Hungary: The heads of the UK’s three main Holocaust organisations have warned that the Hungarian government should not underplay its relationship with Nazi war crimes in a Shoah museum due to open in Budapest next year. “The concerns are real,” said Henry Grunwald, chairman of the UK National Holocaust Centre.
Italy: The supreme court has ruled that the Getty Museum must return a 2,000-year-old bronze statue to Italy, as it was acquired illegally. The so-called Getty Bronze, which was created by Greek sculptor Lysippos, was bought by the Los Angeles museum more than 40 years ago.
Senegal: The Museum of Black Civilization, which aims to positively reshape African history from within the African continent, has opened in Dakar. A temporary show traces African history from prehistory to contemporary society, focusing on items from the African diaspora.
US: Institutions including Washington’s Smithsonian and London’s Natural History Museum are leading a bid to create a global digital museum. Scientists plan to digitise millions of specimens, including the Smithsonian’s 40 million fossils.
US: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is opening a cinema museum in Los Angeles later this year. It will launch with a Studio Ghibli filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki exhibition.
Compiled by Rob Sharp. Sourced from the Guardian, BBC, Artnet.com and Jewish News
Italy: The supreme court has ruled that the Getty Museum must return a 2,000-year-old bronze statue to Italy, as it was acquired illegally. The so-called Getty Bronze, which was created by Greek sculptor Lysippos, was bought by the Los Angeles museum more than 40 years ago.
Senegal: The Museum of Black Civilization, which aims to positively reshape African history from within the African continent, has opened in Dakar. A temporary show traces African history from prehistory to contemporary society, focusing on items from the African diaspora.
US: Institutions including Washington’s Smithsonian and London’s Natural History Museum are leading a bid to create a global digital museum. Scientists plan to digitise millions of specimens, including the Smithsonian’s 40 million fossils.
US: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is opening a cinema museum in Los Angeles later this year. It will launch with a Studio Ghibli filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki exhibition.
Compiled by Rob Sharp. Sourced from the Guardian, BBC, Artnet.com and Jewish News
