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** Exhibition explores how jewellery acts upon and activates the body it
adorns
A dazzling array of headdresses and ear ornaments, brooches and belts,
necklaces and rings created between 2600 B.C.E. and the present day are
being shown along with sculptures, paintings, prints, and photographs that
enrich and amplify the many stories of transformation that jewellery tells.
** An Art Gallery Turned Hate Mail Into Its Unofficial Slogan And People
Loved It
A New York state art gallery is turning a piece of hate mail on its head,
adopting the screed as an unofficial slogan and putting it on T-shirts.
** A 4000-Year History Of New Year’s Resolutions
Beginning with a 12-day religious festival called Akitu, the Babylonians
crowned a new king or re-upped their devotion to the sitting ruler.
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** Taiwan Museum promotes leopard cat conservation
An exhibition of leopard cats titled Realm of the Leopard Cat is on display
at the National Museum of Natural Science in Taichung with the aim of
promoting conservation.
** Take a Peek Inside London's Museum of Childhood
Part of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the collections contain everything
from vintage and antique toys to children’s clothing, school materials, and
artifacts from toy industry figures.
** Ancient Purebred Horse With Bronze-Plated Saddle Is Discovered in
Pompeii
The horse, a purebred, was wearing a bronze-plated military saddle and ready
to go when Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the ancient city of Pompeii in
A.D. 79.
** Fake Images Created By AI Are Getting So Good They’re Hard To Spot
In 2018, researchers and artists took AI-made and enhanced visuals to
another level; scroll through these examples to see how software that can
make images, video, and art could power new forms of entertainment—as well
as disinformation,
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** A New Chapter On Restitution Of Plundered Art
By creating an obligation through France’s international relations, it is
suggested that restitution of the artefacts would override any domestic
principle of inalienability.
** Can We Still See Frida Kahlo’s Art Without The Scrim Of Kitsch In
Between?
All successful brands rely on condensing an idea to its very essence, and
the Frida Kahlo Corporation, which licenses her image – and donates a
portion of monies to charities committed to improving the life of women and
children – is clear on its website about what it believes that essence is:
“The brand represents a female role model, a strong woman.”
** Smithsonian And National Zoo To Close After New Year's Day In Government
Shutdown
Approximately two-thirds of Smithsonian staff are federal employees, which
means they'll have to join the roughly 380,000 furloughed workers who were
forced to stop doing their jobs on the day federal funding lapsed.
** Rembrandt and Saskia: a love story for the ages
Rembrandt was 28 when he married Saskia in 1634; 36 when she died, leaving
him with a baby son and a sorrow so destructive he gave up painting in oils
for several years.
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** New Beetle Species Are Named After the ‘Game of Thrones’ Dragons
The three beetles in question—Gymnetis drogoni, Gymnetis rhaegali and
Gymnetis viserioni—are just a few of the more than 200 scarab beetle species
named by University of Nebraska-Lincoln entomologist Brett C. Ratcliffe over
the course of his 50-year career.
** Scientists Study Finds That Found Parachutes Are No More Effective than
Empty Backpacks
It is a joke on non-judgmentalism, or egalitarianism of judgment, on the
objectively sincere but wilfully naïve null hypothesis where all things
remain equally possible until we have data.
** Exhibition explores the artistic dress around 1900 in fashion, art and
society
Taking the artistic reform dress as a starting point, the exhibition at the
Kunstmuseen Krefeld investigates for the first time the complex
interrelations between art, fashion, photography, and dance in the context
of the "Reform" movement between 1900 and 1914.
** Museums Are Entering The World Of Medicine With Prescriptions And
Therapy Sessions
The MMFA-MFdC Museum Prescriptions program is a new treatment tool that
makes museum visits accessible to thousands of patients suffering from a
variety of physical and mental health problems.
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** These Museums Are Opening In 2019
Each new year ushers in new offerings; museum openings are among them. 2019
will welcome in new attractions within this sector, as new buildings or new
additions are anticipated to open their doors and greet visitors with a
variety of memorabilia, masterpieces or magnificent finds or collections.
** Science Museum Puts Fruitcake To The Test
For nearly a decade, the museum has been freezing fruitcake with liquid
nitrogen, burning it with a blow torch, dropping it in a water tank and
more.
** Germany allocates $1.1 million for new museum at former concentration
camp site
The exhibit is part of a new Museum and Memorial Site in Sobibor,
implemented by Poland in cooperation with Israel, the Netherlands and
Slovakia.
** India’s first music museum to be set up
The country’s first music museum will be set up with assistance from the
Central Government in Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, the birth place of Saint
Tyagaraja, one of the Trinity of Carnatic music.
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** Painting stolen from Ukrainian museum during WWII recovered in
Connecticut
For 30 years, a large painting of a hunched Russian czar leaving the Kremlin
on horseback hung in David Tracy's home.
** Call for Applications SIMA 2019
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** NEH Summer Institute: Museums: Humanities in the Public Sphere
Join us for this in-depth exploration of museums and curated cultural
collections around Washington, D.C.
** Decadent Digs: Gilded Age Bedrooms, 1880-1920
The Branch Museum of Architecture and Design's Centennial Lectures
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