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New Chair Named for Château de Versailles Ends Controversy In a move that has brought closure to a longstanding controversy, Christophe Leribault, the current director of Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, has been appointed as the new chair of the Château de Versailles. Leribault’s nomination, announced by the government on Wednesday 21 February, signifies a significant shift […]

The Bellevue Arts Museum (BAM), located in the centre of Bellevue, Washington, is a shining example of artistic expression and a cross-cultural meeting point. But beneath its graceful exterior, there is a deepening financial problem that is endangering the company itself. The organisation, which aims to bring together fine art, craft, and design, has started

Art Galleries at Black Studies (AGBS) is thrilled to announce the second symposium in its multi-year program, Why Black Museums. This annual series aims to honour and examine the cultural contributions of Black and ethnically specific museums while delving into the innovative ways these institutions shape museum spaces. Event Details The symposium, titled “Why Black

After a nearly four-month closure due to ongoing attacks on Gaza, the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, situated in the Occupied West Bank, has reopened its doors. In an act of defiance and hope, the museum welcomed 350 visitors last Sunday, February 11, to three separate exhibitions aimed at standing against the atrocities inflicted upon Gaza.

In a significant victory for cultural heritage preservation, Nepal celebrated the repatriation of four antiquities valued at more than $1 million in early December. Among the returned treasures were a large pair of gilt-bronze Bhairava masks, stolen in the mid-1990s, which had made their way to the collections of prestigious institutions like the Rubin Museum

A vibrant and culturally resonant installation by British-Indian artist Chila Kumari Burman has captured attention as it vies for a spot on Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth. Inspired by her father’s migration from India to the UK, Burman’s artwork titled ‘The Smile You Send Returns To You’ stands out among the seven proposals shortlisted for public

The Design Educates Awards (DEAwards) have been launched to acknowledge and promote architectural and design projects that significantly influence society. These awards spotlight creativity and innovation, focusing on projects completed or conceived within the past five years that embody added value beyond mere aesthetics. Criteria for Recognition DEAwards seeks projects that not only exhibit exceptional

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, finds himself embroiled in controversy as critics accuse him of prioritising a controversial art installation over a memorial for Queen Elizabeth II in Trafalgar Square. Critics have lambasted Mayor Khan for allegedly favouring an art installation depicting transgender sex workers over a memorial for the late Queen Elizabeth II.