LONDON (AP).- The British Museum says it is getting 25 million pounds ($38 million) from John Sainsbury, the former chairman of Britain’s eponymous supermarket chain. The donation is one of the biggest gifts to the arts in recent decades and will hel…
Imperial War Museum to Open Lord Ashcroft Gallery in November
LONDON.- Imperial War Museum London opens the Lord Ashcroft Gallery, its first major permanent gallery for ten years, this November. The new gallery, paid for by a £5million donation from Lord Ashcroft, KCMG, will house the Extraordinary Heroes exhibi…
United Kingdom Show Explores Jimi Hendrix’s Links to Handel
LONDON (REUTERS=.- The Handel House Museum in London is a permanent celebration of the 18th century German-born composer’s life and times, but this week honors another legendary musician linked to the site — Jimi Hendrix. From August 25 to November 7,…
Winston Churchill’s Choppers Sold at Auction in England
LONDON (AP).- A partial set of dentures used by former British leader Winston Churchill — described as the teeth that saved the world — sold at auction Thursday for 15,200 pounds ($23,723.) The upper dentures, one of several sets specially ma…
Dora Carrington Drawing Scooped for Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum
LONDON.- Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum has acquired an important topographical drawing by celebrated artist Dora Carrington (1893 – 1932), who attended Bedford High School as a child. Bedford Market (1911) was acquired at auction for …
Important British Treasure Saved for the Jewish Museum London
LONDON.- The Jewish Museum has successfully raised the funds to secure the ‘Lindo lamp’, the earliest known English Hanukah lamp and one of the treasures of British Jewish heritage, ensuring its continued place in the museum’s collection…
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland Releases Design for New Building
CLEVELAND, OH.- The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) today released the design for its new facility, following its presentation and approval at a meeting of the City Planning Commission. The project is designed by the internationally acclaim…
Museum of London Digs Up Shakespeare’s First Theatre… Take Two
LONDON.- Museum of London Archaeology has resumed excavations on the site of Shakespeare’s first purpose-built theatre. The Tower Theatre Company is set to build a new theatre where the famous Elizabethan playhouse stood in the late 16th century. …
Ulster Museum in Belfast Wins 100,000 Pound Art Fund Prize
LONDON.- The Ulster Museum, Belfast was
announced
by judge Kirsty Young as the 2010 winner of The Art Fund Prize for
museums and
galleries. Praised by the judges for its all-round excellence, the
museum beat
three other short-listed in…
Ulster Museum in Belfast Wins 100,000 Pound Art Fund Prize
LONDON.- The Ulster Museum, Belfast was announced by judge Kirsty Young as the 2010 winner of The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. Praised by the judges for its all-round excellence, the museum beat three other short-listed institutions, The A…