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Bahrain’s Culture Minister Announces Plans for Manama As Cultural Capital of the Arab World 2012
Bahrain’s Culture Minister, Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, has announced a broad raft of programs and events that will be held throughout next year to celebrate the Bahraini capital, Manama, as Cultural Capital of the Arab World 2012. How...
South Africa’s Department of Arts And Culture Embarks on a Process of Re-aligning Its Funding
The Department of Arts and Culture has embarked on a process of re-aligning its funding to the priorities identified at the Consultative Conference, says Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile.
Competition Launched to Find Future UK World Heritage Sites
A competition to find more cultural and natural heritage places of global importance , which are fit to become future UK World Heritage Sites, was launched this week by Culture Minister Margaret Hodge. In future the Government will put forward fewer...
Export Bar Placed on a Collection of Typescripts From Contemporary Dramatizations of the Works of Thomas Hardy
U.K. Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a collection of typescripts from contemporary dramatizations of the works of Thomas Hardy. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the collection in the United...
Temporary Export Bar Placed on Welsh Landscape with Two Women Knitting, a Painting By William Dyce
U.K. Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by William Dyce, Welsh landscape with two women knitting. The Minister’s ruling follows a recommendation by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art...
U.K. Government Scheme Accepts Artworks in Lieu of Inheritance Tax
Paintings by Titian, Van Dyck and David Hockney as well as many other cultural works – with a combined value of £19.8 million – were saved for the nation last year thanks to the Government’s Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme, Culture Minister...
Libya Threatening Sanctions Against UNESCO
Libya has threatened to cut off all forms of cooperation with the United Nations agency for culture and education (UNESCO) if the recently elected Bulgarian nominee is confirmed as UNESCO’s new director general. Irina Bokova, Bulgaria’s permanent...
Temporary Export Stop Placed on ‘exceptional’ 16th Century Dutch Mannerist Masterpiece By Cornelis Van Haarlem
U.K. Culture Minister Barbara Follett has placed a temporary export bar on a painting of Saint Sebastian by the Dutch artist Cornelis van Haarlem. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting in the United Kingdom. The Minister’s...
