Egyptian art
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The sarcophagus, described as the only royal Egyptian example to ever enter the art market, last sold in 2013 for $1m
The Egyptian items repatriated by the Manhattan District Attorney's office this week, collectively valued at $1.4m, include a wood coffin face and a royal alabaster vase
An array of artefacts show how cultural cross-pollination thrived across centuries and continents under Byzantine rule
The mission of the project, designed by OMA architects, is to make the museum more accessible to the public
Museum of Modern Egyptian Art will now house 60 works that the pioneering artist bequeathed to the government—some of which she made while imprisoned
New online platform aims to turn traditionally scholarly subject into something "easily digestible and fun to explore"
The work was returned to Egypt last year after officials were shown evidence it might have been looted during the Arab Spring in 2011
Rose Issa, curator and friend of the artist, shares the life story of one of the most important sculptors in the Arab world
Zahi Hawass, former Egyptian minister of antiquities, corrals international team of experts to press institutions for return of important artefacts
Exhibition of street artist Bahia Shehab's work opens at Aga Khan Centre Gallery in King's Cross
Northampton, which wants to raise funds for a gallery extension, is putting its museums' Arts Council accreditation at risk
His pioneering work brought new aspects of ancient Egyptian art and archaeology to light.
Al Masryeen Al Ahrar (The Free Egyptians) is led by the Coptic art collector
Hawass originally resigned due to accusations of illegal activities and military guard ceasing at archeological sites
While its real antiquities from Egypt travel to China
Art from across the globe has recently found a home in Bankside
Specialists warn that museums in the US and Europe will now have to re-examine their own sculptures
The British Museum, Christie’s, the National Art Collections Fund and the Inland Revenue, among others, were all fooled
Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, is asking the St Louis Art Museum to return an supposedly looted antiquity
Hawass discusses about his latest projects
Cultura Basel ’00 fair report
As last month’s antiquities sales boomed, The Art Newspaper surveyed leading dealers and specialists in New York