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THE NEW LEADER OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Nicholas Cullinan A new director has been appointed British Museum In London, after the resignation of the former director Hartwig Fischer, who resigned following a massive theft of the museum’s collection, which the institution believes was perpetrated by its former curator. He is currently the director of Cullinan National Portrait Galleryand in his new role, he will also have to face broad challenges Parthenon marble To Greece, as well as governance problems.
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MUSEUM STRIKES. In news for museum workers, union members are flexing their muscles to demand better working conditions, workers at one organization have gone on strike, and another has reached a pay agreement. More than 400 employees Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) It went on strike on Tuesday over low wages and protections for part-time workers against outsourcing. As a result, the museum has been closed ever since. Meanwhile, the workers Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) They have ended the strike after reaching an agreement with the administration. Unions voted to raise the minimum wage and improve working conditions.
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Inigo PhilbrickAn art dealer who pleaded guilty to an $86 million fraud has been released from prison after serving nearly four years of a seven-year sentence. [The Art Newspaper and Vanity Fair]
Harvard University He announced that his library has removed a controversial human skin binding from a 19th-century book, and was determining the “final respectful disposition of these human remains.” Destinies of the soul (The fate of souls) by Arsene Houssaye, was linked by the remains of an unknown woman who had died in a psychiatric hospital in France. The book has long been the subject of morbid sensationalism, but the school now says it is no longer in their collection due to ethical concerns. [The New York Times]
Lauren Haynes He will be the new chief curator of art and culture and vice president Trust for Governors Island in New York Harbor. [The New York Times]
researchers from West Norfolk and King’s Lynn Archaeological Society (WNKLAS) A new investigation is underway to find the lost treasure King Johnwho ascended the throne of England in 1199. The king is said to have missed a baggage train. The Crown Jewels of England In tidal estuaries that would have been located near present-day Walpole Marsh in the Fenlands. [Heritage Daily]
The Taipei Biennial announced Sam Bardaouil and to Fellrath The 14th edition will be inaugurated in November. [Art Review]
Saudi Arabia will not allow a four-month “Saudi village” to be established Paris Olympics in the meadows around the city Invalid the monument and the military museum, which includes it Napoleonthe grave of The controversial Saudi pavilion was said to be intended to showcase the country’s “cultural activities”, and in exchange for the real estate, it offered the museum a “generous” sum of money. The French Defense Ministry said the reasons for the cancellation were related to the “lack of response” from Saudi representatives. [Le Parisien]
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OLYMPIC HISTORY. New exhibition on social and geopolitical history The Olympic Games It will open in Paris Shoah memorial tomorrow, and shows how “sports are never just sports,” according to the show’s co-curator Caroline Francoistalking The Guardian. The same can be said about art. From the Nazi propaganda at the 1936 Berlin Games to the athletes expelled from the 1968 Mexico City Games. Black Power hi, the show does timely preparation before the next one Paris Olympics, was held against the backdrop of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. “The world’s biggest sporting event has at times been exploited by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, and at others has raised serious questions about race, discrimination, colonialism, sexism,” writes Angelique Chrisafis.
