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Daggers, dervishes, Rego and the world’s most expensive egg – the week in art

The British Museum is infused with Sufi spirit, Henry VIII’s storied Ottoman dagger gets its own show, Rego’s art is renewed and a Fabergé sets a new record – all in your weekly dispatch

Henry VIII’s …

2 days ago

‘A joyous and emotional journey’: immersive exhibition charts Coventry’s south Asian heritage ⊕⊕

Hardish Virk uses photography, film, music and his family’s memorabilia to tell a wider story of migration and community resilience

As you enter the living room at the Stories That Made Us exhibition,…

7 days ago

George Clooney's first wife Talia Balsam stuns at 66 alongside her Mad Men star husband

George Clooney's first wife Talia Balsam continues to turn heads at 66, stepping out recently with her Mad Men star husband John Slattery at the Museum of Modern Art for the Nuremberg screening.

17 days ago

British Museum ends ‘deeply troubling’ sponsorship from Japanese tobacco firm

Critics of deal welcome move, which has been called for since 2016 when experts said it was morally unacceptable

The British Museum has ended a controversial sponsorship deal with a Japanese tobacco f…

22 days ago

26 days ago

Protesters disrupt event at Nigerian museum embroiled in looted artefacts row

Protest at Mowaa comes amid dispute over ownership of Benin bronzes looted by British colonial forces

Protesters have disrupted a preview event at a new museum in Nigeria that has become embroiled in …

31 days ago

‘A model of the transnational artist’: Cuban artist Wifredo Lam gets first US retrospective

The major modernist artist is finally getting a blockbuster exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, celebrating a career filled with innovation

Although he was a major modernist artist whose co…

33 days ago

The Nord Stream riddle: echoes of mistrust ripple through Europe

Three years after explosion that crippled Russian-German gas link, Polish court’s refusal to extradite Ukrainian suspect reignited old tensions

Chunky steel pipes run through one of the exhibition roo…

35 days ago

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place

An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’…

42 days ago

Greece accuses British Museum of ‘provocative indifference’ over pink ball

Event seated guests near Parthenon marbles, which Greece wants returned, and raised £2.5m for museum

The British Museum has been accused of “provocative indifference” and “covering Greek culture in th…

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