Rare Bible Returned To Canterbury Cathedral Library After 500 Years
A 13th century bible, one of a handful of books which survived intact when the library of Canterbury Cathedral was broken up at the time of the Reformation, is back in the building after almost 500 years.
Who Should Store Confederate Monuments After They Come Down?
That all depends on the lawsuits – and the museums. “‘Truth is, we absolutely could not take them,’ says Christy Coleman, CEO of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Va. Coleman often receives calls from cities hoping to find homes for their Confederate monuments. ‘The biggest reason, I’d say, that museums aren’t able to […]
Ten Forgotten Picassos Resurface At Tehran Museum
While preparing a major exhibition of Western works in the collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, guest curator Mattijs Visser found ten works by Picasso in addition to the two the museum had registered. He thinks more surprises may come to light in the collection as he continues work on the show, which […]
Russian Court Orders Artwork Depicting Putin Destroyed
“The condemned work, entitled 9 Stages in the Decomposition of the Leader, is a print of nine time-lapse digital images showing an official portrait of the Russian president over a seed box, with each image documenting the disintegration of Putin’s portrait as grass grows through. … [This] may be the first recent case of Russian […]
Russian Court Orders Artwork Depicting Putin Destroyed
“The condemned work, entitled 9 Stages in the Decomposition of the Leader, is a print of nine time-lapse digital images showing an official portrait of the Russian president over a seed box, with each image documenting the disintegration of Putin’s portrait as grass grows through. … [This] may be the first recent case of Russian […]
Why, And How, Did A Liverpool Biennial Artwork Documenting The Deaths Of Thousands Of Refugees Disappear?
What the … “On Wednesday, August 1, the Liverpool Biennial announced that their installation of The List was anonymously removed by unauthorized persons unaffiliated with the arts festival. The city council also affirmed that nobody employed by the municipality was thought to have pilfered the long list of the dead. On Twitter, the biennial is […]
Why proposed ‘loaning’ of looted Benin artefacts to Nigeria may stop restitution plans
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The Guardian, 11th Jul 2018.
