Québec museum opens $61m pavilion celebrating renowned artist Jean Paul Riopelle – The Art Newspaper
A new pavilion at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) opens tomorrow (22 October). The C$84m…
‘Love is All’: Athens artist Harold Rittenberry tells his story | Arts & Culture
For most of his life, Harold Rittenberry Jr. has called Athens home. His art, displayed throughout the city…
House museum of Spanish ‘master of light’ Joaquín Sorolla reopens in Madrid – The Art Newspaper
The Sorolla Museum in Madrid will reopen on 15 October, two years after closing its doors for an…
SFMOMA highlights career of acclaimed Mexican photographer
After Frida Kahlo died, Diego Rivera placed some of her belongings in one of the bathrooms of La…
Gallery: Broadcasting Museum spotlights trailblazers of Estonian radio | News
From Estonia’s earliest radio hosts to its first woman announcer, a new exhibition in Türi celebrates ten people…
British Museum bans visitors from photographing Bayeux Tapestry – The Art Newspaper
The British Museum (BM) has banned visitors from taking photographs of the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, after concerns the…
5 must-see things at George Lucas’s new Museum of Narrative Art – NBC Los Angeles
“Star Wars” creator George Lucas called his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art a “temple to the people’s art”…
Major Swiss museum acquisition proves far larger after extra works revealed in donor’s unopened portfolios – The Art Newspaper
The Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds in western Switzerland has had “a pleasant surprise” after a recent…
Can Design Heal Battles on the Mall and the American College Campus?
The Reflecting Pool in Washington, which stretches eastward along the National Mall from the foot — or should…
Amon Carter Museum appoints Robert Stein as new CEO – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
For a museum with many spectacular depictions of cowboys in its collection, a new sheriff is coming to…
‘Rembrandt’s DNA would be the Holy Grail’: new research samples bacteria on the surface of The Night Watch – The Art Newspaper
When the brave defenders of Amsterdam in Rembrandt’s The Night Watch (1642) strode out into the unknown, they…
Art centre launches in Durham, UK with light-themed works by Tracey Emin, Dan Flavin – The Art Newspaper
A new centre for culture and contemporary art launched this weekend in Durham, northeast England, with an exhibition…