Culturekiosque: Art and Archaeology News

News of note from the world of fine arts, visual arts and archaeology, as selected by our editors.

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100,000-Year-Old Artist Workshop Found in South Africa

Painting remains discovered at Blombos Cave in South Africa document how prehistoric men made their pigments.

2 Nov 2011

Suicide Installation Opens in Prague

Hundreds of people have jumped to their deaths from Nusle Bridge in Prague.

Jacqueline de Romilly: 1913 - 2010

The French scholar and member of the Académie Française was a specialist on ancient Greece and especially on Thucydides and Pericles’ Classical Athens.

Television: Paris, the Luminous Years

Perry Miller Adato's new documentary for PBS spotlights the art world’s first international avant-garde.

Prado Museum Reveals Unknown Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Following Bruegel's early death in 1569, the already celebrated artist's small output was obsessively pursued by collectors.

Cairo Museum of Islamic Art Re-opens After $10-Million Restoration

The twenty-five galleries of the 1903 building in central Cairo comprise the world’s largest Museum of Islamic Art.

Treasures of Kazakhstan to Go on View at Christie’s

Christie’s presents a special loan exhibition, "Treasures of Kazakhstan – Exhibition of Kazakh and Russian Art from the Kasteev Museum and a Distinguished Kazakh Private Collection" at its headquarters in London.