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In federal court in Brooklyn, Ashraf Omar Eldarir was sentenced to six months in prison for smuggling Egyptian antiquities into the United States through John F. Kennedy International Airport.  

Police raided a house belonging to the daughter of a deceased Nazi official in the Argentine city of Mar del Plata, where a painting allegedly stolen in the 1940s appeared to have been located.

The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi has announced the discovery of a cross moulded on a stucco plaque from the ancient monastery on Sir Bani Yas Island, off the coast of Al Dhafra Region in Abu Dhabi.

“Most basements aren’t for people. They are for washing machines, cars, wine, or boilers. If kitchens are for cooking, dining rooms are for dining, and bedrooms are for beds, basements tend to be left undefined—they are simply underground. They are out of sight and open to interpretation. When people go there, they are free to do anything”. (Anthony Huberman)

At the end of August, Quartier Kortrijk, a new art initiative—will host its first art weekend in the historic city of Kortrijk. 

France on Tuesday returned three colonial-era skulls to Madagascar, including one believed to be that of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops during a 19th-century massacre.

The Dutch government is not keeping the promise it made in the historic 1962 founding agreement with V.W. Van Gogh MSc., the painter's nephew also known as the 'Engineer', which leaves the future of Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum in doubt, says Director Emilie Gordenker in The New York Times today.

A sculpture by British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has been installed in front of the Almaty Museum of Arts. Created especially for the museum, Wind Sculpture symbolizes freedom and cultural exchange.

There are those who feel that former NBA stars Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant had no equals on the court. 

Cyprus has successfully repatriated several ancient antiquities from the United States, Belgium and Germany, continuing a long-running effort to recover objects illegally exported from the island.

A painting by Giuseppe Ghislandi from the Goudstikker collection has resurfaced after being missing for decades. 

As part of a special ceremony marking Ukraine’s Independence Day, the Albanese Labor Government has returned two archaeological objects that were illegally exported from Ukraine and imported into Australia in late 2023.

A petition in France opposing the planned loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum has drawn nearly 45,000 signatures since its launch on 13 July, amid warnings the 11th‑century work is too fragile to move. 

The Biennale Son highlights the growing importance of sound in contemporary art. Multidisciplinary, it overcomes the rigid boundaries between artistic disciplines to reveal their multiple convergences.

Art Queens Gallery curated a historic exhibition featuring six international women artists, transforming Times Square into an open-air gallery and reaching over 6 million viewers worldwide.

Ai Weiwei visited frontline positions of the National Guard’s Khartia Brigade, which is defending the Kharkiv sector.

In December 2024, Naomi Beckwith was appointed Artistic Director of documenta 16 by the international selection committee. 

The Hepworth Wakefield and Art Fund announced that their public appeal to raise the £3.8m needed to save Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red for the UK has successfully reached its target, a week ahead of the deadline.

“The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE,'” Trump posted on Truth Social.

On September 17, the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils will celebrate the 122nd birthday of the Latvian-born artist Mark Rothko.