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The first major art exhibition in the UK to explore the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182–1226), one of history’s most inspirational and revered figures, will open at the National Gallery London on May 6.

“Aki Sasamoto uses everyday objects, movement, set design, and food in her performances to evoke the absurdity of the human experience. She improvises environmental elements such as equations or sounds in ways that are impossible to anticipate. This intangibility keeps us on our toes and somehow coalesces into magical coherence. The resulting energetics resonate with my grandfather’s own experiential art.” – Alexander S. C. Rower

The restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece, also known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, has been a lengthy process. From 2012 to 2016, the outer panels were restored, followed by the central panel in the second phase until 2019. During this phase, the original eyes of the lamb were uncovered, revealing a distinctly shaped nose and large frontal eyes, different from the overpaintings.

The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem invites the general public on a journey through time in honor of the 75th Independence Day of the State of Israel: a unique photo exhibition documenting the State of Israel as it has never been seen before.

ARTEX MTF AG (“ARTEX”- www.artex.io) will launch its first ART Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Tuesday 30 May in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Catherine Colonna, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Rima Abdul Malak, Minister of Culture, received Jean-Luc Martinez, Ambassador for International Cooperation in the Field of Heritage and Honorary President and CEO of the Louvre, who submitted to them the report commissioned by the President of the Republic in order to prepare the outlines of a framework law on the restitution to their country of origin of cultural property belonging to the French public collections , which, in the current state of law, are inalienable and may be returned only on the basis of a special law.

POWER SPACE VIOLENCE: Planning and Building under National Socialism shows how the Nazis’ racist ideology was cemented in society both by spatial and urban planning and by architectural projects.

Light, Gaze, Presence, an exhibition by Y.Z. Kami (Tehran, 1956) with a selection of works shown for the first time in Florence in some of the most iconic venues of the city: Museo Novecento, Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Museo degli Innocenti and, exceptionally, in the thousand-year-old Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte

Since the earliest days of print journalism, illustration has been used to elucidate and add perspective to stories. Even with the advent of photography in the 19th century, hand-drawn illustrations continued to have their place, both as a synthesis of the artist’s vision and the writer’s meaning. The illustrator’s art still speaks to something not just intimately connected to the news, but intrinsically human about story itself.

For the first time on view in Europe : 74 drawings, by Rembrandt, Bol, Maes and others from The Peck Collection until June 11, 2023.

Founded in 2004 as Turkey's first museum of modern and contemporary art, Istanbul Modern is committed to sharing Turkey’s artistic creativity and cultural identity with art enthusiasts everywhere. To date, the museum has hosted 8 million 500 thousand visitors and provided free art education to 850 thousand children and young people.

His Majesty will wear vestments which featured in the Coronation Services of King George IV in 1821, King George V in 1911, King George VI in 1937 and Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, including the Colobium Sindonis, the Supertunica, the Imperial Mantle, the Coronation Sword Belt and the Coronation Glove.

The Cobra Depot shows the works of the founding fathers of the Cobra movement and contemporary artists who have continued to work in the spirit of Cobra. The collection includes paintings, graphic works, sculptures, and applied arts. The versatility of the movement is reflected in the richness of this collection, which continues to expand.

The future of democracy worldwide depends in part on whether the Ukrainian army can break the current stalemate and achieve complete victory. In a new cover story reported from frontline Kherson, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, and other cities and military bases across Ukraine, The Atlantic’s staff writer Anne Applebaum and editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, write that now is the moment for the United States and the Western world to help Ukraine launch its counteroffensive, take back Crimea, and win the war.

The stone, an ancient symbol of Scotland’s monarchy, will play a central role in the Coronation of HM The King in the Abbey on 6th May.

Édouard Manet (1832-1883) and Edgar Degas (1834-1917) both played a pivotal role in the new painting of the 1860s-80s. This exhibition, which brings together the two painters in the light of their contrasts, forces us to take a new look at their real bond. It shows the heterogeneous and conflicting nature of pictorial modernity and reveals the value of Degas’ collection, in which Manet occupied a larger place after the latter’s death.

The Backstage Academy is a visual arts presentation where alumni from 2020, 2021 and 2022 of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam will present their artworks.

The city of Karlsruhe in Germany has unveiled a new work by Markus Lüpertz in its subway station.

After an anonymous bomb threat, the famous Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow was evacuated for several hours on Sunday.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced today the return of three antiquities valued at $725,000 to the people of Yemen. The objects were recovered pursuant to the recently concluded criminal investigation into antiquities purchased by Shelby White, a private collector based in Manhattan.