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Run like hell...Pink Floyd exhibition opens in Rome

The exhibition will run until July

France

Bayeux Tapestry set for loan to UK after 950 years in France

France is to loan to Britain the embroidery illustrating the Norman conquest of England, President Macron is expected to announce during a UK visit on Thursday.

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The NY Met Museum is charging for entry - how does it compare with the

$25 for a NY Met Museum pass: what else could you get?

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A mammoth goes under the hammer in Lyon

The skeleton of a woolly mammoth has sold at auction for 430,000 euros in Lyon, France

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United Arab Emirates

Sold out opening day for the Louvre Abu Dhabi

The opening day of the Louvre Abu Dhabi was sold out as visitors flocked to see over 900 works of art housed under its honeycombed dome.

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi celebrates the opening of the Louvre museum

French President Emmanuel Macron was the guest of honour at the event

United Arab Emirates

French president opens Louvre Abu Dhabi

French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte joined Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince and Dubai's ruler at the official opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

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Madame Tussauds unveils British Prime Minister Theresa May as their latest waxwork figure

Madame Tussauds has unveiled their latest waxwork figure, a confident and relaxed looking version of the British Prime Minister, Theresa May.

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Louvre Abu Dhabi opens its doors

It's taken ten years but the Louvre Abu Dhabi is finally open. It sits under a honeycombed dome of eight layers of Arab-style geometric shapes and draws in the lapping waters of the Persian Gulf.

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Azerbaijan's fifth carpet symposium opens in Baku

The symposium welcomes experts and academics from across the globe for lectures, presentations and exhibitions on Azerbaijan's main tradition.

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Azerbaijan's great tapestries

When Azerbaijan's carpet museum opened in Baku in 1967 it was the world's first museum of its kind and it's now a repository of Azerbaijani culture.

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Reflections: 1997 to 2017

Celebrating Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 20th anniversary

France

Yves Saint Laurent’s Paris atelier opens up to public

The studio where the Frenchman designed clothes and accessories that fascinated generations of fashion lovers will be open to visitors from Sunday.

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Converse All Stars goes to the museum!

MoMA decked out with fashion that changed the world

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Going deaf has sharpened my art, David Hockney says

Renowned British painter David Hockney says his hearing loss has helped sharpen his sense of space and perspective and Hockney donated a huge work to the Pompidou Center

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'Polka Dot Queen' Kusama opens Tokyo museum

Yayoi Kusama shows no signs of slowing down as she opens a museum in Tokyo.

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Magritte in 3D at the Atomium: surrealist!

This exhibition specifically designed for the 60th anniversary of the Atomium launches the visitor into the magical world of René Magritte and the surrealism. Two Belgian icons meet!

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Lucio Fontana, Master of Space and Light

Lucio Fontana, one of the most influent artists of the XX° century is on display in Milano for an unique exhibition

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African contemporary art is now on the map

It's the largest museum in the world dedicated to Afraican contemporary art. The Zeitz MOCAA in now opened in Cape town, South Africa

Belgium

Brussels terror suspect to break silence in court

Terror suspect Mehdi Nemmouche to break his silence at court appearance linked to 2014 Jewish museum shooting