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Article date: Monday, July 15, 2019

Tate Appoints Victoria Cheetham as Chief Operating Officer

Tate is delighted to announce the appointment of Victoria Cheetham as Chief Operating Officer. She will take up her role in autumn 2019. She is currently Executive Director, Arts at Southbank Centre, Europe's largest arts centre, where she leads strategy and delivery of the artistic programme across multiple art forms and sites in London, the UK and globally.

Article date: Monday, July 15, 2019

Leslie Koch Named President of the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center

The Board of Directors of the Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center today announced the appointment of Leslie Koch as its next President. Koch succeeds Maggie Boepple, the Perelman’s current President who has worked on the project since 2012 and will continue to serve as an advisor.

Article date: Sunday, July 14, 2019

Sadie Roberts-Joseph, Founder of an African American History Museum, is Found Dead in the Trunk of a Car

A beloved activist and founder of an African-American museum in Baton Rouge was found dead in the trunk of a car, CNN affiliate WBRZ reported. The body of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, was located Friday but it wasn't immediately clear what led officers to the car. The cause of her death is still unknown, police told the station.

Article date: Saturday, July 13, 2019

Women's Histories: Artists through 1900 at MASP, Sao Paolo

The exhibition will be divided into two broad sections. The first, Histories of women, includes works from several regions, styles and pictorial genres, from the 16th to the late 19th century, including portraits, still lifes and landscapes, aside from historical and religious scenes.

Article date: Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Egypt Calls in Interpol to Reclaim 3,000-Year-Old Tutankhamun Artefact

The hunt is on for an ancient Tutankhamun artefact, that could have been stolen in the 1970s, after it was sold in London for $6 million. Less than a week after the 3,000-year-old artefact was sold at Christie's auction house in London, Egypt's National Committee for Antiquities Repatriation (NCAR) asked Interpol to 'issue a circular to trace' it.

Article date: Tuesday, July 9, 2019

German Painter Eberhard Havekost has been Found Dead

German painter Eberhard Havekost has been found dead. He died on Friday, July 5 in Berlin. He was 52 years. The news was broken by Havekost's Dresden-based gallery owner Frank Lehmann on Saturday.

Article date: Monday, July 8, 2019

Six Cultural Sites Added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List

During its meeting in Baku yesterday's morning, the World Heritage Committee inscribed six cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The newly inscribed sites are located in Azerbaijan, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Spain, and the UK. Inscriptions will continue in the afternoon.

Article date: Friday, July 5, 2019

The Mona Lisa Temporarily on Display in the Galerie Médicis

To ensure the smooth progress of renovations in the Salle des États and maintain optimal visiting conditions, the Musée du Louvre has decided to temporarily transfer the Mona Lisa to the Galerie Médicis (room 801, level 2, Richelieu wing). The painting will remain there from July 17 until work in the Salle des États is completed mid-October 2019. One of the Louvre’s largest rooms, the Galerie Médicis can accommodate the many visitors wishing to see Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece. The Mona Lisa will be displayed in a temperature-controlled protective case specially designed for the painting.

Article date: Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Camargo Foundation Statement on the Passing of Barbara Hunt McLanahan

The Board of Trustees and staff of the Camargo Foundation mourn the loss of our longtime board member and beloved friend, Barbara Hunt McLanahan. Barbara has dedicated her career to nurturing and showcasing artists through her wide-ranging accomplishments as a curator and arts administrator in the U.S. and UK. Her position as the Executive Director at the Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) in New York perfectly reflected her steadfast belief in the transformative power of art and commitment to making art accessible to all.

Article date: Monday, July 1, 2019

Apollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography

On July 20, 1969, half a billion viewers around the world watched as the Apollo 11 mission beamed back to earth the first television footage of American astronauts on the moon. This groundbreaking moment dramatically influenced the history of images and expanded the bounds of human perception. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present visual representations of the moon from the dawn of photography through the present in the exhibition Apollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography.

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