This article was first published by 9TO5Google Google Arts & Culture has ditched its classic icon, styled after a museum, for something more modern. Google Arts & Culture is the company’s portal to the wide world of artwork, history, and fun, bringing the learning experience of a museum to your own home. Matching that feel, […]
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This article was first published by The Art Newspaper. From the reopening of the National Portrait Gallery in London to the major expansion of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum in the US, here is The Art Newspaper’s pick of new museum projects in the coming year. Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, US Opening 25 May […]
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This article was first published on the ICOM website. ICOM and its National Committees in Burkina Faso and Mali officially launched the project Strengthening museum security in the Sahel region and combatting illicit trafficking in cultural property: the case of twenty-two museums in Mali and Burkina Faso. With the generous support of the ALIPH Foundation, this […]
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We know you’ve been working on great things, with brilliant people so use your power and nominate projects, teams, freelancers and volunteers for one of 17 brilliant Museums and Heritage Awards. The deadline for entries is 1 February 2023. ICOM UK is thrilled to support two categories at the M+H Awards this year, which celebrate […]
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In August 2022, ICOM proposed extraordinary grants to support museums and museum professionals in Ukraine. ICOM UK, with it’s project partners, was one of the six successful applicants. Digitalization of the archival materials of the National Preserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” is a project that aims to enhance the technical base and safeguarding capacity building of the […]
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Unfortunately, the UK postal strikes in November 2022, combined with the usual delays in UK and international postal services over the festive period, has affected ICOM UK membership applications and renewals. The strikes in November coincided with out busiest period for applications and renewals. Thanks to members reporting issues, we are now aware that many […]
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Gillian Ramsay, Assistant Curator at Durham University Oriental Museum, recently travelled to Malaysia and Singapore with an ICOM UK – British Council Travel Grant. This is a short blog post about her trip. We will publish the full report from Gillian’s visit next week. In 2019 I was awarded funding through the ICOM UK – […]
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This article was first published by The Guardian. The ceremonial return of 21 Benin bronzes to Nigeria by Germany last month gave the latest powerful signal of how fast the international tide is turning on the repatriation of looted art. The German handover followed an American one two months earlier, when the Smithsonian Institution signed over 29 bronzes in […]
This article was first published by FRIEZE. Lviv, the westernmost major city in Ukraine and a relative safe haven far from the eastern front, has become a sort of cultural fortress for a nation at war. Church windows are covered in thick plywood and the statues on the facade of Lviv National Opera are wrapped […]
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