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2024


Appeal to save Brighton Pavilion dome after ‘devastating’ damage discovery

Appeal to save Brighton Pavilion dome after ‘devastating’ damage discovery

The Brighton pavilion has been a conservation nightmare ever since the early 19th century, when the architect John Nash completed the transformation of a relatively modest classical mansion into a fantasy Oriental palace for the wildly extravagant Prince Regent, the future George IV.


The National Gallery’s birthday wish: social media fame for its Creative Collaborators

The National Gallery’s birthday wish: social media fame for its Creative Collaborators

We were excited about the chance to foster cross-cultural dialogue and deepen the understanding of art through the unique lens of African mythology, while appreciating the stories from paintings within the National Gallery that have inspired us—and continue to do so.


How Agnès Varda Became an Icon of Cinema

How Agnès Varda Became an Icon of Cinema

While working for him both there and in Avignon, she came up with a strikingly original idea for making promotional stills for productions: in an effort to capture the essence of the dramas, Varda, in lieu of shooting rehearsals, decided to “restage the scene so it played to the camera.” In the process, Rickey writes, she “developed and refined an array of skills.


From a fox to a silky chicken: centuries-old paper cuttings discovered under floorboards of National Trust house

From a fox to a silky chicken: centuries-old paper cuttings discovered under floorboards of National Trust house

In the 17th century, the house was a school, where the trust believes girls may have learned the hobby of paper cutting from their teacher Hannah Woolley, who included it in her 1668 book of household management, A Guide to Ladies, Gentlewomen and Maids.


New London hub with ‘affordable’ artists studios to rise from ruins of 19th-century warehouse

New London hub with ‘affordable’ artists studios to rise from ruins of 19th-century warehouse

Organisations such as the non-profit Hypha Studios are nonetheless offering innovative solutions to the workspace crisis, by persuading commercial landlords to let artists work and exhibit for free in unoccupied stores and offices.


Royal Academy removes works from young artists’ exhibition following accusations of antisemitism

Royal Academy removes works from young artists’ exhibition following accusations of antisemitism

“Antisemitic incidents in the UK are currently at an all-time high, and many Jews in the art world feel they are being marginalised and silenced for showing sympathy with the victims of the 7 October attacks by Hamas terrorists and expressing the view that their continued holding of hostages is responsible for this terrible war,” the letter read.


National Trust for Historic Preservation grants $3m to Black heritage sites across the US

National Trust for Historic Preservation grants $3m to Black heritage sites across the US

This year’s grantees include the Ira Aldridge Theater at Howard University in Washington, DC—which will use the funds to educate the public about its architect, Hilyard Robinson—and the John F. Kennedy Community Center in Buffalo, New York, which will create a comprehensive preservation plan for its Robert T. Coles-designed building.


“Damages,” by Irene Pujadas

“Damages,” by Irene Pujadas

This conversation about the inconveniences caused by the child went on with no concern for the physical integrity of the baby—a lump of tender, pink flesh, her body soft and abundant—who seesawed from one side of the apartment door to the other, first in, then out, until finally she snapped in half and the man and woman said, at the same time, Look what you’ve done—proof that both of them had, at the very least, one thing in common.


Iowa museum becomes first in US to return looted Benin bronzes to royal ruler

Iowa museum becomes first in US to return looted Benin bronzes to royal ruler

“This discovery sparked further research and collaboration with Peju Layiwola, a leading scholar on African art restitution, and ultimately, with Prince Aghatise Erediauwa of the Benin Royal Court,” adds the museum statement.


Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President

Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President

This past Saturday, two hours after a twenty-year-old Pennsylvania man with hazy political commitments and uncertain motives tried to kill Donald Trump, Senator J. D. Vance, a Republican from Ohio, typed out a reaction on social media: “Today is not just some isolated incident.


V&A beats Met to acquire medieval ivory sculpture of Christ for ÂŁ2m

V&A beats Met to acquire medieval ivory sculpture of Christ for ÂŁ2m

The purchase was completed after the Romanesque carving, titled Deposition from the Cross and dating from 1190 to 1200, was subject to an export licence deferral by the UK authorities last November.


Paris Gallery Weekend marks a decade of progress

Paris Gallery Weekend marks a decade of progress

Situated on a quaint side street, it looks and feels less like a dealership than like the home of Sylvie and Christophe Tissot, the artists and owners who greeted visitors to their exposed-beam-ceilinged space by sitting them on stools, offering them fruit juice and regaling them with stories about the Parisian art scene of the 1970s and 80s.