Who is Jessica Morgan, the new director of the Tate?
Jessica Morgan will take up her position as the new director of the Tate on January 1, 2027. She succeeds…
Why are American museums so open to international profiles?
With the appointment of Massimiliano Gioni as head of the New Museum (New York), it is another cultural institution in…
An eccentric Australian museum is exported to Bangkok
On the theme of light, echoing the city’s nightlife, the new branch of the Museum of Ancient and New Art…
In Rome, the Vittoriano is sagging
Rome. It is a cruel irony of History, both on a symbolic and purely architectural level. The Vittoriano (or altar…
In Spain, controversy surrounding a Visigoth treasure
Zorita de los Canes (Castile-La Mancha, Spain). On September 12, 1945, on the second day of excavations on the hill…
Four heritage sites in Qatar claim to have achieved carbon neutrality
During a ceremony organized on July 7, four sites belonging to the Qatar Museum (QM) organization were awarded carbon neutrality…
Normandy and Occitanie in the running for UNESCO world heritage
From North to South, France wants to promote its rich history to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, whose 48th session…
The latest Macron budget puts Culture under a ceiling
For the last year of Emmanuel Macron’s second term, Culture is no longer a budgetary priority. The report on spending…
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum rediscovers the spirit of 1969
Designed from archives, the renovation of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum looked to the past to pay homage to the museum…
The new Icom code tends to politicize the role of museums
Paris. Adopted on June 25 at the general assembly, the renovated version of the Code of Ethics of the Icom…
Why the Château de Fontainebleau was never threatened by fire
Now fixed but not yet extinguished, the fires have covered more than 2,000 hectares of the Fontainebleau forest (Seine-et-Marne) since…
Gautier Verbeke appointed to Reims
The Center for National Monuments (CMN) has appointed Gautier Verbeke administrator of the Palais du Tau and the towers of…