A total of 30 artifacts, including a Corinthian helmet and a marble statue of Aphrodite, were returned by the United States to Greece in a ceremony on December 15. The antiquities—which also include breastplates, a Byzantine silver plate, and a bronze chariot
Jonathan Williams, the deputy director of the British Museum, is leaving his role. Though the circumstances and timeline of his departure have not been made public, his exit comes on the heels of an inquiry that found the London institution failed to
As workers and tourists traversed the cobblestone streets of Lower Manhattan today, December 15, about 20,000 red paper poppies rested in front of the New York Stock Exchange, each flower commemorating the life of a Palestinian person killed by Israeli forces since
The ongoing restoration endeavors over five years at Istanbul’s Yıldız Palace, one of the significant structures from the Ottoman Empire era, have unveiled 19th-century wall paintings and decorations concealed within its walls. The restoration project conducted by the Presidential Directorate of National
Emerging from private holdings for the first time in nearly two centuries, a rediscovered pair of Rembrandt portraits is now on a long-term loan for public display at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. At nearly eight inches tall each, the portraits of Jan
The first-ever career-spanning exhibition dedicated to the Renaissance painter Francesco Pesellino (about 1422-1457) opens at the National Gallery in December 2023. Active in Florence in the mid-15th century, Pesellino achieved a notable career but his early death at 35 and the subsequent
Desert X AlUla third edition of the International art exhibition will open 9 February – 23 March 2024 under the theme of ‘In The Presence Of Absence’, artists will Explore that which cannot be seen. Open to all, Desert X AlUla is
The German Green Party-affiliated Heinrich Böll Foundation, “in agreement with the Bremen Senate,” is withdrawing from awarding the Hannah Arendt Prize for Political Thought to the Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen, citing Gessen’s recent New Yorker essay “In the Shadow of the Holocaust”
Google yesterday released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. The ongoing Israel-Hamas war topped news trends in
More than 1,000 artists across the cultural field—including Ben Rivers, Brian Eno, Adham Faramawy, and Tai Shani—have signed a new open letter that accuses Bristol’s Arnolfini International Centre for Contemporary Arts of “censorship of Palestinian culture,” after the institution canceled two events
Palestinian solidarity groups, activists and community members marked international Human Rights Day with a demonstration for Palestinian human rights at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR), to bring attention to the human rights crisis in Gaza, and to call for an
Italian archaeologists have uncovered a luxurious Roman home near the Colosseum, boasting an “unparalleled” mosaic featuring shells, marble and precious glass, the Culture Ministry said on Dec. 12. Three large ships ride waves in the mosaic towards a coastal city, its walls
