Article date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Museum Data Service launches with Goal to unite 100m Museum Records
A platform hoped to unify more than 100 million object records spread across 1700 accredited museums and collections officially launched.
Article date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Christie's expands Middle East Presence
Christie’s has been granted a commercial licence for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and has appointed Nour Kelani as Managing Director for the Kingdom.
Article date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Getty returns Ancient Bronze Couch to Türkiye
The J. Paul Getty Museum and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism today announced the return to the Republic of Türkiye of an ancient bronze funerary couch dating back to ca. 530 BCE.
Article date: Friday, September 13, 2024
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority UK publishes First Ever Nuclear Heritage Strategy
NDA publishes first ever nuclear heritage vision and strategy, to safeguard and celebrate the history of the nuclear industry.
Article date: Friday, September 13, 2024
Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces Return of 14 Antiquities to Türkiye
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of 14 antiquities to the people of Türkiye, collectively valued at more than $8.3 million.
Article date: Thursday, September 12, 2024
3.000 Year Old Military Barracks and Weapon Stores discovered in Egypt
An Egyptian archaeological mission, led by Dr. Ahmed Said El-Kharadly from the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has uncovered a series of mudbrick architectural units, including military barracks for soldiers and storage rooms for weapons, food, and provisions from the New Kingdom era.
Article date: Thursday, September 12, 2024
Winston Churchill Portrait stolen in Canada found in Italy
An original print of a well-known photograph of Winston Churchill has been discovered in Italy after being stolen from a hotel in Ottawa and replaced with a counterfeit.
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.
