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An Ancient City Off The Coast Of Italy Re-emerges From The Sea

For centuries, Aenaria had existed somewhere between history and myth. Today, its rediscovery is reshaping Ischia's story – and offering travellers the rare chance each summer to dive into a piece of history once thought lost to the sea. - BBC

1,700-Year-Old Mayan Royal Tomb Uncovered In Belize

“The tomb is the final resting place of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of (the) ancient Maya city (of Caracol) and the founder of its royal dynasty. He ascended the throne in 331 C.E. and was interred in a royal family shrine along with items including pottery vessels, jadeite jewelry, and a mosaic jadeite mask.” - Artnet

Artnet Staff: Our Favorite Art Books Of All Time

The books that made impressions on people who care about art. - Artnet

How Women From The Former East Germany Are Shaking Up The Museum World

What these women offer isn’t nostalgia. It’s clarity. A resistance to simplification. A belief that history is not a finished room. In Kathleen Reinhardt’s office, there’s a poster that reads: “You don’t have to tear down the statues – just the pedestals.” - The Guardian

Philadelphia’s Newest Art Museum Is Also Its Smallest

It holds only six paintings. It’s free, though reservations are required. And it’s an unlikely spot for a museum: the Green Room of the Academy of Music, the historic opera house/musical theater venue owned by the Philadelphia Orchestra. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)

Historic Documents Stolen Ten Years Ago From Dutch National Archives Are Found In Attic

A decade ago, an employee stole 25 priceless documents from the Netherlands’ National Archives in the Hague. The trove included 16th-century records of clandestine government affairs, a 15th-century letter from a knight and documents from the Dutch East India Company. - Smithsonian

Bronx Museum Picks A New Director

Shamim M. Momin is, most recently director of curatorial affairs at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle and co-founder of Los Angeles Nomadic Division, succeeds Klaudio Rodriguez, who left his executive director post last August. - The New York Times

First Look At LACMA’s New Home

Created to house the museum’s permanent art collection, the David Geffen Galleries increase the total museum space from 130,000 square feet to 220,000 square feet. - Los Angeles Magazine

Perhaps Inevitably, A British MP Has Called For The Bayeux Tapestry To Travel To Hastings

Sure, why not just take that fragile tapestry to the south coast and “reserve at least 1,066 tickets to the exhibition for people from Hastings.” - The Guardian (UK)

What Does Beauty Mean In The Age Of AI?

“When you have surgery to look like your best self as shown on a flat screen, the results in three-dimensional reality can be very odd indeed.” - The Guardian (UK)

Does It Matter if That Art You Liked Was Fake?

 I wondered what it meant if the Greek water jar I had been so moved by, depicting a woman who may have been Sappho bent over a scroll, had in fact been a worthless copy. Did that make the experience any less real? - The Guardian

The Bayeux Tapestry Was Too Fragile To Move. So Now It’s Visiting England? What Changed?

The shift in tone may seem stark, but the Bayeux Museum said it had carried out tests – including a dress rehearsal with a model – that persuaded its experts that the tapestry could be sent to the UK without excessive damage. - The Guardian

Casing The Joint: Homeland Security Descends On Chicago’s National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts

According to the museum, officers told staff that they were there in an attempt to assess places where undocumented immigrants might enter and leave the museum at upcoming events. - Artnet

Remember The Collective That Sold Pieces Of A Damien Hirst Painting Dot By Dot? Look At What They’re Up To Now.

“Billed as a ‘financial trust fall,’ the project” — a sculpture of an infant, built to be taken apart and divided, which the collective MSCHF has titled King Solomon’s Baby — “invites collectors to take the plunge (and buy a piece), hoping others will follow suit in a reverse pyramid scheme that’s artfully self-aware.” - ARTnews

Museums Are Rethinking The Environmental Costs Of Collection Climate Controls

These decades-old guidelines determine the temperature and relative humidity at which museums maintain their collections, but implementing them comes with high energy costs and carbon footprints. - The Art Newspaper

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