Amulets to ward off bad luck and the plaster casts of two men killed by the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius are among the recent archaeological finds displayed at Pompeii’s newly renovated Antiquarium. The museum opened to the public on 25 January with a permanent exhibition on the history of the ancient city, ranging from…
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As part of its American Portrait initiative, an ongoing crowd-sourced project in which participants respond to prompts on the American experience, PBS has launched a roving public art initiative with the artists Carlos Ramirez, Swoon and Rick Lowe that reflects on American culture and identity. The multi-media installations, made from repurposed vehicles, will be shown…
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Museums worldwide, which are currently closed due to coronavirus restrictions, are doubling up as Covid-19 vaccine centres. In England, London’s Science Museum is expected to open up for vaccinations, as is the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, while the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds has been vaccinating patients since December last year. In…
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The City of London Corporation, which oversees the Square Mile financial hub in the capital, has voted to remove two historic statues of British politicians with links to the transatlantic slave trade from the Guildhall building in Moorgate. The statue of William Beckford, a two-time Lord Mayor of London in the late 1700s who accrued…
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The Biden administration has entered the White House with plans to tackle climate change on “an epic scale,” aiming to lead the world in a “clean energy revolution” and slash emissions in the US to net zero no later than 2050. The new government’s commitment to climate action may boost momentum around sustainability efforts across…
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In his first day in office, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. revamped the White House’s Oval Office in Washington, DC, with artworks that aim to symbolically reflect his administration’s strides toward a more unified America. The centrepiece of the room—installed above the “Resolute desk”, the 19th-century oak desk given to the US by Queen Victoria…
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The 22-year-old Los Angeles poet Amanda Gorman, America’s first ever National Youth Poet Laureate, helped set the symbolic tone at US President Joseph Biden Jr’s inauguration on Wednesday with the reading of her new work The Hill We Climb. Gorman powerfully urged those listening to turn away from the division and destruction the country has…
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A 16th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi that was stolen from a basilica museum in Naples has been recovered by Italian police. Thought to be executed by a student of the Renaissance master, the painting was found during a police search in an apartment around 7km from the Museum of San Domenico Maggiore. The owner…
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The UK government has announced new laws aimed at safeguarding historic monuments across England. The legislation, if approved by Parliament, will require individuals to have listed building consent or planning permission before removing any historic statue. The law would come into effect from March and apply to England’s 12,000 statues. Robert Jenrick, the Communities Secretary…
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As attention focuses on Joseph R. Biden Jr’s inauguration next week and the exit of Donald Trump, an exhibition at the New-York Historical Society (NYHS) invites visitors to reflect on the US presidency. One of the most popular elements of Meeting the Presidents is a re-creation of the White House Oval Office, where the commander-in-chief has exercised…
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