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The Bonn Art Museum in Germany is restituting the aquarel "Blick in die Ebene (1918)" by Paul Adolf Seehaus to the heirs of the Jewish collector Louise Koppel-Stadler.

The Pompeii archaeological site said Friday that a large thermal bath complex has been uncovered at the ancient Roman city Pompeii buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Over 100 outsourced security guards at the world-renowned Science Museum, Natural History Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum, all members of United Voices of the World (UVW), will strike again from Friday 17 January to Monday 20 January, bringing the total strike days to 22 in three months. They demand fair pay, sick leave and respect.

The Swiss private bank Julius Baer is donating ‘Glacier Dreams’ (2023) by new media artist Refik Anadol to the Kunsthaus Zürich. The work, which the bank commissioned, is an immersive digital room based on vast quantities of glacier data. It will be on show at the Kunsthaus from 18 January 2025.

A coalition of major arts organizations and philanthropists in Los Angeles led by the J. Paul Getty Trust, including the Mohn Art Collective (Hammer Museum, LACMA, and MOCA) partnered with East West Bank, today joined with the Mellon Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation,

Art Dubai Group is pleased to announce two senior appointments to its leadership team. Alexie Glass-Kantor, formerly Executive Director of Artspace, Sydney, will take on the newly created role of Executive Director, Curatorial, leading Art Dubai Group’s artistic vision and strategy across all its arts platforms and Dunja Gottweis, former Global Head of Gallery Relations at Art Basel, will become the Director of Art Dubai Fair.

One of the most influential literary figures of the 20th century, George Orwell, will be honoured on a new £2 coin, The Royal Mint has revealed today.

The Board of Trustees of Calder Gardens announced today that the new cultural destination on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will open in September 2025 and that curator, educator, and arts programmer Juana Berrío has been appointed as the Marsha Perelman Senior Director of Programs.

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.

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.