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Smithsonian Closes Museums as Shutdown Stretches On

10/14/2025

Smithsonian Closes Museums as Shutdown Stretches On The Smithsonian on October 12 closed all twenty-one of the museums operating under its auspices as the US government shutdown begun on October 1 continued to draw on. The organization also shuttered its …

Метки : смитсоновский институтмузеиправительство сшатрампзакрытие.

Flemish Government’s Plan to Dissolve M HKA Sparks Outrage

10/14/2025

Flemish Government’s Plan to Dissolve M HKA Sparks Outrage The announcement last week by the Government of Flanders that it planned to “reform the landscape of its own museums and the visual arts sector” and strip Antwerp’s Museum of Modern …

Метки : искусство#культурамузейфландрияпротестm hka

Perrotin to Relocate Hong kong Gallery to Central

10/14/2025

Hong Kong’s gallery scene is in flux; first Pace announced last week that it will close its H Queen’s location by the end of October, now Perrotin is on the move. Frenchman Emmanuel Perrotin, the gallery’s founder, said this week …

Метки : гонконгискусствогалереиперротенpaceизменения

Joan Weinstein to Head Vice President for Getty-Wide Program Planning

10/14/2025

The Getty appointed the Getty Foundation director Joan Weinstein to the newly created role of vice president for Getty-wide program planning today. Though her appointment is effectively immediately, she will continue as foundation director until a successor is appointed. In …

Метки : gettyискусствокультурное сотрудничествосоциальные инициативынаучные исследованиялидерство

Egyptian Archaeologists Discover Large New Kingdom Military Fortress

10/14/2025

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a new military fortress described as “one of the largest and most important castles discovered on the Horus War Road, located near the Mediterranean coast,” according to the country’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The …

Метки : египетархеологиякрепостьисторически важные находкидревняя архитектуравоенное строительство

Manhattan District Attorney's Office Returns 29 Antiquities to Greece

10/14/2025

The Manhattan District Attorney‘s office recently announced the return of 29 antiquities to Greece, estimated to be worth a total of $3 million. The objects were seized by the office’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit as part of “ongoing investigations into multiple …

Метки : античные предметыманхэттенторговля искусствомгрецияпреступлениямузей

Massive Moai Statues Once 'Walked' to Their Platforms on Easter Island

10/14/2025

Many questions about the famous moai statues on Easter Island, Chile, have long eluded scholars—from their cultural significance to how they were made and transported. A recent study in the Journal of Archaeological Science by archaeologists Carl Lipo of Binghamton …

Метки : искусствоархеологиямоаиостров пасхиисследованиеистория.

India Plots First Venice Biennale Pavilion in Seven Years

10/14/2025

Emerging artists from the Indigenous tribes of India will represent the country at the upcoming Venice Biennale, Indian cultural authorities announced on Friday. The news was announced by Union Culture and Tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who was speaking at …

Метки : искусствовенецияиндийские художникибиеннале#культураинвестиции

Glenn Close's Hollywood Costumes Are on View at the Telfair Museums

10/13/2025

The Hollywood actress Glenn Close began collecting the costumes she wore in her movies after wrapping her very first film, The World According to Garp (1982), for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Since then, Close …

Метки : гленн клоузколлекция костюмовискусствокиновыставкательфейра

Diane Keaton Loved to Make Art, Though She Wasn't Herself An Artist

10/13/2025

Diane Keaton, the beloved actress known for her singular style and screen presence, died Saturday at the age of 79. While she was primarily celebrated for her iconic roles—such as the title character in Woody Allen’s 1977 film Annie Hall …

Метки : диана китонискусствофотографияколлажкнига#творчество

New York Auction House Sued for $2 M. over ‘Missing Stamps’

10/13/2025

A Floridian widow is demanding that a Manhattan auction house return her husband’s stamp collection, which is reportedly worth up to $2 million. Shelley Entner wants the collection back because she claims some stamps are missing. Her late husband, Stanley …

Метки : коллекциямаркиаукционвдоваскандалсудебный иск

Louvre Museum Acquires Its First Video Work

10/13/2025

The Musée du Louvre acquired its first video work: Les 4 temps (The 4 Seasons), which was made by by the Algeria-born artist Mohamed Bourouissa. The video work centers around the well-known Tuileries Gardens in Paris that connect the museum …

Метки : луврвидеоработаискусствосовременное искусствомохамед буруиссасады тюильри

Climate Activists Deface Christopher Columbus Painting

10/13/2025

Two activists from the climate group Futuro Vegetal were arrested on Sunday, October 12, the date Spain commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, after throwing biodegradable red paint on a painting of Columbus at the Naval Museum …

Метки : глобальное потеплениепротестколумбкультурное наследиеэкосоциальная справедливостьисторическая память

Smithsonian Closes Museums Amid Government Shutdown

10/12/2025

The Smithsonian Institution, a Washington, D.C.–based network for museums that has repeatedly been attacked by the Trump administration, suffered yet one more blow this weekend as a continuing government shutdown forced it close for the foreseeable future. It is not …

Метки : смитсоновский институтправительственный штурм#культураискусствополитикатрамп