Article date: Monday, March 18, 2024
Banksy claims New Mural in London's Finsbury Park
Street artist Banksy has claimed responsibility for a new mural on the side of a north London building, after the artwork appeared overnight.
Article date: Monday, March 18, 2024
Archaeologists in Panama find Ancient Tomb filled with Gold
Archaeologists in Panama have discovered gold treasure and human remains inside a tomb built for a religious leader buried over 1,200 years ago.
Article date: Monday, March 18, 2024
FBI Boston Recovers and Returns 22 Historic Artifacts to Okinawa, Japan
For almost 80 years, 22 artifacts from Okinawa, Japan were lost to history, only to be discovered last year, tucked away in an attic of a private residence in Massachusetts.
Article date: Monday, March 18, 2024
UK Government to carry out Public Body Review of Arts Council England
The Government is to carry out a public body review of Arts Council England to ensure it is delivering in its mission to support high-quality arts and culture across the country.
Article date: Saturday, March 16, 2024
Trafalgar Square Fourth Plinth: Winning Sculptures announced
The next artworks that will take pride of place on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square have been chosen. Lady in Blue by Tschabalala Self will occupy one of the highest profile public art spaces in world from 2026, while Untitled by Andra Ursuţa will be installed from 2028.
Article date: Saturday, March 16, 2024
Extent of Heritage and Cultural Property Crime in England Revealed
Historic England and National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC), members of ARCH (Alliance to Reduce Crime Against Heritage), have released research findings on the scale and extent of heritage and cultural property crime in England.
Article date: Saturday, March 16, 2024
Remains of Ancient Roman Harbour found near Portorož, Slovenia
At the excavation site near the pier of the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transport of the University of Ljubljana, the final phase of the field research took place between November 2023 and February 2024.
Article date: Friday, March 15, 2024
The Mondrian Papers : Mondrian's Letters can be consulted Online for the First Time
Over 1,700 letters written by Piet Mondrian have been preserved. The letters offer a still largely unknown glimpse into the artist's personal life and are an invaluable source of information about his art. These letters, together with Mondrian's theoretical writings, will be published online by the Mondrian Edition Project.
Article date: Friday, March 15, 2024
Police search the Homes of Artists and Activists across Russia Days before the Election
On March 12, Russian Federal Security (FSB) agents and police officers raided the homes of artists and activists across the country. Many of the artists were subsequently taken in for questioning.
Article date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Tom Van Malderen's Installation : Reimagining Public Space at the Malta Biennale
On the bastions of the Cittadella in Gozo, Tom Van Malderen has installed an object crafted from timber. This temporary exterior structure serves as both a tiny public shelter and a starting point for reflecting on the presence of objects in everyday life. The work can be seen as the artist's personal interpretation of the contemporary polyester pop-up gazebo.
Article date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Artist Alison Saar selected to create Olympic Sculpture in Paris
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the City of Paris have chosen Alison Saar, a Los Angeles-based sculpture artist, to produce an artwork that will be installed in the French capital to honour the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024.
Article date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Seattle University Is Receiving a $300 Million Art Collection
In a truly transformative gift, philanthropist Richard Hedreen donates $300M art collection to Seattle University, along with seed money to fund an art museum.
Article date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Malta's First Art Biennale opened, and it is Impressive
Themed "White Sea Olive Groves", the biennale explores main socio-political themes through temporary installations in a celebration of contemporary art.
Article date: Thursday, March 14, 2024
South Korean Public Museums to host Weddings
The National Museum of Korea, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and dozens of other famous public museums will be open for couples to hold wedding ceremonies, as a part of the government’s support to lessen financial burden on young people planning to get married.
Article date: Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Curatorial Team announced for 2024 Asian Art Biennial
The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (NTMoFA) announced the curatorial team for the 2024 Asian Art Biennial. The event is scheduled to take place in November of this year.
Article date: Monday, March 11, 2024
Ingrid Pollard 2024 Hasselblad Award Laureate
Ingrid Pollard is the 2024 Hasselblad Award laureate and receives a gold medal and the sum of SEK 2,000,000. The award also includes a Hasselblad camera by the Gothenburg-based company Hasselblad.
Article date: Monday, March 11, 2024
Boijmans van Beuningen Museum Rotterdam bought a Painting by Vincent van Gogh
The museum said it had acquired the work, Still Life with Potatoes, which dates from 1887, for an undisclosed sum to ensure it stayed in the Netherlands. It was previously on long-term loan from a private collection.
Article date: Sunday, March 10, 2024
Archaeologists Uncover Upper Part of the Colossal Statue of Ramses II
The joint Egyptian-American Archaeological Mission unearthed the upper part of the colossal statue of Ramses II (Ramesses), the lower part of which was found in 1930, during excavations at Hermopolis Magna in Egypt’s Minya Governorate.
Article date: Sunday, March 10, 2024
Artwork worth over € 1 million stolen in Italy
Some 49 gold works by 20th century Italian abstract sculptor Umberto Mastroianni on show at the Vittoriale at Lake Garda were stolen a day before the exhibit was due to close, in a one-million-euro heist.
Article date: Friday, March 8, 2024
Pro Palestine Protesters destroy Painting of Lord Balfour at Trinity College
Pro Palestine Activists ruined a 1914 painting by Philip Alexius de László inside Trinity College, University of Cambridge of Lord Arthur James Balfour – the colonial administrator and signatory of the Balfour Declaration.
