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Article date: Thursday, January 23, 2025
Protecting the Present, planning for the Future: How the Getty faced the LA Fires
In the wake of the devastating wildfires that have swept through Los Angeles, the Getty has emerged unscathed, preserving its iconic sites and invaluable collections. ArtDependence contacted a Getty spokesperson to understand the institution’s resilience, strategies, and vision for the future.
Article date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Interview with Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer: Exploring Scapegoats at Sapar Contemporary, New York
Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer, the granddaughter of the iconic actress Audrey Hepburn, brings her first solo exhibition Scapegoats to Sapar Contemporary in New York.
Article date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Rijksmuseum receives Sculpture by Italian Artist Bernini on Permanent Loan
The Rijksmuseum has received an outstanding sculpture by the Italian artist Bernini on permanent loan from a private collector.
Article date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Taiwanese Artist Sakuliu Pavavaljung gets Jail Term for Sexual Assault
The Taipei Pingtung District Court handed down a four-year-and-six-month jail sentence to Indigenous artist Sakuliu Pavavaljung on Thursday after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a female fan nearly four years ago in Pingtung County.
Article date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Turner 250: A Year celebrating Britain’s Greatest Artist
Cultural institutions across Britain announced Turner 250, a year-long festival of special exhibitions and events. Taking place throughout 2025, the programme celebrates 250 years since the birth of renowned painter JMW Turner.
Article date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Beyond the Abyss – 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau Exhibition at UNESCO Paris
27 January 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, where over one million people were murdered, most of whom were Jewish.
Article date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Over 70 Participants join Bukhara Biennial’s Debut Edition: Recipes for Broken Hearts
The Uzbekistan Art and Cultural Development Foundation (ACDF) chairperson and commissioner of the Bukhara Biennial Gayane Umerova and curator Diana Campbell have unveiled further names in the artist line-up for the debut edition, Recipes for Broken Hearts, including the first collaborators to join an extensive chef’s programme.
Article date: Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Italian Expert casts Doubt on Attribution of Victorious Youth to Lysippos
A fresh dispute has erupted over the origins of the ancient bronze statue known as Victorious Youth, currently housed at the Getty Villa Museum in Los Angeles, with Italian cultural authorities now questioning whether the statue was created by the famed Greek sculptor Lysippos.
Article date: Monday, January 20, 2025
Foreign Secretary launches UK Soft Power Council
The Foreign Secretary and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport have launched the UK Soft Power Council to drive UK growth and security.
Article date: Monday, January 20, 2025
This Years' Burning Man Temple designed by Spanish Architect Miguel Arraiz
Burning Man Festival announced the innovative Black Rock City Temple for 2025: Temple of the Deep by Miguel Arraiz! Arraiz is a Spanish architect living in Valencia, and the Burning Man Regional Contact for the Spain – Valencia community.
Article date: Saturday, January 18, 2025
House of Auschwitz Commander to open to Visitors
A three-story house overlooking an Auschwitz gas chamber, formerly owned by the camp's commander, Rudolf Hoss, has been purchased by the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) with the aim of opening it up to visitors, the New York Times revealed on Wednesday.
Article date: Friday, January 17, 2025
Restitution of Paul Adolf Seehaus "Blick in die Ebene" to the Heirs of Louise Koppel-Stadler
The Bonn Art Museum in Germany is restituting the aquarel "Blick in die Ebene (1918)" by Paul Adolf Seehaus to the heirs of the Jewish collector Louise Koppel-Stadler.
Article date: Friday, January 17, 2025
New Thermal Bath Complex uncovered at Pompeii
The Pompeii archaeological site said Friday that a large thermal bath complex has been uncovered at the ancient Roman city Pompeii buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Article date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Science, Natural History and V&A Museum Security Guards Strike continues in January
Over 100 outsourced security guards at the world-renowned Science Museum, Natural History Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum, all members of United Voices of the World (UVW), will strike again from Friday 17 January to Monday 20 January, bringing the total strike days to 22 in three months. They demand fair pay, sick leave and respect.
Article date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Swiss Bank Julius Baer is donating ‘Glacier Dreams’ by Refik Anadol to the Kunsthaus Zürich
The Swiss private bank Julius Baer is donating ‘Glacier Dreams’ (2023) by new media artist Refik Anadol to the Kunsthaus Zürich. The work, which the bank commissioned, is an immersive digital room based on vast quantities of glacier data. It will be on show at the Kunsthaus from 18 January 2025.
Article date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Foundations and Arts Organizations create $12M LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund
A coalition of major arts organizations and philanthropists in Los Angeles led by the J. Paul Getty Trust, including the Mohn Art Collective (Hammer Museum, LACMA, and MOCA) partnered with East West Bank, today joined with the Mellon Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation,
Article date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Art Dubai announces two Appointments in Leadership Team Expansion
Art Dubai Group is pleased to announce two senior appointments to its leadership team. Alexie Glass-Kantor, formerly Executive Director of Artspace, Sydney, will take on the newly created role of Executive Director, Curatorial, leading Art Dubai Group’s artistic vision and strategy across all its arts platforms and Dunja Gottweis, former Global Head of Gallery Relations at Art Basel, will become the Director of Art Dubai Fair.
Article date: Thursday, January 16, 2025
Life and Work of George Orwell celebrated on a £2 Coin
One of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century, George Orwell, will be honoured on a new £2 coin, The Royal Mint has revealed today.
Article date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Sotheby’s to offer Rare Printing of the Declaration of Independence: The July 1776 Essex Broadside
Sotheby’s will offer an exceedingly rare July 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence: The Essex Broadside, in a standalone live auction on 24 January, estimated to achieve $2-4 million.
Article date: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Tate St Ives awarded Funding to restore the Historic Palais de Danse
Coinciding with the Heritage Fund’s #HeritageTreasures day, Tate St Ives has been awarded £2.8 million in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to restore and reopen the historic Palais de Danse in St Ives.