Los Angeles fires mostly destroyed homes
Los Angeles (California). The gigantic fires that started in Los Angeles County on January 7 were still not out a…
Guillaume Cerutti the new strong man of the Pinault family
Guillaume Cerutti (58 years old), lengthens his CV a little further. After 8 years at the head of Christie’s, he…
La Gaîté Lyrique economically weakened by the forced occupation of its premises
Paris. In May 2023, the reopening of the Gaîté Lyrique, placed under new management and driven by a new project,…
Germany reforms process for returning property stolen by Nazis
German Culture Minister Claudia Roth announced the adoption of a new reform which should facilitate the restitution of works stolen…
Kernault Manor seriously damaged by fire
A fire broke out on the morning of Sunday January 12 at the Kernault manor in Mellac (Finistère). The fire…
Getty Images buys Shutterstock
As images generated by Artificial Intelligence multiply and more than 5 billion photos are produced every day, licensed image banks…
Disappearance of Oliviero Toscani, provocative photographer
“I am immortal until the day I am no longer.”Oliviero Toscani liked to repeat. The most famous Italian photographer died…
Francesco Erbani denounces endemic understaffing in Italian museums
Francesco Erbani publishes The State of the Art. Report among the vices, virtues and public management of cultural property (see…
The Getty Villa narrowly escapes the violent fire underway in Los Angeles
A violent fire has been underway since yesterday in Pacific Palisades, a district of Los Angeles. The drought in Southern…
Disappearance of Marie-Claude Beaud
The world of museums has just lost an important figure. Marie-Claude Beaud has directed important institutions in which she organized…
Personalities from the art world who died in 2024
January 4. The Ghanaian photographer Felicia Abban (88 years old), first female professional photographer in West Africa. She participated in…
Switzerland allocates 1.1 million francs for provenance research
While the Federal Office of Culture had supported in 2023-2024 as many research projects on goods stolen by the Nazis…