Met meets for 12th-century ivory sculpture after financial clash with London’s V&A

Deposition from the Cross (c.1190-1200)

A sculpture depicting the body of Jesus Christ being lifted from the cross by Joseph of Arimathea is now expected to remain in the UK. London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, also known as the V&A, has raised the £2 million (€2.385 million) needed to acquire a 12th-century walrus ivory previously earmarked for the Metropolitan Museum … Read more

Two artists commemorate the women who fought against the Nazis in Berlin

Artist duo Hannah Goldstein and Claudia Balsters

Artists Hanna Goldstein and Claudia Balsters organized an exhibition at the commemoration, highlighting the important role women played in the resistance to the Nazis. In commemoration, artists Hannah Goldstein and Claudia Balsters organized an exhibition highlighting the important role women played in the resistance to the Nazis. Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the assassination of … Read more

On the roads of Jacquou le Croquant,

A beautiful deer track on the wet road reminds us that big game is at home here. “It is not sparing our plantations with deer and we are negotiating quotas with the hunters’ federation to regulate their presence,” explains Sébastien Spirkel, also pointing to strips of land roamed under the trees by a herd of … Read more

US President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 amid increasing health concerns

US President Joe Biden walks down the steps of Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, 17 July 2024

As pressure mounted on Biden to abandon his re-election campaign, he announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 before canceling an appearance at an event in Las Vegas. Under pressure from his Democratic colleagues to abandon his re-election campaign, US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19. The White House said Biden would … Read more

Dannemarie. Cabin by the water to accommodate bicycle tourists

In the presence of Senator Patricia Schillinger, Alsace Councilor Laurent Wendlinger, Vice-Presidents of the Community of Sud Alsace Largue Communes (CCSAL) Jean-Marc Schnoebelen and Claude Jud, Director of the Tourist Office Vianney Muller, the area of ​​the VNF (French Waterways) from the Rhône to the South Rhine unit Nikolas Sholtus, Mayor Alexander Berbet continued to … Read more