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Article date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Harvard Art Museums receive Transformative Gift of Prints and Paintings by Edvard Munch
The Harvard Art Museums announce an extraordinary gift from the collection of Philip A. and Lynn G. Straus; the gift comprises sixty-two prints and two paintings by Edvard Munch as well as one print by Jasper Johns.
Article date: Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Seeing the Mona Lisa at the Louvre will require an Additional Ticket
The president of the Louvre, Laurence Des Cars, has proposed requiring an additional ticket to view the Mona Lisa, in addition to the museum's general admission.
Article date: Monday, February 3, 2025
Newly restored Philip Guston Mural unveiled in Mexico
‘The Struggle Against Terrorism’ (1934–35), a monumental landmark mural by Philip Guston and Reuben Kadish is unveiled to the public on Friday, 31 January 2025 in a celebration honoring the masterwork’s resplendent restoration.
Article date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Worcester Art Museum returns Antiquities to Italy
The Worcester Art Museum (WAM) announced today that it has entered into a long-term loan agreement with the Italian Ministry of Culture as part of the Museum’s voluntary return of two objects from its collection.
Article date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum denies Attribution for Portrait ...... Again
In an email send to ArtDependence, a Van Gogh Museum spokesperson said that the Van Gogh painting bought at a garage sale in 2019 is not an authentic Van Gogh.
Article date: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Russian Forces launched a Missile Attack on the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Odesa, Ukraine
Russian forces launched a Friday night missile attack on the historic centre of Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage site, damaging buildings and injuring two people, local officials said.
Article date: Friday, January 31, 2025
Paris Court Judgment: €200m stolen Paintings secured for Khatib Family
The Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris has ruled that 135 paintings worth over €200m seized by the French authorities from leading Paris art authenticator ArtAnalysis include works that collector Uthman Khatib seeks to recover in German litigation proceedings against their thief and convicted Russian-Israeli criminal Mozes Frisch.
Article date: Friday, January 31, 2025
US Copyright Office clarifies AI-generated Content Rules
The U.S. Copyright Office released Part 2 of its Report on the legal and policy issues related to copyright and artificial intelligence (AI). This Part of the Report addresses the copyrightability of outputs created using generative AI.
Article date: Friday, January 31, 2025
President Trump revives Plans for a ‘National Garden of American Heroes’
President Trump revived an executive order to establish a statuary park named the National Garden of American Heroes (National Garden).
Article date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
Dutch Police share Identities and Photos of Two Suspects in Drents Museum Burglary
The Dutch police is seeking more information about the whereabouts of two arrested suspects following a burglary at the Drents Museum on the morning of Saturday, January 25.
Article date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Hirshhorn Museum acquires 175 Artworks
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced the acquisition of 175 artworks by more than 60 modern and contemporary artists through purchase and gifts, marking transformative milestones in its 50th anniversary year.
Article date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
LA Art Show to kick off its Milestone 30th Edition on February 19
LA Art Show returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center from February 19 to 23, 2025 for their 30th anniversary, marking their pioneering role in the city’s emergence as a global epicenter of art.
Article date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Dutch Police Arrest three Suspects for Gold Heist at Drents Museum
After an intensive four-day manhunt, the police have arrested three suspects for the spectacular heist at the Drents Museum in Assen on Saturday morning.
Article date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Romanian Prime Minister demands "Unprecedented Compensation" for Drents Museum Art Theft
The Romanian government is demanding "unprecedented compensation" for the theft of Romanian art treasures from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands says Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. The stolen masterpieces have yet to be recovered.
Article date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Major Hoard of Roman-British Coins found in the Netherlands
In the autumn of 2023, 404 silver and gold coins dating back to the start of the Common Era were found in the Dutch municipality of Bunnik, not far from Utrecht.
Article date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Louvre Nouvelle Renaissance: Separate Room for the Mona Lisa and Major Reforms announced by Macron
The director of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, sent a memo to France’s culture minister Dati detailing the dilapidated state of the museum last week resulting in a visit by President Emmanuel Macron today (Tuesday).
Article date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Roman Military Remains discovered in Bulgarian Town
Archaeological excavations in the Kaleto district of the Bulgarian town of Lom, which concluded recently, uncovered significant Roman military remains dating back to the 1st century AD, BNR reports.
Article date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Scientific Advisory Board of documenta und Museum Fridericianum appointed
documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH welcomes Tania Coen-Uzzielli, Nicole Deitelhoff, Susanne Gaensheimer, Diane Lima, Christoph Menke, and Thomas Sparr as members of the newly founded Scientific Advisory Board.
Article date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart acquires New Work by Doris Salcedo
The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart has made a significant addition to its collection with the acquisition of a new work by internationally renowned Colombian artist Doris Salcedo. The Friends of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart e.V. purchased "Disremembered XV," a poignant piece from Salcedo's ongoing "Disremembered" series, which explores themes of loss, grief, and social injustice.
Article date: Monday, January 27, 2025
Kyiv Independent identifies High-Ranking Russian Officials involved in looting of Museums in Ukraine
The Kyiv Independent identified a Russian military officer and three Russian-appointed officials from occupied Crimea who were responsible for the illegal removal of artworks and artifacts from two Kherson museums in the fall of 2022.