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The Clooneys Call On British Museum To Return Parthenon Marbles To Greece
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Acropolis, Amal Clooney, Ancient Greece, artifacts, Brexit, British Museum, Culture, George Clooney, George Osbourne, Greek, History, John Keats, Lord Byron, Lord Elgin, Ottoman Empire, Parthenon, Parthenon Marbles, relics, stolen artefacts, The Elgin Marbles

The Parthenon Marbles, the Clooney’s and a poetical perspective from Keats and Byron THE PARTHENON MARBLES became front-page news back in 2014 when Greece appointed international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, wife of Hollywood actor George Clooney, to argue their return from Britain to their homeland of Greece. The argument was raised again in 2018 […]
The Art Of Isolation: Exhibiting The New Normal
Posted in: Highlights Tags: Adam Lucy, Art, Coronavirus, Covid-19, digital exhibitions, Eddie Saint-Jean, Espacio Gallery, Exhibition, Hedi Naimi, London exhibitions, National Gallery, online exhibitions, private views, TAOI, The Art of Isolation, virtual exhibitions

A new exhibition at the Espacio Gallery in Shoreditch, London brings together the work of a selection of artists themed around the coronavirus pandemic. Eddie Saint-Jean, one of the exhibiting artists, visited the gallery before the opening to hand in his work to the curator and experience the new normal for artists, curators and galleries. […]
London’s Sights & Attractions From Your Smartphone
Posted in: Features, Places

Whilst our beloved city London is under lockdown to contain the covid-19 pandemic, one of the breathtaking captures floating around on social media are footages of London’s iconic sights and structures deserted and devoid of people. No doubt the capital will bounce back slowly and gradually and the locals and tourists will eventually throng to […]
Madame Tussauds Waxing Lyrical About the Missing Royals
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Highlights Tags: Harry and Meghan, London attractons, Madame Tussauds, museum, waxworks

Some reports say the Harry and Meghan waxworks have been completely removed from Madame Tussauds now they have stepped down from Royal duties, others say they have just been moved a few feet away. There are even rumours they are in another room. So which is it? A Madame Tussaud’s spokesperson has confirmed they are […]
Did You Know the World’s First Museum Restaurant Is in the V&A?
Posted in: Features, Food & Dining, Galleries & Museums Tags: cafe, Dining, Gamble Room, Morris Room, museum, Poynter Room, Restaurant, V&A

With over 2.27 million objects, the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington is recognised as a world leader in collections of applied and decorative arts and design, but did you know it also has the world’s first museum restaurant? Its three opulently decorated Victorian ‘Refreshment Rooms’ were built in the 1850s and 60s, timed to […]
British Museum Faces New Calls to Return Looted African Artefacts
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: African artefacts, Benin Bronzes, Blackfoot Nation, British Museum, Canada, Egypt, History, India, looted artefacts, looted relics, Museums, Nigeria, restituitive measures

The Jamaican culture minister’s call for the return of Taino artefacts seized from their country and now owned by the British Museum has prompted Nigerians to renew their own demands for the return of looted Benin Bronze relics. With the British Museum now in negotiations to temporarily loan them back to Nigeria, we discuss the […]
Science Museum, Summer of Space Festival (Exhibition)
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions, Technology Tags: Summer of Space

The Science Museum’s Summer of Space festival runs concurrently with the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing. As well as their screening of the Apollo 11: First Steps documentary (a special edit just for museums), there’s other entertaining and educational exhibits and displays covering the early period of the space race, moon landings and space exploration […]
Apollo 11: First Steps Edition (Film)
Posted in: Galleries & Museums, Movies & TV Shows, Reviews Tags: Apollo 11, Science Museum

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong made history as the first man to walk on the Moon and uttered those celebrated words: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin raised the American flag […]
Palm Print: The Madonna in Contemporary Art
Posted in: Events & Festivals, Features, Shows & Exhibitions

Comparing contemporary depictions of the Madonna with Renaissance masterpieces. London-based artist Denise Wyllie, fresh from being interviewed by the BBC at the Royal Academy yesterday, turns her attention to a piece she won’t be submitting to the RA just yet but which has recently done the rounds at international exhibitions. She has brought a new […]
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Notebook
Posted in: Features, Galleries & Museums, Shows & Exhibitions Tags: Leonadro Da Vinci

The Victoria and Albert Museum will be expecting a rush of visitors today seeking to catch a glimpse of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, following his birthday over the weekend on April 15th. These invaluable items are much sought after by museums and private collectors alike and one sold for $30 million at a 1994 auction. […]

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