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Stripping Away History’s Layers, and Revealing a New Museum

by BistoshWorld | Jun 23, 2021 | Historic Buildings and Sites, Hotel de la Marine, Museums, NY Times, Paris (France), Restoration and Renovation | 0 |

PARIS — It was a storehouse for the furniture, art, rugs and precious jewels of France’s royal...

Furor in China Over Artwork Ranking Women by Their Looks

by BistoshWorld | Jun 21, 2021 | #MeToo Movement, Art, China, Museums, NY Times, Privacy, Sexual Harassment, Shanghai (China), Women and Girls, Women's Rights | 0 |

To the artist’s critics, it was bad enough that he had secretly filmed thousands of female...

Racist Mural Puts Tate Galleries in a Bind

by BistoshWorld | Jun 11, 2021 | Art, Black People, Himid, Lubaina, Murals, Museums, NY Times, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Whistler, Rex, White Pube, The | 0 |

LONDON — Since Tate Britain reopened last month after a five-month pandemic shutdown, the museum...

Britain Detains ‘Noah’s Ark,’ Doubting It Can Handle the Sea

by BistoshWorld | Jun 10, 2021 | Aad Peters, Bible, England, Maritime Accidents and Safety, Museums, Netherlands, NY Times, Politics and Government | 0 |

When God flooded the Earth as punishment for man’s sins, the story goes, a devoted follower named...

The Masterpieces That Napoleon Stole, and How Some Went Back

by BistoshWorld | Jun 9, 2021 | Arts and Antiquities Looting, Bonaparte, Napoleon, Grande Halle de la Villette, Louvre Museum, Museums, NY Times | 0 |

PARIS — The spoils of war were positively magnificent.When Napoleon Bonaparte led his army across...

New Dinosaur Species Is Australia’s Largest, Researchers Say

by BistoshWorld | Jun 7, 2021 | Australia, Dinosaurs, Museums, NY Times, Paleontology, Queensland (Australia) | 0 |

Robyn and Stuart Mackenzie, riding motorbikes one day in 2006 on their vast sheep and cattle farm...

A New Contemporary Art Museum Aims to Heal a City’s Wounds

by BistoshWorld | Jun 7, 2021 | Art, Earthquakes, L'Aquila (Italy), Museo Nazionale Delle Arti Del XXI Secolo (Maxxi), Museums, NY Times | 0 |

L’AQUILA, Italy — On a recent sunny morning, things were kicking into high gear in the Piazza...

Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning.

by BistoshWorld | May 30, 2021 | Art, Bacteria, Buonarroti, Michelangelo, Florence (Italy), Leo X (1475-1521), Medici Chapel, Museums, NY Times, Restoration and Renovation, Sculpture, Tombs and Tombstones | 0 |

In 1527, with the Sack of Rome, Florentines, including Michelangelo, supported a Republic and...

Louvre Gets Its First Female Leader in 228 Years

by BistoshWorld | May 26, 2021 | des Cars, Laurence, Louvre Museum, Museums, NY Times, Paris (France) | 0 |

The Louvre is to have a female president for the first time in the Paris museum’s 228-year...

A Self-Styled ‘Troublemaker’ Creates a Different Paris Museum

by BistoshWorld | May 25, 2021 | Art, Bourse de Commerce (Paris, France), Museums, NY Times, Paris (France), Pinault, Francois | 0 |

PARIS — François Pinault, the French billionaire, has never had much time for convention. “Avoid...

Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen

by BistoshWorld | May 21, 2021 | Coronavirus Reopenings, Deafness, Disabilities, English National Opera, Graeae, Great Britain, Jessica Thom, Joanna Wood, Leanna Benjamin, Leeds (England), Leeds Playhouse, London (England), Michelle Hedley, Museums, NY Times, Sonia Boue, Theater, Young Vic Theater Company | 0 |

LONDON — Before the pandemic hit Britain last year, Michelle Hedley could only go to her local...

A Giant Wood Moth Surfaced at an Australian School

by BistoshWorld | May 7, 2021 | Australia, Butterflies and Moths, Indigenous Australians, Museums, NY Times, Queensland (Australia) | 0 |

Children and staff members at the Mount Cotton State School, an elementary school near a...

Category: Museums

Stripping Away History’s Layers, and Revealing a New Museum

Furor in China Over Artwork Ranking Women by Their Looks

Racist Mural Puts Tate Galleries in a Bind

Britain Detains ‘Noah’s Ark,’ Doubting It Can Handle the Sea

The Masterpieces That Napoleon Stole, and How Some Went Back

New Dinosaur Species Is Australia’s Largest, Researchers Say

A New Contemporary Art Museum Aims to Heal a City’s Wounds

Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning.

Louvre Gets Its First Female Leader in 228 Years

A Self-Styled ‘Troublemaker’ Creates a Different Paris Museum

Disabled People Fear Being Left Behind as U.K. Culture Venues Reopen

A Giant Wood Moth Surfaced at an Australian School

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