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Dangerously Cool? What 1920s German Art Tells Us Halfway Through The 2020s

​Detail of Carl Walther’s 1926 "Lady with a Cigarette", part of the New Objectivity exhibition at the Mannheim Kunsthalle
Detail of Carl Walther’s 1926 "Lady with a Cigarette", part of the New Objectivity exhibition at the Mannheim Kunsthalle Nachlass Carl Walther/Mannheim Kunsthalle's official website

In the German city of Mannheim, the museum of modern and contemporary art is re-staging its iconic 1925 exhibition on the art movement. One hundred years on, it resonates strongly with our current era. Does our restless present demand a New Objectivity? Or does it serve as a warning?

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A Future For Timbuktu’s Ancient Books? Conservation And Digitization

Abdul Wahid shows a manuscript from the 14th century at his house in Timbuktu, North of Mali.
Abdul Wahid shows a manuscript from the 14th century at his house in Timbuktu, North of Mali. UN Mission in Mali

Mali’s “mysterious city” welcomes a new class of students trained in looking after ancient books. From conservation to digitization of these works, a colossal task awaits them to preserve this endangered heritage and the secrets they contain.

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OOPS! Worker Puts Foot Through Fresco At Florence’s Uffizi

ANSA, LA STAMPA, LA REPUBBLICA (Italy) Worldcrunch FLORENCE– It only took a step in the wrong place by a worker doing maintenance in the floor above to bust through a 500-year-old fresco in the famed Uffizi Gallery. According to ANSA news agency, the fallen piece depicted an allegorical female figure from the 16th Century. The […]

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