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Six studios in the running for the National Gallery's new 750 million wing

The National Gallery in London has released the list of architectural firms that will compete for the design of the new wing envisioned by Project Tomorrow, the £750 million (about 858.8 million euros) transformation program that aims to redefine th...
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Traces of human activity dating back 6,000 years discovered in Westminster

Archaeological investigations at the Palace of Westminster complex in London's West End have uncovered evidence of human activity dating back nearly 6,000 years, more than a millennium earlier than the earliest Stonehenge structures. It consists of m...
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At the National Gallery in London, the first exhibition in the UK devoted to Flemish painter Catharina van Hemessen

The National Gallery in London will present in spring 2027 the first exhibition in the United Kingdom entirely devoted to the painter Catharina van Hemessen (1527/28 - after 1565), a Flemish Renaissance artist among the earliest documented in Europea...
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A major exhibition at London's Tate Britain on Constable and Turner, Britain's two most famous landscape painters

Tate Britain will host from Nov. 27, 2025, to April 12, 2026, the first major exhibition dedicated to exploring the intertwined lives and legacies of two of Britain's most distinguished landscape painters-J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851) and John Constab...
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British Museum riles up Greece: 'Outrageous gala among Parthenon Marbles'

New tensions between Greece and the British Museum in London after the London institution hosted a lavish gala dinner in the hall that holds the famous Parthenon Marbles. The event, dubbed the "Pink Ball," was held last Oct. 18, in the spaces where t...
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In London, a brand new exhibition brings together OBEY, Damien Hirst and Invader

From October 10, 2025 to March 29, 2026, Newport Street Gallery in London, in collaboration with HENI, presents Triple Trouble, a brand new exhibition bringing together Shepard Fairey (aka OBEY), Damien Hirst, and Invader. Curated by Connor Hirst, Da...
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Pokémon arrive at one of London's most important museums: they will have a pop-up store

One of London 's most important museums is preparing to open a unique pop-up store dedicated to Pokémon. We are talking about the Natural History Museum , which in January, on the occasion of Pokémon's 30th anniversary, will give all fa...
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London, a new wing will be built at the National Gallery to expand the collection. Already donated 375 million

The National Gallery in London announces its biggest transformation since its founding two centuries ago. The initiative has already raised donations of 375 million pounds, including the two largest cash donations ever made public to a museum or gall...
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