptic period between the 3rd and 7th centuries AD.