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Othoniel's solo exhibition spans the museums and historic sites of Avignon

Works by Jean-Michel Othoniel in Avignon. Yes, this is the same contemporary artist whose chandelier of multicoloured glass beads hangs in the Petit Palais in Paris; his style is instantly recognisable. At present, works by Othoniel are on show in all the museums and historic sights of Avignon. I

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"The Witching Hour", Andrew Wyeth, 1977

Art · London · Museums · Society

London's Tate Modern has been the most visited museum of modern art since 2014, except in 2021, when the lead passed to the Centre Pompidou in Paris and to MoMA in New York

In recent years, however, the museum has faced falling attendance, especially among foreign visitors, who make up its core audience. In 2019–2020, for instance, there were more than 600,000 young people aged 16 to 24; in 2023–2024 there were only 357,000. The Art Newspaper writes that

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La Casa Kahlo museum on Frida Kahlo's childhood and youth to open in Coyoacán

A new museum devoted to the childhood and youth of the artist will open in the Mexican district of Coyoacán, in the house of Frida Kahlo's parents. The exhibition will include personal belongings, documents and photographs, which were first kept by Frida's parents and then passed

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The impression made by Alberto Giacometti's sculptures at the Venice Biennale in 1962

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Persian Carpet of the Early Twentieth Century with Zodiac Signs

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The symbolism of the cherry in the Christ Child's hand in a work by Jacobello da Messina

Madonna and Child, Jacobello da Messina, 1470s. In his left hand the Christ Child holds a cherry, which carries an apocryphal meaning as one of the symbols of the infant Christ, and also of joy, virtue, meekness and the tender love between mother and child. Cherries often appear in the

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Stalinosaurus, 1988

Andrey Kinsbursky (born 1952)

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Hernán Cortés as Rendered by the Contemporary American Digital Artist Craig Mullins

Stone sculpture of Mary Magdalene with long flowing hair and hands joined in prayer, against a dark background.

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Sculpture of Mary Magdalene, 1311–1313, from the west portal of Notre-Dame Church in Écouis

Stone sculpture of Mary Magdalene from the church of Notre-Dame in Écouis, made between 1311 and 1313. The sculpture adorned the west portal

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The Archangel Gabriel from the "Wonders of Creation and the Oddities of Existence"

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