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Met Museum Returns Three Antiquities to Iraq Connected to Art Dealer Robin Symes

Vessel supported by two rams. Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced that it will return three ancient sculptures to Iraq, dating from 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. They are estimated to be collectively worth $500,000. The items are a Sumerian vessel …

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Mediterranean Alliance for Wetlands Launches Campaign Against the Guggenheim Museum Expansion in Spain

The exterior view of the Guggenheim Museum designed by architect Frank Gehry in Bilbao, Spain. Photo Joaquin Gomez Sastre / NurPhoto via Getty Images The Mediterranean Alliance for Wetlands launched a campaign to protect the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve from an extension of the Guggenheim Museum, which has been trying to expand its Bilbao outpost. “A …

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Crystal Bridges Acquires Monumental Tiffany Studios Stained-Glass Window from a Texas Church

Tiffany Studios, designed by Agnes Northrop, Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window), 1917. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, acquired a monumental landscape stained-glass window created by Tiffany Studios, marking the first window of its kind to enter the museum’s collection. Measuring approximately nine feet tall by …

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Chinese Collector and Philanthropist to Open New Nonprofit Art Space in London’s Bloomsbury District

Yan Du, the founder of YDP, says the project happened “very organically.” courtesy YDP This October, Chinese collector and philanthropist Yan Du will open a new nonprofit space supporting artists from Asian backgrounds in London’s Bloomsbury district. Called Yan Du Projects (YDP), it is located in a huge, Grade 1-listed, 18th-century Georgian townhouse in Bedford …

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LA’s Fowler Museum Returns 11 Objects to Australia’s Larrakia Community

Four of the ten glass spearheads being returned by the Fowler Museum. Courtesy of the Fowler Museum, UCLA The Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) recently returned 11 objects to an Aboriginal community in Northern Australia. A kangaroo tooth headband and 10 glass spearheads, some of which are more than 100 …

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Ana Pellicer, Mexican Sculptor Who Made Jewelry for the Statue of Liberty, Dies at 79

Ana Pellicer. Courtesy Mexican Culture Ministry Ana Pellicer, a sculptor beloved in her home country of Mexico for her copper creations, has died at 79. Mexico’s culture ministry announced her death this week but did not state a cause. Pellicer has received international praise in the past decade for the jewelry she made for the …

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London’s National Gallery Reopens Its Sainsbury Wing, Now ‘More Approachable’ Than Ever

The Sainsbury Wing’s rehang. Getty Images To celebrate its 200th anniversary, London’s National Gallery has recently revamped its Sainsbury Wing, a transformation that has taken three years and $113 million. It was an arduous process, and one that has not always received positive attention. But when I met Gabriele Finaldi, director of London’s National Gallery, …

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The Authors Guild Sues the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency

The White House. Photo Alex Wong/Getty Images A class action lawsuit was filed Monday by the Authors Guild, along with independent scholars and writers, against the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and officials within the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for terminating millions in committed grants from Congressional funds. The lawsuit argues that these …

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Germany Settles Century-Long Restitution Dispute Over Royal Property

German Historical Museum, new building, Pei Building, behind the foundry, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. (Photo by: Bildagentur-online/Schoening/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Bildagentur-online/Universal Ima A nearly century-long legal battle over royal property has ended, as Germany’s federal government and the states of Berlin and Brandenburg reached a settlement with the descendants of a German noble family …

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