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Ukrainian art is being amplified in exhibitions across Europe

Museums and galleries around Europe are making a statement of support for Ukraine with myriad exhibitions.

21/05/2023

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A museum in Italy opens its doors to people displaced by deadly floods

Ravenna's Classis museum is offering camp beds and food among its many artefacts to those who lost their homes in the natural disaster.

19/05/2023

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Oxford University removes Sackler name from buildings over opioid row

Oxford University had been the last major institution to retain visible ties with the Sackler family despite its links to the opioid crisis. The decision follows similar moves by the British Museum and Serpentine Gallery in London, the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

17/05/2023

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New York Met hires provenance team to return looted artefacts

The Metropolitan Museum has launched a new project to discover if any of the works in its archive unlawfully stolen.

16/05/2023

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Statue struck by lightning painstakingly cleaned and rebuilt

This 2,000-year-old statue of the demi-god is now on display at the Vatican Museums. It is being painstakingly restored to its former glory in a project due to last until December.

15/05/2023

Destinations

Liverpool gears up for the Eurovision final: Here’s our city guide

Where to stay, eat and explore in Liverpool, Eurovision 2023’s vibrant host city.

12/05/2023

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Iconic Paris art museum the Pompidou Centre to close for renovations

Paris' iconic Pompidou Centre is to close in 2025 for renovations that could take up to five years to complete at an estimated cost of €262m.

11/05/2023

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Watch how the history of mankind is being preserved in granite

The Museum of History in Granite is a museum in the town of Felicity, California. It has been 32 years in the making and displays the history of mankind on more than 700 panels.

08/05/2023

Design

American Museum of Natural History in New York opens new wing

The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education and Innovation is the new wing of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. It houses some 4 million species and opens its doors today.

04/05/2023

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Sarah Bernhardt's life and legacy showcased at Paris exhibition

Featuring nearly 400 works, including costumes, photographs, films, personal objects, paintings and sculptures, the exhibition explores Sarah Bernhardt's illustrious life and career.

03/05/2023

Food and Drink

Famous banana artwork eaten by museum visitor in Seoul

Picture the scene: You're hungry and the museum you're visiting has a banana taped to the wall. Art installation be damned. The stomach wants what the stomach wants...

01/05/2023

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Inside the French workshop reproducing works of art

Thousands of art pieces have been reproduced at the workshop of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais in France since 1793. Discover their work.

30/04/2023

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Here's where you can see the last-known piano of Frédéric Chopin

The newly designed exhibition features an impressive array of priceless artifacts, including Chopin's final piano, a 19th-century Pleyel dating back to 1848, and an extensive collection of authentic manuscripts.

28/04/2023

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Exhibition celebrates Portugal's democratic transition through objects

The exhibition, as part of the municipality of Lisbon's celebrations of 25 April, aims to capture the essence of freedom that emerged after decades of censorship and repression.

26/04/2023

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Tate exhibition spotlights overlooked female Pre-Raphaelite artist

Elizabeth Siddal is much better known as the Pre-Raphaelites’ ethereal, enigmatic muse and Rossetti’s wife.

15/04/2023

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Former LA auctioneer to plead guilty in Basquiat art forgery scheme

A former Los Angeles auctioneer has agreed to plead guilty in a cross-country art fraud scheme where he created fake artwork and falsely attributed the paintings to artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

14/04/2023

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Argentina marks a hat-trick of World Cups wins with new exhibition

Argentine football fans may get a sense of what it feels like to be a world champion in the first official exhibition dedicated to the three titles won by the Albiceleste.

07/04/2023

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Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

The popular tale goes that Van Gogh died in obscurity. It's not completely accurate.

30/03/2023

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Musée d'Orsay explores the friendship and rivalry of Manet and Degas

The exhibition showcases around 200 paintings, drawings, letters, and notebooks, creating a thematic and chronological route through their artistic careers.

28/03/2023

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First official Formula 1 exhibition opens in Madrid

From Lewis Hamilton to Romain Grosjean and Michael Schumacher, the world's first F1 exhibition has something for every lover of motorsport and it's on now in Madrid.

24/03/2023