Visitors got a first glimpse of the medieval artefact after it went on display at the British Museum in LondonOn the day Bayeux tapestry tickets were released, Megan Stockwell was at the beach. She was so determined to lock down...
Read MoreThe chocolate boxiest of all the impressionists has long had his haters – even Manet thought he was rubbish. Little surprise then that the thieves ditched two works on the way outStealing from the Louvre you can understand. I...
Read MoreSpaceship-shaped gallery, featuring works from Banksy, Norman Rockwell and Frida Kahlo, is devoted to ‘visual storytelling’ – and is finally ready to open“I’m used to doing the impossible,” George Lucas said on Wednesday. But...
Read MoreThe artist’s latest swerve sees her creating an alien inflatable landscape for New York’s Balloon MuseumOversized inflatable blades of grass graze my face as I wind a path through the glowing white gallery space. Little papery...
Read MoreThe £20m reboot shows off exhibits ranging from a giant whale skeleton to tiny ‘scrimshaws’ of carved bone to a very strange mermaid, all telling a gripping tale of a great seafaring cityThe star attraction of Hull’s revamped...
Read MoreRemoval of Soviet-era statues sped up when Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and since Putin’s 2022 invasion has moved at pace as Ukrainians question their identitySince 2013 the plinth at the bottom of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in...
Read MoreCurated edits mean people are treating museums as stand-alone shopping destinations rather than simply exit points First it came for bookshops. Then your favourite coffee shop. Now there is a new frontier when it comes to upping...
Read MoreAfter a breakup, photographer Diana Markosian hired an actor to play her ex-boyfriend in hope of finding closureFalling in and then out of love is a universal experience that often brings sadness, grief and heartbreak, and with...
Read MoreIn a world of data theft and online scams, there is something thrillingly analogue about these audacious robberiesNow, let me begin by saying: stealing is bad. I don’t think you should steal things. It is a good way to get...
Read MoreDisplayed in a redesigned space, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert’s expansive collection of decorative items is not only gorgeous, at last it boldly tackles the question of where these valuables came fromWe periodically hear when a...
Read MoreA collection of 3,000-year-old artefacts at Battersea power station gives Egypt’s most ambitious, self-aggrandising pharaoh a chance to emerge from Tutankhamun’s shadowThe mummy of Egypt’s most ambitious pharaoh, Ramses II...
Read MoreThe National Gallery’s latest financial woes have brought the possibility of charging visitors back into the frameFor a quarter of a century, visitors to the UK’s national museums and galleries have enjoyed universal free entry...
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