After 20 years in its Manhattan headquarters, the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art will close its galleries in October. It will continue to champion the art of the Himalayas through an expansive model that includes grant-making, digital outreach and continuing its active loan programme. […]
This year is the 70th Anniversary of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, which was created on the 14 May 1954. It is also the 25th Anniversary of its Second Protocol, which was opened for signature on 24 March 1999. Today, these treaties are the […]
This article was first published by the Guardian. For 2,170 years it had lain in ruins: a palace that symbolised the golden age of antiquity, three times bigger than the Parthenon, unprecedented in architectural ambition, unparalleled in beauty. The Palace of Aigai, the largest surviving building from the classical Greek era, has resumed its past […]
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A fire has destroyed almost the entire art collection of Abkhazia, the breakaway region of Georgia that is controlled by Russia. More than 4,000 paintings at the National Art Gallery in the capital Sukhumi were lost in the blaze, including over 300 artworks by Alexander Shervashidze-Chachba. According to the Minister of Culture, Dinara Smiri, only […]
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This article was first published by BBC News. Thetford museum in Norfolk was founded by the son of Duleep Singh, the last Sikh emperor of the Punjab. The museum’s 100th anniversary is being marked with a grant worth almost £200,000. Ancient House Museum in Thetford, Norfolk, has been awarded the money by the National Lottery […]
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This article was first published by the Museums Association. Local authorities in England invested 23% less per capita in museums and galleries in 2022-23 than they did in 2009-10, a new report from Arts Council England (ACE) has found. This amounts to a real-terms decrease of 42.1% when inflation is taken into account, according to the research, […]
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This article was first published by Historic Environment Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) has been awarded the LGBT Charter Foundation Award, which recognises the organisation’s commitment to becoming an LGBT+ inclusive organisation. The LGBT Charter Mark Programme is run by LGBT Youth Scotland, a leading LGBT+ organisation in Scotland. Achieving the charter mark saw an […]
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This article was first published by the European Commission. European and Ukrainian experts are drafting policy recommendations for the reconstruction of cultural heritage in Ukraine. The initiative is being overseen by the European Commission. The experts have started drafting recommendations in four priority areas: […]
Since the first Statement Concerning Israel and Palestine made on 25 October 2023, ICOM has continued to witness with great sadness and concern the ongoing and expanding violence and deplores the ever-increasing number of people whose lives have been lost. ICOM stands firmly against any actions that endanger civilians and expresses its deepest solidarity with […]
