Article date: Saturday, July 5, 2025
This Week on Art to Collect: Six Works You Should Have on Your Radar

Every week, Art to Collect by ArtDependence brings together an exceptional curation of works that reflect the pulse of contemporary art today, offering collectors, new and seasoned alike, a window into some of the most compelling creative practices around the world. 

Article date: Saturday, July 5, 2025
Babylonian Hymn missing for 1,000 Years deciphered With AI

In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU’s Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years.

Article date: Friday, July 4, 2025
Connect with International Collectors via Art to Collect by ArtDependence

In today’s fast-evolving art world, it is more crucial than ever for artists to share their
work on professional, visible, and trusted platforms. Art to Collect, a dedicated sales
platform by ArtDependence, offers precisely that opportunity, empowering artists to
reach new audiences and connect with passionate collectors worldwide.

Article date: Friday, July 4, 2025
Sophia Al-Maria wins the Frieze London Artist Award 2025

London-based artist Sophia Al-Maria has been announced as the recipient of the 2025 Frieze London Artist Award. The award – in partnership with Forma – offers an early- or mid-career artist the opportunity to realise an ambitious new commission at Frieze London.

Article date: Friday, July 4, 2025
A New Museum planned in Paris around the Architect of the Metro Entrances

A new museum dedicated to Hector Guimard is due to open in Paris in 2027. Guimard was the architect for the Art Nouveau-style entrances to the metro. 

Article date: Friday, July 4, 2025
Syrians outraged following 'Accidental' Destruction of Iconic Aleppo Statue

An iconic statue in Aleppo’s central Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square has been destroyed ‘accidentally’ after an attempt to remove it, leading to widespread outrage.

Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025
Khaled Sabsabi reinstated as Australia's representative at 2026 Venice Biennale (updated)

The Australia Council Board of Creative Australia today released the external report into its governance, decision-making and risk management processes in relation to Australia’s participation in the 2026 Venice Biennale.   

Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025
Neanderthals ran “Fat Factories” 125,000 Years Ago

Fat is a very valuable food component, packed with calories, especially important when other resources might be scarce. Our earliest ancestors in Africa already cracked open bones to extract the fatty marrow from bone cavities. A study published in Science Advances demonstrates that our distant cousins, the Neanderthals, pushed fat extraction from bones quite a bit further.

Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025
10 Year Old US Tourist dies After Heart Attack at Versailles

A 10-year-old girl died of a heart attack while visiting the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, French media reported, the girl had arrived from the United States with her family.

Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025
Research Project at University Library uncovers more Nazi plunder than expected

Since the autumn of 2020, researchers have been combing through University Library’s collections in the search for books that were unlawfully confiscated from their owners during the Nazi era.

Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025
Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art announces Opening Date

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) will officially open its Campus in Benin City, Nigeria, to the public on Tuesday, 11 November 2025. 

Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025
Researchers sequence First Genome from Ancient Egypt

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from a man who lived around 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, the age of the first pyramids, in research published today (July 2) in Nature.