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Article date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
International Museum Attendance Back to “Natural Level”
International museums in 2024 collectively experienced a slight dip in attendance that marks a return to normalcy in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, the Art Newspaper reports.
Article date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Isamu Noguchi in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Gardens
Some twenty-five sculptures and ceremics and over thirty light sculptures by the American-Japanese artist Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) will be on view in and around the Rijksmuseum this summer.
Article date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Penn Museum and Egyptian Archaeologists unearth a 3,600-Year-Old Tomb
Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists working at Abydos in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, discovered the massive tomb of an unnamed pharaoh at the ancient necropolis of Anubis Mountain, shedding new light on a long-lost dynasty and a lesser-known period in Egyptian history.
Article date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Lap-See Lam receives The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter in Oslo, Norway, is delighted to announce Lap-See Lam as the 2025 recipient of The Lise Wilhelmsen Art Award, one of the most significant art awards in the world.
Article date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Helsinki Biennial 2025 brings Together 37 Artists and Collectives
Helsinki Biennial 2025 brings together 37 artists and collectives on Vallisaari Island, in Esplanade Park, and at HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Organised for the third time, the theme of this year’s biennial is Shelter: Below and Beyond, Becoming and Belonging. Helsinki Biennial will be held from 8 June to 21 September 2025.
Article date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
The Netherlands hosts International Conference on Nazi-Looted Art Restitution
Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime in many countries, including the Netherlands, looted and confiscated an unprecedented number of art and cultural objects from mostly Jewish owners.
Article date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Two Lifesize Sculptures discovered in Pompeii
A team of archaeologists discovered a remarkable funerary relief depicting a couple—a man and a woman at an almost life-size scale.
Article date: Monday, March 31, 2025
Looting of 100,000 Artifacts from Sudan's National Museum By Al-Dakalo Terrorist Militias
Sudan is home to numerous archaeological sites dating back to prehistoric times and ancient civilizations, making it one of the world’s most important cultural heritage centers.
Article date: Monday, March 31, 2025
Full Artist List, Title and Wider Plans for Folkestone Triennial 2025 revealed
Folkestone Triennial 2025, one of the UK’s leading contemporary art festivals, is pleased to share the full line-up of artists for its highly anticipated sixth edition. Opening on Saturday 19 July and running until Sunday 19 October 2025, this year’s Triennial will see 18 artists from 15 countries create ambitious new commissions that will transform Folkestone’s urban and coastal landscapes.
Article date: Monday, March 31, 2025
Interview with Anne Katrine Senstad: Sensorial Aesthetics & Semiotic Narration
Anne Katrine Senstad is a multi-disciplinary Norwegian artist based between New York and Oslo. Her practice lies at the intersection of photography, film and video, neon sculpture and light based spatial installations, with a focus on the phenomena of perception, light, sound, and color.
Article date: Monday, March 31, 2025
Criticism of Drents Museum Netherlands, Security has failed
The security of the Dacia exhibition in the Drents Museum failed during the theft of the Romanian art treasures that took place at the end of January.
Article date: Monday, March 31, 2025
Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces Return Of Two Stone Sculptures to Cambodia
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of two stone sculptures to the people of Cambodia. The objects were recovered pursuant to several criminal investigations into trafficking networks targeting Cambodian antiquities, including that of SUBHASH KAPOOR.
Article date: Sunday, March 30, 2025
Tate Britain returns Nazi-Looted Painting after Investigation by Belgian Journalist Geert Sels
Tate Britain is returning a painting by Henry Gibbs to the descendants of Samuel Hartveld, a Jewish art dealer from Antwerp. Another painting from Hartveld’s collection will be auctioned the end of April at Dorotheum in Vienna, and a third one is being claimed in Ghent.
Article date: Friday, March 28, 2025
President Trump's Portrait removed from Colorado's State Capitol following President's Truth Social Post
A painting of Donald Trump hanging with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed that his was purposefully distorted.
Article date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Two Men sentenced for damaging and stealing Paddington Bear Statue
Following a Thames Valley Police investigation, two men have been sentenced for damaging and stealing the Paddington Bear statue in Newbury.
Article date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces return of Antiquities to Spain and Cyprus
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., today announced the return of 12 antiquities to the people of Cyprus and a Silver Medallion to the people of Spain.
Article date: Wednesday, March 26, 2025
First Major Museum Exhibition in the UK dedicated to Jenny Saville
Opening on 20 June 2025, Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting will be the largest major museum exhibition in the UK dedicated to the work of one of the world’s foremost contemporary painters. Bringing together 50 works made throughout her career to date, the exhibition is broadly chronological in scope and will trace the development of Saville’s practice from the 1990s to today.
Article date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Tomb of High-Ranking Egyptian Military Commander discovered
Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) announced the discovery of a tomb belonging to a high-ranking military commander who served during the reign of Ramesses III (reigned ca. 1184–1153 B.C.), Ahram Online reports.
Article date: Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Major Work by Lavinia Fontana discovered in French Museum
The Chartreuse de Douai Museum in France announced the discovery of a previously unseen painting by Lavinia Fontana, the most important female painter of the Italian Renaissance.
Article date: Monday, March 24, 2025
The Taipei Biennial 2025 announces its Theme Whispers on the Horizon and Artist Lineup
The 14th edition of the Taipei Biennial 2025, titled Whispers on the Horizon, brings together 54 artists from 35 cities worldwide. Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, the exhibition features 33 newly commissioned works and site-specific installations that engage deeply with the museum’s unique architecture and context.