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Digital library displaying world on a website

Posted on May 17, 2013 by European Order

Multimillion-dollar project will carry thousands of cultural treasures Continue reading →

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Old master paintings worth £100m given to Britain – with strings attached

Posted on April 5, 2013 by European Order

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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Quentin Blake drawings auctioned to raise money for illustration museum

Posted on March 30, 2013 by European Order

Pictures by Eric Carle, Nick Park and Raymond Briggs are also on display for first time Continue reading →

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Zaha Hadid tipped to win Stirling prize for architecture

Posted on March 6, 2013 by European Order

The British-Iraqi designer was nominated for her museum of 21st century art in Rome Continue reading →

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Leonardo da Vinci painting is put at risk by loan from Poland to London

Posted on February 28, 2013 by European Order

Polish art experts warn over journey of Lady with an Ermine to National Gallery Continue reading →

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9/11 anniversary: lockdown as New York is able to prepare to mark this fateful day

Posted on January 13, 2013 by European Order

Citizens heed mayor’s advice to keep calm as terrorism alert brings grim reminders of 2001 Continue reading →

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Picasso to make biggest impression at Sotheby’s sale.

Posted on January 9, 2013 by European Order

La Lecture, portrait of the artist’s mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, is star lot at modern art auction. Continue reading →

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Works by Van Gogh and Hockney mark London gallery’s 200th birthday

Posted on December 24, 2012 by European Order

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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‘Jesuit priest’ forger has fooled US museums for more than 20 years

Posted on October 20, 2012 by European Order

Skilled counterfeiter does not ask for payment for ‘masterful’ versions of works by Picasso, Signac and Daumier Continue reading →

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Giant Jurassic fleas drank the blood of dinosaurs and pterosaurs

Posted on June 2, 2011 by European Order

Fossils unearthed in China reveal that the insects were up to 10 times as large as modern fleas Continue reading →

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