1889, the epic of “The Angelus”
The recent surprise reappearance of Desperate by Gustave Courbet, who opaquely escaped French museums for the benefit of Qatar, has…
Hong Kong, the new art giant
To discover Hong Kong today is to experience a dense, vertical city where the flow of automobile traffic rubs shoulders…
Trump signs new executive order targeting the Smithsonian
The Department of the Interior was instructed, by presidential decree, to install signage around the National Museum of American History…
Disappearance of Gunther von Hagens, the “doctor of death”
Gunther von Hagens answered the question himself: yes, his body will be plastinated. An assent which only confirms his investment…
Update on the theft of Vix’s torque
A suspect in the investigation into the theft of the Vix treasure in Châtillon-sur-Seine was placed in pre-trial detention the…
711 million euros in cultural tax credits
The Ministry of Culture has just provided an overview of the ten tax credits that support cultural production. In 2023,…
Data collection and analysis: when and how?
Marketing. For a long time, tourist offices have worked on intuition. Now, they sometimes see the wave of visitors to…
Data, a tool for cultural and tourism strategies
Can we measure the impact of tourism on a city’s economy? Behind every cultural event, this question obsesses the tourist…
Sylvain Robert: “We are working to support the Louvre-Lens model”
Former executive of the territorial civil service, the socialist mayor Sylvain Robert, 54, has led the City of Lens since…
In Madrid, several countries show their support for Palestinian culture
Organized at the initiative of the Spanish and Palestinian Ministries of Culture, an International Forum for Palestinian Culture led around…
In the United States, a bill wants to protect art in federal buildings
The “Protecting Resources and Ensuring Stewardship of Enduring Records of Visual Expression (PRESERVE) Act” was presented on July 14 to…
Irregular excavations complicate identification of possible d’Artagnan skeleton
Decisive elements were lost during excavations carried out without authorization in Maastricht, in the church where d’Artagnan could have been…