Exterior view of King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, 2022. Photo Fareed Kotb/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images An ancient Egyptian tomb with 11 sealed burials was excavated by archaeologists in Luxor, the country’s tourism and antiquities ministry announced on Friday. The tomb was found in the South Asasif …
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Bangladeshis swarm over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s palace in Dhaka. Photo K M Asad/LightRocket via Getty Images The former palace of Bangladesh’s ex-leader, Sheikh Hasina, will become a museum following the democratic revolution that saw the autocrat ousted. “The museum should preserve memories of her misrule and the people’s anger when they removed her from …
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The Whitney Museum of American Art on September 12, 2023 in New York. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image The Whitney Museum of American Art may expand its footprint to the nearby Gansevoort Meat Market building located on the west side of Manhattan as part of a development proposal in the area. New York City Mayor …
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LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 26: Queen Elizabeth II, from: Reigning Queens is displayed alongside Queen Margarethe II of Denmark, both by Andy Warhol during preparations ahead of online sales at Christies Auction House on March 26, 2021 in London, England. The sale includes “The Prints & Multiples” and “Banksy: I Can’t Believe You Morons Actually …
Sharon Coplan, curator of STUDIO VISIT, and Jenny Gibbs, executive director of the IFPDA Foundation and Print Fair at the 2024 IFPDA Foundation Benefit hosted by Christie’s. Jason Lowrie/BFA.com. © BFA 2024. Courtesy IFPDA Foundation. A host of top tier New York-based artists are opening the doors to their studios to benefit the International Fine …
Tantastic: Former President Donald Trump was called ‘cheap’ by Andy Warhol. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TRUMPED UP AND ‘CHEAP.’ Artnet News reports about how a “cheap” Donald Trump, per Andy Warhol ’s description of the former president in 1981, failed to pay for paintings he commissioned from the artist …
The exterior of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. Courtesy MSN Warsaw The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the first permanent institution of its kind in the capital city, sits on a plot known as Plac Defilad, or the intersection of Poland’s present and potential. On one side of the sleek structure is …
French culture minister Rachida Dati wants to save her country’s churches by making people pay to enter Notre-Dame. Corbis via Getty Images Rachida Dati, France’s culture minister, has suggested charging an entry fee for visitors to Notre-Dame de Paris when the cathedral reopens in December following its five-year restoration. Dati told Le Figaro that forcing …
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MOCA Grand Avenue. Elon Schoenholz/Courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles announced Julian Charrière and Cecilia Vicuña as the winners of its inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize. The award comes with a $100,000 purse and institutional support from the museum to develop …
Workers clean the base of GAM’s giant statue of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II. courtesy picture alliance via Getty Image The long-awaited – and much-delayed – state-funded Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) next to the Giza Pyramids is finally open, but only partially. GEM houses the largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts, including treasures from the tomb of …
