Museum

German exhibit explores discount culture

The exhibition, "I Love Aldi", runs at the Wilhelm-Hack museum in the western industrial city of Ludwigshafen, situated on the banks of the Rhine, until March 4. "The 'Aldi-isation', or the search...

Louvre buys 'core' mediaeval painting for 7.8 million euros

PARIS- The Louvre museum said Friday it had bought a mediaeval painting by Franco-Dutch artist Jean Malouel hailed as "the core of French painting" for 7.8 million euros (10 million dollars)....

Experts urge 18th-century 'Irish giant' be laid to rest

LONDON- Experts called Wednesday for the skeleton of Charles Byrne, the "Irish giant", to be removed from a London museum where it has been on display for almost 200 years and buried at sea, as he...

Spain's Prado puts rediscovered Bruegel painting on display

MADRID- Spain's Prado museum on Monday put on display for the first time a canvas painted by the 16th-century Flemish master Pieter Bruegel the Elder which was discovered last year. The painting,...

'Human Zoos' go on show in Paris

PARIS, Pascale Mollard-Chenebenoit- The story of men, women and children plucked from their homes in the West's colonies and exhibited like zoo animals is the focus of a major show that opened on...

Magritte's absurd world on display at Vienna's Albertina

VIENNA- The absurd world of Rene Magritte, an artist known for his bowler-hatted men and green apples, is shown in a new light with a comprehensive exhibit at Vienna's Albertina museum opening late...

German museum piece falls victim to cleaning lady

BERLIN- A cleaning woman at a German museum who mistook a sculpture for an unsightly mess has destroyed the valuable artwork beyond recognition, a spokeswoman for the western city of Dortmund said...

New 'Sound of Music' exhibit in Salzburg

VIENNA- The Salzburg Museum unveiled Wednesday a new exhibit with all aspects of the "Sound of Music" from the von Trapp family's real lives to the massively successful 1965 Oscar-winning film....

Hepburn scooter, photos in Rome exhibition

ROME- A collection of dresses and other wardrobe treasures worn by Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn -- along with the scooter she immortalised in her breakout role in "Roman Holiday" -- goes on display...

Tribute to vanishing world of analogue film at Tate Modern

Dean is the 12th artist to fill the Turbine Hall and the first since Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 'field' of sunflower seeds. The shows have so far attracted 26 million people, according to the...
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