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Hayward Gallery Touring announces Ekow Eshun as Curator of British Art Show 10
Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025

Hayward Gallery Touring announces Ekow Eshun as Curator of British Art Show 10

British Art Show is the largest and most significant recurring exhibition of contemporary art in the UK. It is developed and produced by Hayward Gallery Touring, the UK’s leading contemporary art organisation producing touring exhibitions, which is part of the Southbank Centre. 


General Authority for Antiquities Yemen publishes 27th List of Looted Artifacts
Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025

General Authority for Antiquities Yemen publishes 27th List of Looted Artifacts

The General Authority for Antiquities and Museums Yemen published today a new list of looted Yemeni artifacts.


Italian Photographer Berengo Gardin dies aged 94
Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025

Italian Photographer Berengo Gardin dies aged 94

Considered a master of photographic storytelling, he worked with many leading Italian and foreign publications, including Il Mondo, Domus, Epoca, L'Espresso, Le Figaro, Time and Stern. 


Fire engulfs Historic Spanish Church Mezquita de Cordoba
Article date: Friday, August 8, 2025

Fire engulfs Historic Spanish Church Mezquita de Cordoba

A fire has broken out at the Mezquita de Cordoba, Spain, emergency services are at the scene


This Week on Art to Collect: Six Works You Should Have on Your Radar
Article date: Thursday, August 7, 2025

This Week on Art to Collect: Six Works You Should Have on Your Radar

Every week, Art to Collect by ArtDependence brings together an exceptional curation of works that reflect the pulse of contemporary art today, offering collectors, new and seasoned alike, a window into some of the most compelling creative practices around the world.


 Grand Egyptian Museum to open on November 1
Article date: Thursday, August 7, 2025

Grand Egyptian Museum to open on November 1

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Wednesday that President Al-Sisi has approved 1 November as the official date for the complete opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).


Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces return of Antiquities to Italy
Article date: Thursday, August 7, 2025

Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces return of Antiquities to Italy

The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced the recent repatriation of antiquities to Italy.


France strips Residence Permit of Man who lit Cigarette at War Memorial
Article date: Thursday, August 7, 2025

France strips Residence Permit of Man who lit Cigarette at War Memorial

France’s Interior Minister on Wednesday imposed a harsh penalty on a man who had been caught on camera lighting a cigarette at a war memorial in Paris.


Kimbell Museum Texas acquires Important Early Italian Still Life
Article date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Kimbell Museum Texas acquires Important Early Italian Still Life

The Kimbell Art Museum acquired of Still Life with Melon, Watermelon, and Other Fruits, painted c. 1610–20 by the Italian artist known as “Pensionante del Saraceni,” the name historians have given to an as-yet-unidentified artist associated with a small group of paintings created in Rome around 1610–20.


Rosa Barba wins 2026 Zurich Art Prize
Article date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Rosa Barba wins 2026 Zurich Art Prize

Haus Konstruktiv and Zurich Insurance Company Ltd have awarded the annual Zurich Art Prize to Rosa Barba. She will receive CHF 100,000 to produce a solo exhibition as well as a cash prize of CHF 30,000. 


New Discovery sheds Light on Early Christianity in Egypt
Article date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025

New Discovery sheds Light on Early Christianity in Egypt

A 2,000-year-old settlement was discovered in the Kharga Oasis in Egypt, a site first inhabited in the 3rd century BC and reused during the early Coptic period between the 3rd and 7th centuries AD.


Two Fake Picassos sold in a German Auction House
Article date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Two Fake Picassos sold in a German Auction House

On July 3, 2025, the Italian Carabinieri unit to protect the cultural heritage in Rome investigated an Italian citizen who sold forgeries for years.


'Pornographic’ Mermaid Statue to be removed, Danish Agency says
Article date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025

'Pornographic’ Mermaid Statue to be removed, Danish Agency says

"The mermaid has completely normal proportions in relation to her size, of course the breasts are big on a big woman," Peter Bech the man behind the statue says.


National Park Service USA to restore and reinstall toppled Albert Pike Statue
Article date: Tuesday, August 5, 2025

National Park Service USA to restore and reinstall toppled Albert Pike Statue

The National Park Service will restore and reinstall the bronze statue of Albert Pike, which was toppled and vandalized during riots in June 2020. 


Possible 1,700-Year-Old Synagogue discovered in Castulo, Spain
Article date: Monday, August 4, 2025

Possible 1,700-Year-Old Synagogue discovered in Castulo, Spain

The Guardian reports that archaeologists excavating at the ancient Roman settlement of Castulo in southern Spain have identified the traces of a building they believe may have once been a synagogue.


Herzog & de Meuron to design Eames Museum
Article date: Monday, August 4, 2025

Herzog & de Meuron to design Eames Museum

The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity shared the plans for a world-class museum that will bring innovative design programming and immersive art experiences to the public. 


Pauline Karpidas’ 69 Million Euro Collection up for Auction this September
Article date: Monday, August 4, 2025

Pauline Karpidas’ 69 Million Euro Collection up for Auction this September

This September, Sotheby’s will lift the veil on the extraordinary personal collection of legendary patron and aesthete Pauline Karpidas, showcasing the masterpieces of Surrealist art and furniture design that adorned her one-of-a-kind home in London.


Manifesta 17 to take place in Coimbra, Portugal in 2028
Article date: Monday, August 4, 2025

Manifesta 17 to take place in Coimbra, Portugal in 2028

Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial announced that the 17th edition of the biennial will be held in the historic city of Coimbra, Portugal, in 2028. 

 


French Govt prepares New Law to return Colonial-era Art
Article date: Saturday, August 2, 2025

French Govt prepares New Law to return Colonial-era Art

France’s government on Wednesday discussed a bill designed to speed up the return of artworks looted during the colonial era to their countries of origin, officials said.


Yale University Art Gallery acquired Tilman Riemenschneider's Virgin and Child Enthroned
Article date: Friday, August 1, 2025

Yale University Art Gallery acquired Tilman Riemenschneider's Virgin and Child Enthroned

The Yale University Art Gallery acquired an exceptional example of late Gothic sculpture, a Virgin and Child Enthroned by Tilman Riemenschneider (ca. 1460–1531).