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Glasgow museum says its £3m Auguste Rodin sculpture is missing
The plaster sculpture, bought by Glasgow Museums from the artist
in 1901, was exhibited in Kelvingrove Park from 25 June to 30 September 1949, but since then, it seems to have been lost.
Switzerland's Cash-Strapped Museum Under
Fire For Selling Cezannes
Baden, Switzerland’s Museum Langmatt has raised the hackles of
the International Council of Museums (ICoM) with its plan to sell off three works by Paul Cézanne in an effort to remain solvent and therefore extant
Is a Women’s Museum Still Relevant?
The women’s museum occupies more settled ground today than when
it first opened in 1987, when Holladay’s vision was seen as ghettoizing by feminists and radical by elites.
This May Be the Most Exclusive Museum
in the U.S.
Inside the cavernous USDA headquarters, a budget analyst has amassed
a collection of artifacts that could give the Smithsonian a run for its money; most people can’t visit yet.
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** Qatar Museums fly Palestinian flag
in the aftermath of Hamas attack on Israel
The leadership of the National Museum of Qatar and the Museum
of Islamic Art, both in Qatar, Doha, projected images of the Palestinian flag onto the exterior of both museums within 36 hours of the terrorist group Hamas launching an violent invasion of Israel.
** China just had a museum building spree.
Here are 6 of the best
While its borders were locked during the pandemic, the country
began constructing buildings dedicated to art, sound, science fiction, and more.
** Painting stolen in art heist more
than 30 years ago returned to Glasgow museum
A painting stolen during a museum heist in Glasgow more than 30
years ago has been found after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller.
** How ChatGPT and other AI tools could
transform the nature of the scientific paper
Many researchers expect that generative AI tools will become regular
assistants for writing manuscripts, peer-review reports and grant applications.
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** Getty Conservation Institute's
Free Book On Conserving Canvas
The most authoritative publication in nearly fifty years on the
subject of conserving paintings on canvas.
** Feather report: Researchers develop
link between birds and dinosaurs
We found that ancient dinosaur feathers like those in 125-million-year-old
dinosaur Sinornithosaurus are much more similar in chemistry to the feathers of modern birds than we previously thought.
** The Canadian museum filled with stolen
art
The Ni'isjoohl memorial pole has been returned to Canada after
being stolen by the British in 1928. Here, it will live out its days alongside hundreds of other appropriated items.
** Scrolls were illegible for 2,000 years.
A college student read one with AI.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student was at a party in August
when he received a text that would help him decipher a nearly 2,000-year-old message.
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** Get funding to borrow from the UK national collections
Applications to the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund open on
23 October.
** Conserving Canvas
The most authoritative publication in nearly fifty years on the
subject of conserving paintings on canvas.
** Petition launched against reimposed
10% cut to Creative Scotland
Campaigners warn thousands of jobs are at risk after £6.6m cut
was brought back.
** This Week's Horoscopes
Pisces, your compassionate nature will
be in high demand this week as you console fellow underpaid museum workers who are on the verge of an existential crisis. Just remember, your empathy won't fill the void left by your empty bank account.
Read the full museum horoscopes here.
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