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Kraftwerk Cofounder’s Electronic Gear and Ephemera Go Up for Auction

10/24/2025

The history of 20th-century music and art holds out few paragons more important than Kraftwerk, the electronic pop group founded in Germany in the 1970s by Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter. Creative repurposing of rigid technologies, forging new sounds that …

Метки : kraftwerkискусствомузыкааукционтехнологии#культура

Vatican to Return Cultural Objects to Indigenous Groups in Canada

10/23/2025

The Vatican will return several dozen cultural objects to Indigenous communities in Canada as part of a continued reckoning with the role the Catholic Church played in the oppression of Indigenous groups in the Americas. The objects include an Inuit …

Метки : ватикан#культуракоренные народывозвращениепризнаниеискусства

5,500-Year-Old Ritual Site Found in Jordan

10/23/2025

Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a landscape of megalithic monuments that offer insight into how ancient societies responded to the tumultuous cultural transition into the Early Bronze Age. The discovery was made by a team from the University of Copenhagen …

Метки : археологиямегалиты#культураранний бронзовый векиорданиядревние цивилизации

Adam Szymczyk Appointed Director of S AM Swiss Architecture Museum

10/23/2025

Adam Szymczyk Appointed Director of S AM Swiss Architecture Museum Curator and criticAdam Szymczykhas been named director of S AMSwiss Architecture Museum. The appointment marks a homecoming of sorts for the Zürich-based Szymczyk, who spent more than a decade as …

Метки : архитектураискусствокураторсобытия#культурановости

The Louvre Heist, Explained: How Thieves Stole $102 M. in Jewels

10/22/2025

It’s not every day that one of the world’s most well-attended museums gets robbed, but that’s exactly what happened on Sunday, when thieves broke into the Louvre during broad daylight and ran off with an array of bejeweled objects worn …

Метки : луврограблениедрагоценностифранциябезопасность#культура

Remembering Art Collectors Lost, From Elaine Wynn to Richard Kramlich

10/22/2025

Graham Gund, an architect who died this past June at 84, amassed a significant collection of contemporary art with his wife, Ann, with whom he appeared seven times on the ARTnews Top 200 list. He lent his name to the …

Метки : искусствоколлекционеры#культурамузейсовременное искусствовоспоминания

Disgraced Miami Dealer Begins Selling Labubus—and More Art News

10/21/2025

The Headlines WHINING AND DINING. Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, blasted the British Museum for allowing 800 or so guests to get merry around the Elgin Marbles during Saturday’s £2,000-a-ticket Pink Ball, dubbed London’s answer to the Met Gala, the …

Метки : этикаискусство#культурагрециябританский музейистория.

French Audit: Parts of Louvre Have No Cameras, Other Security Flaws

10/21/2025

Following the robbery of French crown jewels from the Louvre Museum on Sunday, a government audit leaked to Radio France revealed that the museum’s security system was “outdated and inadequate.” The report, set to be released publicly next month, was …

Метки : луврограблениебезопасностькража#культурарасследование

Egyptian Statue in Met’s ‘Divine Egypt’ Sparks Jokes Over Erect Phallus

10/20/2025

A statue carved more than 5,000 years ago and now featured in “Divine Egypt” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has become the subject of internet mockery after a viral post on X. A user named “microplastics dedicator” shared an …

Метки : искусствоегипетстатуямузейвыставка#культура

Thieves Steal Napoleon-Era Jewels in Daylight Heist at the Louvre

10/19/2025

Professional thieves stole jewels of “incalculable” value—including pieces once belonging to Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie—in a brazen daylight robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, according to French officials and a New York Times report. Interior …

Метки : луврограблениедрагоценностинаполеоневгения#культура

What Are This Year's Most Important Museum Donations?

10/18/2025

A look at important gifts from top collectors to global institutions this year, including a trove of 6,500 photographs from German investment banker Arthur Walther to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and over 2,000 French artworks from the 16th to …

Метки : искусствоколлекционерыподарки.выставкифотографии#культура

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalil House Wins Landmark Status

10/18/2025

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalil House Wins Landmark Status TheKalil Housein Manchester, New Hampshire, a Usonian Automatic home designed byFrank Lloyd Wright, has been added to theNational Register of Historic Placesby the US Secretary of the Interior. Completed in 1957 as …

Метки : архитектураисторические зданияфрэнк ллойд райтusonian#культураискусство

London’s Courtauld Gallery Receives Historic $40 Million Donation

10/16/2025

London’s Courtauld Gallery Receives Historic $40 Million Donation TheCourtauld Galleryand Institute in London has revealed itself to be the recipient of a £30 million ($40 million) donation, the largest in its ninety-three year history. The gift was made by theReuben …

Метки : искусствоблаготворительностьлондонгалерея#культураистория.

The Gulf Art Scene Is Showing Its Global Force

10/16/2025

Competition is a Western concept,” said Qatar’s Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani during a panel discussion at Art Basel this past June. Sheikha Al Mayassa is chairperson of Qatar Museums, one of the largest buyers of …

Метки : искусствоперсидский заливколлекционерывыставки#культураарабские эмираты