From APOLLO 24 August 2016: What can two Etruscan sarcophagi teach us about ourselves? Phoebe Segal 24 AUGUST 2016 Sarcophagus and lid with portraits of husband and wife (detail; late 4th–early 3rd century BC), Etruscan; Volcanic tuff. Photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In recent years, as the museum world has pursued a […]
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from: THE ART NEWS PAPER DAILY, 24-08-2016 Maamoun Abdulkarim, Syria’s director general of antiquities and museums NEWS Almost 70% of smuggled objects seized in Syria and Lebanon are fakes, antiquities chief says In a wide-ranging interview, Maamoun Abdulkarim discussed the realities of illegal trafficking, restoration efforts in Palmyra and his concerns over destruction […]
From Art News Paper Daily NEWS Gustavo Aceves to install monumental horse sculptures in front of Rome’s Colosseum Travelling exhibition Lapidarium will also be on view at capital city’s Trajan’s Market by CRISTINA RUIZ | 15 August 2016 Gustavo Aceves’s Lapidarium (2016) will go on show in Rome in September. (Image: courtesy of the […]
German Parliament passes controversial law to protect cultural heritage German culture minister Monika Grütters, speaking here at last year’s Art in Karlsruhe exhibition, has forged ahead with the controversial reform. The German upper house of parliament today (8 July) passed a law aimed at tackling illegal trafficking in looted antiquities and protecting German national heritage, […]
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From Apollo Magazine, London, Jan 8, 2016 A 3D-rendering of the archway of the Temple of Bel, Palmyra, created by the Institute for Digital Archaeology Reconstructing Syria’s heritage is a hopeful but distant dream AVERIL CAMERON The news that a 3D-printed replica of the arch of the Temple of Bel at Palmyra […]
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OPNAME DATA TUSSEN KUNST en KITSCH 2016 Dit is het opname schema voor het najaar 2016 : Huis Bergh, ‘s-Heerenberg 12 september 2016 Kranenburgh, Bergen 26 september 2016 Gorcums Museum, Gorcum […]
PAROOL 29 augustus 2015: ‘… 3500 jaar oud Grieks paleis gevonden In Griekenland zijn restanten gevonden van een paleis uit de 14e eeuw voor Christus. In het paleis werden kleitabletten gevonden met inscripties inLineair B, de voorloper van het Oud-Grieks. De inscripties geven meer inzicht in de taal en cultuur van Mycene, een belangrijke oud-Griekse beschaving…’ […]