5 h. ago Secretive artist snuck unusual painting into national museum and displayed it

The artwork, which appears to be AI-generated, was snuck into the National Museum of Wales by an artist who has carried out similar stunts

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7 h. ago Roar into the festive season as Natural History Museum unveils Christmas display

The year's designs take inspiration from the Natural History Museum's pre-historic residents

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5 d. ago Inside the $1bn Grand Egyptian Museum as 50,000 artifacts go on display from Tutankhamun to Khufu’s solar boat

The building, the size of Vatican city with a collection larger than the Louvre, has been in the making for over 30 years and is finally set to formally open in November, Maira Butt writes

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5 d. ago The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally opening with exhibits catered to Gen Z and a collection rivaling the Louvre

A King Tut collection will be displayed in its entirety for the first time at the new museum

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5 d. ago NEW ROMANI ART, CULTURE & HERITAGE DISPLAY OPENS AT LONDON MUSEUM DOCKLANDS

NEW ROMANI ART, CULTURE & HERITAGE DISPLAY OPENS AT LONDON MUSEUM DOCKLANDS  London Post

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2 w. ago London museum identifies black Waterloo veteran in rare 1821 painting

‘Honourable’ bandsman Thomas James will feature in display at National Army Museum highlighting service of black soldiers in Napoleonic warsHe fought in the Napoleonic wars and is one of only nine Black soldiers known to have received the Waterloo Medal, the first British medal awarded to soldiers regardless of their rank.Yet the story of Pte Thomas James has been overlooked for centuries. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas

The public display of artefacts looted by British colonial forces at the new Museum of West African Art was supposed to be the crowning glory of a decades-long restitution effort. What went wrong?In a corner of the new Museum of West African Art, visitors can marvel at a sample display of the cultural treasures that adorned the royal palace that once stood in its place: a proud cockerel, a plaque with three mighty warriors, a bust of a king with a glorious beaded collar.The artefacts, collectively known as the Benin bronzes, were looted by British colonial forces who went on to burn down the palace in a punitive expedition in 1897. In the decades that followed they were scattered across collections in Europe and America. Continue reading...

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