World renowned for their carefully curated ancient and cultural art auctions, Bob and Teresa Dodge of Artemis Gallery will host a Wednesday/Thursday May 22-23 sale from their Exceptional Auctions series featuring antiquities, Asian, ethnographic and tribal art. Additionally, the Thursday session boasts an intriguing selection of prehistoric fossils. Each item comes to auction with impeccable provenance and is offered with the gallery’s unconditional guarantee that it is authentic and legal to purchase, own, and if desired, resell. Bidders may participate by phone, live online or by lodging an absentee bid that will be executed competitively and confidentially. The two-day event is a virtual timeline of the most significant civilizations of the past 4,000 years. A top lot is the huge Ancient Egyptian bronze bust of Osiris from the Third Intermediate Period, circa 1070-712 BCE. With provenance from Christie’s and a Mun

The Statue of Liberty, which has welcomed generations of immigrants to US shores, is getting a new museum at a time when immigration is an explosive topic. The $100 million Statue of Liberty Museum, which is located near the base of “Lady Liberty” in New York harbor, opened on Thursday. Construction of the 26,000-square-foot (2,400-square-meter) glass-walled structure fringed with copper began in October 2016. From the rooftop of the new building, visitors have a sweeping view of the harbor, like “on the prow of a ship,” said project designer Cameron Ringness. “You get to climb up and you have these amazing views and a new perspective of the statue and the harbor,” Ringness said. The Statue of Liberty is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the United States, greeting some 4.5 million people a year from around the world.

A German museum said Friday it would return to Namibia a 15th-century navigation landmark erected by Portuguese explorers as part of Berlin’s efforts to face up to its colonial past. “The restitution of the Stone Cross of Cape Cross is a clear signal that we are committed to coming to terms with our colonial past,” said Culture Minister Monika Gruetters. “For too many decades, the colonial time has been a blind spot in our remembrance culture.” Placed in 1486 on the western coast of what is today Namibia, the Stone Cross was once considered to be such an important navigation marker that it featured on old world maps. In the 1890s, it was removed from its spot on Cape Cross and brought to Europe by the region’s then German colonial masters.