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Defaults on Art-Backed Loans Soar in Tough Market

01/06/2026

Half of non-bank art lenders experienced loan defaults in 2024, up from 17 percent two years earlier, according to the Art and Finance Report 2025, published by Deloitte Private and ArtTactic.That figure, however, is still better than 2020, the first …

Метки : искусствокредитырынокэкономикафинансированиеинвестиции

The US's Only Weather Museum May Have to Close Due to Poor Funding

01/06/2026

The National Weather Museum and Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma, the only US museum dedicated to weather artifacts, said late last month that it is at risk of closing. The nonprofit, launched in the early 2000s, has relied completely on …

Метки : музейпогодафинансированиенорманискусствонаука

Louvre strike targets plan for new Mona Lisa gallery

01/06/2026

Staff at the Louvre in Paris staged another walkout this week, intensifying opposition to a major redevelopment plan that includes a dedicated gallery for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and a new entrance intended to ease pressure on the museum’s …

Метки : луврискусствозабастовкареконструкциямона лизабезопасность музея

M HKA Says Government Plan to Dissolve Museum Is Illegal

01/06/2026

A plan by the Flemish government to dissolve M HKA, a beloved contemporary art institution in Antwerp, has come under further fire, with a legal review initiated by the museum now claiming that such a move would be illegal. VRT …

Метки : искусствомузейфламандское правительствосовременное искусствоантверпенпротесты

The Egyptologists’ Guide to the Grand Egyptian Museum

01/06/2026

After more than a decade of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum devoted to a single civilization, has fully opened its exhibitions, including the long-awaited King Tutankhamun halls. Originally announced in 2002, the idea for the museum …

Метки : музейархитектураискусстводревний египет#культураоткрытия

Defaults on Art-Backed Loans Soar in Tough Market

01/06/2026

Half of non-bank art lenders experienced loan defaults in 2024, up from 17 percent two years earlier, according to the Deloitte Private and ArtTactic Art and Finance Report 2025.That said, it’s still better than the chaos of 2020, the first …

Метки : искусствокредитыфинансовый рынокэкономические условияимпрессионизмкредиты под залог

Dib Bangkok Opens at a Critical Turning Point in the Thai Art Scene

01/06/2026

Despite the proximity to the holiday season, about a hundred guests—including many of the contemporary art world’s most influential figures—gathered in Bangkok on December 20 for the highly anticipated opening of Dib Bangkok. Positioned as one of the most significant …

Метки : искусствомузейвыставкатайландсовременное искусствокультурное событие

Long-lost Bertoia Sculpture Is Installed in GM's Global Headquarters

01/06/2026

This past December, following an extensive restoration, a 1970 masterwork by sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia (1915–1978) was installed in the atrium of General Motors’s new global headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors announced the news in December, and the …

Метки : искусствоскульптурагарри бертонияgeneral motorsдетройтвосстановление

Lucia Di Luciano Dead: Italian Painter Dies at 93

01/06/2026

Lucia Di Luciano, an Italian painter associated with the Arte Programmata movement of the 1960s who only recently gained wider recognition, died this past weekend. Her death was announced by her Milan gallery, 10 A.M. Art, which did not specify …

Метки : искусствоarte programmataитальянская художницаабстракцияискусство 20 века

2,000-Year-Old Cemetery and Industrial Complex Discovered in Egypt

01/06/2026

An international team of archaeologists from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities and Italy’s University of Padua has uncovered several industrial workshops and a burial complex in Egypt’s western Nile Delta region. The discovery took place across two interconnected archaeological sites …

Метки : археологияегипетоткрытиядревностиримский периодисследование

‘Extraordinary’ Artist Visas Are Going to Social Media Influencers

01/06/2026

Countless artists have immigrated from countries around the world to the U.S., enriching the American cultural landscape immeasurably. But the process of applying for an O-1B visa, for those with extraordinary ability in sciences, arts, education, business, athletics, or the …

Метки : иммиграцияискусствовизысшаправовая помощьинфлюенсеры

Man Steals Sword from Parisian Statute of Joan of Arc, Motive Unknown

01/05/2026

A statue of Joan of Arc in Paris’s 8th arrondissement is missing a sword after a man broke it off and swiped it for reasons not yet known. As reported by Le Parisien, the incident occurred on Monday morning, when …

Метки : жанна д'арквандализмнаследиепарижскульптуракультурное наследие

Artist Withdraws Painting from Kochi-Muziris Biennale After Protests

01/05/2026

One week after an exhibition associated with India’s top biennial, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, closed to due to religious protests, the offending painting has been withdrawn from the show. The work, Supper at a Nunnery by Tom Vattakuzhy, was being exhibited …

Метки : искусствопротестыиндияkochi biennaleкартинасвобода искусства

Louvre Reopens After Delay as Staff Resume Strike in Paris

01/05/2026

The Louvre Museum in Paris reopened to the public on Monday after a three-hour delay, though several areas remained closed as staff resumed strike action over pay, working conditions, and staffing levels. According to Reuters, museum workers met earlier in …

Метки : луврзабастовказарплатыусловия трудафранция#культура