How the British Museum is preparing for the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry
The British Museum will unveil the Bayeux Tapestry on September 10 during an exhibition which will run until July 11,…
Sylvie Retailleau explains how she saved the Palais de la Découverte
A physicist by training, former president of Paris-Saclay University and former Minister of Higher Education, Sylvie Retailleau has chaired Universcience…
In Rome, the extension of the Borghese Gallery provokes a revolt
Rome’s Borghese Gallery has sparked controversy by launching plans to build a new building attached to its 17th-century villa. The…
An association wants to block in court the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial basin wanted by Trump
In the United States, The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a recent association (1998) for the protection of “cultural landscapes”, took action…
The Langmatt Museum in Baden reopens its doors
After two years of work, the Langmatt Museum in Baden, Switzerland, has reopened its doors to the public. This major…
Kanal-Centre Pompidou without head
Brussels. In view of the financial and political turbulence which accompanied the implementation of the Kanal-Centre Pompidou branch, scheduled to…
The Met in New York absorbs the Neue Galerie
In an unprecedented move, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (Met) will absorb the Neue Galerie New York…
In Greece, the Thessalonikeon Métropolis archaeological museum opens its doors
The Thessaloniki Metropolis Museum (Greece) was inaugurated on May 7 in the rehabilitated A3 building of the former Pavlos Melas…
In London, a museum dedicated to the Beatles will open in 2027
“Get back”, sang the Beatles in 1969 from the roof of 3 Savile Row. More than half a century later,…
In Bordeaux, the metamorphosis of MADD
Bordeaux (Gironde). A velvet carpet, a rounded sofa and a small water fountain, all in an atmosphere mixing the 1960s…
Condemned by Francoism, a writer rehabilitated by the Spanish Congress
The Spanish Congress rehabilitated Cipriano Salvador (1894-1975), the republican intellectual whom Francoism had wrongly accused of stealing a painting he…
The Reims Surrender Museum reopens its doors after a year of work
After a year of closure, the Musée de la Reddition in Reims reopens its doors with a completely redesigned museography,…