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** British Museum was 'victim of inside job'
Records were altered to conceal alleged thefts over as long as 25 years, chairman George Osborne tells MPs.
** How an Academic Uncovered One of the Biggest Museum Heists of All Time
When a Danish dealer named Ittai Gradel blew the whistle on stolen British Museum antiquities showing up online,
it was the culmination of a yearslong antiques whodunit.
** From New York to Dubai, Museums Weigh in on Violence in Gaza and Israel
As Israel continues to launch airstrikes on Gaza following an attack by the militant group Hamas, a growing
number of arts institutions, organizations, and prominent arts professionals are weighing in on the conflict.
** Was Ancient Egypt’s Most Lasting Influence in the Field of Fashion?
An exhibition in Cleveland showcases millennia-old designs and the more modern creations they inspired.
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** V&A Will Exhibit Photos from Sir
Elton John & David Furnish’s Private Collection
The “Rocket Man” singer began collecting photographs in 1991,
shortly after getting sober, and the couple’s private collection has grown to more than 7,000 fine art photographs, one of the largest ones of its kind in the world.
** How an 11th-century monastery reclaimed
artifacts from the US — and discovered a hoard of treasures in the process
Nepalese authorities estimate that up to 80% of the country’s
religious artifacts have been stolen and sold on the black market since the 1980s.
** How Scientists Tracked the Movements
of a 17,000-Year-Old Woolly Mammoth
To be able to track an Ice Age animal’s movements in such detail
is a stunning milestone in paleontology.
** UK museum housed in UNESCO heritage
site suffers significant flood damage
The Museum of Making in Derby, founded in what is regarded as
the world’s first modern factory, was breached by a surge of water caused by Storm Babet.
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Plan to ‘retain and explain’ controversial
statues is flawed – why we should always question our monuments
Historian responds by pointing out policy's crucial flaws, arguing
that statues were “validation and memorialisation” rather than history, and that they represented the interests and values of elite white men rather than wider society.
** Stolen ancient artefacts from Ukraine
recovered in Spain
Ukrainian archaeologists say Scythian gold held in Ukrainian museums
in areas under Russian occupation has been looted since the full-scale invasion last year.
** The Globe-Trotting Scholar Who Unlocked
the Secrets of the Aztecs
She was the first to decode the Aztec calendar, identify the purposes
of ancient adornments and weaponsand she untangled the organization of commercial networks and transcribed ancient songs.
** Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wants Paris
museum to change the skin color of his new wax figure
The actor said that he's asked his team to reach out and ask to
change one major part of the figure: its skin tone.
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** Museum sets an empty table for the 200 hostages kidnapped by Hamas
In the plaza outside the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Jewish and Israeli
organizations have created a stark reminder of the over 200 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7: a Shabbat table, with a place setting for each confirmed missing person.
** Establishing a Green Team at Your
Museum
At the High Museum of Art, a recently formed staff advocacy group
has driven significant progress in environmental sustainability, including a switch to infinitely recyclable aluminum cups; here's what they've learned about how you can successfully advocate for change at your institution.
** Cleveland museum sues to stop seizure
of statue believed to depict Marcus Aurelius
The Cleveland Museum of Art has sued New York City authorities
over their seizure of a headless bronze statue believed to depict the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius.
** Man accused of helping to steal dinosaur
bones worth over $1M
In a paleontological scandal that could rival the plot of a Hollywood
thriller, four people, including a Los Angeles man, have been accused of illegally trafficking over a million dollars' worth of dinosaur bones, unraveling the mysteries of prehistoric life hidden within the rugged landscapes of Utah.
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Working with communities to co-create public space
The seeds for Co-Creating Public Space began when John Hansard
Gallery, part of University of Southampton, moved into Southampton city centre in 2017-18.
** The New Zealand farmer who pursued
geology and archaeology
Te Papa holds an extensive collection of Adkins’ diaries and photo
albums and one photo album in particular, ‘Kapiti Island’, is full of beautiful images of Adkin’s week-long trip to Kāpiti Island in 1921.
** Who is the UK’s most family-friendly
museum?
Craven Museum in Skipton Town Hall, North Yorkshire, has been
announced as the winner of Kids in Museums' Family Friendly Museum Award 2023.
** Where did Van Gogh shoot himself?
A new theory suggests that Van Gogh may have shot himself in the
fields just above the inn where he was lodging, not further away.
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Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association
Call for Papers
** Sculpture Garden Ice Rink
National Gallery Of Art
** Shelter: Well-being
On October 26, a unique exhibition will open in the Ethnography
Department of the National Museum in Gdańsk entitled “Shelter: Well-being.”
** This Week's Horoscopes
Sagittarius, this week you'll feel like
a tour guide in a foreign land as you try to explain the intricacies of art to visitors who are more interested in the museum's Wi-Fi password. Embrace the challenge and find creative ways to capture their attention. Maybe a pop quiz on Renaissance painters
will do the trick.
Read the full museum horoscopes here.
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