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Article date: Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Statement on the Forced Resignation of Alistair Hudson, Director of Whitworth Art Gallery

The Museum Watch Committee (MWC) expresses our deep concern regarding the forced removal of Alistair Hudson from his post as Director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, an institution under the University of Manchester.

Article date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Pyotr (Petr) Aven and the Royal Academy of Arts, London

The EU has frozen the assets and imposed a travel ban on more than half a dozen of Russia’s most prominent oligarchs, many of them with close ties to President Vladimir Putin, one of them is Petr Aven, founder of Alfa Bank.

Article date: Monday, February 28, 2022

Photos by Mikhail Palinchak from Kyiv: Stand with Ukraine, Support Ukraine, Pray for Ukraine!

Mikhail Palinchak (born 1985 in Uzhgorod, Ukraine) shares recent documentary of the ongoing war on Ukaraine by Russia. To accompany these photos, is an embedded 2018 interview with Palinchak, where he speaks on his practice.

Article date: Friday, February 25, 2022

The Ukranian Representative Team at the Venice Biennale Releases Statement on the Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Ukrainian representative team at the 59th Venice Biennale comprising of Pavlo Makov, Lizaveta German, Maira Lanko and Borys Filonenko comment on the recent attacks on Ukraine by Russia.

Article date: Thursday, February 24, 2022

Archaeologists Discover 9,000-Year-Old Shrine in Jordanian Desert

A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists says it found a nearly 9,000-year-old shrine at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert.

Article date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Chile Museum to Return Easter Island 'Head'

Chile's National Museum of Natural History said Monday it will return to Easter Island an enormous stone statue taken from the Rapa Nui people and brought to the mainland 150 years ago.

Article date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Belgium Provides DR Congo with Inventory of Looted Artefacts

Belgium on Thursday gave the DR Congo an inventory of tens of thousands of art objects from the former Belgian Congo held in its colonial era museum, the latest step in the restitution of looted artefacts.

Article date: Friday, February 18, 2022

Victor Ehikhamenor’s Installation Work ‘Still Standing’ at St Paul’s Cathedral in London

St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, recently unveiled the bold new artwork Still Standing by Nigerian-born artist, Victor Ehikhamenor, on display in the crypt from 17 February to 14 May 2022.

Article date: Monday, February 14, 2022

Cuban-American Abstract Artist, Carmen Herrera, Who Gained Fame at 89 Passes Away at 106

Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera, whose radiant colour and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice, has died at the age of 106.

Article date: Friday, February 11, 2022

Restitution of Looted Painting and Opening of Two Thematic Rooms at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts

This is the first time in Belgium that a work of art stolen from a Jewish family has been restituted by a museum.

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Anna Melnykova, "Palace of Labor (palats praci), architector I. Pretro, 1916", shot with analog Canon camera, 35 mm Fuji film in March 2022.

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