Notre-Dame, after the inauguration, the rest of the program
As with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games this summer, the weather was not favorable for the reopening of…
In Spain, bacteria attack graffiti
Spain. Pilar Roig, restorer, and Pilar Bosch, microbiologist, mother and daughter, have been using a bacteria-based restoration method for around…
Uncertainty about free access to the Sketchfab platform
Paris-New York. Well known to archaeologists, artists, but also art historians interested in digital technology, Sketchfab is one of the…
The Slovak National Gallery in turmoil
Since the appointment of Slovak Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova, from a nationalist party, nothing is going well at the Slovak…
France brilliantly concludes its cultural season in China
China. The year 2024 was a special year in relations between France and China. It was in fact sixty years…
Marbles of the Parthenon, The Guardian reports progress in discussions
The Guardian indicates in its edition last Monday that negotiations for the return of the Parthenon marbles kept at the…
A look back at two disputed paintings from the Langmatt Museum
The Langmatt Museum in Baden, Switzerland – the former villa of the industrial couple Jenny (1871-1968) and Sidney Brown (1865-1941),…
London wants to cut its culture budget
United Kingdom. To balance its finances, the Labor government could attack culture. Sixteen grants for cultural development projects risk being…
The opening ceremonies of Notre-Dame de Paris have begun
Friday November 29, 2024 marks a significant step in the rebirth of the cathedral after the devastating fire of 2019….
Pompeii limits the number of its visitors
Pompeii (Italy). The most emblematic cultural sites of the peninsula are overwhelmed by waves of tourists and each tries differently…
Italian police seize valuable Etruscan artifacts
Valuable artifacts dating from the 3rd century BC were recovered by Italian authorities from a looted Etruscan necropolis in Umbria,…
The worrying thefts from the Cognacq-Jay and Hieron Museums
France. The two robberies which occurred a few hours apart at the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris and at the Musée…