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Researchers Claim Chinese Interference in French Museum Exhibitions
Artnet News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
The post Researchers Claim Chinese Interference in French Museum Exhibitions appeared first on Artnet News. Respected Tibetologists have raised the alarm over the erasure of non-Han cultures in wall texts.
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Bührle Foundation’s provenance research is inadequate, report finds
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 28, 2024
The report by Raphael Gross calls for more research and details how Jewish owners are omitted from the published provenance
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Caravaggio masterpiece painted in Naples rather than Sicily, researchers suggest
The Art Newspaper
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
New research has overturned conventional wisdom about the provenance of artists famed painting Adoration of the Shepherds
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Researchers Grow an Extinct Plant From a 1,000-Year-Old Seed
Artnet News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
The post Researchers Grow an Extinct Plant From a 1,000-Year-Old Seed appeared first on Artnet News. The seed is called Sheba and is believed to have medicinal qualities.
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New Research on America’s Oldest Tombstone Uncovers Its Surprising Origins
Artnet News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The post New Research on America’s Oldest Tombstone Uncovers Its Surprising Origins appeared first on Artnet News. The Jamestown monument is believed to belong to colonist Sir George Yeardley.
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Facing multiple threats, Peruvian archaeologists remain determined to research the America's oldest known civilisation
The Art Newspaper
JANUARY 13, 2025
Researchers investigating the ancient Caral civilisation must contend with dwindling state support, violent land traffickers and robbers
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New York’s Hispanic Society Is Now Home to a New Goya Research Center
Artnet News
JULY 17, 2024
The post New York’s Hispanic Society Is Now Home to a New Goya Research Center appeared first on Artnet News. The museum hopes to inspire a new generation of art historians to study the work of the Spanish Old Master.
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Space Junk or Treasure? Researchers Call for Preservation of Relics in Orbit
Artnet News
DECEMBER 26, 2024
Researchers estimate 22,000 pounds of human-discarded objects on Mars. Researchers Call for Preservation of Relics in Orbit appeared first on Artnet News. The post Space Junk or Treasure?
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King Tut’s Iconic Death Mask Was Intended for Someone Else, Researchers Say
Artnet News
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Research from the University of York points to an "overlooked clue" hiding in plain sight. The post King Tut’s Iconic Death Mask Was Intended for Someone Else, Researchers Say appeared first on Artnet News.
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Greek Researcher Claims Ancient Tunic Scrap Was Alexander the Great’s. Experts Aren’t Convinced
Artnet News
NOVEMBER 1, 2024
The post Greek Researcher Claims Ancient Tunic Scrap Was Alexander the Great’s. Antonis Bartsiokas's assertions have been met with pushback from Greek archaeologists. Experts Aren’t Convinced appeared first on Artnet News.
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Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows
Artnet News
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
The post Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows appeared first on Artnet News. The surprisingly "abstract" and "minimalist" representation may hold specific symbolic significance.
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An Archaeologist’s 150-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Is Uncovered by Norwegian Researchers
Artnet News
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
The post An Archaeologist’s 150-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Is Uncovered by Norwegian Researchers appeared first on Artnet News. Lorange placed a letter, his business card, and some coins in a bottle.
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FDA advisors' scrutiny of MDMA therapy is 'temporary setback,' says Harvard researcher
Wbur
JUNE 6, 2024
Some Boston-area researchers said the decision by advisors to the U.S. Some Boston-area researchers said the decision by advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reflected challenges facing regulators as psychedelic treatments enter mainstream psychiatry.
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New York's Hispanic Society launches Goya Research Center
The Art Newspaper
JULY 16, 2024
Headed by the Goya scholar Guillaume Kientz, the new project anticipates the 200th anniversary of the artist’s death in 2028
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British Museum opens new storage and research facility
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 6, 2024
Known as BM_ARC, the site in Berkshire houses around 1.3 million objects from the London museum and is intended for scholars as well as members of the public
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This Ancient Funerary Monument May Be One of Europe’s Longest and Oldest, Researchers Say
Artnet News
JULY 26, 2024
The post This Ancient Funerary Monument May Be One of Europe’s Longest and Oldest, Researchers Say appeared first on Artnet News. The discovery sheds new light on funerary practices.
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Getty Research Institute acquires photography dealer Peter MacGill's archive
The Art Newspaper
MAY 30, 2024
The extensive archive, which includes client correspondence and daily records, will be catalogued over the course of the next few years
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SAA Receives IMLS Grant to Create a Research Agenda for the Profession
Society of American Archivists
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
September 5, 2024 —The Society of American Archivists has received a $150,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant program to establish a prioritized research agenda for the archival profession. read more
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Van Gogh’s ‘Irises’ Appear Blue Today, But Were Once More Violet, New Research Finds
Artnet News
JULY 24, 2024
The post Van Gogh’s ‘Irises’ Appear Blue Today, But Were Once More Violet, New Research Finds appeared first on Artnet News. A new show at Getty Center in L.A. will spotlight its latest analysis of the painting.
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Researchers are on a summer mission to learn more about right whales in the Gulf of Maine
Wbur
AUGUST 6, 2024
This summer, the state of Maine launched a research program to learn more about the whereabouts of North Atlantic right whales. This summer, the state of Maine launched a research program to learn more about the whereabouts of North Atlantic right whales.
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How a cap on some NIH funding could impact scientific research in Massachusetts
Wbur
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Jeffrey Flier, former dean of the Harvard Medical School, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about a new cap on some National Institutes of Health funding. Dr. Jeffrey Flier, former dean of the Harvard Medical School, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about a new cap on some National Institutes of Health funding.
