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Article date: Tuesday, June 14, 2022

MCH Group, Art Basel’s Parent Company Gets Renewed Investment

After the pandemic-related losses in the past two years, a financial package of measures is necessary to ensure the necessary investments for the growth of the company and the refinancing of the CHF 100 million bond due in May 2023.

Article date: Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Renowned Portuguese-British Artist, Dame Paula Rego Has Died at 87

Dame Paula Rego, the renowned Portuguese-British artist, has died aged 87, the Victoria Miro art gallery has said.

Article date: Saturday, June 4, 2022

Artists’ Statement in Support of ruangrupa

We, the lumbung community (the artists and members of documenta fifteen), add our collective voices in support of the letter that was published on May 7 by ruangrupa, the artistic team of documenta fifteen, and some curators of the failed forum “We Need to Talk! Art – Freedom – Solidarity,”

Article date: Saturday, June 4, 2022

3400-Year-Old Iraqi City Submerged in Tigris River Has Resurfaced Due To Climate Change

The remains of what is believed to be the ancient city of Zakhiku an important center in the Mittani Empire have resurfaced in the Tigris River after the water level of the Mosul Dam in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq dropped because of drought.

Article date: Friday, June 3, 2022

Bradford Named UK City of Culture 2025

The winner of the hotly contested competition was revealed live on BBC The One Show by Secretary of State for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), Nadine Dorries.

Article date: Friday, June 3, 2022

Biennale Architectura 2023 Titled “The Laboratory of the Future” and to be Curated by Lesley Lokko

The President of La Biennale di Venezia, Roberto Cicutto, and the Curator of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition, Lesley Lokko - appointed as the Artistic Director of the Architecture Department by the Board of Directors announced the title and theme of the Biennale Architettura 2023, which will be held from May 20th to November 26th 2023.

Article date: Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Remy Jungerman Awarded with the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art 2022

Visual artist Remy Jungerman will be awarded the Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Art 2022. The jury praises the artist for the way he interweaves the cultures of the countries that define him: Suriname, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Article date: Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Egypt Unveils Discovery Of 250 Coffins, 150 Statues in Saqqara

Egyptian authorities unveiled on a major new archaeological find of 250 sealed coffins containing mummies, 150 bronze statues of ancient gods and goddesses, and other antiquities at the Saqqara necropolis, south of the capital Cairo.

Article date: Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Louvre Launches Civil Action as Part of Art Trafficking Case with Former Director Jean-Luc Martinez

Due to recent legal proceedings regarding the purchase of Egyptian antiquities by Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Musée du Louvre has decided to bring a civil action before the jurisdiction in charge.

Article date: Monday, May 30, 2022

Iconic Mona Lisa Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, Vandalised at Louvre Museum

The world’s most famous painting, Leonardo Da Vinci’s painting La Gioconda, also called the Mona Lisa, suffered what appears to be a cake attack on Sunday by a visitor to the Louvre Museum.

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Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.

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