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Does Solitaire Deserve a Spot in the Video Game Hall of Fame?
Does Solitaire deserve a spot in the Video Game Hall of Fame? To New York Times culture reporter Sopan Deb, it's in the cards.
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Iran's treasure trove of Western art
The collection held at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is perhaps the greatest outside the West, and yet rarely gets shown in Iran.
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‘My Ship is Loaded with Memories’ – an exhibition at the Women’s Museum at Aarhus
Lifeboat sculptures, crafted by Norwegian artist, Marit Benthe Norheim are one of the highlights of the cultural programme of the Danish city of Aarhus, which is this year one of the European Capitals of Culture. The three 12 metre long...
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Postcards from Uzbekistan: the Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa Palace
Our Postcard this week comes to you from just outside the ancient Uzbek city of Bukhara and a palace that has been turned into a museum. Key facts about Uzbekistan: It’s in Central Asia, with neighbours including Kazakhstan,...
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Landmark exhibition of the major works of the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer at the Louvre
A landmark exhibition of the major works of the Dutch master Johannes Vermeer has opened. “Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting” at the Louvre in Paris presents a third of the Dutch Golden Age master’s complete opus to the public....
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The best of Arts and Culture in Europe and the World
Photo Pictures which have been re-staged by film photographers for the stills camera on a film set are on show at an exhibition at the Albertina Museum in Vienna. Three more weeks: #AlbertinaFilmStills closes on 26 February.#Photography...
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The Pompidou Centre in Paris celebrates its 40th birthday
The Pompidou Centre in Paris is instantly recognisable. It is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The iconic building with its radical architecture was designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. It was opened to the public on January...
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Too much bum time says Experimentarium
Experimentarium in Copenhagen is a museum where the exhibits interact with you. The child friendly attraction has undergone a major renovation and is now packed with 16 interactive exhibits, including a wacky ‘Bubblearium’ and ‘The...
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Artists create hyper-realistic sculptures for new exhibition
Eerily life-like sculptures on display at a new art exhibition will leave visitors doing a double-take. Sculptures of human bodies including a five metre-long baby are drawing in audiences at Copenhagen’s Arken Museum of Modern Art....
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Confederation quilt contains pieces of Canada's past
Relic from the Charlottetown Conference will be on display at a museum in New Brunswick to honour Canada's 150th birthday
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The Osmotheque of Versailles – a unique archive of perfumes
Perfumes have had a powerful effect on people the world over for thousands of years. Their unique scents evoke memories and inspire feelings. Many fragrances of recent decades have now disappeared, but at a special place in France, their...
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Van Gogh book of drawings slammed as fake
An extraordinary row has broken out over a new book that claims to contain previously unpublished drawings by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh. ‘The Lost Arles Sketchbook’, collated by Canadian art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, shows...
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This autumn’s cultural highlights
Marrakech is preparing to host its International Film Festival, featuring a rich selection of both international and homegrown talent. This year’s guests of honour include directors Paul Haggis and Paul Verhoeven, as well as French icon...
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David Cowan Announces Partnership with Cheddar for "Why Wall Street Matters" Series
In September 2017, the Museum of American Finance introduced a new monthly video series featuring 10 CEOs from across the financial industry discussing “Why Wall Street Matters” from their individual perspectives. The CEO Series is a...
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Cheddar and the Museum of American Finance Team-Up for CEO Series
David Cowen, President and CEO of the Museum of American Finance, discusses the museum's latest endeavor with Cheddar, but not before speaking about the history of the muserum and showing off an original bond from the United States'...
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The Kiss comes to life for the visually impaired
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is probably the most famous painting in Vienna, with over a million people viewing the masterpiece at the Belvedere Museum https://www.belvedere.at/en each year. The iconic image is now available to blind and...
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Prague Toilet Museum victims of own success
Flushed with success, a rare museum in Prague is moving to the Old Town to become more accessible to tourists. The idea for the Museum of Historical Chamber Pots and Toilets was born back in 2003 during renovation work on an 13th century...
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No escape from the genius of Harry Houdini
One cannot escape the fact that 90 years after his death Harry Houdini is still the world’s most revered break out artist. Born Erik Weisz in 1874 in Budapest he made a name for himself in vaudeville, before taunting police forces to...
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From ‘Dalí to Deneuve – culture in Europe this week
‘Dalí, The Classical Dream’ presents a selection of 150 works by the Spanish surrealist artist with the aim of showing how he was inspired by great Italian masters like Raphael and Michelangelo. The exhibition runs at the Fondazione...
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Meet your hominid ancestors in Georgia
Archaelogical findings including fossilised bones and artefacts covering almost two million years of human evolution are on show at the Georgian National Museum as part of its exhibition ‘Stone Age Georgia’. Besides the fossils, visitors...
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New gallery to showcase Arctic history and Inuit traditions
The Canada Goose Arctic Gallery will open next summer at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa
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Migration crisis dominates award-winning photo show
The World Press Photo exhibition has opened in Budapest’s Museum of Ethnography. The jury selected the winning works from more than 80.000 pictures by photographers from all over the world. No surprise, the dominating theme this year was...
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3D Lascaux cave comes to life
Visitors will soon be able to discover a brand new reproduction of the famous prehistoric Lascaux cave, complete with the feel, smell and humidity of the Paleolithic era. Work on a life-size replica is nearly complete and scheduled to...
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Canadian artist documents 9/11 tragedy through his art
John Coburn's pen and ink drawings are heading to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum to be part of the permanent collection