9+ hour, 26+ min ago  (299+ words) 39 Cultural Properties placed under Enhanced Protection in Lebanon'artdependence.com - 39 Cultural Properties placed under Enhanced Protection in Lebanon UNESCO convened an extraordinary meeting to strengthen the protection of cultural heritage in Lebanon, following the country's request. These 39 cultural properties now benefit…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (168+ words) Beijing has ordered a national inventory of all state-owned museum collections following a scandal at a top museum,where former officials illegally sold donated national treasures for personal gain over several decades. The National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA) announced the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (138+ words) Thousands rally in Bratislava, Slovakia, to defend Culture'ArtDependence - Thousands rally in Bratislava, Slovakia, to defend Culture Thousands protested in Bratislava against the cultural policies of the Slovak government under the leadership Prime Minister Robert Fico. The "Open Culture Platform" had…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (216+ words) Danish museums have successfully maintained the record visitor levels achieved in 2024, according to the 2025 survey by the Danish Museums Association. Across the 72 institutions that participated, a total of nine million visits were recorded in 2025, confirming that the surge in cultural…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (262+ words) Erling Braut Haaland bought, together with his father Alfie, the only surviving copy of Mattis St'rss'n's edition of Snorri's royal sagas. It was sold by shipowner and collector Johan Odfjell. "I want the book always to lie open so that…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (319+ words) The'Getty Museum has acquired "Glass Vase with Flowers and Fruit" by Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-about 1684), the preeminent master of floral still life painting in the "golden age" of Dutch art; and "Still Life with Assorted Fruit" by Pieter Claesz…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (415+ words) Erasmus Prize 2026 awarded to Steve McQueen'ArtDependence Erasmus Prize 2026 awarded to Steve McQueen The Praemium Erasmianum Foundation has awarded the 2026 Erasmus Prize to artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen (1969). The theme of this year's Prize is Ecce Homo, Behold the Human Being....

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (279+ words) The Pinakotheken art museums in Munich are returning a looted painting to its rightful owners. The work in question, Interior with Children (The Siblings), was painted by the Jewish artist Lesser Ury (18611931) and is being restituted to the heirs of…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (139+ words) Abu Dhabi Hotel Guests get Free Museum Access'ArtDependence - Abu Dhabi Hotel Guests get Free Museum Access Visitors booking a stay in Abu Dhabi can now access some of the emirate's top cultural attractions for free, with hotels rolling out a…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (290+ words) Picasso's Guernica converses with Dumeli Feni's African Guernica'ArtDependence - Picasso's Guernica converses with Dumeli Feni's African Guernica History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Does Rhyme is a new programme at the Museo Reina Sof'a that aims to establish a dialogue between…...