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Historic coin at British Museum swapped with fake
CTV News· 3 days agoA Brazilian conceptual artist swapped a historic British coin for a fake in the British Museum to highlight the large number of foreign ...
Art Student Pulls Off a (Very Brief) Coin Heist at the British Museum
New York Times· 2 days agoThe artist aimed to use sleight of hand to point to what he described as the museum’s problematic...
New British Museum Director Has Proposal to Address Parthenon Marbles
Artnet News· 6 days agoWhen Nicholas Cullinan became head of London’s British Museum in March, he inherited the thorny...
New British Museum Director Says He Has ‘Hope’ for Partnership with Greece on Parthenon Marbles
ARTnews· 7 days agoNicholas Cullinan, the new director of London’s embattled British Museum, spoke this week of the...
Charli XCX and Beth Gibbons up for Mercury Prize
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 5 minutes agoBlack Rainbows, her fourth album, was inspired by artefacts she saw at the Stony Island Arts Bank - a museum of black cultural history in Chicago. An...
Art galleries and political correctness: The recent controversies over curated exhibits
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 54 minutes agoThe move came as part of the gallery’s commitment to race equality. It saw curators move several...
John Mayall, Pioneer of British Blues, Is Dead at 90
New York Times· 2 days agoMr. Mayall was best known for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted young lead guitarist after another, starting with Eric Clapton. John...
SCAD Plans Three Fashion-based Museum Shows
WWD· 18 hours agoThis fall might seem miles away having just passed the midway point of summer, but the change in seasons will be a welcome turning point for the Savannah...
Taylor Swift's museum era is on full display at London's V&A
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 17 hours agoThe exhibits are set among priceless works in a museum that houses collections of art, fashion,...
V&A recruits four Taylor Swift superfans as advisers to museum
PA Media: Entertainment via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days agoThe Victoria and Albert Museum has recruited four British “Swifties” to become the first Taylor...