The museum devotes an exhibition to an often overlooked era of Chinese bronzes, emphasizing both the artistic and political stakes of producing these astonishing works.

San Pedro Park marker honors first president of Union women’s group; readers asked to help track down a plaque dedicated to ...

After years of fundraising a statue was made and unveiled in Victoria Wood's hometown - but last year it was smashed by an ...

There is no dearth of depressing news these days both at home and overseas. Cheerful tidings that buoy up the public are very rare. Thankfully, some positive news has come at last amidst ...

At least six historical markers designed by Paul Philippe Cret, the famed architect of Rittenhouse Square and other Philadelphia marvels, have vanished from Old City and Society Hill.

The city owns more than 1,000 works of art. It hasn’t inventoried them for decades and doesn’t know where at least 85 of them ...

The Netherlands will be returning over a hundred bronze statues from the old kingdom of Benin ... These include a bell, three relief plaques, a coconut casing, and a staff. The return has stimulated ...

The prize was a nickel-bronze plaque with an intricate relief depicting a 1790 performance of “The Contrast,” the first American comedy staged by a professional troupe, framed by the billowing ...

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Also heading back to Nigeria is a bell, three relief plaques, a coconut casing and a staff, currently held by the municipality of Rotterdam. The antiquities are part of a wider collection that once ...

An American flag is suspended from a charred bunny sculpture at the Bunny Museum, which was destroyed by the Eaton Fire in January, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ...

These objects – a bell, three relief plaques, a coconut casing and a staff – were also looted in 1897. Said Kasmi, a member of the Rotterdam municipal executive: “Art and heritage should be ...