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Storm surge is pictured before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean Terrace area of Kingston, Jamaica, on October 25, 2025. Deadly storm Melissa strengthened Saturday afternoon into a Category 1 hurricane, with rapid intensification expected over the weekend as it cut a worryingly slow course toward the Caribbean island of Jamaica, forecasters said. …

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Rendering of Prequel Park, Dogpatch Power Station, for which the ICA SF will organize the public art program. ©Hayes Davison The Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF) will leave its current home at The Cube in December in favor of adopting a “a fully nomadic, citywide model” that will see it present exhibitions …

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Samia Halaby’s work at the Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Sarah Douglas/ARTnews The Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Qatar is showing works by Samia Halaby that were meant to appear in a canceled survey to be held last year at Indiana University. In December 2023, the school’s Eskenazi Museum of Art called off the …

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Exterior view of the front entrance of the Oakland Museum of California, 2010. Photo Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images More than 1,000 objects were stolen from the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)’s collection earlier this month, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. On October 15, around 3:30 a.m., a thief or group of …

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Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares inaugurating “Half the World: Women in Indigenous Mexico” Courtesy el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación de España On Friday, Spanish foreign minister José Manuel Albares inaugurated a sprawling exhibition titled “Half the World: Women in Indigenous Mexico,” with more than 400 works on loan from the …

Spain Acknowledges ‘Injustice and Pain’ Colonization Caused to Mexico’s Indigenous Populations, But Stops Short of Formal Apology Read More »

Hale A. Woodruff, Opening Day at Talladega College (1942) Historical Collection of Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama In a move that may shine light on how museums and institutions could share the responsibility of preserving cultural heritage, Alabama’s Talladega College has entered into a partnership with three art institutions to share six monumental artworks. The alliance—between …

A New Model for Stewardship: Talladega College’s Partnership to Share Hale Woodruff’s Murals Read More »

The Wexner Center for the Arts Brad Feinknopf On August 25, staff at the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University sent a letter of no confidence in the leadership of executive director Gaëtane Verne to university officials, according to Columbus media outlet Matter News. The institution came under scrutiny this fall …

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Deformation patterns and intensive rock fractures in the antechamber and burial chamber ceilings of King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Courtesy Sayed Hemeda, Nature The tomb of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamen, located in the Valley of the Kings, has experienced instability and damage from flash flooding and major faults that has worsened over time. One expert outlined methods …

A New Study Finds King Tut’s Tomb Is at Risk of Collapse Read More »