Roald Dahl has been condemned by his own museum for what the charity called the “undeniable racism” of the children’s author. The Roald Dahl Museum issued a statement saying its staff had received training to prevent antisemitism and will work to combat
Two women were detained in Stockholm after they threw “some kind of paint” at a painting by French artist Claude Monet and then glued themselves to the frame, Sweden’s National Museum said Wednesday. The painting, “The Artist’s Garden at Giverny,” was on
A well-known sufferer of bunions, the Queen Consort has previously proclaimed walking in high heels very difficult. Queen Camilla appeared to be wearing two pendants. One of her necklaces is her sentimental tribute to her five grandchildren with her ex-husband Andrew Parker
Spain will soon open a new gallery that is considered the biggest museum project across Europe in decades. The Royal Collections Gallery will feature items the Spanish monarchs collected over five centuries. The museum in Madrid will include tapestries, sculptures, master paintings,
A German court convicted five men Tuesday of breaking into a Dresden museum and stealing 21 pieces of jewelry containing more than 4,300 diamonds. The men ages 24 to 29 received prison sentences ranging from four years and four months to six
Buckingham Palace could be transformed into a museum, art gallery or VIP guesthouse that doubles as “monarchy HQ”, royal sources have claimed. King Charles III could make the 775-room palace more accessible to the public by creating a “more commercial domain” as
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President Bob Kendrick said in a statement Saturday he will aim to forgive Oakland A’s announcer Glen Kuiper for using the N-word during a live broadcast Friday night. Kendrick, president of the NLBM since 2011, hopes others can
A Russian missile hit a museum building in a Ukrainian city on Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding 10 others, part of a relentless barrage that comes as Ukraine is readying its forces for an expected spring counteroffensive. Ukrainian officials
A new show of works by one of Germany’s most famous living artists, Gerhard Richter, opened at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie museum on Friday. “Gerhard Richter. 100 Works for Berlin” shows for the first time the long-term loan from the artist’s foundation. At
flash The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed to the public on Monday when its workers took part in the wave of French protest strikes against the government’s unpopular pension reform plans. Dozens of Louvre employees blocked the entrance, prompting the museum