Last Saturday, night-time festival Art Night made its debut in the Scottish city of Dundee – the first time the one-night-only arts event has had a full release outside of …
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The Irish government has announced the creation of a new committee of experts to prepare national guidelines for cultural institutions on the treatment of objects of unknown provenance in their …
Spain’s most ambitious museum project in decades brings royal collection to Madrid
Madrid’s new Royal Collections Gallery (Galería de las Colecciones Reales), due to open on June 29, will bring together the most remarkable treasures of the Spanish Crown under one roof. …
Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. condemned a tourist filmed scratching his name on a wall at the former site of the Colosseum in Rome. In a video uploaded, a man …
The Hermitage Amsterdam changes its name and joins forces with three new museums
The Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam once had access to the three million objects in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. But he severed all ties with Russia when the country …
Baltimore Museum of Art Acquires LaToya Ruby Frazier Installation Honoring Community Health Workers
THE Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) has acquired LaToya’s striking installation Roby Frazier More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers in Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022 (2022). The artwork consists …
Arts and heritage groups must ‘act now’ to protect culture from climate change, report says
As deadly floods swept through Kentucky in the summer of 2022, water breached the warehouse and archival vault of Appalshop, an Appalachian history and culture center established in 1969 in …
After the chief’s resignation, the Royal British Columbia Museum of Canada faces an uncertain future
In the wake of the recent resignation of Alicia Dubois, Executive Director of the Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) in Victoria, British Columbia, 16 months after being hired, concerns remain …
Damien Hirst on Painting River Views, Helping Assistants, and Why Sensation Was Just Too Quiet
Damien Hirst has teamed up with rock star pal Pete Townshend, painting The Who star for the cover of his new single, I can’t outrun the truth. Hirst’s portrait of …
Videos may be a tough sell at fairs, but they can help grab the attention of major trendsetters – a strategy that has paid off for London-based Chinese-Canadian artist Sin …