The Palace of Versailles offers, thanks to a partnership with Ask Mona and OpenAI, a unique experience for its visitors: twenty iconic fountains and statues from the Gardens become narrators of their own stories. For the first time at Versailles, these masterpieces of heritage speak and engage in conversations with the public.
The archaeological treasures from Romania that were stolen from the Drents Museum on January 25 were transported in a sports bag, according to the prosecutor. Gold microtraces were found in the bag, the prosecutor said Wednesday in the court in Assen.
Jewels forming a portion of the sacred Piprahwa relics of the Buddha, which had recently come up for auction at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, were repatriated to India on Wednesday, 127 years after they were taken away during colonial rule.
In Burgos, the Academy of Bullfights wants to build a 300-meter-high metal bull as a “national monument”. The idea is acclaim from the far right political party Vox, but opponents call it “a provocation”.
Tate Modern is to stay open until 21:00 every Friday and Saturday from 26 September 2025, offering free evening access to the world’s most popular modern art museum.
Germany has returned the painting “Hansl’s First Exit (Children Returning Home)” by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller to the heirs of Grete Klein.
In 1944, Hungary’s cultural institutions became active participants in the Holocaust—not merely by omission but by order.
An original work by Salvador Dali which was discovered in a Cambridge-based house clearance sale, will go under the hammer at the Cheffins Art & Design Sale on 23rd October.
The Busan Biennale Organizing Committee has appointed Amal Khalaf (UK/ Bahrain) and Evelyn Simons (Belgium) as co-artistic directors of Busan Biennale 2026.
The 47th session of the World Heritage Committee came to a close in Paris, France, with the inscription of 26 new cultural and natural properties on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Archaeologists have unearthed 3,200-year-old fragments of a warrior’s bronze chest armor in southern Moravia near Brno, Czech Republic.
A rare Egyptian cosmetic vessel known as The Guennol Grasshopper is set to be auctioned this month in London, offering collectors and historians a glimpse into the refined artistry of Egypt’s New Kingdom period.
The Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA Philadelphia) announced today the appointment of Johanna Burton as its Daniel W. Dietrich, II Director.
Art Basel announced the exhibitor list for its 2025 edition in Miami Beach, featuring 285 premier galleries—including 41 making their debut. Representing 44 countries and territories, the fair remains a vital platform for discovering exceptional works by Modern masters, postwar icons, leading contemporary practitioners, and emergent voices.
You Hong-jun, a chair professor of art history at Myongji University in Seoul and a prominent advocate for Korean cultural heritage, has been appointed director general of the National Museum of Korea.
Art restorers have taken down a deteriorating graffiti work by Banksy, known as "The Migrant Child," from a building that overlooks a Venetian canal.
According to a report by the Russian media outlet "Vzglyad," Russia's investigative committee has charged Director of the Narva Museum Maria Smorževskihh-Smirnova with the "rehabilitation of Nazism and public dissemination of knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces."
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U.S. Senators introduced the Art Market Integrity Act, bipartisan legislation that would require art dealers and auction houses to comply with anti-money-laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).
A group of researchers, co-led by researchers from Google DeepMind and the University of Nottingham, have launched a world-first AI model that can contextualise ancient inscriptions.