NewsClimate Change
Today, a live-streamed, UN-sponsored discussion about what culture can do in the face of sea-level rise
Send in your comments, to be presented to the UN General Assembly in September
NewsOlafur Eliasson
Olafur Eliasson appointed UN Goodwill Ambassador for climate
The Danish-Icelandic artist has long been addressing environmental issues in his work
NewsEnvironment
Jeppe Hein's ‘breathwork’ is headed to the United Nations headquarters
The project will be launched on the heels of the UN Climate Action Summit in New York
ArchiveCambodia
Cambodia to host culture and tourism conference
Preservation, cultural routes, urban regeneration through tourism are all set to be discussed
ArchiveIraq
Sudden and draconian consequences of the Iraq war imposed by the United Nations to ensure objects illegally removed during the war are returned
If a person in the UK who has a cultural item of Iraqi origin in his possession does not immediately hand that item over to a “constable”, he may now be guilty of a criminal offence and liable to imprisonment, even if he has legal title to the object
ArchiveOpinion
Why did the United Nations cover up Picasso’s “Guernica”?
How a historical work of art loses its past
ArchiveUnesco
Unesco adopts a new Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage to protect shipwrecks lying in international waters
However, the US and UK say the it conflicts with existing maritime legislation and Russia, Norway, Turkey, and Venezuela vote no
ArchiveUnesco
Restored revolutionary Bolivian murals by Miguel Alandia Pantoja remain homeless
As chief restorer of Andorra and consultant to Unesco, Guillamet was invited to save these murals. Months later, as revolution brewed, the paintings were abandoned. Seventeen years later, and this remains the case