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Sotheby’s will offer an exceedingly rare July 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence: The Essex Broadside, in a standalone live auction on 24 January, estimated to achieve $2-4 million.

Coinciding with the Heritage Fund’s #HeritageTreasures day, Tate St Ives has been awarded £2.8 million in funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to restore and reopen the historic Palais de Danse in St Ives.

A sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth will be sold at auction on 17th April 2025, offering a unique opportunity to raise substantial funds for the Bryanston Art Bursary Fund.

The structure, uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority on the eastern slope of the City of David, within the Jerusalem Walls National Park, features eight rock-hewn rooms containing an altar, a standing stone (masseba), an oil press, and a winepress. In a new article published in the scientific journal ‘Atiqot, excavation director Eli Shukron suggests that the structure was used by the residents of Judah for cultic/religious practice.

The Watch is a biennial nomination-based advocacy program featuring 25 historic places facing major challenges such as climate change, tourism, conflict, and natural disaster.

An ancient Roman statue of great importance and beauty—a depiction of the Greek goddess Athena from the early 1st century CE—has been acquired by Halsted A&A Foundation, it was announced today.

The prestigious Kaiserring of the city of Goslar 2025 is awarded to the sculptor Katharina Fritsch, whose work questions traditional role models. The unendowed Kaiserring is considered one of the most important international awards for modern art. The award ceremony is scheduled for October 11.

Igor Grubic (Zagreb, 1969) has been active as a multimedia artist since the early nineties. His work includes site-specific interventions in public space, photography and film. He represented Croatia at the 58th Venice Biennale.

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts (RMFAB) welcomed 705,450 visitors in 2024. They remain the country's leading museums with their 4 museums spread over 3 geographical areas of Brussels: Magritte Museum, Wiertz Museum, Meunier Museum and Old Masters Museum.

The Church in Sag Harbour, NY, is opened an exhibition of important typewriters from the collection of actor Tom Hanks.

On Saturday, 18 January at 4 p.m., the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz 2025 will be officially opened with a ceremony in the Chemnitz Opera House.

Marian Goodman Gallery announced that Julie Mehretu has been awarded the rank of Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Toscani, the art director for Benetton from 1982 to 2000 revealed in August he suffered from the deadly disease amyloidosis.

Throughout 2025 the National Trust has announced it will display Luke Jerram’s newest sculpture, Helios, at locations in England, Wales and Northen Ireland. The Trust aims to make this dazzling new artwork as accessible to as many people as possible over the next year.

After years of preparation, New Taipei City’s first public art museum, the New Taipei City Art Museum (NTCAM), will open on April 25, 2025.

2025 will be a year of numerous exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw—including an extensive presentation of the museum’s own collection.

The Public Establishment of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie – Valéry Giscard d’Estaing received 4,949,835 visitors in 2024, a year marked by the success of its temporary exhibitions as well as by the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Four photos by Sally Mann were removed from the walls of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas this week and the Fort Worth Police department is investigating after officials raised allegations of child pornography.

A masked activist destroyed a statue of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Mexico City’s Wax Museum on Tuesday night.

The Museo Picasso Málaga in collaboration with the Almine and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Foundation (FABA), together with the Ministry of Culture and Sport of the Regional Government of Andalusia, the sponsorship of Fundación Unicaja and the collaboration of the Board of Trustees of the Alhambra and Generalife, are presenting the exhibition Reflections. Picasso / Koons at the Alhambra, which will be on display in the city of Granada until 16 March 2025.