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14 hours ago

Inside the century-old building standing above 400,000 gold bars

Across the floor and walls sprawl grand mosaics and sculptures depicting lions, piles of gold, thunderbolts and ancient Roman gods. "When this building was created, it was designed as a working bank building. There were people coming and going all day," explains the Bank of England Museum's curator, Jenni Adam. "And immediately they were greeted with this sense of grandeur along with lots and lots of messages about what's happening in this site."
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fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

The Spanish Golden Age expands its borders in Texas

The Blanton Museum pairs Spanish Golden Age masterpieces with art from New Spain and Peru to present the Baroque as a transatlantic, American visual language.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 weeks ago

Framing Van Gogh: why the artist did not want to surround his works with gold

With loans from nearly 50 museums and private collections, nearly all the paintings were displayed in ornate gilded frames-which Van Gogh disliked. Van Gogh's The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy) (December 1889) in a typical example of a French Baroque gilded frame-it has been on the painting since it was sold by the dealer Paul Rosenberg in 1947 Cleveland Museum of Art (photograph The Art Newspaper)
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fromTheartnewspaper
2 months ago

Are you not entertained? Three ancient helmets headline UK exhibition exploring the 'real' gladiators

The exhibition, titled Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum, features remarkable artifacts like ancient bronze helmets, showcasing the intricacies of gladiatorial life and combat.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

A brush with Cezanne in Aix-en-Provence, France: a blockbuster retrospective comes to town

Aix-en-Provence is celebrating Paul Cezanne with major exhibitions and the reopening of his studio after years of neglect.
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fromianVisits
3 months ago

British Museum displays a 2,000-year-old Buddha in exploration of Indian religions

The oldest dated image of Buddha, a 2,000-year-old gold reliquary, is featured in a British Museum exhibition on ancient Indian religions.
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fromianVisits
4 months ago

Saved by romantic spirit: New exhibition tells how Keats House was saved from demolition

Keats House was saved from demolition through a fundraising campaign, leading to its preservation and establishment as a museum.
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fromTheartnewspaper
4 months ago

The best museum shows to see during Tefaf New York 2025

The Brooklyn Museum exhibition explores gold's complex history and its symbolic significance across various cultures and eras.
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