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New Rembrandt Discovery: Vision of Zacharias Confirmed By Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum has announced that Vision of Zacharias in the Temple from 1633 is indeed by Rembrandt van Rijn, overturning a judgement that has...
British Museum Finds Sponsor For Bayeux Tapestry Extravaganza
Belarus-born, US-based hedge fund billionaire Igor Tulchinsky has committed to sponsoring the British Museum’s display of the Bayeux Tapestry this...
Art Dubai Marks Twenty Years Despite Regional Tensions
Regional tensions may rattle the edges of daily life, but Dubai seems intent on proving that culture can hold its own even when the region vibrates...
Buckminster Fuller: Fly’s Eye Dome Sculpture Crushed In East Coast Blizzard
The massive blizzard that hammered Long Island last week has taken down an important sculpture. Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Dome at...
Epstein Tried To Help Secure The 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize Venue
Newly disclosed correspondence shows that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contacted a former French government minister in an apparent...
Former Prince Andrew Arrest Photograph Hung In The Louvre By Activists
Activists staged an art intervention at the Louvre Museum in Paris yesterday by installing the now-iconic photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor...
V&A Acquires YouTube’s First-Ever Video For Permanent Collection
The Victoria and Albert Museum has brought a small but consequential fragment of internet history into its collection not an object in the...
Barbican Arts Director Devyani Saltzman Reportedly Made Redundant
Devyani Saltzman is stepping down as director of arts and participation at the Barbican Centre after just 18 months in the post, bringing a brief...
Henrike Naumann, Germany’s Venice Biennale Representative Dies Aged 41
The Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Ifa), the body responsible for overseeing the German Pavilion, has confirmed the news in a statement, saying...
British Museum Secures £3.5m To Buy Henry VIII Heart pendant
The British Museum has secured the £3.5 million required to buy a Tudor period heart-shaped pendant in time for Valentine’s Day. The jewel was...
Trevi Fountain Introduces Tourist Fee To Manage Crowds
Rome has begun charging visitors to access some of its most popular landmarks, with the Trevi Fountain now carrying a €2 entry fee as part of a...
Stephen Friedman Gallery Enters Administration After Three Decades
The Canadian-born, London-based art dealer Stephen Friedman has closed his London gallery after it entered into administration. The gallery has been...