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Article date: Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Notre Dame will not be Steady and Urgently Wants Reinforcing

That’s the conclusion of the preliminary evaluation of injury attributable to the fireplace which destroyed its roof and spire on the night time of 15 April. The collapse of part of the vaults has severely diminished the security of its structural system, which, within the case of a Gothic cathedral, doesn’t depend on the heavy mass of the partitions, as in classical structure, however on discharging weight via clustered columns, exterior flying buttresses and counter-supports—a structural “exoskeleton” that till now has been extraordinarily efficient and resilient.

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: Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Barca Nostra to be Presented at the Arsenale of Venice at La Biennale di Venezia, the 58th

Barca Nostra is an ongoing project initiated by Christoph Büchel in collaboration with the Assessorato regionale dei beni culturali e dell'identità siciliana, the Comune di Augusta, the Comitato 18 Aprile 2015, and other parties, to be presented at the Arsenale of Venice at La Biennale di Venezia, the 58th International Art Exhibition, ‘May You Live In Interesting Times’, from 11 May through 24 November 2019. The project is coordinated by Maria Chiara Di Trapani.

Article date: Monday, May 6, 2019

Photoworks at Peckham 24 Photography Festival, London

Photoworks at Peckham 24 explores the intersection between dance, music and movement through contemporary photography, performance and video, celebrating how these freedoms of expression help define different communities. Artists include Lotte Andersen, Marie Barrett, Amar Ediriwira, Bernice Mulenga, Lilian Nejatpour & Rebecca Salvadori.

Article date: Thursday, May 2, 2019

A Hibernating Paradise - Putting Dante Below Zero

A historical deposit of the oldest written testimony of the Bible, and manuscripts containing some of the works of Virgil were placed into protection in the Arctic World Archive in the Svalbard Islands. All in all, sixty digital copies of as many treasures preserved by the Vatican Apostolic Library have been safely secured for future generations. The digitised manuscripts were transposed onto a special film, using a technology patented by the Piql company from Oslo.

Article date: Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Experts Warn Macron Against Rushing to Rebuild Notre-Dame

More than a thousand architects, conservationists and academics from around the world urged French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday to exercise caution as he moves forward with plans to rapidly rebuild Paris's Notre-Dame cathedral.

Article date: Monday, April 29, 2019

British Museum Acquires Damien Hirst Works

A collection of 73 portraits of Frank Dunphy by Damien Hirst, known as The Wolseley Drawings, has been generously donated by Frank Dunphy through the Cultural Gifts Scheme and allocated to the British Museum.

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