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Christie’s said on Wednesday it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world’s first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise Pascal in 1642.

The Louvre Museum said Monday that it was closing the Campana Gallery as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building.

The guitar that legendary Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain used on generation-defining albums Nevermind and In Utero and in the iconic music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" will be publicly-exhibited and offered at Christie's New York in March 2026.

Florence, Italy, one of Europe’s most visited tourist cities, has decided to impose an outdoor dining ban on 50 streets within the UNESCO-protected historic city center. 

Bridget Jones has earned her placewith a statue in London’s Leicester Square, joining figures like Mary Poppins and Harry Potter. 

Christie’s New York 20th and 21st Century Art sales week began on Monday 17 November 2025 with The Collection of Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis followed by the 20th Century Evening Sale, which together achieved $689,795,000 selling 96 per cent by lot and 97 per cent by value.

Germany has canceled an auction of Holocaust artifacts following backlash from politicians and outrage from Holocaust survivors, Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski confirmed on X/Twitter.

From November 14, 2025, to January 16, 2026, the Borso d'Este Bible, one of the greatest masterpieces of Italian Renaissance art, will be on display in the Capitolare Hall of the Senate of the Republic, at Piazza della Minerva, 38, in Rome.

An export bar has been placed on a rare sculpture by Henri-Joseph François, Baron De Triqueti, allowing time for a UK gallery or institution to acquire it. 

A new report from Jewish Times Asia highlighted several artists in Hong Kong exploring Jewish identity.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it is returning a Buddhist painting, titled The Tenth King of Hell (1798), to the Sinheungsa Temple in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, Korea.

Museums are more than the boxes of relics that we see them as; they are living records of human creativity and heritage. In each beautifully put-together exhibit there is a mix of art, science, and engineering. Also, what is a very often overlooked aspect of what goes into the museum experience is the display case, which is a very precise piece of work that at once preserves and presents priceless cultural items.

Heritage Auctions will present one of the most electrifying and influential works of 20th-century illustration — Frank Frazetta's Conan the Conqueror (Berserker) — as the premier lot in its December 9–10 Hollywood & Entertainemnt Signature Auction.

Ghana has recovered more than 130 royal artifacts looted during the colonial era, in one of the largest repatriations of cultural treasures to the West African nation.

PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) members at the Tate Galleries have voted overwhelmingly for a week of strike action in a dispute over pay and terms and conditions.

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, co-founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, announced it will open to the public on September 22, 2026.

The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the only organization representing the entire scope of the museum community, today released its annual report on the current state of United States museums.

New York City’s Jewish Museum reopened its third and fourth floors on 24 October
following a year-long, $14.5 million renovation.

Three paintings by Bob Ross were auctioned Tuesday at Bonham's Los Angeles for more than $600,000 combined to help raise money for public broadcasting.

The Syrian National Museum in Damascus has reported the theft of six ancient gold statues in a daring overnight break-in earlier this week, according to officials and security sources.