Germany hands over 20 looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Abuja, NigeriaReuters Germany has handed over 20 Benin Bronzes from its museums to Nigeria, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday, making it the latest European country to return cultural artefacts to their African homeland. The handovers are the clearest sign yet of growing momentum towards the return of artefacts taken away from Africa […]
Preserving the past: Online army deploys to save Ukraine’s art and heritage
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage in the midst of war…
After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque
Ankara, TurkeyAP The Turkish Government formally converted a former Byzantine church into a mosque Friday, a move that came a month after it drew praise from the faithful and international opposition for similarly turning Istanbul’s landmark Hagia Sophia into a Muslim house of prayer. A decision by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, published in the country’s […]
“Welcome back!” Several famed museums reopen across Europe
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsAP In the Netherlands, the intimate gaze of the Girl with the Pearl Earring can once again startle and entice visitors. Down in Spain, the rusty maze of steel sheets by Richard Serra is a wonderland anew for art lovers. And at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam can drop jaws […]
POSTCARDS: UNDER THE VATICAN DOME, SHOPS RISK CLOSURE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS FEARS
As coronavirus leads to a month-long lockdown in northern Italy, CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, writing for Religion News Service, reports on its impact in Vatican City…
THE INTERVIEW: KEN HAM
In late May, US-based Biblical apologetics group Answers in Genesis opened the doors of its $US27 million Creation Museum in St Petersburg, Kentucky. Six months on, DAVID ADAMS speaks with the group’s Australian founder, Ken Ham, about the museum and his views on creationism, evolution and intelligent design…