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Ukraine Adopts Resolution on Evacuating Museum Objects From War Zones

02/26/2026

The Ukrainian government has passed a resolution aimed at expediting the evacuation of more than three million cultural objects from frontline regions as Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches its fourth anniversary. The war has upended civilian life in Ukraine and resulted …

Метки : украинаэвакуацияискусство#культуравойнареституция

Embattled Louvre Director Laurence des Cars Resigns

02/25/2026

Embattled Louvre Director Laurence des Cars Resigns Laurence des Carstoday relinquished her role as director of theLouvre. Des Cars had led the Paris institution since 2021. She had tendered her resignation last year, shortly after thebroad-daylight theft of $102 million …

Метки : музеифранция#культураскандалискусствозагадка

Cuts Coming to London’s National Gallery Amid Possible $11 M. Deficit

02/13/2026

The National Gallery in London will institute cuts to staff and programming in the face of a deficit that would, in the absence of “decisive remedial action,” grow by 2027 to £8.2 million ($11.2 million), says the institution in an …

Метки : национальная галереялондонфинансированиеискусство#культуракризис

Debra Wimpfheimer Appointed Director of Queens Museum

02/13/2026

Debra Wimpfheimer Appointed Director of Queens Museum TheQueens Museumin New York has announcedDebra Wimpfheimeras its new executive director. A native of Queens, Wimpfheimer has worked for the institution on and off since 2002, most recently as deputy director. She will …

Метки : искусствонью-йоркмузейназначение#культурауправление

Lauren Haynes Appointed Executive Director of Atlanta Contemporary

02/11/2026

Atlanta Contemporary has named Lauren Haynes’s as its new executive director, effective March 16. She replaces interim ED Everett Long, who had been in the position since last summer. Haynes brings a wealth of curatorial experience to her new role, …

Метки : арткураторвыставкаatlanta contemporaryискусство#культура

Ukrainian Pavilion at Venice to Confront Broken Security Promises

02/10/2026

The Ukrainian Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale will take aim at a question that has haunted the country for decades: what are security guarantees worth? According to an announcement made in Kyiv on February 5, the pavilion will focus …

Метки : искусствоукраинавенецияbiannaleскульптура#культура

MoMA PS1 Names Artists for 2026 Greater New York

02/10/2026

MoMA PS1 has revealed the 53 artists who will participate in Greater New York, the Queens museum’s quinquennial devoted to New York City’s art scene. Opening on April 16, this edition of Greater New York will mark PS1’s 50th anniversary, …

Метки : искусствовыставканью-йорксовременное искусствохудожники#культура

England’s Hepworth Wakefield Names Two New Directors

02/10/2026

England’s Hepworth Wakefield Names Two New Directors The Hepworth Wakefieldin West Yorkshire, England, has namedOlivia Collingas its new executive director andLaura Smithas its artistic director. Both are natives of Yorkshire and are being promoted from within the institution. The announcement …

Метки : хепворт уэйкфилдискусствоскульптурадиректора#культуравыставки

Art Basel Qatar Debuts With Slow, but Steady Buying

02/10/2026

Art Basel Qatar closed its inaugural edition this week with numbers that suggest Doha has quickly established itself as a serious market platform. Getting there required patience. Selling in Doha was always going to unfold differently. The Qatari royal family …

Метки : искусствоярмаркадоха#культурарынок искусствасобытия

British Museum Raises $4.8 M. to Keep ‘Tudor Heart’ Pendant in UK

02/10/2026

The British Museum announced that it has successfully raised £3.5 million ($4.8 million) to acquire the “Tudor Heart” pendant and keep the centuries-old object in the UK. The museum described the Tudor Heart as “unlike any object in the British …

Метки : британский музейтюдоровое сердцеистория.искусство#культуранаследие

White House Suggests Expanded Trump Display at Smithsonian

02/08/2026

In mid-December, on a tour of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Abby Jones, the acting chief of protocol at the State Department, floated the idea that the Smithsonian should create a dedicated gallery featuring multiple images of President Donald Trump, …

Метки : искусствополитические событиямузейтрампсмитсоновский институт#культура

Artemisia Gentileschi Work Sells for Record $5.7 Mi. at Christie’s

02/07/2026

An early self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi broke a record for the Italian Baroque painter when it sold at Christie’s in New York for $5.69 million—well over its estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. As reported by Artnet News, “The …

Метки : искусство#культураартемизия гентисчиживописьрекордыаукцион

What to See at Milan's Museums, Galleries During the Winter Olympics

02/06/2026

The 2026 Winter Olympics are upon us, with the opening ceremony—featuring a performance by Mariah Carey!— taking place at Milan’s San Siro Stadium at 8 PM local time on Friday, February 6. Events will take place throughout northern Italy, with …

Метки : олимпийские игрыискусствомиланвыставки#культурамузеи

Jeffrey Epstein Got Private Access to Musée d'Orsay with Woody Allen

02/04/2026

Jeffrey Epstein bragged to his friends about having gotten private access to visit the Musée d’Orsay in Paris with the filmmaker Woody Allen in emails released by the Department of Justice in January. On March 18, 2012, Epstein wrote to …

Метки : джеффри эпштейнмузей д'orsayвуди алленскандал#культураискусство