Article date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022
MFA Boston Transfers Antique Marble Head to the Republic of Italy
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has transferred the Late Imperial sculpture Portrait of a Man to the Republic of Italy, from where it is believed to have been stolen during World War II.
Article date: Saturday, April 30, 2022
Belgian Artist Jan Fabre Given 18 Month Suspended Sentence for Sexual Assault and Bullying
63-year-old Belgian multidisciplinary artist Jan Fabre who was accused of sexual abuse four years ago following an interview in which he stated he had never had any harassment issues, as reported by the Brussels Time, has been convicted of sexual harassment and bullying.
Article date: Monday, April 25, 2022
The Art of Dr. Gindi: Echoes to Truth and Transcendence
A first glance at the work of Dr. Gindi, you intuitively know that you are encountering an artist of not only technical skill and dexterity but also of reflective profundity, artistic vision and courageous insight into the human condition.
Article date: Monday, April 25, 2022
Germany Returns Four Illegally Trafficked Cultural Objects to Italy
The German Minister of State for Culture and Media, Claudia Roth, has handed over four illegally transferred cultural objects to the Italian Ambassador Armando Varricchio in Berlin that were seized and retrieved in Germany
Article date: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam to Receive TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund
The Europe Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) has announced that the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam is to be a recipient of the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund,
Article date: Friday, April 15, 2022
Glasgow to Return Looted Artworks to India, Nigeria and Representatives of Massacred Lakota people in South Dakota, USA
Glasgow City Council has voted to return a number of cultural artefacts from its museum collections, including the repatriation of seven Indian antiquities, in a move which is the first of its kind from a UK museum.
Article date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
New York Artist, Donald Baechler Passes Away at 65
Donald Baechler, a New York artist whose painted collages gained a lot of notice in the 1980s, died at the age of 65.
Article date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Missing Darwin Notebooks Returned to Cambridge University Library
Charles Darwin’s iconic Tree of Life notebooks anonymously left in a pink gift bag, 15 months after launch of a worldwide appeal to find them.
Article date: Monday, April 4, 2022
Spectacular View of Verona Worth £11 Million at Risk of Leaving the UK
Export bar is to allow time for a UK gallery or institution to acquire the painting worth £11 million, the painting is a rare example of one of Bellotto’s early masterpieces.
Article date: Friday, April 1, 2022
Cultural Deal for Europe Partners Call on EU leaders to Support Cultural Actors from Ukraine
The partners of the Cultural Deal for Europe – the European Cultural Foundation, Culture Action Europe and Europa Nostra, also acting on behalf of the European Heritage Alliance wrote to the Ministers of Culture of the EU Member States calling for support to cultural actors from Ukraine.
Article date: Thursday, March 31, 2022
Further Support Given to Over 300 Cultural Organisations to Survive Beyond the Pandemic and Protect Jobs
Hundreds of cultural organisations have received a share of the final £35 million emergency support package from the Culture Recovery Fund, to help overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Article date: Tuesday, March 29, 2022
The Warhol Museum Launches Warhol TV, an Online Streaming Platform
The Andy Warhol Museum has announced the launch of The Warhol TV, a new streaming platform that provides viewers the opportunity to view free, unique museum content as well as to rent a growing selection of Warhol’s more than 400 films and over 2,500 videos from the museum’s expansive collection.
Article date: Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Qatar Reveals Plans for Three New Cultural Institutions
Qatar Museums chair Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani announced that the country plans to develop three new museums in Doha. While no financial road map has yet been outlined, a major architect is attached to each project.
Article date: Friday, March 25, 2022
Belgian Artist Jan Fabre to Face Three Years Imprisonment for Sexual Harassment
The Public Prosecution Service is requesting a sentence of 3 years imprisonment for famous Belgian visual artist and theatre maker, Jan Fabre who is facing allegations of sexual harassment, violence and one case of indecent assault.
Article date: Friday, March 25, 2022
Monuments Men Foundation Launches Deck of Playing Cards in Search of Missing Art Pieces from WWII
The Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art (Foundation) has launched a deck of playing cards featuring the WWII MOST WANTED ART™ still missing since the end of World War II.
Article date: Monday, March 21, 2022
Russia Bombs Art School in Mariupol, Ukraine
Russia recently attacked an art school in Mariupol. The bombing took place on March 19, 2022 in Mariupol’s Livoberezhny District where nearly 400 women, children and elderly were sheltering, Mariupol city council reports.
Article date: Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Smithsonian to Return Most of Its Benin Bronze Collection to Nigeria
The Smithsonian Institution, one of the world’s largest cultural organisations, stated on Tuesday that it deliberated to return most of its assortment of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria.
Article date: Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Prized Turner Paintings Return to Britain for the First Time in a Century
Two ground-breaking pictures by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) will return to the UK for the first time in over 100 years, as part of a new National Gallery focus exhibition.
Article date: Saturday, March 5, 2022
UNESCO Voices Concern on the Developments in Ukraine
UNESCO is deeply concerned by developments in Ukraine and is working to assess damage across its spheres of competence (notably education, culture, heritage and information) and to implement emergency support actions.
Article date: Saturday, March 5, 2022
Russian Owned Phillips Pledges Proceeds from its London March Sale to Ukrainian Red Cross Society
Russian owned auction house, Phillips, has pledged to donate 100% of the proceeds from the 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale from March 3, 2022, to the Ukrainian Red Cross Society.
