Article date: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Climate Change, Rapid Urbanization are top threats to Heritage Sites, World Monuments Fund warns
World Monuments Fund (WMF) has found a host of specific human factors such as war, overdevelopment, lapse in oversight, and rising temperatures to be the major factors threatening over 200 heritage sites under review for its 2025 World Monuments Watch.
Article date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Zarina Bhimji receives the Roswitha Haftmann Prize 2024
The Roswitha Haftmann Prize honours the lifetime achievements of exceptional artists. Worth CHF 150,000, it is Europe’s best-endowed art award. Zarina Bhimji is its 22nd recipient. Previous winners have included Walter De Maria, Maria Lassnig, Robert Ryman, Cindy Sherman, Robert Frank, VALIE EXPORT and Cildo Meireles.
Article date: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
MoMA Director Glenn Lowry to Step Down in 2025
Glenn Lowry, the long-time director of New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), will leave the museum in September 2025.
Article date: Tuesday, September 10, 2024
$75 Million Gift to support Future growth on the Art Institute of Chicago Museum Campus
The Art Institute of Chicago announced a $75 million gift from Aaron I. Fleischman and Lin Lougheed that will support the museum’s future campus vision.
Article date: Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Obama Presidential Center Museum features 83-Foot tall painted Glass Window by Julie Mehretu
The Obama Foundation announced the installation of an 83 ft. x 25 ft. commissioned work of art by world-renowned Ethiopian-American artist Julie Mehretu. The piece, titled “Uprising of the Sun,” is now featured on the north facade of the future Obama Presidential Center’s Museum Building.
Article date: Monday, September 9, 2024
Alessandro Giuli appointed as Italy's New Minister of Culture
Allesandro Guili was sworn in by the President of the Italy, Sergio Mattarella.
Article date: Monday, September 9, 2024
Rebecca Horn Dies at 80
Rebecca Horn known for exploring states of transformation and using the body as a portal to other dimensions, passed away on Saturday at the age of 80. Her New York gallery, Sean Kelly, announced her death.
Article date: Friday, September 6, 2024
Artist Veronika Kozhushko, 18, killed in Russian attack on Kharkiv
Artist Veronika Kozhushko, 18, was killed in a Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv on 30 August.
Article date: Friday, September 6, 2024
Jewish Museum Berlin to place around 500,000 Testimonies Online by 2026
The Jewish Museum Berlin (JMB) has embarked on an ambitious mission to make its archives and collections accessible online for anyone around the world who is interested.
Article date: Friday, September 6, 2024
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, reaches Agreement with Türkiye to return Gold Necklace
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached an agreement with the Republic of Türkiye to return a gold and carnelian Necklace (1982.413), which was probably looted from a tomb near the village of Kendirlik, Bintepeler in 1976.
Article date: Friday, September 6, 2024
Italian Culture Minister Sangiuliano apologises to Wife and PM Giorgia Meloni over Love Affair Scandal
After revelations of his affair with a social media influencer whom he nominated for a senior advisor role, Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano apologised to his wife and Premier Giorgia Meloni for the embarrassment he caused.
Article date: Thursday, September 5, 2024
Man carrying Firearm shot Dead in Munich near Nazi Documentation Museum
An armed man has been shot dead by police near the Nazi documentation centre and Israeli consulate in Munich, Germany after being spotted in the area carrying a long firearm.
Article date: Thursday, September 5, 2024
Council of Europe opens first ever Global Treaty on AI for Signature
The Council of Europe Framework Convention on artificial intelligence and human rights, democracy, and the rule of law (CETS No. 225) was opened for signature during a conference of Council of Europe Ministers of Justice in Vilnius. It is the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Article date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Remember Their Names: 4 Nigerian Artists Ready to Break Out
Badru Temitayo, Stephen Aragbada, David Olatoye and Obafemi Awolowo are four emerging Nigerian artists poised to make a significant impact in the art world.
Article date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
Bukhara Biennial to launch in Uzbekistan in September 2025
The Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF) announces today details of the Bukhara Biennial, a new immersive cultural gathering launching on 5th September 2025 in the city of Bukhara, a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts and Folk Art.
Article date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The Sikkens Prize 2024 awarded to Pipilotti Rist
Pipilotti Rist will be awarded the prestigious Sikkens Prize 2024 representing a sum of 75.000 euros during a festive meeting in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and Kunsthal Rotterdam. The jury praises the leading Swiss artist for, among other things, the phenomenal way in which she uses colour in her work and how, as a pioneer in video art, she has paved the way for younger generations.
Article date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Artist Gao Zhen arrested in Beijing for his Sculptures criticising Mao
Gao Zhen was arrested in his studio in Beijing while he was back visiting family. According to his lawyer, he could be charged with ‘damaging the reputation or honour of heroes and martyrs’. The ruling Communist Party is tightening its grip on the narrative of history.
Article date: Monday, September 2, 2024
Painting owned by the first Prime Minister of Great Britain at risk of export
A temporary export bar has been placed on Le Rêve de L’Artiste, a painting by influential 18th century French artist Jean-Antoine Watteau.
Article date: Friday, August 30, 2024
Return of Archaeological Cultural Property to Egypt from the Netherlands
On Friday August 23, 2024 three archaeological objects were officially returned to Egypt.
Article date: Friday, August 30, 2024
University of Notre Dame and Dorville Heirs agree on restitution of Artwork
The University of Notre Dame reached an agreement with the heirs of Armand Isaac Dorville (1875–1941) this summer, completing the restitution of a 19th-century drawing by the French illustrator and caricaturist Henri Monnier.
