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China's sci-tech museums draw over 3.5 mln visits during Spring Festival holiday

CCTV | 2026-02-24, 03:12

China's sci-tech museums draw over 3.5 mln visits during Spring Festival holiday

Peace now? The Palestinian and Jewish artists daring to use a ‘forbidden’ word

Virtual Jerusalem | 2026-02-24, 03:02

From a building-sized call for peace in Tel

Chinese museums use technology for immersive Spring Festival experiences

People Daily | 2026-02-24, 02:47

YINCHUAN, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- At the foot of the Helan Mountain in Yinchuan, capital city of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, a corridor within the Xixia Imperial Tombs Museum has been transformed into a bustling street scene from a millennium

Young Chinese master art of "split-shift" Spring Festival

People Daily | 2026-02-24, 02:47

SHENYANG, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- On the eve of the Spring Festival, Gu Yu from Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, was multitasking. Along with helping his family paste couplets and make dumplings, he was also busy checking travel guides on

Why Chinese museums are betting on horses

China Daily | 2026-02-24, 02:41

With its dark, beady eyes, delightfully dorky expression, and wild mane of hair flying in the wind, a little horse is sprinting into the spotlight. As the Chinese Year of the Horse arrives,

Bonds of friendship and art redefined

China Daily | 2026-02-24, 02:41

One's fondest memories are often those spent with like-minded people. Xu Beihong (1895-1953), a pioneer of 20th-century Chinese art, would tell stories from time to time of a trip he took to Huangshan Mountain, in Anhui province, in April 1936. While there, he

'Poor Christopher': Art Deco experts question PM's festival outfit choice

NewstalkZB | 2026-02-24, 02:36

The Art Deco Festival in Napier is not just a lot of fun, it’s also one of New Zealand’s best fashion extravaganzas. As such, it’s been a playground for Prime Ministers since its inception, who typically dress in 1930s attire on arrival. PM Christopher Luxon

China's sci-tech museums draw over 3.5m visits during Spring Festival holiday

China Daily | 2026-02-24, 02:23

BEIJING -- China's sci-tech museums received over 3.5 million visits during the nine-day Spring Festival holiday, presenting festive

Peace now? The Palestinian and Jewish artists daring to use a 'forbidden' word

Haaretz | 2026-02-24, 02:17

From a building-sized call for peace

Music, inclusion and ideas take centre stage at PIC’s first edition of Palash, an art and cultural initaitve

The Times of India | 2026-02-24, 02:11

Pune: A policy thinktank known for roundtables and research papers is preparing to place music, dialogue and public participation at the centre of its newest experiment with the launch of the first edition of Palash, a cultural initiative that will be rolled

How Jersey City wasted $20M on a French art museum that will never be built

New York Post | 2026-02-24, 01:04

Jersey City has said bon voyage to bringing a French art museum to the city — after wasting $20 million in taxpayers’ cash. The Pompidou x Jersey City project spent the vast amount without laying a single brick or hanging one piece of art, The Post can reveal.

Exemplifying the art of nation-building

The Star | 2026-02-24, 00:58

WHEN I was told that for my Prominent Professorial Lecture at UCSI University I was being paired with renowned academic and scientist Tan Sri Prof Dr Omar Abdul Rahman, I was exci�ted, but I also felt a great weight of humility. Read full story ...

The Gant Aspen unveils final 2 artist vans

Aspen Times | 2026-02-24, 00:01

The Gant Aspen’s Rolling CanvasArt in Motion is in its final chapter this winter with the debut of the final two artist-designed vans. These two vans complete the resort’s four-part inaugural mobile exhibition. The newly-unveiled works are by

Met Gala announces 'Fashion is Art' dress code; Beyonce, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams to co-chair event

The Times of India | 2026-02-23, 23:17

Met Gala 2026 announces ‘Fashion Is Art’ dress code; Beyonce, Venus Williams, Nicole Kidman to co-chairThe Met Gala will return this May with an all-new dress code, fans and fashion experts are going to want to look forward to. Organisers confirmed on Monday

'Fashion is Art': Next Met Gala dress code revealed

The Washington Times | 2026-02-23, 23:10

You certainly don't have to tell Beyonce this: Fashion, when deployed properly, is nothing less than art. ...

Stone Age art may reveal 40,000-year-old precursor to writing

Scientific American | 2026-02-23, 22:34

Thousands of markings on objects made around 40,000 years ago may have been more than just doodles, a new analysis suggests ...

Kenosha club announces Arts Foundation Member of the Year

Madison | 2026-02-23, 22:01

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Gen Art: Where talent ignites and the future takes form

The Villager | 2026-02-23, 21:11

There is nothing polite about witnessing talent emerge in real time. It is electric, destabilizing, and unmistakably alive. During Fashion Week — when spectacle often eclipses substance — Gen Art delivers something far rarer: the experience of watching

The Other Art Fair will highlight LA artists to aid Eaton Fire rebuilding

Redlands Daily Facts | 2026-02-23, 21:08

Before Instagram and Etsy became hubs for showcasing the works of independent artists around the world, many artists relied on local art fairs, but those events didn’t quite have the reach Ryan Stanier envisioned. “He noticed that it was difficult