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Article date: Monday, October 26, 2020

UK Grants £75 Million for Iconic Arts Venues and Cultural Organisations from Culture Recovery Fund

35 of the country’s leading cultural organisations and venues will be the first to receive grants between £1 and £3 million from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has announced.

Article date: Thursday, October 22, 2020

This is Not a Ball: the First Online Auction to Benefit the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

The pandemic has prevented the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) Foundation from organizing its traditional charity events that secure the MMFA's viability. In face of this obstacle, the Foundation has decided to launch This is Not a Ball, its first-ever online philanthropic auction.

Article date: Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Banksy Confirms Nottingham Artwork of Hula-Hooping Girl is His

Banksy has confirmed that street art of a girl hula-hooping a bicycle tyre is his handiwork. The elusive graffiti artist confirmed on his Instagram page this morning (Saturday, October 17) that he is behind the new artwork in Nottingham.

Article date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Nazca Lines: New Giant Geoglyph of Feline Discovered in Peru

A massive drawing has been found in the legendary Nazca Lines of Peru. With this recent discovery, the enigmatic markings etched into the Peruvian desert are attracting world attention once again.

Article date: Sunday, October 18, 2020

Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce Disability Futures Fellows

Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced the Disability Futures Fellows, the recipients of an 18-month initiative administered by United States Artists that aims to increase the visibility of disabled creative practitioners across disciplines and geography and elevate their voices individually and collectively.

Article date: Friday, October 16, 2020

Stephane Aquin Named New Director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Stéphane Aquin as Director. Mr. Aquin currently holds the position of Chief Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., which is part of the Smithsonian Institution and is considered the United States' national museum of modern and contemporary art.

Article date: Friday, October 16, 2020

'Photography's Last Century' at the Met

This exhibition will celebrate the remarkable ascendancy of photography in the last century, and Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee's magnificent promised gift of over sixty extraordinary photographs in honor of The Met's 150th anniversary in 2020.

Article date: Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Marguerite, an Asian Elephant, Settled among the Sculptures of the Musée d'Orsay

Marguerite, an Asian elephant, sometimes nicknamed Parkie, has just temporarily left Museum National d'Histoire to settle among the sculptures of the Musée d'Orsay.

Article date: Sunday, October 11, 2020

Artist Frank Bowling Awarded Knighthood in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Artist Frank Bowling OBE RA has been given the honour of Knight Bachelor conferred upon him in the Birthday 2020 Honours List by Her Majesty The Queen. The Birthday Honours list recognises the achievements of a wide range of extraordinary people across the United Kingdom.

Article date: Monday, October 5, 2020

Harvard Art Museums Receive Significant Gift of German Drawings and Prints

The Harvard Art Museums announced an extraordinary gift of nearly 50 works by major figures in postwar German art from the collector Dorette Hildebrand-Staab, a member of the German Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum. The works include drawings by Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Antonius Höckelmann, Jörg Immendorff, Imi Knoebel, Sigmar Polke, and Eugen Schönebeck and others.

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