Article date: Friday, May 5, 2023
Sonita Alleyne Tells UN 'Africa Expects Return of Cultural Property’
The Master of Jesus College addressed the 32nd session of the United Nations Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD) in Geneva.
Article date: Friday, May 5, 2023
A Study Finds that Labels can Enhance Visitors' Museum Experience
Italian researchers studied the attitudes of visitors in museums. It turns out that with more clarification, people look longer and leave the museum with a more positive feeling.
Article date: Friday, May 5, 2023
Copyright in the Age of AI: New Initiative Examines Policy Issues and Registration Guidance for AI-Generated Works
The U.S. Copyright Office launches a new initiative to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and the use of copyrighted materials in AI training.
Article date: Thursday, May 4, 2023
Austria to Return two Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Austria will return two pieces of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece, the country’s foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Article date: Thursday, May 4, 2023
Saint Francis of Assisi Through the Ages: A Journey in Artistic Representation
The first major art exhibition in the UK to explore the life and legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi (1182–1226), one of history’s most inspirational and revered figures, will open at the National Gallery London on May 6.
Article date: Thursday, May 4, 2023
Aki Sasamoto Wins Calder Prize
“Aki Sasamoto uses everyday objects, movement, set design, and food in her performances to evoke the absurdity of the human experience. She improvises environmental elements such as equations or sounds in ways that are impossible to anticipate. This intangibility keeps us on our toes and somehow coalesces into magical coherence. The resulting energetics resonate with my grandfather’s own experiential art.”
– Alexander S. C. Rower
Article date: Thursday, May 4, 2023
Restoration of Jan Van Eyck's Lamb of God Enters Third and Final Phase
The restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece, also known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, has been a lengthy process. From 2012 to 2016, the outer panels were restored, followed by the central panel in the second phase until 2019. During this phase, the original eyes of the lamb were uncovered, revealing a distinctly shaped nose and large frontal eyes, different from the overpaintings.
Article date: Thursday, May 4, 2023
Documenting Israel : Visions of 75 Years at The Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem
The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem invites the general public on a journey through time in honor of the 75th Independence Day of the State of Israel: a unique photo exhibition documenting the State of Israel as it has never been seen before.
Article date: Thursday, May 4, 2023
Art Basel appoints Maike Cruse Director of its show in Basel
Art Basel appointed Maike Cruse, presently Director of Gallery Weekend Berlin, to the newly created position of Director, Art Basel in Basel, effective July 2023. In this role, Cruse will lead Art Basel's premier Swiss edition, overseeing the team in Basel and working closely with the fair's network of galleries, collectors and artists as well as nurturing close relationships with the city's leading museums, institutions and cultural partners. Reporting to Vincenzo de Bellis, Director, Fairs and Exhibition Platforms, and working in concert with Andreas Bicker, Head of Business and Management Europe, Cruse will be responsible for shaping the fair's direction and strengthening its pre-eminent position as a global platform for discovery and encounters that drive the art world. Cruse is returning to Art Basel, having served as Communications Manager from 2008 to 2011.
Article date: Thursday, May 4, 2023
Liechtenstein Based ARTEX Stock Exchange to launch its first Art IPO on 30 May in London
ARTEX MTF AG (“ARTEX”- www.artex.io) will launch its first ART Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Tuesday 30 May in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Article date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
France Proposes Framework Law for Restitution of Cultural Property to African Countries
Catherine Colonna, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and Rima Abdul Malak, Minister of Culture, received Jean-Luc Martinez, Ambassador for International Cooperation in the Field of Heritage and Honorary President and CEO of the Louvre, who submitted to them the report commissioned by the President of the Republic in order to prepare the outlines of a framework law on the restitution to their country of origin of cultural property belonging to the French public collections , which, in the current state of law, are inalienable and may be returned only on the basis of a special law.
Article date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Planning and Building under National Socialism at The Akademie der Künste Berlin
POWER SPACE VIOLENCE: Planning and Building under National Socialism shows how the Nazis’ racist ideology was cemented in society both by spatial and urban planning and by architectural projects.
Article date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Light, Gaze, Presence: A Journey through the Pictorial Universe of Y.Z. Kami in Florence's Most Prestigious Cultural Institutions
Light, Gaze, Presence, an exhibition by Y.Z. Kami (Tehran, 1956) with a selection of works shown for the first time in Florence in some of the most iconic venues of the city: Museo Novecento, Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Museo degli Innocenti and, exceptionally, in the thousand-year-old Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte
Article date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Restrict AI Illustration from Publishing: An Open Letter Signed by Artists and Illustrators
Since the earliest days of print journalism, illustration has been used to elucidate and add perspective to stories. Even with the advent of photography in the 19th century, hand-drawn illustrations continued to have their place, both as a synthesis of the artist’s vision and the writer’s meaning. The illustrator’s art still speaks to something not just intimately connected to the news, but intrinsically human about story itself.
Article date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Tracing the Lines of Genius: The Art of Drawing in Rembrandt's Time, Featuring 74 Rare Works from The Peck Collection at Rembrandthuis Amsterdam
For the first time on view in Europe : 74 drawings, by Rembrandt, Bol, Maes and others from The Peck Collection until June 11, 2023.
Article date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Istanbul Modern, Designed by the Pritzker Prize-Winning Architect Renzo Piano, Set to Open this Week
Founded in 2004 as Turkey's first museum of modern and contemporary art, Istanbul Modern is committed to sharing Turkey’s artistic creativity and cultural identity with art enthusiasts everywhere. To date, the museum has hosted 8 million 500 thousand visitors and provided free art education to 850 thousand children and young people.
Article date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Historic Coronation Vestments from the Royal Collection will be Reused by His Majesty The King for the Coronation Service at Westminster Abbey
His Majesty will wear vestments which featured in the Coronation Services of King George IV in 1821, King George V in 1911, King George VI in 1937 and Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, including the Colobium Sindonis, the Supertunica, the Imperial Mantle, the Coronation Sword Belt and the Coronation Glove.
Article date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Karine Vandenheuvel/Huts Opens Impressive Cobra Depot in Antwerp
The Cobra Depot shows the works of the founding fathers of the Cobra movement and contemporary artists who have continued to work in the spirit of Cobra. The collection includes paintings, graphic works, sculptures, and applied arts. The versatility of the movement is reflected in the richness of this collection, which continues to expand.
Article date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Bono illustrates President Zelensky for The Atlantic’s June Cover Story
The future of democracy worldwide depends in part on whether the Ukrainian army can break the current stalemate and achieve complete victory. In a new cover story reported from frontline Kherson, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, and other cities and military bases across Ukraine, The Atlantic’s staff writer Anne Applebaum and editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, write that now is the moment for the United States and the Western world to help Ukraine launch its counteroffensive, take back Crimea, and win the war.
Article date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Stone of Destiny Welcomed to Westminster Abbey
The stone, an ancient symbol of Scotland’s monarchy, will play a central role in the Coronation of HM The King in the Abbey on 6th May.