Paris 2024 Olympic Torch – Like A Relay To A Flame

Jun 22, 2024 | depART

  The Paris 2024 Olympic Torch Relay features some 30 UNESCO World Heritage sites. The flame will end its journey in Paris on July 26 for an opening ceremony which, for the first time in the history of the modern Olympic Games, will take place within a UNESCO...

Culture: Safeguarding Heritage, Or Incredible Intangibles

Apr 30, 2022 | depART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] During their annual meeting in late 2021, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage inscribed four elements on UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in...

Policy: Charter Of Rights For South African Artists

Jul 29, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] CHARTER OF RIGHTS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS Definition For the purpose of this Charter, and based on UNESCO’s 1980 Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist, an “Artist” is someone who a. creates, or...

Culture: Re-building Al-Nouri Mosque, Or Courtyards Dialogue

May 12, 2021 | depART

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] An international jury recently announced that an entry by eight Egyptian architects won the international competition for the reconstruction of the historic Al-Nouri Mosque complex in Mosul, Iraq, a major...

Championing Cultural Expression, Or Creativity’s Value Confirmed

Feb 20, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] The Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions met recently. This meeting occurred as COVID-19 has caused a crisis in...