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Matthew Bogdanos, of Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Wins Art Prize

02/06/2026

The Vilcek Foundation, a nonprofit that raises awareness of the contributions of immigrant to American history and culture, announced the recipients of its 20th annual prizes for excellence in the arts and sciences. Among this year’s honorees was Matthew Bogdanos, …

Метки : искусствонаградыантиквариаткультурное наследиемэтью богданосвилцека

Flemish Government Scraps Plan to Dissolve M HKA After Backlash

02/06/2026

Flemish Government Scraps Plan to Dissolve M HKA After Backlash Belgium is abandoning its plan to dismantle theMuseum of Contemporary Art Antwerp(M HKA) after being met with stiff resistance from the artistic community. The government had aimed to cancel construction …

Метки : искусствомузейбельгияm hkaкультурное наследиевизуальные искусства

A Look at the Toledo Museum of Art's 2025 Acquisitions

02/05/2026

The Toledo Museum of Art has a somewhat atypical history, in terms of encyclopedic museums of its ilk. “The museum,” director Adam M. Levine explains, “was founded in 1901 with money and not a collection. The most interesting feature of …

Метки : музейискусствоколлекцияреинсталляциясовременное искусствокультурное наследие

Wave of donations helps to secure Cerne giant’s home

02/03/2026

A fundraising appeal to protect one of Britain’s most enigmatic ancient monuments, the Cerne Giant, has drawn international support, underscoring the global fascination with the site. The 180-foot chalk figure carved into a hillside in the county of Dorset is …

Метки : цернский гигантархеологияэкологияместная фаунакультурное наследиепубличное финансирование

Trump Hotel Plan in Belgrade Collapses After Indictments

01/30/2026

Plans to turn one of Belgrade’s most charged architectural sites into a Trump-branded luxury hotel have collapsed after Serbia’s culture minister and several senior heritage officials were indicted, according to The Art Newspaper, bringing a controversial redevelopment proposal to an …

Метки : белградархитектуракультурное наследиемодернизмотелькоррупция

National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Looted Sculptures to India

01/29/2026

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art announced today that it will return three bronze sculptures to India, continuing a recent series of restitutions that last month included Khmer-period works returned to Cambodia. The three bronze figures —“Shiva Nataraja” (ca. …

Метки : история.искусствокультурное наследиемузейвозвращениеэтика

Thieves empty Dutch museum of silver in morning heist

01/23/2026

A museum in the eastern Dutch city of Doesburg has been hit by thieves who lifted its entire silverware collection in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to museum staff, more than 300 “irreplaceable” objects were stolen, valued at …

Метки : искусствокражамузейкультурное наследиесеребронидерланды

Archeologists Uncover 2,000-Year-Old Basilica Designed by Vitruvius

01/21/2026

Italian officials unveiled the discovery of a 2,000-year-old basilica that archeologists have attributed to Vitruvius, the ancient Roman architect, at a press conference on Monday, according to a report in Reuters. The ancient basilica, which would have been used as …

Метки : археологияиталиявитрувийоткрытие векадревностькультурное наследие

Rome Offers Livestream Tours of Ancient Underground Dwelling

01/15/2026

In an effort to draw visitors to comparatively less-trafficked areas of Rome’s top tourist destination, the city is offering tours—via livestream—of an ancient Roman home that has not previously been open to the public. The House of the Griffins is …

Метки : римкультурное наследиевиртуальные турыархеологияискусствореставрация

Mauritshuis Loaning ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ to Japan

01/09/2026

The HeadlinesEXTRAORDINARY LOAN. The Mauritshuis in The Hague revealed on Thursday that it will send its most famous painting, Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring (circa 1665), to Japan this summer, the Japan Times wrote. The work will be …

Метки : искусствовыставкавермееркультурное наследиеэкологиятрамп

Uffizi Staffers Protest Mass Layoff of Part-Time Workers

01/09/2026

Uffizi Staffers Protest Mass Layoff of Part-Time Workers Roughly one hundredUffizistaffers staged a demonstration in the courtyard of the venerable Florence institution on January 4, protesting an effective layoff of the museum’s casual workers spurred by a change in service …

Метки : уффиципротествременные работникиувольнениепрофсоюзкультурное наследие

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

Kathleen Goncharov Dead: Just Above Midtown Curator Dies at 73

01/03/2026

Kathleen Goncharov, a curator whose work included organizing shows for Just Above Midtown gallery, died at her home in Boca Raton, Florida, of natural causes on December 31. She was 73 years old. Goncharov served as senior curator at the …

Метки : искусствовыставкакураторвенецианская биенналекультурное наследиехудожники

Zohran Mamdani Uses Historic Qur’an at His Swearing-In Ceremony

01/03/2026

At midnight on New Year’s Eve, incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdami took his oath of office on the Qur’an, Islam’s most important religious text. He is the first Muslim to hold the position of Mayor of New York City. One of …

Метки : нью-йоркзохран мамданикораншомбургисламакультурное наследие