Ola Rotimi: the enduring influence of a Nigerian theatre giant

Twenty years after his death, the Nigerian dramatist Ola Rotimi is attracting renewed interest. San Diego State University hosted a webinar in April 2021 where the...

Arts venues set the stage for wonder, the critical sense we need for post-pandemic innovation

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything, from how we work and shop to how we communicate and learn. Worryingly, governments have overtaken market forces in deciding...

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Bringing art into public spaces can improve the social fabric of a city

You don’t need to look far to see the impact of art in public spaces. Art can connect us to place and record history as it...

The Hekking Mona Lisa – where the value of a painting, even a very good copy, lies

The Mona Lisa, housed in the Louvre in Paris, has been copied many times. The most famous of those copies has to be the Hekking Mona...

How science museums reinvented themselves to survive the pandemic

During lockdown, institutions untethered their programs from their buildings with some creative results On January 30, 2020, Science Gallery Dublin assembled a small group of experts...

Vancouver billboards by artist Steven Shearer evoked intimacy where people least expected it

The swift removal of seven billboards that were part of a public art display in Vancouver at the beginning of April is a chance to consider...

Minister Guilbeault Announces Appointment of New Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of History

If I could go anywhere: Florence’s San Marco Museum, where mystical faith and classical knowledge meet

In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. In 1981, I...

2021 Viva Europa pushes through to bring EU culture closer to PH

MANILA – Despite the pandemic, the European Union (EU) is pushing through with its 2021 Viva Europa, a series of activities to bring European culture closer to...