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National African American museum opens in racially-charged US

It is the latest attraction on Washington’s National Mall, known as “America’s Front Yard”.

24/09/2016

Sci-Tech

3D Lascaux cave comes to life

A replica of the famous prehistoric Lascaux cave in southern France has been created thanks to 3D technology, that allows for the look, feel and smell of the original to come to life.

14/09/2016

Cult

Versailles, fake chairs, and a French antiques scandal

An art scandal is brewing in France after the arrest of two respected antiques dealers on suspicion of selling fake furniture to Versailles.

07/09/2016

Cult

Syria's cultural heritage recreated in Berlin's Pergamon Museum

Berlin's Pergamon museum has set up a project to help integrate refugees where Syrian and Iraqi guides tell visitors of the cultural heritage of their countries.

04/07/2016

Cult

The necropolis of Orthi Petra opens a window to the Homeric world

Situated 30km off Rethymnon, Crete, the necropolis of Orthi Petra is part of the wider archaeological site of ancient Eleftherna, a town with continuous habitation from 3000BC to the Byzantine…

28/06/2016

Cult

Rendez-vous: The Best of Culture in Europe"

Moscow, Florence, London and Paris: arts flourishing across Europe.

27/06/2016

Cult

Twisting and turning into the future - Tate Modern extension unveiled

A towering extension has opened at the Tate Modern museum in London.

17/06/2016

Cult

Top picks: cultural events across Europe this week

The acclaimed show From Chagall to Malevich is in its final weeks at the Albertina museum in Vienna.

17/06/2016

Cult

The best of Arts in Europe

Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Genius Leonardo da Vinci: The Mechanics of Genius is the internationally-acclaimed, must-see exhibition of 2016 and demonstrates the full scope of Da Vinci’s remark

13/06/2016

France

Tourist attractions in Paris close due to flood threat

Visitors to iconic Paris landmarks and river boat services have been left disappointed as the River Seine rises to its highest in 35 years

03/06/2016

Culture news

Our selection of exhibitions

Picasso isn’t just a painter.

27/05/2016

Culture news

Addicted to art

He doesn’t necessarily know how to pronounce it, but Christoph Müller certainly has a good nose for Danish art, more precisely the ‘Golden Age’ of Danish…

18/05/2016

Culture news

Pompeii museum reopens after 36 years

Pompeii’s Antiquarium Museum has reopened after 36 years. Its new exhibition includes a vivid audio-visual recreation of the moment the ancient city

04/05/2016

USA

Lady Gaga attends Fashion and technology expo in NY

Celebrities such as Lady Gaga and Sienna Miller were among those at an opening of a new fashion exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art

03/05/2016

Culture news

Charlie Chaplin museum opens

Visit the Little Tramp's mansion on the shore of Lake Geneva

18/04/2016

Culture news

Rome museum offers unique, immersive Caravaggio Experience

Prepare for a whole new kind of cultural experience: a Caravaggio exhibition in Rome that doesn’t feature a single canvas of the fiery Baroque

06/04/2016

World News

Visits to Berlin's Islamic Museum restore pride in Syrian refugees

Arabic-language guide Razan Nassreddine says Syrian refugees visiting Berlin’s Museum of Islamic Art often ask her how and when the artefacts clearly

02/04/2016

Culture news

Putting the art into artificial intelligence as a critic robot tours Quai Branly in Paris

Visitors to Paris' Quai Branly museum of indigenous art will encounter a little robot in a bowler hat which is programmed to record their reactions and then use the data to develop its own taste.

02/03/2016

Series

Postcards from Lyon: The Confluence Museum

The last in our series of Postcards from Lyon comes from one of the French city's newest landmarks

22/12/2015

World News

Peru opens museum to remember victims of armed conflict

The country's president has officially opened a memorial museum in Lima called the Place of Memory

18/12/2015