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*** How this art detective recovered two multi-million pound pieces of
stolen art
Two important, multi-million-pound pieces of 20th-century art stolen seven
years ago from a Dutch museum by a masked gang in broad daylight were
recovered by a man with a growing reputation as the Indiana Jones of the art
world
** The Architect Who Became a Diamond
Last September, in Guadalajara, an American conceptual artist devised an
ingenious plan for negotiating access to a hidden archive, held in a bunker
in Basel
** Long-Lost Dürer Engraving Turns Up At Flea Market
According to the Staatsgalerie, the work recently surfaced at a flea market
in the French town of Sarrebourg, where it was discovered by an Alsatian
collector who returned his find to the institution’s graphics department
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** Mobster-turned-minister gives FBI information on 1990 Boston museum
heist
It’s been more than 26 years since the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
heist, and although the paintings have never been recovered, a former mob
boss says he might have some information to help the FBI in their search
** Museum economics: how the art boom is hurting the bottom line
What explains the different trajectories? Why do some museums flourish while
others flounder?
** Treasured 5,000-year-old Norwegian rock carving destroyed by
well-meaning kids
Although children can be told to look and not touch, keeping them from
destroying valuable art across the globe has proven easier said than done
** The Scandalous Zines of Renaissance England
Unlike early newspapers, broadsides or pamphlets were one-off, anonymously
written, unsourced accounts and rants: a Facebook echo chamber gone
Renaissance
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** Smithfield General Market: the new Museum of London sets out its stall
After years of debate surrounding its future, London’s historic Smithfield
General Market is to be the new home of the Museum of London, but will the
architects chosen last week to redesign the site rise to the challenge?
** Museums team up to display rare medieval manuscripts
The term “illuminated manuscripts” broadly refers to medieval and
Renaissance books with significant decoration, but particularly those with
coloured pigment or gold leaf
** New WA Museum blends old with new in 'bold, distinctive' design
The design of the new $428 million Western Australian Museum has been
revealed, featuring a "living building" intended as the state's cultural
heart where stories of its people and places can be told
** SFO Museum Exhibits Vintage Flight Attendant Uniforms
Over 70 pieces of fashion history are now on display at San Francisco
International Airport as part of the "Fashion In Flight: A History of
Airline Uniform Design" exhibition
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** Welcome to the age of ancient DNA sequencing
Over the past decade, modern DNA sequencing techniques have allowed
scientists to recover strands of genetic material from decayed bones that
have been infused with microbes over thousands of years
** The 17th-Century Language that Divided Everything in the Universe into
40 Categories
In the mid-17th century Anglican bishop John Wilkins set out on a
not-so-small quest: to refine human communication with a language that would
classify every concept, thing, and idea within the universe into just 40
categories
** The Many Influences and Invasions that Shaped Two Millennia of Sicilian
Art
Where the curators’ job gets harder is in the following era of increasing
flux and violence, from 241 BCE to 1091 CE, during which the Vandal and Goth
tribes invaded the island, and the Romans, Arabs, and Byzantines repeatedly
attempted to seize control
** How The Great War Impacted On One Museum
Tragically, the greatest impact of all was the sad loss of a whole
generation of young naturalists; they fought in the conflict and many were
killed in action or died of their wounds
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** London's most beautiful new museum is a 150-year-old sewage pumping
station
At long last, London has been blessed with a proper museum exhibition
dedicated to the Great Stink of 1858, a foul yet history-changing event
involving a heat wave and the “hideous stench of human excrement."
** A thorny question for African American museum: Whose story do we tell?
Curators at the African American museum crisscrossed the country several
years ago, holding events in the style of “Antiques Roadshow” that asked
people to bring their treasures for review
** Marine Art Museum’s Firmly Anchored Collection
Once a rich collector accumulates a critical mass of art, the next step in
attaining social esteem is building an eye-catching museum to show off the
array
** Plans Take Shape for François Pinault Museum in Paris
His first attempt to build a museum in Paris, on an island in the Seine 11
years ago, was frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles and he abandoned his plans
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** Accurate goes before cool when creating Virtual Reality Tours for
museums
Are there advantages to working with a VR developer that has museum
experience and should we make our VR experience accessible to anyone
anywhere, or only to visitors on-site?
** Historic exhibition of Maori portraits
Opening at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
** Toy Story: Childhood versus Children in Toy Museums
Toys are considered to be children’s cultural objects, yet when placed in a
toy museum context they become a collection for adult viewing.
** From Son of Heaven to Commoner: Puyi, the Last Emperor of China
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, Hong Kong
** This Week's Horoscopes
Scorpio - There’s nothing wrong with being attracted to a man in uniform,
but the stars still think you can do better than building custodian.
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