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** The Neuroscientist in the Art Museum
As Tedi Asher, the Salem, Massachusetts, art museum’s
neuroscientist-in-residence explains, museum visitors aren’t necessarily
viewing art the way they might think they are.
** Billionaire Builds a Big Museum for Russia's Tiny Art Market
Energy tycoon Leonid Mikhelson has emerged as one of Russia’s biggest buyers
of contemporary art, something that would have seemed unfathomable less than
a decade ago.
** How to Hear the Met’s Historic Instruments’ Singular Sounds
New audio recordings by the museum feature roughly 40 instruments, from Ming
dynasty lute to the world’s oldest surviving piano.
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** Artist buried for three days under busy Australian road
An artist has emerged from three days entombed in a steel box under a busy
Australian road in a performance billed as a tribute to victims of
totalitarian violence.
** Show and sell: the added value of a museum exhibition
In general, it is considered unethical to lend a work to a museum exhibition
and then immediately send it for sale but common sense suggests that display
by a reputable museum increases financial value… so museums can’t but help
making a sale somewhat more likely.
** The True origin of ancient turquoise
New research overturns more than a century of claims that the source of
turquoise used and revered by ancient civilizations in Mexico, such as the
Aztecs, came from the Southwestern US.
** European museum directors warn of “increasing interference” by
nationalist governments
Although the interference is not offensive, it is becoming more and more
difficult to execute a programme that champions values like freedom, liberty
and a global perspective.
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** The story of sugar in 5 Museum objects
It’s no secret that Sir Hans Sloane, whose collection founded the British
Museum, was a slave owner whose sugar plantations in Jamaica contributed
substantially to his ability to amass such a vast collection.
** How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery detective
The unravelling of a string of shocking old master forgeries began in the
winter of 2015, when French police appeared at a gallery in Aix-en-Provence
and seized a painting from display.
** America's Black Holocaust Museum To Reopen
Without funding from Google or presidential accolades, America’s Black
Holocaust Museum was founded by James Cameron, a survivor of one of the
nation’s most notorious lynchings.
** Cambridge zoology museum to reopen after £4.1m revamp
It’s fair to say the casual visitor might wonder why they are so excited by
the scruffy frame containing a few cobwebby grey-brown wisps, discovered
during a £4.1m redevelopment of the museum.
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** London is getting a new feminist art gallery in an old loo
Entirely dedicated to feminist art and artists, the new venue makes
inventive use of a former public loo and a nearby park keeper’s hut.
** The death of the art gallery? Japan's new digital museum
It’s a refreshing approach, particularly in Japan, where art institutions
are normally bound by countless rules enforced by eagle-eyed attendants.
** Long-dead Critters Animate Israel’s Nature Museum
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History places special emphasis on the
flora and fauna indigenous to the Holy Land and Middle East.
** How blockchain technology can track humanity’s lunar heritage sites
After years of discussion, no formal progress has been made to promulgate
internationally recognized, much less enforceable, safeguards of our
heritage sites on the Moon.
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** The best museum exhibits in Europe this summer
If you’re heading overseas — or looking for a good reason to — Europe’s
museum exhibits have a lot to offer in the next few months: use this guide
to find 10 worthwhile museum stops in Europe this summer.
** Siberian museum memorialises the Romanovs in house where they were
imprisoned
Russia’s first state-run museum devoted to the overthrown Tsar Nicholas II
and his family has opened in Tobolsk, Siberia, in the former governor’s
mansion where they were imprisoned for eight months from August 1917.
** Man accused of stealing human toes from museum exhibit
A New Zealand man dipped his toes into the world of crime — when he swiped
two human digits from a macabre exhibit.
** Beyonce and Jay-Z storm world's biggest museum in surprise Louvre shot
It quickly becomes apparent that the two most prominent African Americans in
pop culture are also making a deliberate statement on the marginalisation of
black figures in predominantly white Western art.
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** This Barber Museum Is Open And They’re Giving Shaves
Among the many artifacts in his gold-trimmed room are trays of
wicked-looking blades by Wilkinson Sword and Gillette no longer used by
modern barbers, antique barber poles, vintage signs and a Koch barber chair.
** Call For Session Proposals For 2019 AAMC Conference
The Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC) is seeking session proposals
** Chatbots in museums: hype or opportunity?
Chatbots have caught the headlines recently
** Power and Splendour
This summer, delve into the Middle Ages with a new exhibition presented at
the Canadian Museum of History.
** This Week's Horoscopes
Gemini - Although the secrets of heaven and earth are denied to you, the
secret of pancakes turns out to be the use of sour cream
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