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Museums without vitrines: the Scottish research team transforming the way we view art
The Art Newspaper
DECEMBER 6, 2024
An extended reality platform being developed by a Scottish university allows users to teleport around virtual museums
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RESEARCHING Your Art, Yourself, Is a Bad Idea!
Coronado Appraisal
APRIL 5, 2024
Excellent: Now, you need to differentiate in your research between this artist (worth 2 mil) and that other artist (worth 2 Grand, max). There are many problems with doing your own research; we’ve only touched on a few. How can you prove You’re Right? Let’s say you have a ‘legible’(readable) artist’s name! This is not always the case.)
The National Gallery: a place of learning in its (public) archive
The Art Newspaper
AUGUST 16, 2024
The London museum has a remarkable archive and library, available to all, and a research strategy that includes the opening of a new research centre in 2028
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A canny couple: Amsterdam’s former mayor and his wife identified as sitters in Frans Hals portraits
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 4, 2024
Fresh research has revealed how the prestigious pair seized the moment to ensure their likeness was painted by the great Dutch artist
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Kernel of truth: pollen cone stuck in paint reveals where Van Gogh’s Irises grew
The Art Newspaper
MAY 31, 2024
His purple flowers have now faded to blue, as revealed during research for a Getty exhibition in October
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New date proposed for when Florence's Baptistery of St John was built
The Art Newspaper
JULY 8, 2024
The recent research also suggests that the famous Italian landmark was part of a broader building programme
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New study of skeletons at Chichén Itzá rewrites history of ancient Maya child sacrifice
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 13, 2024
An international research team performed genetic testing on 64 children's skeletons, debunking some longstanding myths about Maya religious sacrifices
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Picasso’s Early Masterpiece Conceals a Long-Lost Secret
Artnet News
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
New research into the artist's early Blue Period work has revealed an underpainting hidden for over a century. The post Picassos Early Masterpiece Conceals a Long-Lost Secret appeared first on Artnet News.
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Kovels’ Research Library Goes to Cleveland Museum
Maine Antique Digest
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The research collection of Ralph (1920-2008) and Terry Kovel has been donated to the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA). For more than six decades, the Kovels have been experts in the field of antiques and collectibles, amassing a library and archive consisting of more than 15,000 volumes and 50 linear
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UK spending on culture among the lowest in Europe, says landmark report
The Art Newspaper
JULY 23, 2024
The State of the Arts research document also shows arts education in England to be in “significant decline”
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London's prestigious Courtauld Institute to create British art centre with $12m donation
The Art Newspaper
AUGUST 6, 2024
US-based Manton Foundation's gift will establish a research facility and "intellectual hub" at Somerset House
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New encyclopaedia makes Africa’s distant past relevant to today and tomorrow
The Art Newspaper
MAY 24, 2024
Project aims to help seasoned researchers unlearn biases and the next generation of archaeologists to find inspiration
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Release of Olena Pekh highlights plight of other Ukrainian cultural workers languishing in Russian prisons
The Art Newspaper
AUGUST 23, 2024
Through Vatican mediation, the museum researcher was freed alongside nine others earlier this summer
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Myrtle the Turtle celebrates 54 years in Boston
Wbur
JUNE 12, 2024
Over the decades, Myrtle has contributed to scientific research, been an ambassador for green sea turtles in the wild and become a cultural touchstone. Over the decades, Myrtle has contributed to scientific research, been an ambassador for green sea turtles in the wild and become a cultural touchstone.
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‘We are not seeing the picture Rubens intended’: conservation reveals drastic changes made to acclaimed Judgement of Paris
The Art Newspaper
JUNE 18, 2024
More than a year of meticulous research and work has led to the painting being glowingly restored—while revealing amendments by an unknown artist that “changed the narrative completely”
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Oldest example of figurative art found in Indonesian cave
The Art Newspaper
JULY 4, 2024
The picture depicting a wild pig and a trio of human figures dates from 51,000 years ago, according to researchers, and suggests that Europe was not the birthplace of cave art
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The Met Returns an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture to Iraq
Artnet News
APRIL 17, 2024
The repatriation follows the museum's recent appointment of a head of provenance research. The post The Met Returns an Ancient Sumerian Sculpture to Iraq appeared first on Artnet News.
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Leonora Carrington’s Mexico City home will no longer become a public museum
The Art Newspaper
OCTOBER 25, 2024
The house will be a research centre instead, allegedly due to a labour struggle at the university that owns it
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New display at Tate Modern highlights role technology can play in expanding the scope of UK museum collections
The Art Newspaper
OCTOBER 4, 2024
Works by four artists were created as part of the Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage research project
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Dana-Fiona Armour wins Sigg Art Prize for work that integrates artificial intelligence
The Art Newspaper
OCTOBER 18, 2024
German artist-researcher receives €10,000 award for “Alvinella Ophia”, depicting a hybrid serpent creature’s exploration of a dystopian desert future
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Atop MGH, psychedelics scientists grow plants that could change your mind
Wbur
JULY 18, 2024
The researchers are using stem cell technology to create what they call "mini brains" and test how psychoactive substances may affect humans. The researchers are using stem cell technology to create what they call "mini brains" and test how psychoactive substances may affect humans.
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This 18th-Century Painting Could Rewrite Black History in Britain
Artnet News
OCTOBER 14, 2024
New research brings to light the life of James Cumberlidge, a servant who became a trumpeter for King George III. The post This 18th-Century Painting Could Rewrite Black History in Britain appeared first on Artnet News.
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