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A museum-style gallery installation featuring ancient marble sculptures and busts displayed on black pedestals against a backdrop of dark velvet curtains and wood flooring.

A New E.U. Antiquities Regulation Adds to Dealers’ Mounting Legal, Administrative and Financial Burdens

“Regulation 2019/880 places additional burdens on the art market in the form of extra paperwork and time,” art lawyer Leila A. Amineddoleh told Observer.
By Elisa Carollo
A person points to text in an aged, illuminated manuscript resting on a display surface under dim lighting

Hidden Liabilities: How Rare Manuscripts Threaten Institutional Reputations

Brett Erickson, a specialist in reputational risk and cultural asset governance, breaks down increasing reputational threats unfolding behind the glass cases of our most trusted institutions. From Naples to Washington to Oslo, Erickson traces how stolen manuscripts, smuggled antiquities and provenance blind spots are reshaping the way museums, libraries and private collections confront integrity—not just as an ideal, but as a liability, a legal threshold and a legacy at stake.
By Brett Erickson

An Insider’s Guide to Sri Lanka

Grab a fresh coconut and watch surfers glide across waves in Weligama or Hiriketiya. Wait quietly as elephants stomp past your vehicle and leopards hide in the jungle while on safari in Yala National Park. And in the country’s center, watch the cascading tea terraces.
By Katie Lockhart
Image of a tall column standing in a park.

UNESCO Adds Five Constantin Brancusi Sculptures and the Appian Way to Its World Heritage List

By Elisa Carollo
green grass field near mountain under blue sky during daytime

10 Extraordinary UNESCO Sites to Explore Across America

By Paul Jebara

While Russia Attacks Cultural Sites in Ukraine, the UN’s World Heritage Meeting is Still Scheduled in Russia

By Laura Kirkpatrick

UNESCO and Ukrainian Cultural Workers Are Moving to Defend the Country’s Heritage

By Helen Holmes

Kate Fitz Gibbon Discusses the Nuances of Global Cultural Policy

By Helen Holmes
Mound B from Atop Mound A (Great Temple Mound), Etowah Mounds, Near Cartersville, Georgiaca. 1250 CEThis black and white photograph by Tom Pattonshows one of many large Mississippian period mound centers that dotted the landscape of eastern North America before European contact.

Exhibition Reveals Stories of America’s Very Own Ancient Earthworks

By Alanna Martinez
Venus of Hohle Fels.

UNESCO Adds Caves With World’s Oldest Known Art to Heritage List

By Alanna Martinez
Mexico, Anahuac, Teotihuacan, Moon Pyramid.

New Discoveries From Ancient City of Teotihuacan to Be Shown in US Exhibition

By Alanna Martinez
Revellers watch the sunrise as they celebrate the pagan festival of Summer Solstice at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, southern England on June 21, 2015. The festival, which dates back thousands of years, celebrates the longest day of the year when the sun is at its maximum elevation. Modern druids and people gather at the landmark Stonehenge every year to see the sun rise on the first morning of summer.

The Scientific Discovery That Explains Stonehenge and the Summer Solstice

By Alanna Martinez
Aerial view of the Spider (46 meters long) at Nazca Lines, some 435 km south of Lima, Peru on December 11, 2014. Geoglyphs can be seen only from atop the surrounding foothills or from aircrafts. The purpose of the Nazca lines remains unclear, according some scientists the Nazca people created them to be seen by their gods in the sky. The area of the Nazca Lines cover nearly 500 km2.

Satellite Images May Have Solved the Mystery of Peru’s Nazca Lines

By Alanna Martinez
The ancient neolithic monument of Stonehenge near Amesbury is viewed from a hot air balloon on September 7, 2016 in Wiltshire, England. To mark the 30th anniversary of Stonehenge becoming a World Heritage Site, English Heritage has launched a competition offering members of the public the chance of a hot balloon ride which allows the chance to see a unique view of Stonehenge within in a wider prehistoric landscape but also the see the recent changes to its setting in recent years including the removal of the A344 and the old car park.

Is a Proposed Tunnel Under Stonehenge a Threat to Humanity’s History?

By Alanna Martinez
A damaged and ravaged Palmyra, Syria

10 Country Coalition Forms to Protect Ancient Historic Sites From ISIS

By Justin Joffe
The sign for the Comet Ping Pong restaurant is seen in Washingon, DC, on December 5, 2016. An assault rifle-wielding gunman's appearance at a Washington pizzeria that was falsely reported to house a pedophile ring has elevated worries over the unrelenting rise of fake news and malicious gossip on the internet. No one was injured when 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch strode into the Comet Ping Pong restaurant, packed with families on a Sunday afternoon, and fired off a round from his AR-15.

Pizzagate-Inspired Digital Art, Stefan Simchowitz Talks the Future of the Art Market

By Alanna Martinez
Jimena Almendares speaks at the BEHAVE 2016 behavioral marketing conference.

Consultant and Ex-OKCupid Exec Jimena Almendares Details Her Day

By John Bonazzo
The Bronx Museum of the Arts.

The Bronx Lures Artists, Art World Responds to the Presidential Debate

By Alanna Martinez
Jared Leto arrives to the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.

Jared Leto Will Play Andy Warhol, Broad Museum’s Blockbuster Attendance

By Alanna Martinez
Mayor of London Boris Johnson (L) watches during the unveiling of a replica of Palmyra's Arch of Triumph in Trafalgar Square, central London, on April 19, 2016. The original arch was destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) and the replica has been crafted using the latest 3D printing and carving technologies by the Institute for Digital Archaeology.

ISIS-Destroyed Syrian Landmark To Be Resurrected in City Hall Park

By Alanna Martinez
CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 20: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stands with Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence and acknowledge the crowd on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Indiana Museum in Need of Mike Pence Portrait Artist, Facebook Censors Hand Drawing

By Alanna Martinez
Papal Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Umbria, Italy.

Italian UNESCO Site Safe After Earthquake, Peter Doig Wins Authentication Case

By Alanna Martinez
Zaha Hadid.

Islamist Extremist Pleads Guilty to War Crimes for Mosque Destruction … And More

By Guelda Voien
Women holding mirrors participate in a photo shoot by artist Spencer Tunick in his latest large-scale art installation: Everything She Says Means Everything," across from site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 17, 2016 where naked women will stand facing the Quicken Loans Arena holding large, round mirrors. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION - NO CLOSE UP SHOTS TO BE REPRODUCED OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE INSTALLATION

Artist Stages Nude Protest Outside Republican Convention, 3 NY Museums Offer Buyouts

By Alanna Martinez
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