Article date: Sunday, September 4, 2022
Art Dealer Johann König Responds to Allegations of Sexual Misconduct: "I Will Take Action"
What this article brought up will not go away, but after many conversations with family and friends, I decided to defend myself by speaking out, and of course legally. I will take action against this defamation. However, I’m sure that even if it works legally, the damage will still be there...
Article date: Saturday, September 3, 2022
Ukraine: UNESCO Supports Odesa's Heritage and Cultural Life
At a meeting with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay at the Organization’s Headquarters, Oleksandr Tkachenko, Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Information, announced that his country will request the inscription of Odesa on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
Article date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
German Gallerist Johann König Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Influential German dealer Johann König is alleged by ten different women to have behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner with them, according to a bombshell report in German daily Die Zeit published recently.
Article date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
The Curatorial Project of the 35th Bienal de São Paulo
The Fundação Bienal releases the first curatorial text written by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes and Manuel Borja-Villel announcing the title and theme of the 35th Bienal de São Paulo – choreographies of the impossible, which will take place from September to December 2023.
Article date: Thursday, September 1, 2022
Furnishings Discovered from the House of the 'Lararium' in Regio
Small furnished rooms have been discovered around a sumptuous lararium with a depiction of an ‘enchanted garden’, previously excavated in 2018 during the course of maintenance operations on the excavation fronts.
Article date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
US Court Rules Against Jewish Heirs in Nazi-Era Guelph Treasure Case
The heirs of Jewish art dealers had claimed that their ancestors sold the medieval artifacts in 1935 to the Nazi government under duress, for a fraction their worth.
Article date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
US Seizes Ancient Egyptian Artifact Shipped from Europe
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the port of Memphis, TN intercepted an ancient Egyptian artifact shipped from Europe. The shipment was manifested as an antique stone sculpture over 100 years old, and sent from a dealer to a private buyer in the U.S.
Article date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Researchers at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University Document 1,000 Year Old Paintings in Sudan
The paintings were found in 2021 by the University of Khartoum, University of the Nile Valley (NVU) and Sudanese archaeologists.
Article date: Monday, August 29, 2022
365 Days of Colour in the New Garden of the Rubens House
This autumn, work will commence on the new garden of the Rubens House. A new museum gallery, albeit one without a ceiling, is set to be added to the master’s house.
Article date: Thursday, August 25, 2022
Stolen 10th Century Gospel Returns to Greek Monastery from the US
The manuscript Evangelistariou 220 was identified by a curator of the Museum of the Bible and comes from the treasures of the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Eikosifoinissa that were stolen by Bulgarian soldiers in 1917
Article date: Thursday, August 25, 2022
ICOM Approves a New Museum Definition
On August 24th, in the framework of the 26th ICOM General Conference held in Prague, the ICOM Extraordinary General Assembly approved a new museum definition.
Article date: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Students at The Courtauld Find Lost Painting by Britain’s 20th Century Radical Female Artist
Two students at The Courtauld have rediscovered an important lost masterpiece by one of the early 20th century’s most radical female abstract artists, Helen Saunders (1885-1963) hidden beneath a portrait by the modernist artist Wyndham Lewis (1882 – 1957).
Article date: Monday, August 22, 2022
Unique Megalith Site Discovered in Southern Spain
In this site near the Portuguese border, archaeologists discovered a set “unique” comprising “three megalithic enclosures, possibly related to the control of the cycles of the seasons and the observation of “astronomical events”.
Article date: Monday, August 22, 2022
ICOM to Establish Protocol on Respecting Code of Ethics During Conflicts
On August 19th, the Executive Board unanimously approved a recommendation to establish a protocol to address conflicts as part of the ongoing revision process of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums
Article date: Monday, August 22, 2022
Dr Zahi Hawass Launches Petition to Return Rosetta Stone and Other Artefacts to Egypt
Dr Zahi Hawass Launches Petition to Return Rosetta Stone to Egypt. The petition also calls for the return of several other Egyptian artefacts from European museums, such as the bust of Queen Nefertiti in Berlin, and a sculpted Zodiac ceiling at the Louvre in Paris.
Article date: Friday, August 19, 2022
Climate Protesters Glue Themselves to the Vatican's Laocoon Statue
Italian environmental activists staged a second museum protest in as many months, gluing their hands to the base of one of the Vatican Museums’ most important ancient sculptures, the Laocoon.
Article date: Friday, August 19, 2022
Artists Rights Society Embraces Web3 with New Digital Platform Launching Frank Stella's First NFTs
Artists Rights Society, a copyright, licensing, and monitoring organization for visual artists in the United States, has launched Arsnl—a new digital platform that guides artists and institutions through the creation of digital projects and ambitious works of art on the blockchain.
Article date: Thursday, August 18, 2022
Women Earn 50% Less Than Men in the Dutch Art World
In the Dutch art world, men earn about 50 percent more than women, according to a joint study by ABN Amro and interest group WOMEN Inc.
Article date: Monday, August 15, 2022
Stolen Picasso Painting Worth Millions of Dollars Found in Iraq
A drug gang was arrested on Saturday, with the possession of a stolen painting by the well-known artist Picasso, valued by millions of dollars according to the General Directorate for Combating Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the Ministry of Interior.
Article date: Monday, August 15, 2022
Tehran Unveils Western Art Masterpieces Hidden for Decades
Some of the world’s most prized works of contemporary Western art have been unveiled for the first time in decades in Tehran. ‘Deviant’ works by artists including Picasso and Warhol return to display at exhibition in Iranian capital.
