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Artists (and Others) Talk About Art and Destruction

“Artists (and Others) Talk About Art and Destruction” by John Seed via “Huffington Post“

“Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.” ― Pablo Picasso

During my last year of graduate school one of my art professors came by my studio one evening to lead a group critique session. “Someday,” he told me, “you will have a storage problem.”

Those were wise words. I took most of my…

Cultural Policy Center, Smithsonian co-host workshop on cultural heritage protection

“Cultural Policy Center, Smithsonian co-host workshop on cultural heritage protection” by Rebecca A. Clay

Last month, researchers, policymakers and practitioners gathered in Washington, D.C. to explore how to preserve culture in the age of ISIS and other threats. The University of Chicago’s Cultural Policy Center and the Smithsonian Institutionconvened the group of experts on cultural heritage…

Coming Exhibition: Thirty years of acquisitions in the Nord-Pas de Calais Carte blanche given to the region’s museums

“Thirty years of acquisitions in the Nord-Pas de Calais Carte blanche given to the region’s museums”

  Who:  

Musée du Louvre-Lens

When: May 28, 2014 – June 1, 2015 (Hours Vary)

Where: 

Musée du Louvre-Lens Temporary Gallery 99 Rue Paul Bert 62300 Lens, France

More Information: Here.

This exhibition presents an overview of acquisitions by museums in the Nord-Pas de Calais region over the last…

UNESCO welcomes UNSC resolution to protect cultural heritage in Syria, Iraq

“UNESCO welcomes UNSC resolution to protect cultural heritage in Syria, Iraq” via “KUNA“

PARIS, Feb 13 (KUNA) — The Director-General of the UNESCO Irina Bokova welcomed on Friday the adoption of a new UN Security Council Resolution 2199 that condemns the destruction of cultural heritage and adopts legally-binding measures to counter illicit trafficking of antiquities and cultural objects from…

“Vikings”

  Who:  

The Field Museum in Chicago, IL

When: February 27, 2015 – October 4, 2015 (9am-5pm 7 days a week)

Where: 

The Field Museum 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60605

More Information: Here.

Who were the Vikings? Seafaring invaders and plunderers? Or were they also innovative explorers, traders, and craftsmen? In the upcoming exhibition, Vikings, go beyond the legend of brutal…

Greek archaeologists find couple locked in millennia-old hug

Gruesome or Sweet? **DB “Greek Archaeologists Find Couple Locked in Millennia-Old Hug“ via “Yahoo News!“

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Death did not part them.

Archaeologists in southern Greece have discovered the grave of a man and woman buried as they died some 5,800 years ago — still tightly embracing.

A senior member of the excavation team, Anastassia Papathanassiou, says the discovery — made in…