More than 30 new artworks from one of the world’s foremost collections of American art arrive on Samsung Art TVs, spotlighting notable artists Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Agnes Pelton, Joseph Stella, and Wayne Thiebaud.
The British Museum has announced the 2026 British Museum Ball. Taking place on Saturday 17 October 2026 it will once again be the defining highlight of London's cultural and social calendar this autumn.
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Professor Mladen Popović of the University of Groningen a €2.5 million Advanced Grant for a five-year international research project that will investigate one of the most fundamental questions in Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship: where were the scrolls produced and copied, and what can their origins reveal about centers of learning, scribal culture, and the transmission of knowledge in ancient Judea?
A temporary export bar has been placed on two prehistoric handaxes representing some of the oldest human settlements in Britain.
Thieves stole jewelry from the Lalique glass museum in Alsace, France, early Sunday morning, worth several million euros.
Juan Andrés Hurtado Baeza (JAHB) is a technologist, researcher, and generative artist. His determination to understand the algorithm of beauty led him to found REIVGEN, a pioneering art studio where users can shape unique physical sculptures by exploring their aesthetic intuition with a single button.
A fire has broken out at the Kanal-Centre Pompidou museum in Brussels. The fire department is on the scene and has already managed to extinguish most of the fire. According to the fire department, no one was present in the building at the time of the fire.
For 16 years, Angela Merkel shaped the landscape of German and global politics as Federal Chancellor. Now, five years after leaving office, her official portrait has been revealed to the public.
KPN is to become the new Founder of the Rijksmuseum, the museum's leading corporate partner.
The British Museum had its “single biggest day of ticket sales” for an exhibition in its history, bringing in more than £2.5 million from those keen to see the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Yayoi Kusama exhibition is completely sold out until the beginning of August. To accommodate the high demand, the museum now plans to offer extended services, including round-the-clock opening hours.
Realising a Combined Total of £50.7 million/ $66.9 million/ €58.8 million Led by Lawrence's Record-Breaking Portrait of The 1st Duke of Wellington and an Important Egyptian Limestone Pair Statue.