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Article date: Monday, May 20, 2019

4,500-Year-Old Ancient Tomb Discovered in Egypt

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient cemetery near Egypt's famous pyramids in the Giza plateau near Cairo, said the country's ministry of antiquities. Wooden tombs painted in various colours and limestone statues were among the treasures found in the 4,500-year-old burial ground.

Article date: Saturday, May 11, 2019

Guggenheim Establishes Conservation Fellowship with Support from Trustee Vladimir Potanin

Announcement made in conjunction with discussion “Preserving the Future: Conserving Contemporary Art in the Digital Age” at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, held on the occasion of the vernissage of the 2019 Venice Biennale, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and F Trustee Vladimir Potanin.

Article date: Thursday, May 9, 2019

Multispectral Scans Reveal Major Da Vinci Breakthrough

Multispectral scans, taken last week of a life-size canvas of the Last Supper, have revealed that Leonardo da Vinci very likely painted the beautiful face of the Apostle John. The scans, which were conducted at the Abbey of Tongerlo in Belgium where the painting has hung for more than 450 years, confirm the findings of a new book, The Da Vinci Legacy (Apollo Publishers, 2019), by art historians Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher H. Brown.

Article date: Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Stolen in France, 1.5 million-Euro Impressionist Work Found in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities discovered an oil painting by the French Impressionist Paul Signac, valued at 1.5 million euros ($1.68 million), which was stolen last year from a museum in France. Police chief Sergiy Knyazev said the painting was discovered at the home of a Kiev man who was also wanted on suspicion of murdering a jeweller.

Article date: Friday, April 26, 2019

‘New Banksy’ as Extinction Rebellion Protests at Marble Arch

The mural popped up yesterday night when protestors gathered at Marble Arch to celebrate the end of the ten day long demonstrations. The image showed a child clutching an XR sign while crouching near a plant, with accompanying words: ‘From this moment despair ends and tactics begin’.

Article date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019

French Billionaire François Pinault Pledges $113 Million to Help Rebuild Notre Dame

François-Henri Pinault — chairman and CEO of Kering, the French-based luxury group behind Gucci, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent and other world-renowned brands — has pledged $113 million towards the rebuilding of the Notre Dame cathedral.

Article date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Fire Destroys Much of Notre Dame, but Priceless Relics were Spared

Laurent Ferri, a curator at the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections at Cornell University told Bloomberg the relics inside were “now likely reduced to ashes”. If some were lost, many more were saved. The city’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo, said most of the significant artwork and holy objects inside were recovered. France’s culture minister Franck Riester shared images of priceless artworks being loaded into trucks.

Article date: Monday, April 15, 2019

Notre Dame Cathedral is on Fire

Notre Dame cathedral has caught fire, according to the Parisian fire service and eyewitnesses. Footage posted online shows a large fire engulfing the upper part of the cathedral, with the flames licking around its two bell towers.

Article date: Sunday, April 14, 2019

Shakespeare's London Home Where He Wrote Romeo and Juliet Found, Researcher Says

A researcher says he has found where William Shakespeare lived in London and wrote some of his most popular works, including Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Evidence shows Shakespeare lived in lodgings overlooking the graveyard of St Helen's Church in the 1590s, theatre historian Geoffrey Marsh said.

Article date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Whitney's 300 Recent Acquisitions

The Whitney Museum of American Art announced yesterday that it had acquired 300 works of art in the last six months. As a result of these acquisitions, 60 new artists and collectives have entered the collection.

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