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Watch out! This year the Titanic disaster is about to wash over us again
As the Titanic’s 100th anniversary rolls around on 15 April, a slew of events is planned and a lot of money has been parked on our perpetual interest Continue reading
Digital library displaying world on a website
Multimillion-dollar project will carry thousands of cultural treasures Continue reading
Scottish National Portrait Gallery – review
Scotland’s National Portrait Gallery, reopened after a dramatic £17.6m overhaul, is a bright and democratic delight Continue reading
Old master paintings worth £100m given to Britain – with strings attached
All 57 works must remain free to view and never be sold, according to wishes of late owner Sir Denis Mahon, Italian baroque paintings gifted to the UK – in pictures Continue reading
Quentin Blake drawings auctioned to raise money for illustration museum
Pictures by Eric Carle, Nick Park and Raymond Briggs are also on display for first time Continue reading
How the National Gallery uses science to spot fakes and masterpieces
Infrared and electron microscopes help determine a genuine Raphael, as new exhibition shows Continue reading
Zaha Hadid tipped to win Stirling prize for architecture
The British-Iraqi designer was nominated for her museum of 21st century art in Rome Continue reading
Gormley’s fourth plinth antics are no match for the National Gallery
All talk and no show, Antony Gormley’s pointless human relay is not the main art event in Trafalgar Square Continue reading
What’s the big idea behind the Pompidou-Metz?
The legendary Paris gallery now has a regional outpost. Will it live up to the name? Jonathan Glancey takes a high-speed train to find out. Continue reading
Leonardo da Vinci painting is put at risk by loan from Poland to London
Polish art experts warn over journey of Lady with an Ermine to National Gallery Continue reading