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In pictures: The greatest art heists in history
Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of a Lady has been found – in the same gallery it was taken from. At least it wasn’t cut up by a mafia boss or hauled aboard a pirate ship Continue reading… More
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Mona Foma review – utter nonsense on paper, but somehow it all makes sense
Launceston, TasmaniaFrom giant inflatable swans to watching films as the smell of a urinal wafts up your nostrils, Mona’s summer festival is a heady cocktail of absurdities As my Uber pulls up in the empty car park of the Elphin Sports Centre, the driver and I both look around warily, unsure if his map has […] More
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Gloomy Van Gogh self-portrait in Oslo gallery confirmed authentic
Only known painting by Dutch master while he had psychosis is ‘unmistakably’ his work After decades of doubt, a gloomy self-portrait has been authenticated as a genuine work by Vincent van Gogh and the only known work painted while he had psychosis. Self-Portrait (1889) has been in Norway’s national collection since 1910 but its authenticity […] More
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‘Part-science lab, part-playground’: how kids made museums take fun seriously
From London to California, architects are helping museums provide interactive learning experiences that can’t be found on screen Last year, the Hoxton-based architecture practice AOC set up the Open Studio at the V&A Museum of Childhood in nearby Bethnal Green, east London. The 147-year-old institution was set to be renovated and initial consultation of local […] More
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London’s new Centre for Music? Don’t hold your breath…
The delay to the London Symphony Orchestra’s planned new home is growing. And unrest in Iran could trouble a V&A show Wanted: a philanthropist to cough up about £145m towards London’s proposed Centre for Music. For that amount – about half the total cost of what will be the London Symphony Orchestra’s new home – […] More
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Met police and British Museum help Afghans recover looted ancient masterpiece
Surkh Kotal temple sculpture was discovered on a UK auctioneer’s website A sculpture that was stolen from the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul almost 30 years ago is to be returned to its country of origin after being seen on a British auctioneer’s website and investigated by the Metropolitan police. Carved in the 2nd […] More
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Painting found inside Italian gallery wall confirmed as a Gustav Klimt
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
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Inside the odyssey: taking a closer look at Stanley Kubrick’s 2001
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
