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Italy Returns Parthenon Fragment to Greece, Shaking Up Debate Over Marbles in UK
The long-term loan could "open the way for a similar agreement with an act of approval by the British Parliament," said the Acropolis Museum's director.
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Ancient Rock Art in Texas “Irreparably Damaged” by Vandals
"Staff have already treated the most recent vandalism at Indian Head, but much of the damage is, unfortunately, permanent," park officials at Big Bend National Park in Texas said.
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A Swiss Museum Will Relinquish Ownership of 29 Works From Gurlitt Trove
The vast collection, which includes pieces by Max Beckmann, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso, was originally amassed by a German dealer in Nazi-looted art.
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Richmond’s Infamous Robert E. Lee Statue May Go to a Black History Museum
The Virginia governor and Richmond mayor announced a tentative agreement to transfer the massive statue to the local Black History Museum and Cultural Center.
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200-million-year-old Dinosaur Footprints Found on UK Beach
The tracks sprawl over a 164-foot-long area, each measuring about 1.6 feet.
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This Missouri County's Redesigned Seal Is a Photoshop Atrocity
The design appears to have been put together in a 1995 version of Microsoft Paint.
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Edmonia Lewis, Prominent Black and Ojibwe Sculptor, Gets Her Own USPS Stamp
The stamp will debut on January 26 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Auction of Key to Nelson Mandela’s Prison Cell Stirs Controversy
This month, Guernsey’s will hold an online auction of memorabilia related to South African president and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela.
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Faith Ringgold Mural in Rikers Island Women's Jail May Head to Brooklyn Museum
The mural was on display until 1988, when the Correctional Institution for Women became a male detention center and the painting was whitewashed.
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Celebrate Public Domain Day With Works by Kafka, Hemingway, and Zora Neale Hurston
Also available is the first Winnie the Pooh book and Langston Hughes’s debut poetry collection.
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Scientists “Digitally Unwrap" Amenhotep I's Mummy
This pharaonic mummy is the only one dating from the New Kingdom that has not been unwrapped and hence irreversibly damaged in the process in modern times.
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Clark Richert, One of Colorado's Most Prominent Artists, Dies at 80
“He asked a lot of questions and cared about what younger generations thought and were experiencing," said artist Joseph Coniff, a former student of Richert's.