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Museum of failure starts 1st US tour in Los Angeles

Swedish collection comes to Hollywood to show off the near-misses or downright lost causes of creative capitalism.

United Kingdom

World's oldest tattoos found on 5,000-year-old mummies

World's oldest tattoos found on 5,000-year-old mummies

Living

The Louvre in Tehran

Iran's National Museum hosts Louvre exhibition for the first time

Austria

Facebook 'sorry' after banning picture of nude figurine

A picture of a nude, prehistoric figurine was banned from Facebook and called a "dangerous pornographic image". Now the social media giant has apologised.

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Italy

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.

Living

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

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.

Cult

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.

Cult

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.

Destinations

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.

Cult

Converse All Stars goes to the museum!

MoMA decked out with fashion that changed the world

Cult

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

Cult

'Polka Dot Queen' Kusama opens Tokyo museum

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