Legion of Honor: distinguished figures of the arts on July 14, 2026
The civilian promotion of the Legion of Honor on July 14, 2026 distinguishes 619 people. It has 518 appointments to…
France returns works lent 15 years ago to Syria
Emmanuel Macron’s diplomatic visit on July 6 and 7 to Damascus was an opportunity to return 23 archaeological pieces to…
Patrizia Nitti (1944-2026)
Patrizia Nitti died in Arezzo at the age of 82 on July 10. Born in Paris during her family’s anti-fascist…
America celebrates its fractures
Washington, D.c. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men are created equal; they are endowed by their Creator…
University science on the verge of an impasse
The Court of Auditors’ report on Universcience highlights weaknesses but above all describes a public establishment installed in a structural…
Catherine Trautmann: “Culture is not an option”
Former Minister of Culture under Lionel Jospin, Catherine Trautmann is the first woman to have led a city of more…
Around twenty jewels stolen from the Lalique Museum
The blacklist continues: a new burglary has hit a museum in France, the Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder (Bas-Rhin). Sunday July…
Italy reveals major new acquisition
The Italian state had wanted to acquire it for several decades, and the Meloni government did so: after more than…
Valentin Roma returns to Macba in Barcelona
Barcelona. Valentín Roma takes over from Elvira Dyangani Ose, the first woman to direct the institution, who left her position…
Deutsche Bank closes its exhibition venue in Berlin
Next November, Deutsche Bank will celebrate its farewell at the PalaisPopulaire, its main exhibition venue in Berlin for eight years….
An archaeological treasure stolen from a Tarn museum
The scene would be almost romantic if it were not dramatic for the victim: on the night of June 30…
Entire papyrus scroll deciphered using AI
A team of researchers from the University of Kentucky managed to read a charred papyrus buried by the eruption of…