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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
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Tagged Art, Art and design, Article, Culture, Main section, Museums, News, UK news
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European Museum of the Year Award 2011
For more information please write to Françoise McClafferty, EMF Trust Secretary, at [email protected]
or visit European Museum Forum official website
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Tagged Art, Culture, EMYA 2011, European Museum of the Year Award 2011, Museums
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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
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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
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Tagged Architecture, Art, Art and design, Article, Cultural trips, Culture, Exhibitions, Features, France, Jonathan Glancey, Museums, Travel
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Daunting, dazzling – and doomed
Why have painters been so drawn to the Tower of Babel? Jonathan Jones finds the answer in an eerie, compelling show about Babylon, the ancient city where it once stood In pictures: Take a look around Babylon Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art and design, Article, Culture, Exhibitions, Heritage, Jonathan Jones, Museums, Reviews
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Museums, Libraries, and 21st Century Skills
Over the past seven years, the national dialogue around 21st century skills has reached critical mass in national competitiveness, workforce development, and K-12 education circles. This discussion has developed as the needs and nature of the workforce have undergone dramatic shifts, as shown in the next table. Continue reading
Military History Museum – review
Daniel Libeskind’s visceral redesign for Dresden’s Military History Museum has as striking an effect on the exhibits inside as on the facade itself Continue reading
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Museum of Liverpool – review
It’s part of a world heritage site, but the showy Museum of Liverpool fails to complement the city’s proud past Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Art and design, Article, Critics, Culture, Design, Features, Liverpool, Museums, Resources, Reviews, The New Review
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Works by Van Gogh and Hockney mark London gallery’s 200th birthday
Twelve paintings that ‘would knock your socks off at 50 paces’ feature in Dulwich Picture Gallery’s anniversary celebrations Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art and design, Article, Culture, David Hockney, El Greco, Johannes Vermeer, Main section, Museums, News, UK news, Van Gogh
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Germany’s Ozeaneum is the European Museum of the Year
The Kenneth Hudson Award
This is a new award in honour of the internationally reknowned museologist and journalist, founder of the European Museum Forum. The first Kenneth Hudson Award went to the Museum of Contraception and Abortion in Vienna, Austria. It was felt that the achievement of this museum contributed significantly to the development of the public quality of museums . Continue reading
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