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Welcome to the Art Angle, a podcast from Artnet News that delves into the places where the art world meets the real world, bringing each week’s biggest story down to earth. Join host Andrew Goldstein every week for an in-depth look at what matters most in museums, the art market, and much more, with input... Continue Reading →
Following the devastating twin explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, on 4 August, UNESCO mobilized leading cultural organizations and experts from Lebanon and abroad in an online meeting on 10 August to coordinate emergency and longer-term measures to safeguard the city’s severely damaged cultural heritage and rehabilitate its cultural life. The explosions at the port of Beirut... Continue Reading →
Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has been a monument to selective readings of history. Mehmet the Conqueror converted the cathedral of Hagia Sophia to a mosque after the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. It was a symbolic move. The conversion involved minimal physical transformation and even the name remained the same: Ayasofya Camii. Since its construction in... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUc7W4-x_6a95hC2OCRSmhQkl2Z5htuuM This is a playlist I created about the Parthenon Marbles, the history of the Acropolis, with virtual tours, information on how it was built, on the demand for their return home, the new Acropolis Museum, a debate etc. (Right click on Open link in new tab and you will see the playlist.)
The Hague/Brussels, 17 July 2020 - EUROPA NOSTRA, the European voice of civil societycommitted to cultural heritage, deplores the decision to change the museum status andrelated jurisdiction of one of the greatest and most iconic monuments in Europe and theWorld, Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This has raised fundamental concerns about the future ofthis exceptional World... Continue Reading →
The mosaics of Hagia Sophia are world-renowned priceless artifacts not only of Greek Orthodoxy but also of Byzantine Civilization and Hellenism. What is lesser known is that the hagiographies inside the Cathedral were restored by an American man before it was turned into a museum in 1935. The name Thomas Whittemore may not mean much to many,... Continue Reading →
The Christian hagiographies will be "covered" as they said. And what are the European & American officials doing? Turning a blind eye as they did back in 1453 when their help was asked. A UNESCO monument and a symbol for the christian world, turned into a mosque... "Το διάταγμα Ερντογάν για τη μετατροπή της Αγιά-Σοφιάς... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EZ5cLVOako Source: English Heritage YouTube page You can also read: https://dotslines.home.blog/2020/06/18/summer-solstice-2020-live-from-stonehenge/
Stonehenge will be silent this summer solstice for the first time in probably centuries, but anyone will be able to watch the sunrise via the internet instead. Due to the virus, even as the lockdown is eased, English Heritage have decided that social distancing rules will make allowing crowds into the site unwise, so they’ve decided to... Continue Reading →
On 2 June 2020, UNESCO successfully launched its first online international Expert Workshop on the Culture|2030 Indicators, with an opening speech by Mr Ernesto Ottone R., UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture and Ms Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The Culture|2030 Indicators were developed in collaboration with the UNESCO Institute for... Continue Reading →
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