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** The Cathedral and the Museum
With declining attendances and a neglect of their core mission, churches and art galleries have much in common.
** Just Stop Oil activists target National Gallery painting once attacked by a suffragette
The artwork, which was painted by Diego Velazquez in the 1600s, was previously attacked by suffragette Mary Richardson with a meat cleaver in March 1914 during a protest against the arrest of Emmeline Pankhurst.
** Hungary Fired the national museum director over LGBTQ+ content in exhibition
Hungary‘s cultural minister on Monday fired the director of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, accusing him of failing to comply with a contentious law that bans the display of LGBTQ+ content to minors.
** The biggest exhibition of the Kandinsky's work ever staged in Australia
Even as we recognise his importance as an artist, it is so critical to bring him back down to earth and recognise there were others … in the decades prior, if not centuries … who were coming to abstraction as this language that could unlock for them something essential, something critical.
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** Frick museum postpones Islamic art exhibition over fears it would appear ‘insensitive’ or ‘traumatic’ amid Gaza war
The museum initially did not plan to broadcast news of the postponement, hoping that a lack of outside attention or internal communication would allow for a quiet retraction of the proposed dates and subject.
** New addition to National WWII Museum addresses the conflict’s legacy
The Liberation Pavilion is a three-story complex with displays as daunting as a simulated Nazi concentration camp bunk room, and as inspiring as a violin pieced together from scrap wood by an American prisoner of war.
** Museum Arnhem opens Third Reich exhibition including art that hung on Hitler's wall
The main purpose of the exhibition is to show how art was used by the Nazi regime to distract and manipulate the population, although the artists in question often worked no differently than before 1933
** Five injured, arts museum damaged in Russian strikes on Odesa - Ukraine
The museum, in one of the oldest palaces of Odesa, housed before the war more than 10,000 pieces of art, including paintings by some of the best-known Russian and Ukrainian artists of late 19th and early 20th century.
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** Museum artefacts reveal more of the proud story of Nelson's Merchant Navy
The Nelson Provincial Museum’s Regional Heritage Collection includes several donated items, which provide insight into the dangers faced by the crews of merchant ships during wartime.
** Birds in the Americas Will No Longer Be Named After People
The American Ornithological Society has committed to replacing all bird names derived from people so as not to honor figures with racist pasts.
** A 500-Year-Old Inca Mummy in Peru Now Has a Face
A team of scientists worked with an archaeologist who specializes in facial reconstructions to create the silicone likeness of a girl whose remains were found on a volcano in 1995
** Women in Revolt! opens at Tate Britain
Exploring artistic responses to a changing era, the exhibition showcases the works of UK female artists between 1970 and 1990.
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** Cheese-rolling, straw bears and weird rituals galore: Recording British folklore
A treasure trove devoted to folk traditions has been amassed by one man; now a campaign hopes to give it a proper home.
** Veteran Pop Artist Says Possibilities Of AI Are Endless For art
While artists are among those who fear the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on their creativity and copyright, pop artist Sir Peter Blake has been inspired by the technology to create a new series of portraits.
** The Madill Archive Project
Ireland has been described as a cultural crossroads in European boat-building traditions, employing a wide range of types and techniques down the centuries
** Italian archaeologists open 2,600-year-old tomb for first time, find wealthy family's treasures
Utensils, cups, iron objects, and a variety of ceramics and decorative accessories were also found inside the tomb in perfect condition, as was a tablecloth that may have been used for a funerary ritual.
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** A museum director’s guide to Shanghai
X Zhu-Nowell, artistic director of the Rockbund Art Museum, shares their favourite places to dance, shop and soak up culture.
** Native American gene flow into Polynesia predating Easter Island settlement
The possibility of voyaging contact between prehistoric Polynesian and Native American populations has long intrigued researchers
** This California Museum Is Home to Hundreds of Nature’s Scents
Perfumer Mandy Aftel’s spellbinding collection of rare essences and artifacts is on display at the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in Berkeley.
** New species of small, plant-eating dinosaur found in US state of Texas
Tiny dinosaur would have been as big as a mid-sized dog and weighed around 20 to 60 pounds; discovery has significant implications for fossil exploration in the region.
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** Making Visible
ASU Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center
** Code of Ethics Review Consultation: Anti-Racism and Decolonisation
Museums Association. 23 November 2023, 1600-1700
** Historic England Research magazine issue 25 out now
This issue focuses on research into managing change to the historic environment at landscape level, where drivers might be for example large scale climate change action such as tree planting, or potential large scale infrastructure of housing development projects.
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