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Article date: Wednesday, July 17, 2019

Frieder Burda, Art Collector & Founder of Museum Frieder Burda, Dies Aged 83

Art collector and patron Frieder Burda has died at the age of 83. Burda made a name for himself as an entrepreneur and avid art collector. In 2004 he opened the private Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, southwest Germany. It houses more than 700 works of modern and contemporary art with a particular focus on German Expressionism and American Abstract Expressionism. The building was designed by architecht Richard Meier.

Article date: Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Tate Acquires Art Archive of Ithell Colquhoun, Transferred by the National Trust

Tate has acquired a significant body of archives and artworks by British surrealist artist, Ithell Colquhoun, gifted by the National Trust. The collection of approximately 5,000 sketches, drawings and commercial artwork covering Colquhoun’s career from the 1930s-1980s, which she bequeathed to the National Trust, reunites her work with the bequest of occult and other papers she left to Tate in 1989.

Article date: Monday, July 15, 2019

Tate Appoints Victoria Cheetham as Chief Operating Officer

Tate is delighted to announce the appointment of Victoria Cheetham as Chief Operating Officer. She will take up her role in autumn 2019. She is currently Executive Director, Arts at Southbank Centre, Europe's largest arts centre, where she leads strategy and delivery of the artistic programme across multiple art forms and sites in London, the UK and globally.

Article date: Monday, July 15, 2019

Leslie Koch Named President of the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center

The Board of Directors of the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center today announced the appointment of Leslie Koch as its next President. Koch succeeds Maggie Boepple, the Perelman’s current President who has worked on the project since 2012 and will continue to serve as an advisor.

Article date: Sunday, July 14, 2019

Sadie Roberts-Joseph, Founder of an African American History Museum, is Found Dead in the Trunk of a Car

A beloved activist and founder of an African-American museum in Baton Rouge was found dead in the trunk of a car, CNN affiliate WBRZ reported. The body of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, was located Friday but it wasn't immediately clear what led officers to the car. The cause of her death is still unknown, police told the station.

Article date: Saturday, July 13, 2019

Women's Histories: Artists through 1900 at MASP, Sao Paolo

The exhibition will be divided into two broad sections. The first, Histories of women, includes works from several regions, styles and pictorial genres, from the 16th to the late 19th century, including portraits, still lifes and landscapes, aside from historical and religious scenes.

Article date: Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Egypt Calls in Interpol to Reclaim 3,000-Year-Old Tutankhamun Artefact

The hunt is on for an ancient Tutankhamun artefact, that could have been stolen in the 1970s, after it was sold in London for $6 million. Less than a week after the 3,000-year-old artefact was sold at Christie's auction house in London, Egypt's National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation (NCAR) asked Interpol to 'issue a circular to trace' it.

Article date: Tuesday, July 9, 2019

German Painter Eberhard Havekost has been Found Dead

German painter Eberhard Havekost has been found dead. He died on Friday, July 5 in Berlin. He was 52 years. The news was broken by Havekost's Dresden-based gallery owner Frank Lehmann on Saturday.

Article date: Monday, July 8, 2019

Six Cultural Sites Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

During its meeting in Baku yesterday's morning, the World Heritage Committee inscribed six cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The newly inscribed sites are located in Azerbaijan, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Spain, and the UK. Inscriptions will continue in the afternoon.

Article date: Friday, July 5, 2019

The Mona Lisa Temporarily on Display in the Galerie Médicis

To ensure the smooth progress of renovations in the Salle des États and maintain optimal visiting conditions, the Musée du Louvre has decided to temporarily transfer the Mona Lisa to the Galerie Médicis (room 801, level 2, Richelieu wing). The painting will remain there from July 17 until work in the Salle des États is completed mid-October 2019. One of the Louvre’s largest rooms, the Galerie Médicis can accommodate the many visitors wishing to see Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. The Mona Lisa will be displayed in a temperature-controlled protective case specially designed for the painting.

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