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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Which Artworks Entered the Public Domain in 2026?

01/02/2026

With each passing year, new artworks are shorn of their copyright protections and entered into the public domain, allowing them to be used freely, without express permission from the estates that steward these pieces. This year, pieces by Salvador Dalí, …

Метки : искусствоавторские правапубличное достояниекультурное наследиесовременные художникисюрреализм

Stolen Shield Returns to View—and More Art News

12/31/2025

The Headlines EARLY BATH. The current Istanbul Biennial, titled “The Three-Legged Cat,” won’t continue on as planned following the resignation of its curator, Christine Tohmé. The news was announced by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), which organizes …

Метки : стамбулбиенналеискусствокультурное наследиемузейсобытия

Check Out the New Francis Kéré-Designed Las Vegas Museum of Art

12/20/2025

The Last Vegas Museum of Art (LVMA) has released renderings of its new museum building, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Francis Kéré. Kéré’s design for the 60,000-square-foot building is inspired by the nearby Mojave Desert, the surrounding Red Rock Mountains, …

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Libya's National Museum Reopens After 14 Years

12/18/2025

Libya’s National Museum, known as As-Saraya Al-Hamra or the Red Castle Museum, has reopened in Tripoli for the first time since the 2011 revolution that ended the four-decade rule of Muammar el-Qaddafi. The Red Castle is a symbol of Libya’s …

Метки : ливиянациональный музейкультурное наследиеарабская веснагадамесвозвращение артефактов

Tuan Andrew Nguyen Selected for Next High Line Plinth Commission

12/16/2025

The High Line in New York has selected artist Tuan Andrew Nguyen to produce its next plinth commission, scheduled to open next spring. Titled The Light That Shines Through the Universe, the commission will see Nguyen present a re-created version …

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The Most Discussed Art Heists of 2025

12/15/2025

While the Louvre heist in October captured global attention, 2025 was seemingly a record year for art theft. Close to a dozen museums and institutions—from Brazil to France—were targeted, with hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of artworks and artifacts …

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Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate Since 2017, to Step Down

12/12/2025

Maria Balshaw, the director of London’s Tate, has announced that she will step down from her role in spring 2026. She joined the museum in 2017 after directing the Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth Art Gallery. Her predecessor was …

Метки : искусствотейтмария балшоукультурное наследиевыставкимузеи

Brazilian Police Identify a Suspect in Theft of Art from Library

12/09/2025

In a daylight robbery on Sunday, two armed thieves stole eight prints by Henri Matisse and at least five engravings by Brazilian modernist painter Cândido Portinari from the Mário de Andrade Library in São Paulo. The works were part of …

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CHANEL and Power Station of Art Open Espace Gabrielle Chanel

11/25/2025

Chanel has announced the public opening of Espace Gabrielle Chanel, mainland China’s first public library dedicated to contemporary art, at Shanghai’s Power Station of Art (PSA).The 18,000-square-foot library was designed by renowned Japanese architect Kazunari Sakamoto and is located on …

Метки : chanelсовременное искусствобиблиотекашанхайкитайская культуракультурное наследие

Philadelphia Art Museum Names New Director as It Navigates Controversy

11/22/2025

With its board having abruptly ousted its director earlier this month, the Philadelphia Art Museum has already found in a new leader in Daniel H. Weiss, the former president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Weiss left the …

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The Phillips Collection to sell works by O’Keeffe, Dove, and Seurat

11/18/2025

The HeadlinesCONTROVERSIAL SALE. The Phillips Collection, the art museum located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, plans to auction major works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Georges Seurat at Sotheby’s New York on November 20, sparking controversy. …

Метки : искусствомузейватиканкультурное наследиеджорджии о’кифсовременное искусство