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** Little progress is being made in diversifying US museum acquisitions, new report finds
Initial data gathered on representation of minority artists in US museums and the international art market suggests there has been almost no progress since 2008, certainly when it comes to museum acquisitions.
** Greece in secret talks with British Museum over Elgin Marbles
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with British Museum chair George Osborne in London last week to discuss the potential repatriation of 5th-century BC Parthenon sculptures to Athens, a Greek newspaper has reported. See also - No 10 rules out law change for return of Parthenon marbles.
** How Do You Tell a Vandal From a Visitor? Art Museums Are Struggling
Museum administrators just had to hope the protesters remained “genteel, middle-class liberals” who took steps to avoid permanent damage.
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** National Museum of Singapore Presents The First Doraemon Exhibition Held Outside of Japan
Contemporary art, original sketches, and more explore how the Japanese character sprung from the pages of a manga and became a global cultural sensation.
** This 122-Foot-Long Dinosaur Will Barely Fit in London’s Natural History Museum
The cast barely fits inside the museum’s Waterhouse Gallery—which has ceilings nearly 30 feet tall—but the museum is no stranger to large specimens.
** How Chinese design and culture have influenced British art works, motifs and colour schemes
The Chinese and British exhibition at the British Library explores this relationship, telling the story of the first people to arrive from China in the late 1600s to the first Chinatown being established in Liverpool during the 1850s.
** Art saved from Ukraine war appears in Madrid exhibition
Precious and priceless, these avant-garde paintings were rescued from Kyiv and taken to the European Union via the Polish border; it was the largest-ever legal transfer of art from a wartime country.
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** British Museum food historian explains the delicious decadence of Persian sweets
The culture of sweetness was one of luxury and innovation: ancient Persia is even credited as inventing the first ice cream-like foods, which originated as far back as 550 BC.(and a recipe!)
** Dressing for Dinner in the Gilded Age
The custom of dressing up to eat may now seem foreign to us, but it was part of the daily routine for elite Americans in the 19th-century Gilded Age, a period of tremendous industrial growth and economic corruption that deepened divides between when the wealthy and the poor, leading to social unrest.
** Meet a medieval woman named 'Tora' who lived 800 years ago in Norway
Using skeletal remains unearthed in Norway, researchers created a realistic-looking model of what this medieval woman may have looked like.
** The Bronze Chariots Museum
The municipal government of Xi'an plans to build a museum dedicated to the conservation, exhibition, and interpretation of two chariots.
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** Poland says Kandinsky painting sold at Berlin auction house was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw
Officials claim that the abstract work on cardboard, which made €387,500 (with fees), is the same one that was stolen from the National Museum in Warsaw in 1984.
** A new species of dinosaur might have dived like a duck to catch its prey
A new study found evidence at least one species of dinosaur may have been an adept swimmer, diving into the water like a duck to hunt its prey.
** Parts of Colossal Squid on show at Puke Ariki Museum
The Colossal Squid is one of the most iconic specimens at Te Papa, and while touring the complete specimen is impossible, some of the important parts of the squid has found its way to Puke Ariki.
** Nottingham Castle workers left out of pocket following closure of trust
Forty-seven staff have lost their jobs with some still waiting on their final month’s wages.
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** Owl-like engravings from Copper Age may have been made by children
Slate plaques from about 5000 years ago engraved with images of what look like owls may have been children’s artwork rather than funeral offerings, but not everyone is convinced.
** Police detain group attempting to steal Banksy mural from Ukraine wall
Ukrainian authorities have detained a group of eight people who allegedly removed a mural by Banksy.
** Archaeologists Find 1,900-Year-Old Snacks in Sewers Beneath the Colosseum
During a yearlong study, scientists unearthed traces of olives, nuts, meats, cherries, grapes, figs, blackberries and peaches from 1,900 years ago.
** Smithsonian exhibit digs out the ‘nature’ in old books
Curated by Smithsonian conservators and preservation experts, the exhibition focuses on the art of hand-press bookmaking spanning from the invention of movable type in the 1400s to the 19th century, when bookbinding was mechanized.
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** New and participatory approaches to exhibition design
Amazing Spaces - A one-day Museums Association conference.
** Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists 2022 Virtual Conference: Sustainability360.
The Schedule at a Glance & Session and Boardroom Descriptions for Sustainability360, scheduled for December 5, 7, & 9, 2022 is now available on the website.
** Treason: People, Power & Plot
UK National Archives
** Single man proudly displaying Christmas cards from his utility providers
A single male from Bracknell has received more adverts disguised as Christmas cards than actual Christmas cards so far this year, but is nonetheless happy to display them around his home
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