LIVERPOOL.- The origins of one of the world’s most symbolic bedspreads has, for the last 40 years, been affiliated to the wrong person. The handcrafted ‘All You Need Is Love’ bedspread, presented to John Lennon and Yoko Ono in May 1969 d…
Museums Escape the Worst in Spending Review, will Only Face a 15 Percent Funding Cut
LONDON (REUTERS).- Museums breathed a sigh of relief after escaping the worst of the government spending cuts announced on Wednesday, but reductions in funding for other sectors of the arts were significantly higher. Chancellor George Osborne said muse…
Record Number of Visitors this Summer for the United Kingdom’s National Museums
LONDON.- This summer saw a record number of visitors to the UK’s national museums. Over 5.7 million people visited UK national museums in August 2010. This represents an increase of 11% from August 2009. Highlights include: • A total of 809,…
Record Number of Visitors this Summer for the United Kingdom’s National Museums
LONDON.- This summer saw a record number of visitors to the UK’s national museums. Over 5.7 million people visited UK national museums in August 2010. This represents an increase of 11% from August 2009. Highlights include: • A total of 809,…
North Korean Statues Open Wounds in Zimbabwe
By: Angus Shaw, Associated Press Writer
HARARE (AP).- The two North Korean-made statues were meant to honor a national hero but people were so offended because of Pyongyang’s links to a blood-soaked chapter of Zimbabwe’s history that one was taken down…
Neues Museum in Berlin Welcomes One Millionth Visitor
BERLIN.- At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 September 2010, Michael Eissenhauer, Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, was delighted to be able to greet Harald Fuchs (48), from near Erlangen, as the millionth visitor to the Neues Museum and hande…
Fire Razes Historic Warrior King Site in Zimbabwe
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (AP).- A museum official says a bush fire has destroyed the historic site of the encampment of 19th Century warrior King Lobengula in western Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe’s National Museums and Monuments director Godfrey Mahachi says strong win…
Five Local-Born Artists in UK’s Largest Painting Prize
LIVERPOOL.- Four Liverpool-born artists and one Chester-born artist have been selected to exhibit in the UK’s biggest painting prize. The John Moores Painting Prize is entered anonymously and open to all UK-based artists working with paint. This y…
Five Local-Born Artists in UK’s Largest Painting Prize
LIVERPOOL.- Four Liverpool-born artists and one Chester-born artist have been selected to exhibit in the UK’s biggest painting prize. The John Moores Painting Prize is entered anonymously and open to all UK-based artists working with paint. This y…
Photographer Returns to Trace Liverpool Families
LIVERPOOL.- A photographer who captured life in inner-city Liverpool is set to return Merseyside in a bid to track down the people who starred in his pictures. Paul Trevor came to the city in 1975 initially as part of a project called “Survival Pr…