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National Portrait Gallery to close for three years for renovations
On June 29th next year, the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London will close for the evening, but it won’t reopen the next morning. For three years, the museum, located […]
‘Michael Jackson: On the Wall’ continues to flourish at Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Since Leaving Neverland, a 2019 documentary, shook the core of many fans of the singer and songwriter Michael Jackson, his reputation has been tinged for some. You might expect that […]
Research shows complete under drawings in Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Virgin of the Rocks’
The Virgin of the Rocks is one of the London National Portrait Gallery’s most-visited paintings. Leonardo da Vinci painted the scene of the Virgin Mary with the infant Christ twice, […]
Tate Modern edges out British Museum for top attendance spot
Drum roll, please… Recently, Visit England, a tourism organization, released the findings of their survey assessing what museums were most popular in 2018. The report found that Tate Modern saw […]
Mitchell Tyler’s photo of Beyoncé acquired by Smithsonian
You might already be familiar with the cover of Vogue’s September issue from last year… Beyoncé leans against a Grecian-style column clad in a gold, sequined Valentino gown before a […]
Louvre strikes Sackler name from gallery and website
The Louvre has become the first major institute to officially remove the Sackler family name from its galleries. The Sacklers had been associated with the museum’s wing of oriental antiquities […]
At 500, Tintoretto gets his first retrospective in the US
Jacopo Tintoretto, one of Venice’s greatest Renaissance artists, is currently having his first retrospective in the US and North America to celebrate the 500th anniversary of his birth. While other […]
