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A curated selection of the latest Arts news from around the world.

Madness at London's V&A
V&A goes ‘one step beyond’ celebrating 40 years of Madness with acquisition of the band’s instruments and costumes.
Friday, May 17, 2019

Simon Armitage appointed new UK Poet Laureate
Her Majesty The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Simon Armitage as the next Poet Laureate for a fixed-term of ten years. The acclaimed poet succeeds Dame Carol Ann Duffy, who served...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Van Gogh and His Sunflowers Summer Exhibition
Sunflowers, one of Vincent van Gogh’s best-known paintings, will be the centrepiece of the summer exhibition Van Gogh and the Sunflowers. The presentation will highlight the flower’s significance to the painter and...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Leonardo da Vinci Horse and Rider Historic Auction
Following a 1995 exhibit in Stockholm, Sweden, the media was ablaze with the announcement that a small, centuries-old beeswax figure of a man on horseback was authenticated by leading scholars as having been the work...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Australia's NGV in Melbourne: Liquid Light, 500 Years of Venetian Glass
Venetian glass is famous throughout the world for its vibrant colour and crystalline clarity, elaborate design and unmatched craftsmanship...
Monday, February 4, 2019

Exhibition by Studio Swine Opens at A/D/O
Wave. Particle. Duplex. is an investigation of the invisible elements that shape our enviornment and how modern technology is used to give them physical form.
Thursday, January 17, 2019

London's Opera Gallery is Presenting Beyond Reality from the 13th to 28th of December
The collective show ‘Beyond Reality’ is of world-leading hyperrealist artists, including internationally acclaimed Marc Sijan, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Remembering Stan Lee, 1922 - 2018
Stan Lee, the co-creator of numerous superhero characters such as the Fantastic Four, Hulk, Spider-Man and Iron Man passed away Monday in Los Angeles at age 95.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

‘Unique’ 18th century watercolour painting at risk of export from the United Kingdom
UK Culture Minister, Michael Ellis, steps in to prevent Nainsukh of Guler’s ‘Trumpeters’, valued at £550,000 from export.
Saturday, November 17, 2018

MoMA Celebrates the “Live Eye” of Lincoln Kirstein
New York, on November 5, 2018 — The Museum of Modern Art announced Lincoln Kirstein’s Modern, an exhibition exploring Lincoln Kirstein’s sweeping contributions to American cultural life in the 1930s and ’40s.
Thursday, November 8, 2018

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NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Vice President’s Discussion with Higher Education Leaders
Vice President Mike Pence led a discussion with higher education leaders from across the country to discuss the all-of-America approach to respond to COVID-19 and drive America’s phased economic revival.
Thursday, May 14, 2020

Students Across Europe Learn Swift to Unlock New Opportunities
This month, in classrooms across Europe celebrating EU Code Week, students of all ages are living proof that coding opens doors to opportunities never before possible.
Friday, October 4, 2019

NASA Takes Delivery of First All-Electric Experimental Aircraft
The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California.
Friday, October 4, 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson Launches Police Recruitment Drive
The recruitment of 20,000 new police officers will begin within weeks, confirming the commitment made by the Prime Minister as he entered Downing Street.
Friday, July 26, 2019

Jony Ive to Form Indi Design Company with Apple as Client
Apple announced that Sir Jony Ive, Apple’s chief design officer, will depart the company as an employee later this year to form an independent design company which will count Apple among its primary clients.
Monday, July 15, 2019