Article date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Hamburger Bahnhof Flips the Switch on Dan Flavin’s Light Art
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin is responding to current developments and sending a signal during the ongoing energy crisis. The museum is turning off the light installation Dan Flavin mounted on the façade for its opening in 1996 – probably until late March 2023.
Article date: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
Masterpiece by Rubens to Lead One of Greatest Collections of Old Master Paintings Assembled in Living Memory
Highlighted by key early Rubens masterpiece 'Salome Presented with The Severed Head of Saint John the Baptist' estimated to sell for $25 - 35 million.
Article date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Barberini Museum Temporarily Closed After Climate Activists Threw Mashed Potatoes at $111 Million Monet
Following the incident on October 23 at the Museum Barberini, in which Claude Monet's painting Grainstacks was splattered with mashed potatoes, the museum's management has decided to close the museum for a short period until October 30, 2022.
Article date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Canadian Artist, Rodney Graham Passes Away at 73
It is with great sadness that 303 Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Lisson Gallery, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle and Esther Schipper announce the passing of Rodney Graham, aged 73.
Article date: Sunday, October 23, 2022
Eco Protesters Throw Mashed Potato on £96 Million Monet Painting
Two protesters have thrown what appears to be mashed potato over Monet's 'Les Meules' painting at a museum in Germany.
Article date: Friday, October 21, 2022
Maxim Dondyuk Receives 43rd Annual W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund is pleased to announce that Maxim Dondyuk (Ukraine) is the recipient of this year’s $40,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his project, Ukraine 2014/22.
Article date: Thursday, October 20, 2022
U.K. Businessman Graham Bonham-Carter Indicted for Sanctions Evasion Benefitting Russian Oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska
A U.K. national was arrested for conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions imposed on Russian Oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska and wire fraud in connection with funding U.S. properties purchased by Deripaska and efforts to expatriate Deripaska’s artwork in the United States through misrepresentations.
Article date: Friday, October 14, 2022
Marc Chagall’s Catskills Studio Goes Up for Sale at $240,000
This High Falls treasure was originally the studio of artist Marc Chagall. The home was featured in a 1995 Hudson Valley magazine article, “Chagall’s Days in High Falls.”
Article date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Smithsonian Returns 29 Benin Bronzes to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art transferred ownership of 29 Benin bronzes to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria. The bronzes, which were part of the museum’s collection, were stolen from Nigeria during the 1897 British raid on Benin City.
Article date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
We Prepared the Nomination File of Odessa for the World Heritage List – Volodymyr Zelensky
We prepared the nomination file of Odessa for the World Heritage List – Volodymyr Zelensky to the 215th session of UNESCO Executive Board
Article date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Poland’s Right-Wing Party Censors Artists and Actively Suppresses Creative Expression, New Report Finds
While Poland’s transition to democratic rule offered hope in the form of constitutional, legislative, and institutional changes, the rise of illiberalism has reversed many of these reforms and acutely affected the arts and cultural sector in the country.
Article date: Friday, October 7, 2022
New Curatorial Appointments at KANAL-Centre Pompidou
With the appointment of Devrim Bayar, Sandrine Colard, and Bas Hendrikx, KANAL solidifies its curatorial team to set the future direction for the institution in the run-up to its opening.
Article date: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Membership of AAMD Approves Change to Deaccessioning Rule, Bringing Policy in Line with American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
The Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) announced that following a week of electronic voting, AAMD’s members have approved a change to Professional Practices in Art Museums to narrowly change the approved use of funds from deaccessioned art.
Article date: Thursday, October 6, 2022
Unknown Painting by Fernand Léger Discovered in Private Collection in the Netherlands
The Triton Collection Foundation has identified a work long hidden in its
collection as an important painting by the renowned French artist Fernand Léger (1881-1955).
Article date: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Global Destination, the Jio World Centre Opens in the Heart of Mumbai, India
Envisioned by Mrs. Nita Ambani, Director Reliance Industries and Founder-Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, the Centre covers an expanse of 18.5 acres in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex.
Article date: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Mayor Calls for Export Ban on Lowry's "Going to the Match" Valued at £8 Million
A mayor has called for an export ban to be placed on a Lowry painting valued at £8m to allow time for a campaign to buy it for his city "to gather momentum".
Article date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Dutch Museum Returns Kandinsky Painting to Heirs of Jewish Collector
The Committee has assessed an application dated 25 February 2019 for restitution of the painting Blick auf Murnau mit Kirche [known in English as View of Murnau with Church] by the artist Wassily Kandinsky
Article date: Monday, September 12, 2022
We Are Angry, We Are Sad, We Are Tired, We Are United
We have tried our best to stay above the chaos, hostility, racism and censorship that have engulfed this edition of documenta. We have tried our best to stay focused and committed to our work and the promises and hopes of the lumbung. We have been resilient and in solidarity with our communities, friends, supporters, hosts and guests...
Article date: Friday, September 9, 2022
FBI Returns 2,000-Year-Old Italian Art That's Been in a Los Angeles Storage Facility for Decades
FBI Art Crime Team agents recently returned several pieces of historical artwork back to their rightful owners—the Italian government. This is the first in a two-part series.
Article date: Thursday, September 8, 2022
Michelle Donelan Replaces Nadine Dorries as UK Culture Secretary
Michelle Donelan has been appointed secretary of state for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). She becomes 11th head of DCMS since 2010.
