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Article date: Thursday, August 25, 2022

Stolen 10th Century Gospel Returns to Greek Monastery from the US

The manuscript Evangelistariou 220 was identified by a curator of the Museum of the Bible and comes from the treasures of the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Eikosifoinissa that were stolen by Bulgarian soldiers in 1917

Article date: Thursday, August 25, 2022

ICOM Approves a New Museum Definition

On August 24th, in the framework of the 26th ICOM General Conference held in Prague, the ICOM Extraordinary General Assembly approved a new museum definition.

Article date: Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Students at The Courtauld Find Lost Painting by Britain’s 20th Century Radical Female Artist

Two students at The Courtauld have rediscovered an important lost masterpiece by one of the early 20th century’s most radical female abstract artists, Helen Saunders (1885-1963) hidden beneath a portrait by the modernist artist Wyndham Lewis (1882 – 1957).

Article date: Monday, August 22, 2022

Dr Zahi Hawass Launches Petition to Return Rosetta Stone and Other Artefacts to Egypt

Dr Zahi Hawass Launches Petition to Return Rosetta Stone to Egypt. The petition also calls for the return of several other Egyptian artefacts from European museums, such as the bust of Queen Nefertiti in Berlin, and a sculpted Zodiac ceiling at the Louvre in Paris.

Article date: Monday, August 22, 2022

Unique Megalith Site Discovered in Southern Spain

In this site near the Portuguese border, archaeologists discovered a set “unique” comprising “three megalithic enclosures, possibly related to the control of the cycles of the seasons and the observation of “astronomical events”.

Article date: Monday, August 22, 2022

ICOM to Establish Protocol on Respecting Code of Ethics During Conflicts

On August 19th, the Executive Board unanimously approved a recommendation to establish a protocol to address conflicts as part of the ongoing revision process of the ICOM Code of Ethics for Museums

Article date: Friday, August 19, 2022

Artists Rights Society Embraces Web3 with New Digital Platform Launching Frank Stella's First NFTs

Artists Rights Society, a copyright, licensing, and monitoring organization for visual artists in the United States, has launched Arsnl—a new digital platform that guides artists and institutions through the creation of digital projects and ambitious works of art on the blockchain.

Article date: Friday, August 19, 2022

Climate Protesters Glue Themselves to the Vatican's Laocoon Statue

Italian environmental activists staged a second museum protest in as many months, gluing their hands to the base of one of the Vatican Museums’ most important ancient sculptures, the Laocoon.

Article date: Thursday, August 18, 2022

Discovery of Unknown Translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana

In the archives of the 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana at the Rapenburg in Leiden, kept in the Leiden University Library, Rotterdam researcher Erik-Jan Bos discovered a hitherto unknown Latin translation of the groundbreaking book 'L'homme' ('The human being') by René Descartes (1596-1650).

Article date: Thursday, August 18, 2022

Women Earn 50% Less Than Men in the Dutch Art World

In the Dutch art world, men earn about 50 percent more than women, according to a joint study by ABN Amro and interest group WOMEN Inc.

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