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March 5, 2020
Rome Bids Farewell to Raphael, 500 Years On
Rome's blockbuster Raphael show marked 500 years since the Renaissance master's death — only to be cut short, then revi…
February 13, 2020
A Banksy Valentine for His Home City
On Valentine's Day 2020, a new Banksy appeared on a house in Bristol — a girl firing a slingshot of red flowers, instan…
January 30, 2020
The Lamb's Uncanny New Face: Restoring the Ghent Altarpiece
A 2020 restoration of the van Eycks' Ghent Altarpiece revealed a startlingly human-faced lamb hidden under centuries of…
December 3, 2019
Turner Prize 2019: The Year the Finalists Refused to Compete
In an unprecedented act of solidarity, the four 2019 Turner Prize nominees asked to share the award — and the jury agre…
November 19, 2019
Spain's Treasure House: The Prado Turns 200
In 2019 Madrid's Museo del Prado celebrated its 200th anniversary — two centuries as the home of Velázquez, Goya and th…
November 12, 2019
When Venice Flooded: Acqua Alta Threatens the Art City
In November 2019 Venice suffered its worst flooding in decades, putting the lagoon city's churches, palaces and artisti…
November 8, 2019
Paris Meets Shanghai: Centre Pompidou x West Bund
In 2019 the Centre Pompidou opened a long-term outpost on Shanghai's West Bund, deepening cultural ties between France…
October 24, 2019
A Million Visitors for Leonardo: The Louvre's Record Show
Marking 500 years since his death, the Louvre's 2019 Leonardo da Vinci exhibition drew over a million visitors — the mu…
October 21, 2019
Bigger and Rehung: MoMA Reopens After a $450m Expansion
In 2019 New York's Museum of Modern Art reopened after a vast expansion, rehanging its collection to tell a broader, mo…
October 7, 2019
Gauguin the Provocateur: Portraits in London
The National Gallery's 2019 'Gauguin Portraits' was the first show ever devoted to the controversial Post-Impressionist…
July 11, 2019
Weather, Light and Water: Olafur Eliasson at Tate Modern
Tate Modern's 2019 survey 'In Real Life' immersed visitors in Olafur Eliasson's art of fog, light, water and the natura…
July 8, 2019
Operation Night Watch: Saving Rembrandt in Public
In 2019 the Rijksmuseum began the biggest-ever restoration of Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' — live, in full view of the…