Articles
Article date: Monday, June 17, 2024
Art Professionals ask Centre Pompidou not to close for Renovations in an Open Letter
A number of French art world figures have signed an open letter urging the French government to halt the planned closure of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, which is due to close for a five-year period for renovations starting in 2025.
Article date: Saturday, June 15, 2024
Kunsthaus Zürich to remove Five Paintings linked to Nazi looting
The Kunsthaus Zurich has announced it will remove five paintings after a review of their provenance under new guidelines for dealing with artworks looted by the Nazis.
Article date: Saturday, June 15, 2024
Tracey Emin Made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Tracey Emin, YBA Artist, born on July 3, 1963, in Croydon, London, has been given a Damehood, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the King’s Birthday Honour list 2024.
Article date: Friday, June 14, 2024
Winning Design Team proposed for renewed and enlarged S.M.A.K.
The temporary association noAarchitects, David Kohn Architects with Asli Çiçek may design the expansion and renovation of S.M.A.K. The design proposal includes a second museum building, for the permanent collection. The entrance to both museum buildings will be in the Floralia Hall, which will have a central role in Citadel Park.
Article date: Friday, June 14, 2024
Ukrainian Artist Artur Snitkus killed in Combat
Ukrainian artist, musician and stylist, representative of the queer community, fighter Artur Snitkus died while performing a combat mission in Donetsk region.
Article date: Thursday, June 13, 2024
Orbit Homes UK unearths over 18,800 Artefacts in Significant Archaeological Discovery
Affordable housebuilder, Orbit Homes, recently unearthed over 18,800 historical artefacts after excavations at its Calthorpe Gardens development discovered archaeological evidence dating from the Prehistoric Mesolithic, Late bronze Age-Middle to Late Iron Age, and through to early Anglo-Saxon times.
Article date: Thursday, June 13, 2024
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology returns Artefacts from Cambridge to Uganda
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) arrived in Entebbe airport with 39 artefacts from the communities and kingdoms of Uganda that have been in the collections in Cambridge for a century or more. These artefacts have been placed in the care of the Uganda Museum on a long-term loan, where they will be the focus of a programme of research and consultation, and a major exhibition in 2025.
Article date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Anya Gallaccio commissioned to create The AIDS Memorial in London
Anya Gallaccio has been commissioned to create The AIDS Memorial in London, due to be unveiled at the end of 2027. The news was announced today by AIDS Memory UK (AMUK), an organisation that aims to raise awareness of the continuing impact of HIV/AIDS.
Article date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Treasured Friendship: Anne Frank's Verse donated to Anne Frank Huis Amsterdam
The Anne Frank House has received a special donation from Jacqueline Sanders-Van Maarsen: her autograph book with a handwritten verse by Anne Frank, dated 23 March 1942. The now 95-year-old Jacqueline has carefully preserved the album with Anne’s verse over the years as a testament to their deep friendship.
Article date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Lady Godiva Painting to be loaned to Palace Of Versailles to mark Paris 2024 Olympic Games
A painting depicting Coventry’s most iconic resident has found a prestigious temporary new home.
Article date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Artdependence ceases Coverage of Activist attacks on Artworks
Artdependence will no longer report on attacks on artworks by various activist organizations.
Article date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Former Vatican Employee arrested in Vatican Sting Operation for alleged Fraud
A former Vatican employee has been arrested in a sting operation and is currently behind bars awaiting formal charges for trying to sell back a manuscript he allegedly pilfered from the archives of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican confirmed last Thursday, after the incident was first reported in the Italian newspaper Domani.
Article date: Saturday, June 8, 2024
Israeli Artist and Curator Chaim Peri has died in Hamas Captivity
On June 3, 2024, after obtaining new intelligence, the Israeli military confirmed the death of Israeli hostage Chaim Peri, 79, who was killed in Hamas captivity.
Article date: Friday, June 7, 2024
Pompeii, excavations in Regio IX bring to Light a Sacrarium with Blue Walls
A new room excavated in the central area of the ancient city is painted blue and has been interpreted as a sacrarium, a shrine devoted to ritual activities and the storage of sacred objects.
Article date: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Ben Vautier, Fluxus Artist, Dies at 88
Known for his installations and humorous phrases, Ben was one of the great names of contemporary art in France. He died on June 5, 2024, at the age of 88.
Article date: Thursday, June 6, 2024
German Government cuts the VAT rate on Artwork Sales from 19% to 7%
This change, set to take effect in January 2025, marks a shift in policy aimed at bolstering galleries and art dealers in Germany.
Article date: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Turkey backs Greece's claim to Parthenon Sculptures at UNESCO Conference
During the UNESCO conference on the Parthenon Sculptures, Zeynep Boz, the head of smuggling prevention at the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, publicly supported Greece's longstanding claim to the historic artifacts.
Article date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Arson suspected in Israel Museum fire
Fire that spread from Valley of the Cross started in 3 different locations; Employees were evacuated and no artworks damaged.
Article date: Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Kirchner Painting remains in the Brücke Museum
The painting “Erich Heckel and Otto Mueller playing chess” by expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) from 1913 remains permanently in the Berlin Brücke Museum after provenance has been clarified.
Article date: Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Rijksmuseum Identifies Amsterdam Mayor and his Wife in Frans Hals Portraits
Rijksmuseum researchers have discovered the true identity of an Amsterdam couple in portraits by Frans Hals: they are Amsterdam’s mayor Jan van de Poll and his wife Duifje van Gerwen. This is the only pair of pendant marital portraits of an Amsterdam couple painted by Frans Hals. Jan and Duifje travelled to Haarlem around 1637 to sit for the painting.