1+ hour, 44+ min ago  (565+ words) The Strait of Hormuz has remained largely closed to cargo ships since the beginning of the US-Israel war in Iran "An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted. A retreat began from the old confidence…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago  (656+ words) The 400-year-old Golestan Palace reportedly sustained damage from a nearby missile blast in March More than 200 scholars and cultural professionals from across the world have condemned what they describe as "irreversible damage" to Iran's heritage by the United States and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (319+ words) A new Colorado State University study reveals that'the earliest known dice'in human history were made and used by Native American hunter-gatherers on the western Great Plains more than 12, 000 years ago. This was at the end of the last Ice Age…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (287+ words) The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on 26 November 2024 on the building in Beirut where Mahmoud Naim Cherri and Nadira Hayek lived Ali Cherri The French Lebanese artist Ali Cherri has filed a war crimes complaint in France over an Israeli…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (744+ words) The United Nations body Unesco has granted enhanced protection to 39 cultural sites in Lebanon, placing them under the highest level of legal safeguards amidst an escalating war between Israel and Hezbollah. The decision, taken during what Unesco described as an…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (261+ words) Since the war began, Iran has sustained immeasurably life-altering damage to its urban fabric, infrastructure and environment. Most criminally consequential is the loss of life: for example, a strike on the girls" school in Minab, southern Iran, killed at least…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (14+ words) Iran's arts community and heritage suffer as US-Israeli attacks continue'The Art Newspaper...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (331+ words) The Azrieli Foundation and TAF have said that the end of their funding agreement is unrelated to the protests by artists and art workers. Nevertheless, AAA wrote in a statement earlier this week: "This victory comes after two years of…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (836+ words) Damage to Tehran's Sa'dabad Palace after an airstrike on 17 March As the number of historic sites damaged by US-Israeli strikes in Iran mounts, Iranian archaeologists have launched an interactive map that geolocates cultural sites in the country that have been…...

1+ mon, 16+ hour ago  (612+ words) Sydney's art biennale opened its doors on 14 March A police investigation has been launched following allegations of antisemitism at the Sydney Biennale's opening night. Two major corporate partners have also distanced their brands from the event. The controversy centres on…...