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Article date: Monday, October 4, 2021

Infrared Scans Reveal Author of Hidden Graffiti on Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’

Following years of speculation, curators at the National Museum of Norway have confirmed that a small and barely visible sentence on Edvard Munch’s The Scream was penned by the artist himself.

Article date: Monday, October 4, 2021

UNESCO Requests the United Kingdom to Revise Its Position on the Parthenon Sculptures

UNESCO has urged the United Kingdom to reconsider its position and enter into a bona fide dialogue with Greece, concerning Greece’s request for the return of the Parthenon Sculptures.

Article date: Monday, October 4, 2021

NEH Awards $87.8 Million for Economic Recovery to Cultural and Educational Institutions

NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan (#SHARP) grant awards will preserve humanities jobs and support the reopening and rebuilding of humanities programs.

Article date: Friday, October 1, 2021

Katharina Grosse Elected as Chair of the Board of KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V.

KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V., the support association of both KW Institute for Contemporary Art and of the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, has announced the internationally acclaimed artist Katharina Grosse as chairwoman of the board.

Article date: Friday, October 1, 2021

Presumed Lost Drawing by Rubens Returns Home after Four Centuries

The Flemish Community has acquired a drawing by Peter Paul Rubens that was believed to be lost for 307,400 euros.

Article date: Thursday, September 30, 2021

Symbolism of the Sea Shell in Botticelli’s 'The Birth of Venus'

Kitty Jackson takes art lovers and curious minds through the symbolism and meaning of the sea shells used by Sandro Botticelli in his work, 'The Birth of Venus'.

Article date: Thursday, September 30, 2021

Bronze Statue of Scantily-Clad Woman Sparks Rage in Italy

A bronze statue of a scantily-clad woman to honour a 19th Century poem has sparked a sexism row in Italy, with politicians demanding its removal.

Article date: Wednesday, September 29, 2021

The Ambitious Expansion of Prado Museum Receives 36 Million Outside the Budget

The expansion and remodeling of the Prado Museum comes six years late, but it does. It will last until 2024 and will cost 36 million euros to the State divided into annual items.

Article date: Monday, September 27, 2021

Frans Hals: The Male Portrait at The Wallace Collection, London

In autumn 2021, The Wallace Collection will celebrate Hals’s most famous and beloved, yet still enigmatic, painting ‘The Laughing Cavalier’ (1624).

Article date: Monday, September 27, 2021

Rubens Masterpiece is a Fake, According to Artificial Intelligence Study

Research on artificial intelligence presented a painting by Rubens at the National Gallery in London Samson and Delilah be a fake.

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