Museums

Artist Anish Kapoor presents works old and new in London gallery return

Frida Kahlo's 'A Few Small Nips' (1935) is among the pieces on display.

Bounty of Frida Kahlo art emerges in Mexico’s restored museum

Four unidentified men, all wearing caps or hoodies, were seen in CCTV images carrying bags in the early hours.

More than 600 items stolen from British Empire museum: police

Iris van Herpen's sculptural, surreal dresses take centre stage at the ArtScience Museum in Marina Bay Sands Singapore.
STYLE

From sci-fi to sustainability: The radical fashion of Iris van Herpen

An Atari console, one of the early versions of video games from the 1980s, sits among the displays.

Tehran toy museum brings old childhood memories to life

Designed by an Irish firm, Heneghan Peng Architects, the museum covers some 48 hectares, making it roughly the same size as Vatican City.

Egypt opens colossal new antiquities museum after 2-decade wait 

Located atop Fort Canning Hill, Ayesha Singh's tracing of the Singapore skyline using a single unbroken steel bar is one of the highlights of Singapore Biennale 2025.
ARTS

Singapore Biennale 2025: Big dreams, big detours

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

Part of the butterfly collection at the Melbourne Museum. Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalised thousands of precious Australian butterflies, scientists are still untangling his web of deception.

Australian scientists grapple with ‘despicable’ butterfly heist

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