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.
Article date: Monday, August 15, 2022
Dmitri Vrubel, Painter of Kissing Communist Leaders on Berlin Wall Passes Away at 62
Dmitri Vrubel, a Russian-German painter best known for his painting of the kissing communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker on the Berlin Wall, died aged 62, as reported on Monday, August 15.
Article date: Friday, August 12, 2022
Getty Museum to Return Objects to Italy
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return to Italy the Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet and Sirens, a group of life-size terracotta figures also known as Orpheus and the Sirens.
Article date: Thursday, August 11, 2022
Archaeologists Discover Ancient City and Hundreds of Artefacts Close to Baghdad
An archaeological dig in Al-Suwaira, some 35km south of Baghdad, has revealed an ancient Parthian (247BC to 224AD) city and unearthed more than 200 artefacts.
Article date: Thursday, August 11, 2022
Stolen Painting of Tarsila do Amaral Valued at 50 million Found in Brazil
The painting “Sol poente”, by the Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral, valued at 250 million reais (about 50 million dollars) and which had been stolen from an elderly multimillionaire for her own daughter, was recovered in Rio de Janeiro.
Article date: Thursday, August 11, 2022
Documenta Fifteen at the Halfway Point with Very Good Visitor Numbers
On Saturday, August 6, 2022, documenta fifteen reached the halfway point of its 100-day run. By the 50th day, more than 410,000 visitors had visited documenta fifteen at 32 exhibition venues enjoying works by more than 1,500 artists.
Article date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022
A Painting by Il Morazzone Worth £2 Million at Risk of Leaving the UK
A temporary export bar has been placed on the painting ‘Self-Portrait as a Knight, with a horse, an easel with painter’s palette and a page’ by Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli also known as ‘il Morazzone’
Article date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022
British High Commission Hosts Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Kanneh-Mason Family
Britain’s most exciting classical music performers, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Kanneh-Mason family will be joining British High Commissioner H.E. Vicki Treadell for a reception in their honour.
Article date: Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Lubaina Himid Wins 2024 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize
The Contemporary Austin has announced artist, Lubaina Himid as the winner of the 2024 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize. In addition to receiving a $200,000 cash award, Himid will present a solo exhibition premiering in Austin in spring 2024 at The Contemporary’s downtown venue, the Jones Center on Congress Avenue.
