Article date: Monday, December 16, 2024
Ukraine: Two more Cultural Properties under “Enhanced Protection” of UNESCO
At the request of the Ukrainian authorities, the UNESCO Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict has just granted temporary enhanced protection to Babyn Yar, the site of one of the largest massacres of the ‘Holocaust by bullets’, and to the Odesa Literary Museum. This brings the number of cultural properties benefiting from this status in Ukraine to 27.
Article date: Friday, December 13, 2024
Vatican removes Baby Jesus with Keffiyeh from Nativity Scene
Vatican removes baby Jesus with keffiyeh from nativity scene after backlash over its depiction of the baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol, Catholic media outlets reported Wednesday.
Article date: Friday, December 13, 2024
Tate Modern turns 25
In May 2025, the world’s most popular museum of modern and contemporary art will turn 25. Everyone will be invited to a birthday celebration at Tate Modern from 9 to 12 May.
Article date: Friday, December 13, 2024
Sotheby’s lays off Staff following Lower Auction Results
Sotheby’s lays off staff members from its offices in New York, with the majority of cuts including back-office workers, junior staffers as well as specialists in various departments
Article date: Thursday, December 12, 2024
Pamela Anderson’s Sensational Baywatch Swimsuit leads Exhibition on Swimming’s Century
Pamela Anderson’s sensational red bathing suit from Baywatch, the first Olympic solo swimming gold medal won by a British woman, and a selection of eye-catching men’s Speedos from the 1980s, are all revealed today as star items that will go on display in the Design Museum's, London, major spring exhibition on swimming.
Article date: Thursday, December 12, 2024
Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Masterplan Design Competition launches
UK Government has launched an open search today for a team to create a design masterplan to honour The Late Queen. Competition welcomes architect-led multidisciplinary teams to submit details of profile, team composition, and experience.
Article date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Closer to Memling: dive into the Work of Hans Memling
The website Closer to Memling offers a unique opportunity to explore the world of Hans Memling, a renowned painter of the Flemish Renaissance. This innovative project utilises cutting-edge scientific imaging techniques to provide ultra-high-resolution images of Memling's works. Closer to Memling offers a unique and fascinating visual journey into the heart of the artistic finesse of the 15th century.
Article date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Eindhoven, Netherlands, Residents chose New Artwork for the City
On 10 December, 48 people from Eindhoven chose the artwork that will be placed in the museum garden of the Van Abbemuseum in 2026.
Article date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Unveils Design for New Modern and Contemporary Art Wing
Redesigned wing will create world-class home for The Met’s diverse collection of 20th- and 21st-century art; address critical accessibility, infrastructure, and sustainability needs; and foster seamless connections with the rest of the Museum’s encyclopedic holdings
Article date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
ACASA releases Best Practice Guidelines for Provenance Research and Restitution
Responding to an urgent and growing need for guidance on ethical stewardship of African collections in museums, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA) has produced best practice guidelines for provenance research and restitution.
Article date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
€300,000 Masterpiece Unveiled on Dutch TV
A record was set during the recording of a new season of the dutch TV show Tussen Kunst en Kitsch.
Article date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Poland’s First Queer Museum opens in Warsaw
The institution, set up by nonprofit rights group Lambda, is the first of a kind "in all of post-communist Europe", said its director Krzysztof Kliszczyński.
Article date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Conservation of the Ghent Altarpiece continues to reveal the Virtuosity of the Van Eyck Brothers
The conservation-restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece (1432), the world-famous masterpiece by brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck, began in 2012 at the Museum of Fine Arts (MSK) in Ghent.
Article date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
UK Government announces Deal with Saudi Arabia aimed at Cultural Exchange
The UK is set to share its world-leading expertise in culture, heritage and tourism with Saudi Arabia, to help the country fulfil its ambition to become a global visitor destination.
Article date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Pope unveils Nativity Scene with Baby Jesus in a Keffiyeh Manger
The Vatican inaugurated the 2024 Nativity scene and Christmas tree on Saturday, 7 December, in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
Article date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The Centre Pompidou announces a Donation of 50M Euros from Saudi Arabia
The Center Pompidou announces a donation of 50M euros from Saudi Arabia to finance its work, as part of the intergovernmental agreement signed with France in 2018.
Article date: Monday, December 9, 2024
United Nations boosts Global fight Against Illegal trade in Cultural Artefacts
The UN General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution helping strengthen the fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural property and facilitating the restitution of stolen artefacts to their countries of origin.
Article date: Sunday, December 8, 2024
Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ sell for $32.5 Million
Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers sold Saturday at Heritage Auctions for a price somewhere over the rainbow, way up high: $32.5 million.
Article date: Saturday, December 7, 2024
Apex, the $45 Million Stegosaurus Skeleton is Now on View in N.Y.C.
Thought to be the largest and one of the most complete Stegosaurus specimens ever uncovered, Apex is now on view in the American Museum of Natural History.
Article date: Friday, December 6, 2024
Pantone names its Color of the Year for 2025
The Pantone Color of the Year program engages the design community and colour enthusiasts in a conversation around colour, highlighting the relationship between colour and culture.
