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Poetic pose: Lord Byron the image-conscious Romantic in five portraits
The face of the scandal-ridden, best-selling celebrity poet—who died 200 years ago, and had a great influence on 19th-century ...
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Less is more? Show of miniature sculptures by 20th century titan Henry Moore to open in Bath
The exhibition at the Holburne Museum will look at how the artist known for his grand public sculptures also worked on a much ...
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Should Marina Abramović exhibitions be rethought for the 21st century?
Recent museum shows, including those at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in ...
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Bring on Pierrot, the clumsy clown: new book explores the impact of a bumbling stock character on French art
Jean-Antoine Watteau’s The Italian Comedians (probably 1720) has Pierrot, dressed in white, at its centre. An earlier work by ...
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National Gallery in London celebrates 200th birthday by launching own network of social media influencers
The art world has been reticent to embrace influencers but the past few years have seen more and more museums inviting ...
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School of Lord Byron: how the first global celebrity influenced art, portraiture and attitudes to built heritage
Two hundred years after his death, the scandal-ridden, best-selling celebrity poet Gordon Byron Gordon, 6th Lord Byron, the ...
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Kirsten Tambling
Marika Takanishi Knowles's monograph focuses on Pierrot’s rise to ubiquity in French culture ...
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Met Museum signs cultural-property agreement with Thailand and returns two statues
On 25 April, a group gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to witness the signing of a new “memorandum of understanding” between the museum and the government of Thailand. The museum also ...