Vittorio Sgarbi targeted by investigation for painting theft
Vittorio Sgarbi is summoned to shed light on a story of a stolen painting. The Secretary of State for Culture…
The Kerguéhennec estate closed for more than 3 years
The Kerguéhennec estate, which houses the art center of the same name in Morbihan, is launching a major renovation and…
Switzerland creates a commission on provenance
Swiss. The announcement was made on November 22 by the Federal Council: a commission on provenances will be created. It’s…
Bourges 2028, a “low cost” European capital
Bourges (Cher). Defying all the predictions which bet on a metropolis, preferably Clermont-Ferrand or Rouen, and to a lesser extent…
Several American museums victims of a cyberattack
Several museums have been affected by the recent hack of service provider Gallery Systems. THE New York Times reports that…
Italy separates from foreign directors of its major museums
Italy. This is the end of several weeks of rumors which had kept the Italian cultural world in suspense. The…
A fire devastates the Château de Serquigny
Serquigny (Eure). Not much remains of the roof and floor of the Château de Serquigny, completely destroyed by a fire…
Captain Cook’s ship positively identified
Researchers at the National Maritime Museum in Sydney recently announced their progress in identifying the Endeavor. For more than twenty…
Personalities from the art world who died in 2023
DECEMBER 19, 2022. The philosopher of art Gilbert Lascault (88 years old), academic, writer, essayist, critic and pataphysicist. DECEMBER 21….
Spotlight on glacial archeology
Swiss. Will we soon find other “Ötzi”? This is the very likely hypothesis on which we are working in Switzerland,…
A synagogue, a church and a mosque united a stone’s throw from the Louvre Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). Dedicated to the three Abrahamic religions, the “House of the Abrahamic Family” is located on…
Madagascar, the skull of a decapitated king soon to be returned?
For more than twenty years, Madagascar has been demanding the repatriation of three Sakalave skulls, named after the ethnic group…