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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 …

Метки : сан-паулуискусствоматиссграбежкража произведений искусствакультурное наследие

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 …

Метки : музейискусствофиладельфиядэниел уайсsasha sudaкультурное наследие

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

Photos: 36 Ancient Artifacts the US Repatirated to Egypt

11/11/2025

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced last week that it had recieved 36 artifacts looted from the country and later recovered by US authorities. The pieces, the agency said, are set to be deposited with Egyptian Museum, though it …

Метки : египетархеологиякультурное наследиеартефактыискусствоистория.

FAMSF Receives Gift of 1,600 Works from Kirk Edward Long

11/04/2025

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), which includes the de Young and the Legion of Honor, has received a gift of 1,600 works from local collector Kirk Edward Long. The donated works will be stewarded by FAMSF’s Achenbach …

Метки : искусствоколлекцияfamsfпожертвованиесан-францискокультурное наследие

Netherlands Will Return 3,500-year-old Sculpture to Egypt

11/04/2025

Shortly after attending the opening ceremony of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, the Dutch prime minister announced Sunday that the Netherlands will return a 3,500-year-old Pharaonic bust to Egypt. According to a statement from the Dutch government, Prime Minister …

Метки : египетискусствомузейкультурное наследиевозвращение артефактовдревняя цивилизация

Oakland Museum of California Speaks Out About Stolen Artifacts

11/01/2025

Following a theft at the Oakland Museum of California‘s (OMCA) off-site storage facility earlier this month, the museum released a statement on Friday afternoon. On October 15, around 3:30 a.m., a thief or group of thieves broke into the museum’s …

Метки : музейкражаискусствоартефактыоклендкультурное наследие

Talladega College Shares Hale Woodruff Murals

10/31/2025

In a move that may shine light on how museums and institutions could share the responsibility of preserving cultural heritage, Alabama’s Talladega College has entered into a partnership with three art institutions to share a monumental artwork. The alliance—between the …

Метки : искусствопартнерствокультурное наследиехранение.афроамериканская историяфинансирование

Armor, Jewelry, and Evidence of Human Sacrifice Found in Korean Tomb

10/28/2025

An excavation project in Hwangnam-dong, an area within the South Korean city of Gyeongju, recently uncovered a tomb complex buried beneath another tomb, which was itself uncovered in 2020. Sim Hyeon-cheol, a researcher with the Gyeongju National Research Institute of …

Метки : археологиясиллараскопкикёнчжуритуалыкультурное наследие

Louvre Director Requests 'Police Station' in Senate Hearing

10/22/2025

On Wednesday, Laurence des Cars, the president and director of the Louvre Museum, spoke publicly for the first time about the recent heist of France’s crown jewels. Robbers broke into the Parisian museum‘s Apollo Gallery on Sunday using a cherry …

Метки : луврограблениебезопасностьювелирные изделиякультурное наследиефранция

Why Artists Should Take Estate Planning Seriously

10/21/2025

As director of artist programs at the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Solana Chehtman oversees the foundation’s programs related to artists’ legacies. As Mitchell stipulated before her death in 1992, the foundation has devoted attention to the needs of other artists via …

Метки : искусствонаследиепрограммы для художниковфонд джоан митчелллин мэй саидкультурное наследие

Police Recover Five 18th-Century Snuff Boxes Stolen from Paris Museum

10/17/2025

Five out of seven valuable 18th-century snuffboxes stolen last year from Paris’s Cognacq-Jay Museum have been found. Paris Musées, an organization that manages several of Paris’s city museums, announced the return of the objects this week. “Thanks to a thorough …

Метки : искусствокражамузейпарижкультурное наследиереституция