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Article date: Sunday, August 18, 2019

£9.5 Million Work by Founder of Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood John Everett Millais is Now at Risk of Permanently Leaving the UK

Arts Minister Rebecca Pow has placed a temporary export bar on Millais’ ‘Ferdinand Lured by Ariel’ to provide an opportunity to keep the painting in the country. Valued at £9,500,000 the painting was completed by John Everett Millais, the father of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The work is at risk of export unless a UK buyer can be found to keep it in the UK where it would be put on public display.

Article date: Friday, August 16, 2019

Award-Winning Design of Tokyo Music Hall Transforms Roof into a Public Plaza

Although music halls generally appeal to groups of people with a specific interest, Persian architecture firm Hajizadeh & Associates developed a music hall that caters to all citizens of the city, and not just music lovers. The "Tokyo Music Hall" is an award-winning design that transforms the music hall's roof into a space of contemplation and leisure, inspired by traditional Japanese architecture.

Article date: Monday, August 12, 2019

The Roof Garden Commission: Alicja Kwade, ParaPivot

Berlin-based artist Alicja Kwade's (born 1979, Poland) work is elegant, rigorous, and highly experiential. Using a wide range of media, Kwade creates sculptures and installations that reflect on time, perception, and scientific inquiry. With equal parts poetry and critical acumen, she calls into question the systems designed to banish doubt from the world and make sense of an otherwise unfathomable universe.

Article date: Thursday, August 8, 2019

Over 18000 Items Seized and 59 Arrests Made is Operation Targeting Cultural Goods

Customs and other law enforcement authorities from 29 countries, coordinated by the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) and supported by Europol, INTERPOL and the World Customs Organization (WCO), have joined forces against the trafficking of cultural goods.

Article date: Tuesday, August 6, 2019

King Tutankhamun Gilded Coffin's Restoration Starts

The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) overlooking Giza Plateau today was buzzing with top officials and media who flocked to the conservation centre to catch a glimpse of the large gilded coffin of King Tutankhamun, recently transported from his tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

Article date: Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Christian Boltanski — Lifetime at Tokyo National Art Center

This exhibition is among the largest retrospectives ever held in Japan of the work of Christian Boltanski, one of the most prominent contemporary artists, and encompasses work from throughout his career. After making short films in the late 1960s, Boltanski worked extensively with photography in the 1970s, gaining attention for works dealing with his own memories and those of others.

Article date: Monday, August 5, 2019

Foster + Partners Wins International Competition for Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

The winning proposal for the expansion and remodelling of the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum was revealed by the president of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Foundation Board. Chosen from a shortlist of six, the entry by Foster + Partners, and LM Uriarte Arkitektura S.L.P, under the pseudonym “Agravitas” was unanimously declared by the jury as the one that “carefully respects the existing, recovering the historical values of the museum.

Article date: Sunday, August 4, 2019

Paris' Overcrowded Louvre to Make Reservations Compulsory

The world famous Louvre museum in Paris on Friday urged visitors to book their visit in advance online after seeing a heavy influx this summer, adding reservations would be obligatory by the end of this year.

Article date: Saturday, August 3, 2019

Karl Lagerfeld Might Get Met Retrospective

He might have been no fan of retrospectives himself, but Karl Lagerfeld might be getting his own at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2022. Any homage to the legendary designer, who toward the end of his life was creative director of three labels including Chanel, Fendi, and his own eponymous label, is expected to be larger than life. Lagerfeld was well known for continuously transforming the Granda Palais several times a year for his Chanel runway shows into grandiose fashion spectacles.

Article date: Friday, August 2, 2019

£10 Million Turner Masterpiece May Leave British Shores

JMW Turner’s famous work The Dark Rigi, the Lake of Lucerne at risk of export . Arts Minister Rebecca Pow says the export of the work would be a “terrible loss to the whole country. I hope that by placing a temporary export bar we can ensure that funds can be raised to save The Dark Rigi for the nation so it is able to go on public display".

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