Climate activists take aim at Stonehenge – and more

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THE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

STONEHENGE VANDALISM. Two Just stop using oil climate activists spotted orange powder paint on it Steenhenge Harrison Jacobs reports on Wednesday ART news. The two demonstrators are seen in the middle of their protest in a video the group posted on social media, as bystanders tried to drag them away from the old structures. Both protesters were quickly arrested. While the spray paint is made from “orange cornmeal,” according to the group’s archaeologist Michael Pitts told the BBC that the megaliths are “delicate and completely covered in prehistoric markings that have yet to be fully studied, and any surface damage to the stones is of enormous concern.” The organization said the move was intended to call on the British government to sign a “legally binding treaty to phase out fossil fuels by 2030.”

THE VATICAN’S INDIGENOUS BUSINESSES. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insisted Pope Francis to return cultural artifacts from the Vatican Unpleasant Indigenous peoples, in a social media post on June 14, after meeting with the Pope. “I thanked His Holiness for taking up the work of Reconciliation, and I advocated the next step: the return of cultural artifacts from the Vatican Unpleasant Indigenous peoples in Canada,” he tweeted on X. Trudeau’s comments came in the wake of a recently reported investigation by the Globe and mailwhich found that little progress had been made in this area, despite the Catholic Church’s commitments to restitute First Nation artifacts.

THE DIGEST

Members of the center right in Germany Christian Democratic Union have called for the boycott of a group art exhibition in the Osnabrück Kunsthalle in northwest Germany. The show titled “Kinder, Hört mal alle her!” (Kids, Listen Up!) explores themes of domestic violence and cannibalism, and comes with a content warning for children, advising viewer discretion. (The art newspaper)

a Manhattan Supreme Court The judge has dismissed a lawsuit seeking restitution Pablo Picassopainting from 1904 Woman ironingto relatives of the former owner, Charles Adler. Plaintiffs allege that Adler sold the painting under duress in 1938 to finance his family’s escape from the Nazis, but ruled Andreas Borrok said there was not sufficient evidence to support their claim, and when the family was asked about the painting’s provenance in the 1970s, they “in no way indicated that the sale had been tainted by coercion.” (ARTnews)

Berlin legislator Felor Badenburg is preparing a broader reform to limit the distribution of funding to cultural organizations and beyond, after failing to require groups seeking government subsidies to oppose anti-Semitism. “Tax money may not benefit people or groups who are not covered by the Basic Act. It is about hostility towards the constitution and democracy,” Badenburg told German reporters. (DPA and Monopol)

The 2024 Gwangju Biennale Pavilion Projectheld from September 7 to December 1 on the following Gwangju Biennale, will be organized at multiple locations in the Korean city and expanded from nine to 32 participants, including Argentina, New Zealand, Peru, Spain and Qatar. The theme will respond to the main subject of the biennale: “Pansori, a soundscape of the 21^st century”, compiled by Nicholas Bourriaud. (ArtAsiaPacific)

Van Cleef & Arpels opens her second campus School of Jewelry Art in Paris, which will also serve as an exhibition space. The 14,000 square meters, 18^e century mansion in Montmartre is the former home of a nobleman who saved Marie Antoinette‘s jewelry and will be launched with an exhibition on stage jewelry. (WWD)

Archaeologists have discovered a votive altar there Mount Arriundi in Spain, while excavating a medieval monastery. The votive altar dates from the 1^st century AD, from Roman times, and experts believe it was dedicated to it Larrahé, an ancient Basque deity. (Heritage Daily)

On June 23, collector Reinhard Ernst opens a new museum of the same name in Wiesbaden, Germany, designed by the late Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki. The works on display in the 2,5,000-square-foot space include pieces from Helen Frankenthaler, Tony Cragg, Lee Krasner, Frank Stella, Pierre SoulagesAnd Yuichi Inoue. (The art newspaper)

Can Los Angeles’ Oceanwide Plaza abandoned skyscrapers, made famous by graffiti artists, be saved? Reporter Vincent takes a closer look at “one of the real estate disasters of all time in the region.” (The Los Angeles Times)

THE KICKER

PATEK PHILIPPE BY JOHN LENNON. For The New YorkerJay Fielden has delved into the mysterious story behind it John Lennon‘s mythical stolen Pateck Philippe 2499 look, given to him by Yoko ono just a few months before he died, and now at the center of a property dispute in a Geneva court. Featuring a sought-after perpetual calendar chronograph, and one of only 349 ever made, the “El Dorado of Lost Watches” is perhaps the most valuable wristwatch in existence, writes Fielden, estimated to cost between $10 and $40 million. is worth. auction. For years, Fielden has traced how this watch, which was locked in a room in Lennon’s apartment after his death, was apparently stolen in 2005 and ended up in the hands of an unnamed man, court documents call Mr. A, who claims it is now his property. Legal Owner. A difficult case, which is now under the supervision of the Swiss Supreme Court. However, the identity of the original owner remains obvious to all: Ono left a famous, secret inscription to Lennon on the watch.