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Gardeners discovered Portrait of a Lady while clearing ivy at gallery in Piacenza A painting found hidden in an Italian gallery in December is an authentic Gustav Klimt piece stolen almost 23 years ago, experts have confirmed. The Portrait of a Lady was one of the world’s most sought-after stolen artworks before it was found […] More
At an expansive new exhibition in New York, the director’s defining science fiction opus is explored in detail with help from those who made it with him Though the calendar reads 2020 we’re still waiting for the future promised in 2001. Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film, created concurrently with Arthur C Clarke’s novel, is recognized as […] More
Sir David Attenborough says exhibition of Thames oil paintings at restored Sandycombe Lodge pays ‘proper respect’ to artist Oil paintings by JMW Turner have gone on display in the artist’s former west London home for the first time since 1826. The exhibition, at the meticulously restored Sandycombe Lodge in Twickenham, which was designed by Turner […] More
Our tipsters reveal brilliant museums from Reykjavík to Pristina, shining a light on everything from dinosaurs and Vikings to Mozart and the history of cinema The collection is breathtaking – true colour photographs commissioned by the banker and philanthropist Albert Kahn in the early 20th century and taken all over the world. The idea was […] More
Items made from 28,000-year-old mammoth tusks among artefacts at British Museum Rare 28,000-year-old archaeological finds excavated from rapidly thawing ground in Siberia are to go on display for the first time at the British Museum as part of an exhibition on the history of the Arctic and its people. Sewing needles and jewellery made from […] More
Jean-Philippe Delhomme will depict an artist as a social media user every week for the Musée d’Orsay One of France’s most celebrated and august art institutions has taken a novel approach to embracing technology while breathing new life into its collection – by installing an Instagram artist-in-residence who imagines the social media accounts of famous […] More
Dresden has declared itself in the grip of a ‘Nazi emergency’. But when one museum boss was targeted by extremists, she opened her doors to talk When museum director Hilke Wagner went to the opening of a new public artwork in Dresden’s market square, she anticipated a friendly gathering of culture lovers. Instead, she and […] More
The coming year will see a bumper crop of openings and relaunches, including adventure parks, wellbeing centres, theatres and museums The 450-hectare Rye Harbour nature reserve, with its coastal habitats of grassland, saltmarsh, and sand and shingle shoreline, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with a new visitor centre opening in association with Sussex Wildlife […] More
