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Article date: Monday, December 30, 2024
A Petition has been launched to protect Viollet-le-Duc's Stained Glass Windows at Notre Dame de Paris
Didier Rykner, a French journalist, art historian and founder of La Tribune de l’Art, a magazine dedicated to preserving France’s heritage, has described the idea of replacing the windows as “totally ludicrous”. He has launched a petition against the plan that has already more then 250,000 signatures.
Article date: Monday, December 30, 2024
5-Star Exhibition in Paris, Olga de Amaral at Foundation Cartier
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is presenting the first major retrospective in Europe of Olga de Amaral, a key figure of the Colombian art scene and of Fiber Art.
Article date: Saturday, December 28, 2024
Damien Hirst Accused of Backdating Works for an NFT Project
Damien Hurst is a famous British artist. He has been accused of backdating works of art that were used in an NFT project. We discuss the accusations and how NFT art could fare in the current cryptocurrency rally.
Article date: Saturday, December 28, 2024
Beneath the Brushstrokes, Van Gogh’s Sky is alive with Real-World Physics
Vincent van Gogh’s painting “The Starry Night” depicts a swirling blue sky with yellow moon and stars. The sky is an explosion of colors and shapes, each star encapsulated in ripples of yellow, gleaming with light like reflections on water.
Article date: Saturday, December 28, 2024
Reassessing Your Brand for a Changing Marketplace
As markets evolve and consumer behaviors shift, businesses must rethink
how their brands are perceived.
Article date: Thursday, December 26, 2024
Getty presents Exploring the Alps
The J. Paul Getty Museum presents Exploring the Alps, an exhibition that illustrates how 19th-century artists depicted the largest mountain range in Europe through pastels, ink sketches, watercolors, and photographs.
Article date: Thursday, December 26, 2024
The Vatican Museums go Greener
In perfect timing to receive the thousands of faithful and visitors who will flock to the Eternal City for the opening of the Jubilee Year – the glass “roof” of the Vatican Museums’ “Courtyard of the Corazze” entrance unveiled its new green and eco-friendly guise, thanks to the construction, in the record time of six months, of a roof system with latest-generation photovoltaic glass panels.
Article date: Thursday, December 26, 2024
The 2025 Islamic Arts Biennale presents Title and Theme
The Diriyah Biennale Foundation announces And all that is in between as the title for the second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale, set to open from January 25 until May 25, 2025 in Jeddah, a city that has represented a meeting point of cultures for centuries.
Article date: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
First Rijksmuseum Artist in Residence announced
The first Rijksmuseum Artist in Residence is Dutch-Argentinian artist Aimée Zito Lema.
Article date: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Russian Scientists discover well-preserved Baby Mammoth Remains in Siberia
Russian researchers unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth discovered in the Yakutia region of Siberia.
Article date: Monday, December 23, 2024
Greece returns 1,055 Ancient Coins to Turkey
Greece has returned a total of 1,055 ancient coins which were illegally excavated and smuggled out of Turkey, in the first such repatriation between the two countries.
Article date: Monday, December 23, 2024
Trevi Fountain reopens after Months of Renovations
Rome refilled the Trevi Fountain with water after completing maintenance works, with new limited access for visitors.
Article date: Sunday, December 22, 2024
Medici Secret Passageway in Florence reopens
Closed in 2016 to comply with safety regulations, the Vasari Corridor has been fully restored. Today, the day after the restoration works were completed, it reopens again for visits with a with a special ticket. Visitors enter through the Gallery of Statues and Paintings, walk through the core of the Ponte Vecchio, and exit at the Boboli Gardens.
Article date: Saturday, December 21, 2024
Extinction Rebellion to protest at Rijksmuseum Amsterdam over ING Sponsorship
Activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) protested at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on Saturday, demanding that the museum sever its sponsorship ties with ING.
Article date: Friday, December 20, 2024
Egyptian Tourism Ministry refutes Claims of Mr Beast renting Giza Pyramids for filming
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has officially denounced the swirling rumours across various news outlets and social media platforms suggesting that American YouTuber Mr Beast secured a 100-hour rental of the Giza pyramids area for filming purposes. It affirmed that these claims are unfounded and implausible.
Article date: Friday, December 20, 2024
Paris Mayor sued by Holocaust Survivor's Family
Pierre Ciric, Esq., a New York attorney, filed a lawsuit in French court against the Paris Mayor, accusing the prestigious Carnavalet Museum, a municipal museum, to illegally hold an art collection stolen during the Vichy Regime.
Article date: Thursday, December 19, 2024
Oldest inscribed Tablet of the Ten Commandments soars to $5M at Sotheby's
At Sotheby’s New York, the oldest inscribed stone tablet of the Ten Commandments—dating to the Late Roman-Byzantine period (ca. 300–800 CE)—achieved $5,040,000, surpassing its pre-sale estimate of $1–2 million.
Article date: Thursday, December 19, 2024
Only known Surviving Works of Flemish Artist De Vély at Risk of leaving the UK
A temporary export bar has been placed on the Fairhaven panels by Flemish artist De Vély.
Article date: Thursday, December 19, 2024
Claire Tabouret selected to design Contemporary Stained Glass Windows for Notre-Dame de Paris
Claire Tabouret has been selected as the winner of the competition organized by the French Ministry of Culture to design contemporary stained glass windows for Notre-Dame de Paris.
Article date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024
The use of Psychotropic Substances in Ancient Egypt discovered
For the first time, direct evidence of the use of psychotropic substances in ancient Ptolemaic Egyptian rituals has been uncovered: researchers have uncovered details invisible to the naked eye inside a ritual vessel dating back over 2,000 years.