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British archeologists have uncovered a type of Neolithic earthwork called a long enclosure on the Suffolk coast. The news was first reported by Heritage Daily , following an announcement by Oxford Cotswold Archeology , which has been excavating in the area ahead of the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power station. The Neolithic period in Britain spanned roughly 4000 to 2500 BCE. During this period, humans shifted from nomadic hunting and gathering to sedentary farming, cultivating crops, domesticating animals, producing pottery, and, most remarkably, building monumental ceremonial structures like Stonehenge. Long enclosures—rectangular open spaces defined by ditches—are among the earliest of these monuments and are quite rare. They are believed to have served a ceremonial or communal function for communities that built them; because they were not dwelling places or burial sites, they usually yield few artifacts. The long enclosure at the Siz...

After gracing the ramps of the Guggenheim with their pop-projecting presence, BTS have turned their eyes to another museum as part of a marketing campaign for its latest world tour. This time, the K-pop group is in league with the British Museum in London, where visitors can see a showcase of artworks in the institution’s Korea Foundation Gallery, chosen in collaboration with curator Sang-ah Kim. The Guggenheim gambit was a private affair during which BTS performed amid a Carol Bove retrospective, for the cameras of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . The British Museum move, meanwhile, is a public happening organized as part of a citywide art trail to promote a world tour around BTS’s latest album. As stated on the British Museum’s website, “BTS’s fifth studio album ARIRANG takes its motif from the Korean folk song that has become an enduring symbol of Korean identity and cultural heritage. So, in celebration of our new show-stopping exhibiti...

Edi Rama, an artist who also happens to serve as Albania’s Prime Minster, has defended plans to stage a Kanye West concert in a recently built stadium outside Tirana, even as some Jewish groups continued to accuse the rapper of antisemitism. West, who previously denied the Holocaust and posted about his intentions to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” is set to perform on Saturday in a custom-built venue erected at a cost of millions of euros. The Albanian media previously quoted one prominent Jewish group as calling the concert an “amplification” of the rapper’s views and a “moral contradiction.” (In January, West did take out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to publish an open letter apologizing for his past antisemitic remarks, writing, “I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.”) The Balkan Insight reported that Gazment Bardhi, an Albanian MP, had also called on Rama to canc...

In a few years’ time, a giant teddy bear, a full-scale replica of a brownstone covered in clothing or a pair of legs painted with color dots could rise up on the High Line on New York’s West Side. Which work will ultimately be installed is up to the public. High Line Art is once again seeking public comment for public art proposals that will go on view in 2029 and 2030 at its plinth, located above 30th Street and 10th Avenue. Until September 8, the public can leave a comment on each of the 62 proposals, responding to questions like, “Can you imagine this artwork on the Plinth? Why or why not? Is this proposal a good fit for the High Line? For New York City? For our time?” The proposals come from some of today’s most closely watched artists, including Nina Chanel Abney, Kelly Akashi, Kevin Beasley, María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Anthea Hamilton, Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, Omar Mismar, Michael Rakowitz, and Anicka Yi. This cohort o...

Update, July 8: Radio France reported additional details about the nature of the Ghanaian treasures in question, which include ceremonial objects and traditional regalia that are currently held in German and Dutch museums and private collections. The objects will be returned to Ghana in phases, following further consultations between Ghanaian and European authorities. Germany and the Netherlands have agreed to return 2,000 culturally significant artifacts to Ghana, which were taken from the country during the colonial era. The announcement was made at Next Steps, a conference held last week in the Ghanaian capital of Accra. The conference , hosted by John Dramani Mahama, the president of Ghana, was organized in response to the United Nations’ declaration , on March 25, 2026, that the trafficking of enslaved Africans and subsequent racialized chattel enslavement of Africans qualified as the “gravest crime against humanity.” The goal of the Next Ste...

The cultural activist group that led a historic strike and rally at this year’s Venice Biennale over Israel’s inclusion in the international exhibition has called for a mass mobilization on July 17, when the US Ambassador to Italy, Tilman Fertitta, is scheduled to arrive in Venice. The group, Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA), announced the action in an Instagram post published today, inviting supporters to gather at 4 p.m. at Campo San Zaccaria, a square in central Venice just steps from the Church of San Zaccaria, where Fertitta’s yacht is expected to dock. In addition to being an ambassador, Fetitta is also the largest shareholder of Wynn Resorts and the cousin of brothers Frank J. Fertitta III and Lorenzo Fertitta, two of the world’s top art collectors . The statement reiterated ANGA’s opposition to US involvement in Palestine, writing that the US “continues to arm, finance and politically shield Israel’s genocide in Palestine.” (An i...