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Article date: Monday, May 19, 2025
Paris Police recover Jim Morrison Bust, stolen from Grave 37 Years Ago
French police have recovered the long-lost bust of American singer Jim Morrison stolen from the grave of the frontman of The Doors, 37 years after it was stolen from Père Lachaise cemetery according to France 24.
Article date: Monday, May 19, 2025
Canadian Indigenous Leaders call on New Pope to return Thousands of Artifacts
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is calling for the Vatican to return sacred First Nation artifacts taken from Indigenous communities during the residential school era.
Article date: Monday, May 19, 2025
Ulaanbaatar Biennale participating Artists announced
Ulaanbaatar Biennale announced the participating artists and programs for On the horizon, under the moon / Сарны дор, тэнгэрийн хаяанд, presented across various venues in Mongolia’s capital from 6 to 20 June, 2025.
Article date: Sunday, May 18, 2025
Spectacular Find in the Ancient City of Nineveh Iraq
A team from Heidelberg University excavating in Iraq made a spectacular find: In the throne room of the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in the ancient city of Nineveh, the archeologists discovered large portions of a monumental relief that depicts the ruler of the Assyrian empire from the seventh century BC along with two important deities and other figures.
Article date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
National Museum of Asian Art returns Ancient Manuscript Fragments to China
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has deaccessioned fragments of the Zidanku Silk Manuscripts (fourth–third century B.C.E.) from its collection and formally transferred them to the National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) of the People’s Republic of China during a ceremony at the Chinese Embassy in Washington.
Article date: Friday, May 16, 2025
World Press Photo is suspending Authorship Attribution of the Iconic 1972 Photograph known as ‘The Terror of War’
Since 1972, the photograph The Terror of War has been credited to Associated Press photographer Nick Út. However, this attribution is now under serious question.
Article date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Smithsonian's National Museum and Saudi Arabia announce Collaboration for Cultural Exchange
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) and the Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) have formalized a collaboration agreement to enhance cultural exchange and mutual understanding between museum professionals and scholars in the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Article date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Lindokuhle Sobekwa wins the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025
Lindokuhle Sobekwa was announced as the 2025 winner of the prestigious £30,000 prize at The Photographers’ Gallery, London, on Thursday 15 May 2025. The artist was awarded the Prize for his photobook “I carry Her photo with Me”, published by MACK in 2024.
Article date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces Return of Eight Antiquities to Peru
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the return of eight antiquities to the people of Peru. These objects were seized pursuant to multiple ongoing investigations into looting and trafficking networks targeting South and Central American cultural heritage. The items were returned during a ceremony at the Peruvian Consulate in New York City.
Article date: Friday, May 16, 2025
Christie’s Spring Marquee Week Totals $693 Million
Christie’s Spring Marquee Week—Monday, May 12 through Thursday, May 15, 2025 in Rockefeller Center—generated a total of $693 million, 123% over low estimate, surpassing the auction house’s totals from the previous two Marquee Weeks.
Article date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Harvard Law School’s ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta revealed as Original
British researchers have discovered that a ‘copy’ of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is in fact an extraordinarily rare original from 1300.
Article date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Peru's Chan Chan: Specialists to restore Wall damaged by Obscene Spray Paint Graffiti
The Decentralized Culture Directorate in La Libertad region (DDC La Libertad) expressed its strongest condemnation of the regrettable act of vandalism committed by an individual who painted an obscene figure on an original wall of the walled complex of Chan Chan, which is more than 600 years old.
Article date: Thursday, May 15, 2025
Marlene Dumas' "Miss January" has set a New World Record Price achieved for a Living Female Artist
Christie’s 21st Century Evening Sale, the second and final evening sale of the Spring Marquee Week took place Wednesday, May 14, 2025 in the auction house’s Rockefeller Center saleroom in the heart of New York City.
Article date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Phillips sets Five New Artist Records in Evening sale of Modern & Contemporary Art
Women Artists Shine with New Records Achieved for
Grace Hartigan, Olga de Amaral, Kiki Kogelnik, and Ilana Savdie.
Article date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
163 Treasures of Tutankhamun arrive at the Grand Egyptian Museum
The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo has received 163 priceless artifacts from the treasures of King Tutankhamun.
Article date: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Turkey launches Major Restoration of Hagia Sophia Dome
Turkey has begun what a minister has said, the “largest and most comprehensive” restoration and reinforcement effort on the dome of Hagia Sophia.
Article date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga wins the 2025 Joan Miró Prize
Kapwani Kiwanga is the winner of the ninth edition of one of the world’s mostprestigious and consolidated contemporary art prizes, awarded this year by the Fundació Joan Miró.
Article date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Leonard & Louise Riggio: Collected Works And 20th Century Evening Sale Total $489 Million
Christie’s Spring Marquee Week commenced on the evening of Monday, May 12, 2025 with two consecutive sales taking place in the Rockefeller Center saleroom.
Article date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Egypt recovers 25 looted Antiquities
Egypt has retrieved 25 looted antiquities from the United States following a three-year legal and diplomatic campaign involving Egypt’s consulate in New York, with support from the US District Attorney’s Office, law enforcement, prosecutors, and private collectors.
Article date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
High Museum of Art names Alison Saar Recipient of 2025 David C. Driskell Prize
The High Museum of Art today announced artist Alison Saar as the 2025 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize in recognition of her contributions to the field of African American art.