Article date: Friday, January 10, 2025
Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art plans for the First Year in its New Home
2025 will be a year of numerous exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw—including an extensive presentation of the museum’s own collection.
Article date: Friday, January 10, 2025
4,950,000 Visitors for the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie in 2024
The Public Establishment of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie – Valéry Giscard d’Estaing received 4,949,835 visitors in 2024, a year marked by the success of its temporary exhibitions as well as by the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Article date: Friday, January 10, 2025
Sally Mann Photos seized from Texas Museum Exhibition - Artists at Risk Connection reacts
Four photos by Sally Mann were removed from the walls of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas this week and the Fort Worth Police department is investigating after officials raised allegations of child pornography.
Article date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Activist attacks Statue of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Mexico City Wax Museum
A masked activist destroyed a statue of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Mexico City’s Wax Museum on Tuesday night.
Article date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Reflections. Picasso / Koons at the Alhambra, Granada
The Museo Picasso Málaga in collaboration with the Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation (FABA), together with the Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Regional Government of Andalusia, the sponsorship of Fundación Unicaja and the collaboration of the Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and Generalife, are presenting the exhibition Reflections. Picasso / Koons at the Alhambra, which will be on display in the city of Granada until 16 March 2025.
Article date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
De Pont Museum Netherlands acquires Two Iconic Works by Beatriz González
The De Pont Museum acquired two works from the iconic series Las Delicias (1996-1998) by Colombian artist Beatriz González: Las Delicias 12 and Las Delicias 13.
Article date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Art on the London Underground’s Programme for 2025 announced
Art on the Underground’s programme for 2025 comprises major new works from four contemporary artists
Article date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Archaeologists uncover a 1,500-year-old Byzantine Monastery in Israel
A monastery with a colorful mosaic floor and a Greek inscription, a sophisticated winepress and other buildings were discovered in Israel in an excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, conducted as part of the Israel Land Authority's development works for the establishment of "Karmey Gat North” neighborhood. "This is the largest and most significant site discovered in the region from the Roman and Byzantine periods," say the researchers.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Heritage Auctions celebrates its Most Successful Year With Total Sales of $1.867 Billion in 2024
Heritage Auctions set numerous records in 2024, led by the most successful Sports auction ever held over the summer, a $61.9 million grand slam, followed just a few months later by the record-setting Entertainment event that strutted down the Yellow Brick Road to a $38.6 million finish.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Bulgaria has requested Assurances Regarding the Safety of Panagyurishte Gold Treasure amid the Fire in Los Angeles
Due to the fire in Los Angeles, caretaker Minister of Culture, Nayden Todorov, has sent a letter to the management of the Getty Museum requesting that the exhibits from Bulgaria, including the Panagyurishte Gold Treasure, be secured in a safe location.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Getty Villa says its Collections are Safe so far from the Palisades Fire in California
A brush fire started late Tuesday morning in the Pacific Palisades, fueled by extremely high winds.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Mario R. Rossero named Director of The Andy Warhol Museum
Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh announced today that Mario R. Rossero has been named the new director of The Andy Warhol Museum and vice president of Carnegie Museums.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Badru Temitayo, Winner Audience Award Textile Biennial 2023 exhibits in Museum Rijswijk, Netherlands
For the exhibition Badru Temitayo. We are gods, the Nigerian artist Badru Temitayo Taofeek (1983) draws inspiration from African history, myths and folklore.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Getty Images and Shutterstock to merge, creating a Premier Visual Content Company
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GETY) and Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) announced that they entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in a merger of equals transaction, creating a premier visual content company.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Historic Victory: Belgian Artist Christian Silvain wins €650,000 Plagiarism Case in Chinese Court
The Chinese artist Ye Yongqing has been convicted for plagiarizing the works of Belgian painter Christian Silvain.
Article date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
10-Year-Old Boy finds Century-Old Cross Medallion in Jerusalem
A 10-year-old Israeli boy out on a school trip in Jerusalem uncovered a cross medallion between 100 and 200 years old, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Sunday.
Article date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Charlie Hebdo releases Special Issue 10 Years after Attack
On 7 January 2015, 10 staff members of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were killed in their newsroom by two terrorists.
Article date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Wadi AlFann presents James Turrell in AlUla, Saudi Arabia
Wadi AlFann presents James Turrell is an exhibition surveying the work of pioneering Light and Space artist James Turrell. The exhibition will run from 16 January until 19 April 2025 and is presented by Wadi AlFann as part of the AlUla Arts Festival 2025.
Article date: Monday, January 6, 2025
Archaeologists recover Remarkably preserved Shrines from a Temple in Iraq
At the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, a temple razed by fire around 612 BCE, has remarkably preserved shrines that were recovered by the Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists on a site excavation this year as part of the Penn Nimrud Project, one of several cultural heritage preservation and protection initiatives of Penn’s Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program (IHSP).
Article date: Monday, January 6, 2025
The Climate Museum secures Permanent Home for Climate Arts and Culture in New York
The Climate Museum, the first museum in the United States dedicated to climate change, is thrilled to announce its new permanent location at 418 11th Avenue. The State of New York announced today it is awarding The Moinian Group and Boston Properties (BXP) a real estate development project in Hudson Yards to be designed by the architecture firm FXCollaborative. This project will provide a 24,000 square foot permanent home for the Climate Museum.