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Article date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Reflections. Picasso / Koons at the Alhambra, Granada
The Museo Picasso Málaga in collaboration with the Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation (FABA), together with the Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Regional Government of Andalusia, the sponsorship of Fundación Unicaja and the collaboration of the Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and Generalife, are presenting the exhibition Reflections. Picasso / Koons at the Alhambra, which will be on display in the city of Granada until 16 March 2025.
Article date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
De Pont Museum Netherlands acquires Two Iconic Works by Beatriz González
The De Pont Museum acquired two works from the iconic series Las Delicias (1996-1998) by Colombian artist Beatriz González: Las Delicias 12 and Las Delicias 13.
Article date: Thursday, January 9, 2025
Archaeologists uncover a 1,500-year-old Byzantine Monastery in Israel
A monastery with a colorful mosaic floor and a Greek inscription, a sophisticated winepress and other buildings were discovered in Israel in an excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, conducted as part of the Israel Land Authority's development works for the establishment of "Karmey Gat North” neighborhood. "This is the largest and most significant site discovered in the region from the Roman and Byzantine periods," say the researchers.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Bulgaria has requested Assurances Regarding the Safety of Panagyurishte Gold Treasure amid the Fire in Los Angeles
Due to the fire in Los Angeles, caretaker Minister of Culture, Nayden Todorov, has sent a letter to the management of the Getty Museum requesting that the exhibits from Bulgaria, including the Panagyurishte Gold Treasure, be secured in a safe location.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
The Getty Villa says its Collections are Safe so far from the Palisades Fire in California
A brush fire started late Tuesday morning in the Pacific Palisades, fueled by extremely high winds.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Badru Temitayo, Winner Audience Award Textile Biennial 2023 exhibits in Museum Rijswijk, Netherlands
For the exhibition Badru Temitayo. We are gods, the Nigerian artist Badru Temitayo Taofeek (1983) draws inspiration from African history, myths and folklore.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Getty Images and Shutterstock to merge, creating a Premier Visual Content Company
Getty Images Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GETY) and Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) announced that they entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine in a merger of equals transaction, creating a premier visual content company.
Article date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Historic Victory: Belgian Artist Christian Silvain wins €650,000 Plagiarism Case in Chinese Court
The Chinese artist Ye Yongqing has been convicted for plagiarizing the works of Belgian painter Christian Silvain.
Article date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
10-Year-Old Boy finds Century-Old Cross Medallion in Jerusalem
A 10-year-old Israeli boy out on a school trip in Jerusalem uncovered a cross medallion between 100 and 200 years old, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Sunday.
Article date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Charlie Hebdo releases Special Issue 10 Years after Attack
On 7 January 2015, 10 staff members of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were killed in their newsroom by two terrorists.
Article date: Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Wadi AlFann presents James Turrell in AlUla, Saudi Arabia
Wadi AlFann presents James Turrell is an exhibition surveying the work of pioneering Light and Space artist James Turrell. The exhibition will run from 16 January until 19 April 2025 and is presented by Wadi AlFann as part of the AlUla Arts Festival 2025.
Article date: Monday, January 6, 2025
Archaeologists recover Remarkably preserved Shrines from a Temple in Iraq
At the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in northern Iraq, a temple razed by fire around 612 BCE, has remarkably preserved shrines that were recovered by the Penn Museum and Iraqi archaeologists on a site excavation this year as part of the Penn Nimrud Project, one of several cultural heritage preservation and protection initiatives of Penn’s Iraq Heritage Stabilization Program (IHSP).
Article date: Monday, January 6, 2025
The Climate Museum secures Permanent Home for Climate Arts and Culture in New York
The Climate Museum, the first museum in the United States dedicated to climate change, is thrilled to announce its new permanent location at 418 11th Avenue. The State of New York announced today it is awarding The Moinian Group and Boston Properties (BXP) a real estate development project in Hudson Yards to be designed by the architecture firm FXCollaborative. This project will provide a 24,000 square foot permanent home for the Climate Museum.
Article date: Monday, January 6, 2025
Iraqi Artist Dia Al Azzawi wins Great Arab Minds Award
Dia Al Azzawi is the winner of this year's Great Arab Minds award in literature and arts.
Article date: Monday, January 6, 2025
‘Berlinde De Bruyckere. Khorós’ at BOZAR, Brussels
Bozar will present a large-scale solo exhibition featuring the work of Berlinde De Bruyckere for the first time.
Article date: Friday, January 3, 2025
Major New Footprint Discoveries on Britain’s ‘Dinosaur Highway’
In a stunning find, researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge expanse of quarry floor filled with hundreds of different dinosaur footprints, creating multiple enormous trackways. Dating back to the Middle Jurassic Period (around 166 million years ago), the trackways form part of a huge ‘dinosaur highway’ and include footprints from the 9 metre ferocious predator Megalosaurus, and herbivorous dinosaurs up to twice that size.
Article date: Friday, January 3, 2025
Italy returns stolen Archaeological Artifacts to Mexico
The stolen archaeological artifacts were found after several investigations by Italian police in various cities, including Rome, Perugia, Ancona, and Consenza. The investigation was also coordinated by five public prosecutor offices in Rome, Pordenone, Florence, Ancona, and Palmi.
Article date: Thursday, January 2, 2025
Archaeologists discover Possible Bust of Cleopatra VII at Ancient Egyptian Temple
The Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission, led by Dr. Kathleen Martinez in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), has uncovered foundation deposits beneath the southern wall of the enclosure at the Taposiris Magna Temple, west of Alexandria.
Article date: Thursday, January 2, 2025
A New Look at Cimabue: At the Origins of Italian Painting
For the first time, the Musée du Louvre is dedicating an exhibition to Cimabue, one of the most important artists of the 13th century.
Article date: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
National Archives UK release VIP Signatures of Downing Street Visitors
Three Downing Street visitor books are included in this December’s Cabinet Office file release. The red leather-bound volumes are the first ever released by the Government and provide a fascinating insight into eminent visitors passing through the doors of Number 10 between 1970-2003.