A Florida art museum has filed a lawsuit more than a year after it mounted an exhibition of paintings by the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat that federal investigators determined to be fake. The Orlando Museum of Art said it is suing the
On August 16th, 2023, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art raised its admission fees from $25 to $30, making it one of the most expensive museums in the country. The prices for young adults were also raised from $19 to $23, while the
Anonymous British Museum staff have told The Telegraph newspaper that the director of the museum, Hartwig Fischer, was forced to resign as a result of a series of alleged thefts from the museum, with calls for him to step down immediately Peter
More than 3,000 years ago, ancient Egyptian artists flubbed a royal portrait that was discovered in a tomb within a vast necropolis, a new study suggests. The painting, of the pharaoh Ramesses II (reign circa 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C.), is in
Anna Laudel Düsseldorf is delighted to present Belkıs Balpınar’s solo exhibition “Relative Points of View” from August 19th until October 6th 2023. As a pioneer in the field of textile arts, internationally acclaimed artist Belkıs Balpınar distinguishes herself through her innovative and
An employee at the British Museum has been dismissed — and the Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation — after a number of items from the museum’s collection were found to be “missing, stolen or damaged,” the museum said in a statement
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According to Anadolu Agency, Murat Akar of Hatay Mustafa Kemal University and his colleagues discovered a 3,800-year-old clay cuneiform tablet while working at the site of a palace in southern Turkey’s Accana tumulus. The mound, identified as the remains of Alalakh, the
The controversy arose when Turkish curators raised doubts about the selection of Iwona Blazwick as the curator for the upcoming Istanbul Biennial. They were puzzled about the criteria for her selection, considering she was already a member of the biennial’s advisory board.
Pera Museum Learning Programs organizes photography-themed artist workshops for adults within the scope of Isabel Muñoz: A New Story and Istanbuls Today exhibitions from August 19 to September 17, 2023. Participants are inspired by Isabel Muñoz’s photographs, which are entangled with stories that reveal the background
Having traveled to Hong Kong, Seoul, Taipei, Mount Fuji, Singapore, Melbourne, and even in the stratosphere, KAWS:HOLIDAY has found its next vacation destination – the Prambanan Temple, Indonesia’s largest Hindu temple complex and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. For the first time
The Museum Ludwig opens Füsun Onur’s retrospective curated by Barbara Engelbach from Museum Ludwig and co-curated by Emre Baykal from Arter, Istanbul. The press release by the museum stated that although her impressive and varied oeuvre has been readily accessible to an