Art museums

Inside the mind of Tolkien illustrator John Howe

A lover of mythology and legends, the acclaimed illustrator has also worked on video games and a TV series

From Jan 14, 2026, visitors from outside the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will have to pay 32 euros (S$48) - an extra 10 euros to enter the Louvre.

Most non-EU visitors will pay 45% more to visit Louvre

PARIS’ Louvre museum said Thursday it would raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, meaning US, British and Chinese tourists among others will have to pay US$37 to get in.

The diamond and emerald crown of the Empress of the French Eugenie de Montijo was found broken near the Louvre after the robbery, a source close to the case says.

Valuable jewels stolen from France’s Louvre in daring heist

THE world-renowned Louvre museum in Paris was shut on Sunday (Oct 19) after several pieces of invaluable jewellery were stolen in a brazen robbery. 

The museum, which boasts one of the largest permanent collections on the planet, said the ball aimed to “celebrate London’s status as one of the world’s leading cultural capitals".

Brit Gala? British Museum hosts Met-inspired fundraising ball

The theme, less ambitious than the Met’s elaborate fashion cues, was “pink” – inspired by the “colours and light of India”

The Smithsonian gets about 62% of its funding from Congress, federal grants and contracts, as well as from private funding and visitors’ shopping for concessions.

DC tourists frustrated by museum closures as shutdown persists

Millions of tourists visit Smithsonian every year

Thanks to artist Jonas Griessler collective’s artwork covering the black asphalt with a multitude of bright colours, the ground temperature has dropped from 31 to 20 deg C.

Keeping cool with colours, Vienna museum paints asphalt to fight heat

With more intense, longer and more frequent heatwaves a direct consequence of climate change, according to scientists, European cities are trying to change their urban planning

A visitor ate the banana that was part of Maurizio Cattelan's work "Comedian", estimated at several million euros and presented in the exhibition "Dimanche sans fin" at the Centre Pompidou in Metz, France, July 18, 2025.

France museum-goer eats million-dollar banana taped to wall

[STRASBOURG, France] A visitor to a French museum bit into a fresh banana worth millions of dollars taped to a wall last week, exhibitors said on Friday, in the latest such consumption of the conceptu...

The mosaic will now be put on display at Pompeii alongside the hundreds of other items and archaeological remains at the site of the ancient city.

Pompeii welcomes home erotic mosaic looted by Nazi officer

Set on a slab of travertine, the mosaic panel dates to between the late 1st century BC and the 1st century AD

Parts of the museum have been open for months, but the main draw, the treasures of Tutankhamun, will remain under wraps until the official launch.

Egypt grand museum delay puts tourism hopes on hold

The vast museum, two decades in the making, has faced repeated delays, from political upheaval and economic crises to the Covid-19 pandemic

Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy was stolen from the home of Samuel Hartveld after he fled Antwerp with his wife in May 1940.

UK gallery to return Nazi-looted painting to heirs of Jewish collector

[LONDON] The Tate Britain gallery is set to reunite the great-grandchildren of a Belgian Jewish art collector with a painting looted from his home by the Nazis, officials said on Saturday (Mar 29).