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Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered three tombs dating to the New Kingdom period in Saqqara, revealing inscriptions and artifacts that offer new insights into the lives of senior officials and Egypt’s links with the ancient Near East.

The European Central Bank (ECB) today unveiled the shortlisted design proposals for the next series of euro banknotes and launched a public survey inviting people across Europe to provide their feedback.

Lighting does more than make a space visible. It tells the eye where to look
first and what to value most. In rooms built around display, that role
becomes especially important. Artwork, signage, and architectural details
all compete for attention in different ways. General illumination cannot
always give them the clarity they need. LED spot lights solve that problem
by delivering focused, intentional light.

Closed since the theft of October 19, 2025, the Apollo Gallery reopens to the public today, July 22, but no jewels are on display.

he Chairman and Trustees of Tate today announced that leading British curator Jessica Morgan currently Director of Dia Art Foundation, has been appointed Director of Tate. 

Just months after being elected MP for Leigh in 2001, Burnham signed an Early Day Motion urging Tony Blair’s government to open immediate discussions with Greece regarding the sculptures.

Two tourists, both Greek Americans, were attacked with a knife near the entrance of the Acropolis Museum in Athens on Tuesday.

Lisa Nandy will stay on as culture secretary as prime minister Andy Burnham continued to name his cabinet on Monday evening.

The landmark exhibition averaged 6,800 visitors per day, welcoming a total of more than 562,000 visitors over its three-month run.

Set in the heart of 413-acre Trent Country Park in Enfield, North London - easily accessible via the Piccadilly Line - the museum tells two extraordinary stories: the glittering interwar social world of Sir Philip Sassoon whose guests included Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin and Fred Astaire, Kings George V and VI, Edward VIII, and also a covert wartime intelligence operation.

In 2003, writing in Artforum, David Rimanelli dismissed one of the founding claims of John Currin's early reputation as a "red herring": the notion that his brushwork constitutes a genuine revival of Old Master technique, arguing that technical finesse develops in step with the artist's content rather than existing for its own sake.

A Korean court has ruled that the ownership of Nam June Paik's artworks, 'My Faust: Economics' and 'My Faust: Spiritual,' belongs to the wife of the late Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-choong. 

The National Gallery of Art announced  that it has received a major gift of nearly 50 works from the Berezdivin Collection, a major private collection of contemporary art. 

The shirt worn by Brazil football icon Pele when he scored two goals to bring his team to victory in the World Cup final of 1958 has sold for $4.9m.

On July 14, Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced the Protecting Resources and Ensuring Stewardship of Enduring Records of Visual Expression (PRESERVE) Act that would establish a procedure to ensure that publicly commissioned art is protected and preserved during the federal building disposal process.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of three antiquities collectively valued at more than $160,000 to Mexico.

Christie’s reported total revenue of $4.5 billion for the first half of 2026, describing its strongest opening six months in five years as renewed competition for major collections, museum-quality works and luxury objects helped drive auction sales sharply higher across every region.

One of the most influential artists of our time will now be awarded the  2026 European Culture Prize  . At the world-famous  Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam,  the European Cultural Forum will honor a sculptor whose work has set standards for decades and inspired generations of artists.

The auction house said first-half consolidated sales reached $4.4 billion, a 58 percent increase from the same period last year, with gains across auctions, private sales, and its expanding luxury businesses.

Michaël Borremans paints at the moment when the image remains persuasive while its authority becomes uncertain.