Nicolas Pillerel wants to promote Franco-Chinese cultural tourism
Beijing (China). Nicolas Pillerel (37 years old) joined the Quai d’Orsay in 2011. He has held several diplomatic missions abroad:…
Paintings by collector Nazem Ahmad seized by police
London police seized twenty-three works of art belonging to Lebanese-Belgian art collector Nazem Ahmad, during an intervention in a warehouse…
Art Council England accused of threatening free speech
London (Great Britain). In January, Art Council England (ACE), the national agency for culture, changed the rules of its “relational…
Rachida Dati completes her cabinet
The cabinet of Minister of Culture Rachida Dati has two new members. Florence Botello is appointed advisor on subjects relating…
Irene Aristizábal takes charge of FRAC Poitou-Charentes
Until then chief curator of the Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Irene Aristizábal becomes the new director of the Regional…
Ethiopian government attempts to prevent sale of looted shield
The British auction house Anderson & Garland is auctioning an Abyssinian warrior’s shield today, Thursday February 29. It is estimated…
In Spain, family trafficking in antiquities dismantled
Madrid. Seventy-one archaeological pieces were seized after the discovery of the activities of a group of ten fences working between…
A painting more or less attributed to Modigliani returned to France by a German museum
Hanover, Paris. Following a restitution request established by the French Ministry of Culture for the painting Woman’s head (?), 1917…
Vittorio Sgarbi is not done with justice
Rome. Vittorio Sgarbi resigned on February 2 with a bang from his post as Italian undersecretary of state for culture….
Why the jury chose “Bourges 2028”
Brussels. The jury report for the selection of the European Capital of Culture 2028 has just been published; it allows…
MoMA employees call on museum to boycott Israel
A group of employees at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) have published an open letter urging the institution to…
The Pope will attend the Venice Biennale on April 28
This is a historic first. Pope Francis will visit the 60th Venice Biennale International Contemporary Art Exhibition. Its theme: “Foreigners…