The Guardian - 4 years ago
Thousands of works will disappear from galleries as rent rises and a stand-off with city government take their tollHome to some 400 galleries and an estimated 8,000 artists, Berlin has long aspired to be what its politicians call the cultural capital...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Unique 2,000-year-old discovery made by staff in lockdown at Northumberland’s Vindolanda MuseumThe Roman author Pliny the Younger advised “kissing the hairy muzzle of a mouse” as a cure for the common cold. His fellow countrymen linked mice to the go...
The Guardian - 4 years ago
Lockdown delays restoration of The Night Watch, but it can be viewed online in ‘minute detail’The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has posted online the most detailed photograph ever taken of Rembrandt’s The Night Watch, revealing every brushstroke and rando...