Soon a museum of German prisoners of war
Paris. Today there are 83 hectares of fields which blend into the Norman bocage. But from 1944 to 1946, 60,000…
In Argentina, Culture cut with chainsaws
Buenos Aires. It is the end of Peronist pride, that of access to culture for all. Liliana Barela, undersecretary of…
Who is Hugues Ghenassia-de Ferran, the new number 2 of the French Institute?
Hugues Ghenassia-de Ferran (57) is the new deputy general director of the French Institute, whose executive presidency has been held…
Sabine Longin appointed director of the Lyon Biennale
General Director of the Picasso-Paris National Museum since 2022, Sabine Longin will take charge of the Lyon Biennale from June…
Inflation weighs down the 2023 Culture accounts
Paris. For the fourth consecutive year, the “Culture” mission spent more than planned. Its budget increased considerably with the arrival…
A rediscovered Caravaggio will be exhibited at the Prado in Madrid
The Prado Museum has confirmed that the painting Ecce Homo, discovered during an auction in 2021, was indeed in the…
discovery of a Neolithic cave
Saudi Arabia. An article published on April 17 in the scientific journal Plos one announces the discovery of traces of…
Hélène Duret takes the helm of La Piscine de Roubaix
Deputy director of the Valenciennes Museum of Fine Arts since 2020, Hélène Duret will take charge of La Piscine –…
The Art Institute of Chicago wants to keep its Schiele
Faced with a restitution request, the Art Institute of Chicago provided before the Supreme Court, Tuesday April 23, a detailed…
Calcined papyri reveal new information about Plato
“Some of these texts could completely rewrite the history of key periods of the ancient world” promised scientists when announcing…
The former National Institute of Crafts unhappy to be removed from the organization of a label
“It’s a real blow”, reacted the former National Institute of Crafts (INMA) upon learning that it would no longer manage…
serial vandal sows panic in German museums
February 2024, Spring of Monet is the victim of depredation at the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon. The canvas…