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Article date: Friday, August 12, 2022

Getty Museum to Return Objects to Italy

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles will return to Italy the Sculptural Group of a Seated Poet and Sirens, a group of life-size terracotta figures also known as Orpheus and the Sirens.

Article date: Thursday, August 11, 2022

Documenta Fifteen at the Halfway Point with Very Good Visitor Numbers

On Saturday, August 6, 2022, documenta fifteen reached the halfway point of its 100-day run. By the 50th day, more than 410,000 visitors had visited documenta fifteen at 32 exhibition venues enjoying works by more than 1,500 artists.

Article date: Thursday, August 11, 2022

Stolen Painting of Tarsila do Amaral Valued at 50 million Found in Brazil

The painting “Sol poente”, by the Brazilian painter Tarsila do Amaral, valued at 250 million reais (about 50 million dollars) and which had been stolen from an elderly multimillionaire for her own daughter, was recovered in Rio de Janeiro.

Article date: Thursday, August 11, 2022

Archaeologists Discover Ancient City and Hundreds of Artefacts Close to Baghdad

An archaeological dig in Al-Suwaira, some 35km south of Baghdad, has revealed an ancient Parthian (247BC to 224AD) city and unearthed more than 200 artefacts.

Article date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022

British High Commission Hosts Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Kanneh-Mason Family

Britain’s most exciting classical music performers, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and the Kanneh-Mason family will be joining British High Commissioner H.E. Vicki Treadell for a reception in their honour.

Article date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022

A Painting by Il Morazzone Worth £2 Million at Risk of Leaving the UK

A temporary export bar has been placed on the painting ‘Self-Portrait as a Knight, with a horse, an easel with painter’s palette and a page’ by Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli also known as ‘il Morazzone’

Article date: Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Lubaina Himid Wins 2024 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize

The Contemporary Austin has announced artist, Lubaina Himid as the winner of the 2024 Suzanne Deal Booth / FLAG Art Foundation Prize. In addition to receiving a $200,000 cash award, Himid will present a solo exhibition premiering in Austin in spring 2024 at The Contemporary’s downtown venue, the Jones Center on Congress Avenue.

Article date: Monday, August 8, 2022

Lost Banksy Painting Originally Created in West Bank Resurfaces in Tel Aviv

A long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in a swank art gallery in downtown Tel Aviv, an hour’s drive and a world away from the concrete wall in the occupied West Bank where it was initially sprayed.

Article date: Saturday, August 6, 2022

Archaeologists in Israel Uncover an Ancient Coin Inscribed With the Cancer Zodiac Sign

A group of archaeologists in northern Israel have discovered a uncommon bronze coin depicting a logo of the zodiac, relationship again almost 2,000 years.

Article date: Friday, August 5, 2022

Ai Weiwei to Unveil First Body of Work in Glass Alongside World’s Largest Hanging Murano Glass Sculpture

Ai Weiwei, in collaboration with Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore - Benedicti Claustra Onlus, Berengo Studio and Fondazione Berengo, to present a new body of work set to be unveiled at a solo exhibition in Venice this summer.

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