Article date: Monday, May 6, 2024
Fake Van Gogh Museum Website scams Visitors out of Credit Card Information
Several museumgoers have been scammed via a website that closely resembled the Van Gogh Museum website, Het Parool reports.
Article date: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Manhattan D.A. Bragg announces Return of 10 Antiquities to Egypt
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the return of 10 antiquities collectively valued at $1.4 million to Egypt.
Article date: Sunday, May 5, 2024
Frank Stella dies at 87
Frank Stella first emerged on the scene in the late 1950s, when his Minimalist “Black Paintings” heralded a new era in postwar art.
Article date: Friday, May 3, 2024
Van Gogh Museum Wins ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Best Heritage’ Awards
The awards, which recognize unique licensing partnerships, were won in the ‘Best Licensed Heritage or Institution Brand’ category. The CARIUMA x Van Gogh Museum sneaker collection was awarded in the category ‘Sustainability Brand Licensed Product or Range’.
Article date: Friday, May 3, 2024
Invited by The Louvre, Luc Tuymans creates a Fresco in the Heart of the Museum
The Louvre Museum, the heart of classical art, will temporarily house a fresco by Belgian contemporary artist Luc Tuymans, the institution announced today.
Article date: Friday, May 3, 2024
European Court upholds Italy's Right to seize Prized Greek Bronze from Getty Museum
The case concerned a confiscation order, issued by the Italian authorities, aimed at the recovery of a cultural heritage object, specifically the “Victorious Youth”, a bronze statue dating from the classical Greek period (300-100 BC) attributed to Lysippus.
Article date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Twenty-Two Historic Artifacts Repatriated by the United States to the People of Okinawa
At a formal repatriation ceremony on Tuesday at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Naha, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Embassy of the United States in Tokyo returned 22 historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa and had been missing for almost 80 years.
Article date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
AstaGuru's 100th Auction sees 9 Modern Indian Artists set World Records
For its milestone 100th auction, AstaGuru showcased an exquisite array of rare works from different
periods of modern art. The auction included works
from several revered artists who shaped the narrative of Modern art in India in 20th.
Article date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Norway’s Groundbreaking Art Museum, Kunstsilo, Opens May 11
Kunstsilo, a new world-class museum, is set to open its doors on 11 May 2024. Located in Kristiansand in South of Norway, Kunstsilo seamlessly integrates the Southern Norway Art Museum and the prestigious Tangen Collection of Nordic art.
Article date: Thursday, May 2, 2024
Painting by Frank Auerbach to be sold by the National Crime Agency UK
Albert Street 2009 by Frank Auerbach seized from a “prolific money launderer” as part of a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation is to be sold by the Agency.
Article date: Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Plato’s Final Hours revealed in Scroll Buried at Mount Vesuvius
The final hours of Platoare brought to light by newly deciphered passages from a papyrus scroll that was buried beneath layers of volcanic ash after the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Article date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Serpentine to unveil new Public Sculpture by Gerhard Richter
Serpentine and The Royal Parks unveiled of a new large-scale sculpture by Gerhard Richter. Situated on the plinth at Serpentine South, in Kensington Gardens, STRIP-TOWER (2023) will be staged from 25 April to 27 October 2024.
Article date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Australian Museum removes Egyptian Body Parts from Galleries
The Chau Chak Wing Museum has removed unwrapped mummified body parts from its Egyptian galleries.
Article date: Monday, April 29, 2024
Kim Oosterlinck appointed General Director of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels
Kim Oosterlinck has been selected as the new General Director of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium through a selection process organized by "werkenvoor.be" (formerly known as Selor). He will assume the role starting on July 1, 2024.
Article date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Pope Francis, the First Pontiff to visit the Art Biennale of Venice
Pope Francis will be in Venice on April 28, 2024, for his first trip of the year. By visiting the Holy See’s pavilion, housed in a women’s prison, he will become the first pontiff to visit the famous Art Biennale of Venice.
Article date: Saturday, April 27, 2024
Japanese Archaeologists may have found the Villa Where the Roman Emperor Augustus died
A Japanese university team says it has discovered a nearly 2,000-year old building at a site with ancient Roman ruins buried in volcanic ash in southern Italy. The team believes it could have been a villa owned by the first Roman Emperor, Augustus.
Article date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Ukrainian Art is in Venice Today to Remind of the Role of Ukraine in Protecting the Culture of the Whole World – Olena Zelenska
The First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska delivered a special video address at the opening of the Ukrainian pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale.
Article date: Friday, April 26, 2024
Manhattan D.A. Bragg Announces Return of 30 Antiquities to Cambodia and Indonesia
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr, today announced the return of 27 antiquities to the people of Cambodia and 3 antiquities to the people of Indonesia. The pieces, collectively valued at nearly $3 million, were recovered pursuant to multiple ongoing investigations into trafficking networks targeting Southeast Asian antiquities, including those of alleged trafficker Subash Kapoor and convicted trafficker Nancy Wiener.
Article date: Friday, April 26, 2024
MFA Boston returns Ceramic Child’s Coffin to the Gustavianum in Sweden
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached an agreement with the Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum (Sweden) to return a ceramic Child’s Coffin, which was taken from the Gustavianum’s collection decades ago without authorization.
Article date: Thursday, April 25, 2024
Klimt Portrait sells for 30 Million Euro in Vienna
Wednesday evening, Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” achieved the highest price ever paid for an artwork in Austria at auction.
