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The British Museum in London. David Liff/License: CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia The British Museum was partially closed over the weekend after an ex-employee allegedly shut down its security and IT systems. According to a public statement from a museum spokesperson, the trespasser was an IT contractor fired earlier this month. He returned on Thursday to breach …

British Museum Partly Shutters After Security Breach by Ex-Employee Read More »

Hamburger Bahnhof Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart in Berlin has announced a significant three-year partnership with the Chanel Culture Fund to establish the Chanel Commission, an annual initiative designed to facilitate large-scale, innovative art installations.  The collaboration, set within the museum’s iconic 2,500-square-meter historic hall, aims to redefine the scope of public art commissions …

Klára Hosnedlová to Debut First Chanel Commission at Hamburger Bahnhof in May Read More »

The Centre Pompidou at night, just before closing hours. Photo Herve Veronese/Courtesy Centre Pompidou In Ancient Greece, a mouseion was the temple of the Muses, the goddesses of inspiration. As long as I can remember, I have always felt inspired when visiting museums. They’ve often helped with writer’s block, reconnecting me with my creativity almost …

A Night at the Museum: Visiting the Centre Pompidou After Hours Read More »

Visitors queue to see ‘Mona Lisa’ in the Louvre in Paris. Getty Images French President Emanuel Macron will visit the Louvre next week after the museum’s director warned in a leaked memo that a major renovation was needed to preserve the famous building and its art collection. President Macron’s visit is planned for Tuesday, when …

French President Macron to Visit Louvre Following Director’s Warning of ‘Poor Conditions’ for Art Read More »

Is the Mona Lisa heading to Italy? Photo Antoine Boureau/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THIEVES WITH A SHORT FUSE. Early on Saturday morning, thieves blew open the door of the Drents Museum in the Netherlands and stole priceless gold artifacts, including an ancient, …

Italy Offers to Take Mona Lisa, Drents Museum’s Doors Blown Open and Golden Treasures Stolen: Morning Links for January 27, 2025 Read More »

Densely packed footprints discovered in Salerno, Italy. Photo Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Salerno e Avellino A number of Bronze Age discoveries were made during upgrades to a methane pipeline in the Italian province of Salerno, the Italian news agency ANSA reports. Bronze Age footprints, both from animals and from humans, were initially …

Bronze Age Footprints Preserved During Vesuvius Eruption Are Found in Italy Read More »

Sakuliu Pavavaljung. Photo Cudjuy Pahaulan Last week, Taiwan’s Pingtung District Court sentenced Sakuliu Pavavaljung, a Paiwan artist, to four and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting a female fan in 2021. According to ArtAsiaPacific, the court found Pavavaljung guilty of “violating the victim’s sexual autonomy and inflicting severe psychological trauma,” a verdict that followed a …

Artist Sakuliu Pavavaljung Gets Prison Sentence after Sexual Assault Investigation Read More »

The front of the National Gallery Of Art in Washington, D.C. is pictured on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. Todd Rosenberg/National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, D.C. has stopped its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, following an executive order by President Donald Trump to end these programs on Monday. …

National Gallery of Art Ends Diversity Programs After Trump Executive Order Read More »

PROVIDENCE, RI – APRIL 25: The RISD Museum on the campus of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI is pictured on April 25, 2019. (Photo by Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Boston Globe via Getty Images On January 9, the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)’s board of trustees voted …

RISD’s Board Rejects Israel Divestment Proposal Read More »

The UK’s foreign secretary, David Lammy (fourth from right), next to the UK’s culture secretary, Lisa Nandy (fifth from left), at the launch of the Soft Power Council. Ben Dance / FCDO The UK government has recruited Tristram Hunt, the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Peter Bazalgette, the chair and pro-chancellor of …

UK Government is Hoping to Boost Culture and Economy by Launching Soft Power Council Read More »