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10 Year Old US Tourist dies After Heart Attack at Versailles
Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025

10 Year Old US Tourist dies After Heart Attack at Versailles

A 10-year-old girl died of a heart attack while visiting the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, French media reported, the girl had arrived from the United States with her family.


Research Project at University Library uncovers more Nazi plunder than expected
Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025

Research Project at University Library uncovers more Nazi plunder than expected

Since the autumn of 2020, researchers have been combing through University Library’s collections in the search for books that were unlawfully confiscated from their owners during the Nazi era.


Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art announces Opening Date
Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025

Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art announces Opening Date

The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) will officially open its Campus in Benin City, Nigeria, to the public on Tuesday, 11 November 2025. 


Researchers sequence First Genome from Ancient Egypt
Article date: Thursday, July 3, 2025

Researchers sequence First Genome from Ancient Egypt

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from a man who lived around 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, the age of the first pyramids, in research published today (July 2) in Nature.


New World Record for Canaletto at Christie's
Article date: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

New World Record for Canaletto at Christie's

A masterpiece by Canaletto – Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day – was the top lot at Christie's Old Masters evening sale in London.


Trump-approved Portrait hangs in Colorado Capitol after ‘Purposefully Distorted’ Version was removed
Article date: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Trump-approved Portrait hangs in Colorado Capitol after ‘Purposefully Distorted’ Version was removed

A self-approved portrait of President Trump now hangs in the Colorado Capitol – replacing an earlier version he disaproved as “purposefully distorted” and “truly the worst.”


EU Regulation to combat Illicit Trade comes into Effect
Article date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

EU Regulation to combat Illicit Trade comes into Effect

The European Union is taking a significant step forward in protecting cultural heritage as Regulation (EU) 2019/880, which aims to prevent the illegal trade in cultural goods, becomes fully applicable. 


Rescue African Artifacts from Colonizers' Museums in the Heist Game Relooted
Article date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Rescue African Artifacts from Colonizers' Museums in the Heist Game Relooted

Relooted is a heist game about reclaiming African artifacts from the Western countries that stole them, developed by independent South African studio Nyamakop.


Vatican reopens Raphael’s Hall of Constantine
Article date: Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Vatican reopens Raphael’s Hall of Constantine

After a decade of restoration, the impressing Hall of Constatine in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, which houses Raphael’s masterpiece depicting Constantine’s victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge, has been restored.


National Portrait Gallery London acquires 12 Lucian Freud Portraits
Article date: Monday, June 30, 2025

National Portrait Gallery London acquires 12 Lucian Freud Portraits

Ahead of a major exhibition in 2026, the National Portrait Gallery acquired 12 new works from the estate of Lucian Freud, one of Britain’s greatest portrait artists.


Ismail Gulgee's Home in Karachi is now a Museum
Article date: Monday, June 30, 2025

Ismail Gulgee's Home in Karachi is now a Museum

The former residence of Ismail Gulgee has been transformed into a museum, showcasing over 170 of his artworks to preserve his artistic legacy.


Kenneth Griffin Acquires 13th Amendment & Emancipation Proclamation at Sotheby's
Article date: Monday, June 30, 2025

Kenneth Griffin Acquires 13th Amendment & Emancipation Proclamation at Sotheby's

Two rare Lincoln-signed copies of the Thirteenth Amendment and Emancipation Proclamation set new records for the documents at auction at Sotheby's New York.


Manchester Museum asks: Should we continue to Display the Body of Asru?
Article date: Sunday, June 29, 2025

Manchester Museum asks: Should we continue to Display the Body of Asru?

Should we continue to display the body of Asru? Is it right for museums to have the bodies of mummified people on display?


Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, returns Two Works of Art to the Oba of Benin
Article date: Saturday, June 28, 2025

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, returns Two Works of Art to the Oba of Benin

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) returned two works of art from the Benin Kingdom to His Royal Majesty Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, in a ceremony at the Nigeria House in New York City, 


12 Works Worth 39 Million Dollar donated by the Cy Twombly Foundation to a Museum in Rome
Article date: Saturday, June 28, 2025

12 Works Worth 39 Million Dollar donated by the Cy Twombly Foundation to a Museum in Rome

The Cy Twombly Foundation has donated twelve works to the GNAMC - Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. The donation also includes a gift of $3 million for the renovation of the museum’s restoration laboratory and the funding of a Master’s degree program in honor of the artist.


Archaeologists in Rome unearth a Large Marble Head beneath Trajan’s Forum
Article date: Friday, June 27, 2025

Archaeologists in Rome unearth a Large Marble Head beneath Trajan’s Forum

A colossal marble head was uncovered beneath Rome’s Via Alessandrina.


Beamish Museum UK wins £120,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2025 Award
Article date: Friday, June 27, 2025

Beamish Museum UK wins £120,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year 2025 Award

Beamish, the Living Museum of the North, has won the prestigious Art Fund museum of the year award, the largest such prize in the world.


Russian Opposition Party Jabloko accuses Moscow of protecting Stalin Sculpure from Protest
Article date: Friday, June 27, 2025

Russian Opposition Party Jabloko accuses Moscow of protecting Stalin Sculpure from Protest

The formal reason for the refusal of the Prefecture of Central Administrative District of Moscow to approve Yabloko pickets was the “current epidemiological situation”. 


Sharjah Art Foundation announces Curators of Sharjah Biennial 17
Article date: Thursday, June 26, 2025

Sharjah Art Foundation announces Curators of Sharjah Biennial 17

Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento have been appointed as the curators of Sharjah Biennial 17, opening in January 2027. 


New Mosaic Floors found at Olympos Ancient City in Türkiye
Article date: Thursday, June 26, 2025

New Mosaic Floors found at Olympos Ancient City in Türkiye

Anadolu Agency reports that excavations at the site of Olympos in the current-day region of Antalya revealed new evidence that attests to the site’s early Christian history.