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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

Collector Jon Landau Was Greatly Inspired by the Met's 'Siena' Show

10/19/2025

For my wife, Barbara, and me, the best exhibition we saw in the past year was the one that most relates to our collecting interests: “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350,” which debuted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in …

Метки : искусствосиенавыставкамузейживописьскульптура

Bonhams to Sell Gene Hackman's Art Collection, and His Golden Globes

10/18/2025

This November, Bonhams will host a sale of works from the collection of the late actor Gene Hackman, who died in February. Hackman, as ARTnews reported at the time of his death, was a major arts patron in Santa Fe, …

Метки : искусствоаукционколлекцияджин хэкманживописьмузей

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

DuSable Black History Museum Responds to Accusations of Retaliation

10/14/2025

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago, the oldest public museum in the country dedicated to African American visual art, has responded to allegations of a retaliatory termination, following several years of high staff turnover. Weekly newspaper …

Метки : музейувольнениеистория.афроамериканская культурачикагоскандал

Flemish Government’s Plan to Dissolve M HKA Sparks Outrage

10/14/2025

Flemish Government’s Plan to Dissolve M HKA Sparks Outrage The announcement last week by the Government of Flanders that it planned to “reform the landscape of its own museums and the visual arts sector” and strip Antwerp’s Museum of Modern …

Метки : искусство#культурамузейфландрияпротестm hka

Manhattan District Attorney's Office Returns 29 Antiquities to Greece

10/14/2025

The Manhattan District Attorney‘s office recently announced the return of 29 antiquities to Greece, estimated to be worth a total of $3 million. The objects were seized by the office’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit as part of “ongoing investigations into multiple …

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art Rebrands to … Philadelphia Art Museum

10/10/2025

On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced a major rebrand to—drum roll, please—the Philadelphia Art Museum. In a press release, the museum said the change “places Philadelphia front and center,” though, by my read, so too does the Philadelphia …

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LACMA Receives 130 Austrian Expressionist Works, Including First Klimt

10/09/2025

The Otto Kallir family gifted more than 130 Austrian Expressionist works to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The donation, with a value well in excess of $60 million, will add the first paintings by Gustav Klimt, Egon …

Метки : искусствоавстрийский экспрессионизмпожертвованиелос-анджелесколлекциямузей

Flemish Government Eliminates Belgium's M HKA, Raising Controversy

10/09/2025

A proposal by the Flemish government to close Belgium’s oldest museum dedicated to contemporary art has spurred widespread controversy in the Belgian art scene. Earlier this week, the Flemish government, which manages the mostly Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, said …

Метки : музейсовременное искусствоантверпенфландрия#культураскандал

Horatio Nelson Branded 'Queer' by UK Museum

10/08/2025

Horatio Nelson’s sexuality is once again under the spotlight after a museum in Liverpool, UK, proclaimed the British naval hero was “queer.”Curators at the state-funded Walker Art Gallery decided that his contested final words—“Kiss me, Hardy”—were enough to include Nelson …

Метки : горацио нельсонискусствомузейлгбтк+история.общество

MoMA Partners with Mattel for Van Gogh Barbie, Monet and Dalí Figures

10/08/2025

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has announced a multiyear partnership with the toy company Mattel Inc. As part of the partnership, MoMA will release a capsule collection on November 11, just in time for the holiday season. …

Метки : искусствопартнерствоколлекциямузейигрушки#культура

Artnews Reveals Nominees for 2025 Artnews Awards

10/07/2025

Artnews Reveals Nominees for 2025 Artnews Awards Artnews has announced the nominees of its second annualArtnews Awards. The platform established the prizes last year to honor “excellence in art achievements at US arts institutions,” per a press release. Qualifying nominees …

Метки : искусствовыставкинаградыноминациимузейхудожники

Museum Devoted to Indian Modernist M. F. Husain Set to Open in Doha

10/02/2025

Museum Devoted to Indian Modernist M. F. Husain Set to Open in Doha TheQatar Foundationhas revealed that it will inaugurate a new institution dedicated to the life and work of influential Indian modernistMaqbool Fida Husainin Doha’s Education City later this …

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