The LaM reopens its doors with a new course
Villeneuve-d’Ascq (North). Built in 1978 by Roland Simounet, the main building of LaM is made up of red brick cubes…
In the United Kingdom, almost 263,000 human remains preserved in museums
An investigation of Guardianpublished on March 7, provides an initial inventory of human remains preserved in British institutions. Based on…
The National Art Museum of Catalonia will expand
In Barcelona, the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC) will double its exhibition space. The Catalan authorities decided to expand…
“Youth councils” soon in certain cultural places
France. The initiative is still in its infancy, but is gradually starting to take shape. Last June, Rachida Dati, Minister…
In Saint-Chamond, the street art museum suspends its activity
Stanislas Belhomme announced the “temporary cessation of operation” of the Museum of Urban Art and Street Art Halle 07 (Mausa…
In Toulouse, fate befalls the Georges-Labit Museum
Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). Disasters keep coming for the Georges-Labit Museum. During the passage of storm Nils, on the night of February…
Jean-Charles Vergne at the head of the future Gandur museum in Caen
Jean Claude Gandur entrusted Jean-Charles Vergne (54) with the responsibility of transforming an important private collection into a museum institution….
The National Museum of Peru closed with no prospect of reopening
Closed since December 2024, three years after its official inauguration, the National Museum of Peru (MUNA) no longer provides any…
In Lyon, the Fourvière basilica restores its weakened towers
Lyon (Rhone). A jewel in the Lyon landscape, the Notre-Dame de Fourvière basilica overlooks the city, perched on the heights…
How Italy acquired a painting by Antonello da Messina
Rome. At the start of the year, the spotlight in the auction world was focused on Sotheby’s prestigious “Old Masters”…
Europa Nostra’s new list of endangered sites
In 2026, seven sites, from Greece to Hungary via Romania, will be added to the list of European places threatened…
What is this Rembrandt reattributed after sixty-six years of doubt?
Excluded from Rembrandt’s corpus, the Vision of Zechariah in the temple (1633) was long considered a simple workshop copy or…