Japan, small public cultural institutions are in difficulty
The total budget of this agency created in 1968 and remaining an external body of the broad Japanese Ministry of…
Artists in exile, France strengthens its reception programs
France. Artists from the “Eastern bloc” during the Cold War, Chileans in 1973, Lebanese in the 1980s: France is a…
“I dreamed a lot of a justice museum”
Registered with the Paris bar in 1951, Robert Badinter saved Patrick Henry from the death penalty in 1977, a sentence…
Who is Edward de Lumley, Rachida Dati’s new wealth advisor?
Edward de Lumley (56 years old) is the new heritage, museums, archives, architecture advisor to Rachida Dati, Minister of Culture,…
Ariane James-Sarazin bounces back at MAD in Paris
Until now deputy director of the Army Museum, Ariane James-Sarazin has been a specialist curator of 17th and 18th century…
Disappearance of Jean-Pierre Babelon
The death of Jean-Pierre Babelon, which occurred on Friday February 2, was announced by the Institut de France in an…
Centfour director suspended after report of sexual assault
Director of Centquatre-Paris since 2010, José-Manuel Gonçalvès is the subject of an administrative suspension measure, following a report in the…
Vittorio Sgarbi resigns
Vittorio Sgarbi ended up giving in. The sulphurous Secretary of State for Culture announced his resignation yesterday Friday February 2…
Rybolovlev loses lawsuit against Sotheby’s
The jury in Manhattan federal court ruled in favor of Sotheby’s on Tuesday, January 30, in the trial against Russian…
Saudi director of Royal Commission for Al-Ula arrested for corruption
The arrest of Amr bin Saleh Abdelrahmane Al-Madani, the director general of the Royal Commission for AlUlA (RCU), was announced…
The German Culture Pass reduced to €100
Implemented for the first time in June 2023, the KulturPass – similar to the French Culture Pass – is renewed…
“from the encyclopedic museum to the societal museum”
Barcelona. A year after his departure from Madrid where he was at the head of the Reina Sofía Museum for…