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The Vatican celebrates 50 years of the Vatican Museums' Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art since its 23 June 1973 inauguration by Pope St. Paul VI.

An Artist from the Non-Western World Who Has Faced the Predicaments of the Oppressed, Pioneered Artistic Expression Representing the Voice of the Voiceless, and Contributed to the “Decentralization” of Art

The Windrush Generation is being celebrated in a series of ten new portraits that will go on public display for the first time from today for visitors to Edinburgh’s royal palace. Commissioned by His Majesty The King in 2022 when Duke of Rothesay, the special display commemorates the positive contributions these pioneering men and women have made to the United Kingdom.

Engravings made on the walls of the cave of Roche-Cotard (Indre-et-Loire, France) using fingers have recently been dated to over 57,000 years ago. Created by Neanderthals, these engravings make Roche-Cotard the oldest known decorated cave with engravings in France - and possibly even in Europe.

Dutch archaeologists on June 21 revealed an around 4,000-year-old religious site, dubbed the "Stonehenge of the Netherlands" in the country's media, which included a burial mound serving as a solar calendar.

AMTD announced this acquisition as part of the commitment to step up its overall presence in France, including a plan to move the headquarters of The Art Newspaper to Paris.

The Diego Rivera Theater is set to become the cultural heart of the City College of San Francisco campus. Situated in a new academic precinct along Frida Kahlo Avenue, the Theater will be the home of Diego Rivera’s Pan American Unity mural while providing a central base for the music and drama academic departments.

Aviva, Manchester City Council and Factory International today announce a long-term partnership which includes landmark support for Manchester’s iconic new arts and culture venue to be named Aviva Studios. The venue, which will be the home of Factory International, is predicted to add £1.1 billion to the economy of Manchester and the surrounding region over a decade. It will support up to 1,500 direct and indirect jobs and provide training and engagement opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds.

A Christ painting from the Church of St. Salvator in Bettbrunn could possibly be by Lucas Cranach the Younger. Now, experts from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (BLfD) are using the latest technology to search for evidence.

Following the major donation in 2018 by art collector Els Blokker-Verwer, the Nardinc Collection, Singer Laren has once again received a substantial art collection.

Almost all memorial plaques in the Queen Wilhelmina Forest in Dronten, commemorating people who have died from cancer, were destroyed on the night of Sunday, June 18, to Monday, June 19.

The Monuments Men and Women Foundation recently restituted a papal bull issued by Pope Pius IX and turned over custody of the rare document to Italian officials. Odessans Sondra and Toby Eoff generously helped underwrite the restitution costs. The papal bull, an official decree issued by the Vatican, was signed by Pope Pius IX in 1862. It established the Catholic Church of Santo Stefano in Scascoli, located south of Bologna and still in existence today.

Conducted under the scientific direction of the Capitoline Superintendency for Cultural Heritage, and made possible by an act of patronage by the Maison Bvlgari, the interventions finally allow the full usability of the Sacred Area of ​​Largo Argentina with a new visit itinerary that, for the first time, allows you to access the site and visit it systematically, reading the stages of life from the Republican age through the imperial and medieval era, up to the rediscovery that took place in the last century with the demolitions of the 1920s.

the Mellon Foundation announced its latest round of grantmaking through The Monuments Project—a commitment to give $250 million by 2025 to transform the nation’s commemorative landscape through public projects that more completely and accurately represent the multiplicity and complexity of American stories. This summer, nine grants totaling $25 million will be awarded directly to municipalities to fund publicly oriented initiatives, bringing total grantmaking through The Monuments Project past its halfway mark to $151.9 million.

The upcoming Berlin Biennale, originally scheduled for 2024, has been postponed to 2025.

Austrian Minister for Arts and Culture, Andrea Mayer, commissioned an internationally composed expert panel in January 2022 to develop recommendations for dealing with objects from colonial contexts in federal museums. These recommendations are now available and were presented by State Secretary Andrea Mayer, together with the chairman of the panel and director of the Weltmuseum Wien, Jonathan Fine, during a press conference.

Geoff MacCormack was one of David Bowie’s oldest and closest friends. Starting in 1973, he joined Bowie on his tours as singer, percussionist, dancer, and photographer. As Bowie preferred not to fly, they travelled together by boat, train, and road.

The remains of an extremely rare Roman mausoleum, described by experts as "completely unique," have been unearthed in the center of London. Archaeologists say it's the most well-preserved Roman tomb ever found in Britain

The Standard Bearer, one of the last masterpieces by Rembrandt which remained in private hands for almost 400 years, was acquired for the Rijksmuseum thanks to a grant of €150m from the Dutch government and further contributions from the Rembrandt Association, VriendenLoterij and the Rijksmuseum Fund.

As part of its digital strategy, the EU wants to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) to ensure better conditions for the development and use of this innovative technology. AI can create many benefits, such as better healthcare; safer and cleaner transport; more efficient manufacturing; and cheaper and more sustainable energy.