Article date: Thursday, May 8, 2025
Undercover Cops approached Drents Museum Heist Suspect trying to find Romanian Treasures
Dutch police used undercover cops in the investigation into the theft of Romanian treasures from the Drents Museum in Assen in January Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf reports.
Article date: Thursday, May 8, 2025
Major Chila Kumari Singh Burman Retrospective to reopen Tate Liverpool in 2027
The UK Secretary of State for Culture, Lisa Nandy, announced that the first major retrospective by Chila Kumari Singh Burman, one of the UK’s most celebrated artists, will reopen Tate Liverpool in 2027 following the gallery’s transformation.
Article date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
South African Minister calls for return of African Artifacts from Former Colonial Powers
South African Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie made the remarks at the second G20 Culture Working Group session held in Johannesburg, the largest city and economic hub of South Africa.
Article date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
King Charles III and Queen Camilla's Coronation Portraits unveiled
Two new paintings, commissioned to mark Their Majesties' Coronation in 2023, have been unveiled by The King and Queen at the National Gallery.
Article date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Tough Mold in Danish Museums is threatening Historic Collections
A type of mold resilient enough to survive on the ocean floor has now appeared in Danish museums.
Article date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
New Museum to unveil Sculpture by Tschabalala Self created for Museum’s Facade in Fall 2025
The New Museum announced that Tschabalala Self (b. 1990, Harlem, New York; lives and works in Hudson Valley, New York) will create a new sculpture for the building’s facade to be unveiled in fall 2025.
Article date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Sotheby’s postpones Hong Kong sale of Buddha relics after India intervenes
Sale by family of 19th century British engineer of ‘duplicates’ of sacred relics he found in India called illegal by Indian government.
Article date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
A Sword Once owned by Napoleon to be auctioned in Paris
A sword once owned by Napoleon will be auctioned on May 22 at Hôtel Drouot in Paris. Estimated between €700,000 and €1 million, the piece has been kept by the descendants of Marshal Emmanuel de Grouchy.
Article date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
The King and Queen reopen the National Gallery Sainsbury Wing
The King and Queen visited the National Gallery to officially reopen the Sainsbury Wing after its 2-year transformational capital project.
Article date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
From Speculation to Stewardship: Preserving Digital Culture on the Blockchain
The NFT boom of 2020 was an explosive moment in the history of digital art. Seemingly overnight a somewhat obscure category of contemporary art took center stage, alongside a powerful and nebulous technology – ‘the blockchain.’
Article date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
The Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven appointed Defne Ayas as its New Director
The Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven today announces the appointment of Defne Ayas as its new Director.
Article date: Monday, May 5, 2025
Arts and Cultural Industries grew at Twice the Rate of the U.S. Economy
The arts and cultural sector grew at more than twice the rate of the total economy between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), a product of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Article date: Monday, May 5, 2025
Tragedy in Jordan: Two Belgian Tourists found Dead, 1,700 evacuated from UNESCO Site Petra
A major search and rescue operation had been launched in Jordan after flash floods ripped through vast parts of the country at the weekend.
Article date: Monday, May 5, 2025
Marlene Dumas is set to break the Auction Record for an Artwork by a Living Female Artist
Miss January stands as the most significant work from Marlene Dumas to ever appear at auction.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Influential Video Artist Dara Birnbaum dies at 78
Dara Birnbaum, a pioneer of the feminist and video art movements who probed, mimicked, and remixed mass media, died, May 2, at age 78.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Schiele's "Russian War Prisoner" stays at Art Institute of Chicago for now, a Judge decides
A New York judge ruled recently that Art Institute of Chicago has to surrender a contested Schiele artwork that the Nazis allegedly looted, but an appellate judge issued an emergency stay this week, allowing the artwork to stay in Chicago, for now.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
A Masterpiece by Canaletto that belonged to Britain's First Prime Minister leads Classic Week in London
Christie’s is to sell a view of Venice by Canaletto which was once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, in its Old Masters evening sale on 1 July. It is estimated to make in excess of £20m.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Fiona Tan invited to curate a Major Exhibition at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum
This summer, for the first time in the history of the Rijksmuseum, a contemporary artist has been invited to curate a major exhibition, spanning the entirety of the Philips Wing.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
De Kooning Masterpiece installed for opening of Fenix Museum in Rotterdam
This week sees the final installation of the collection of Fenix, the new art museum about migration, opening in Rotterdam on Friday 16 May 2025.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Today is World Press Freedom Day
3 May acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics.
