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Art of the Ice Age has a lot to teach us—it’s time the British Museum dedicated a gallery to it

The Art Newspaper

The museum is only one of two institutions in the world to see Ice Age art as part of human cultural endeavour, but it needs a proper space to explain and explore this

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Artur Snitkus, Ukrainian artist and musician, killed in combat near Donetsk, aged 36

The Art Newspaper

In tributes, friends and colleagues described him as “icon of the Ukrainian queer underground” and “a holy man”

Age 344
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Miami’s Vizcaya Museum will save century-old pool-grotto mural with National Park Service grant

The Art Newspaper

The rare work by the Gilded Age artist Robert Winthrop Chanler is endangered by the surrounding water and Miami's humid conditions

Age 312
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Bronze Age Corsican statue sold at auction in London is a ‘fake’, French cultural authorities claim

The Art Newspaper

Officials and archaeologists have said the small object, which was auctioned by Lyon and Turnbull for 22,500 earlier this month, is a copy

Age 324
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Theft of Bronze Age gold artefacts from UK museum sparks fresh concerns about lack of government investment in sector

The Art Newspaper

A bracelet and torc dating back thousands of years were taken from Cambridgeshire’s Ely Museum last week, shining a light on underfunding and its potential impact on security

Age 344
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A smashing day out: boy accidentally breaks 3,500-year-old pitcher at Israeli museum

The Art Newspaper

The Middle/late Bronze Age object was “pulled” by the “curious” four-year-old while visiting the Hecht Museum in northern Israel

Age 317
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How Gothic Art From the Middle Ages Inspired Modern Artists

Artnet News

The post How Gothic Art From the Middle Ages Inspired Modern Artists appeared first on Artnet News. An exhibition in Oslo considers how artists like Edvard Munch and Kthe Kollwitz embraced the expressive potential of medieval art.

Age 124