Amsterdam News
Two Dutch bookshops have been named among the 20 most beautiful bookshops in the world. The Selexyz Bookstore in Maastricht heads the list and the American Book Center in Amsterdam, which also has a b...
Madrid News
Spain’s National Library celebrates 300 years
The Spanish National Library celebrates the tri-centenary of its foundation by King Philip V in 1711 with a programme of exhibitions, concerts, drama, meetings and conferences.
The main exhibition...
Oxford News
The Ashmolean Museum has received a large grant from the Leon Levy Foundation for its Restoring the Past Gallery, now to be named after its benefactor.
The Leon Levy Gallery is one of two at the m...
Madrid News
The Prado reveals early Mona Lisa copy
The Prado Museum has announced that its copy of Leonardo da Vinci
Berlin News
Berlin’s contemporary arts festival celebrates 25 years
The alternative media arts festival Transmedial runs in Berlin until 5 February. This year is the 25th anniversary of the contemporary arts event and is celebrated with art works, installations, video...
Dublin News
New directors for Dublin galleries
Raymond Keaveney retired as director of the National Gallery of Ireland on 11 January, ending a prestigious and successful directorship spanning 23 years. He is being replaced by Se
Oxford News
The Bodleian completes book relocation
The Bodleian Library has now completed the transfer of the majority of its books to its new storage facility in Swindon. Seven million books have been transferred from a number of storage areas to the...
Amsterdam News
Hidden Goya portrait discovered in Amsterdam
A fully-finished second painting by Spanish master Goya has been discovered beneath one of his masterpieces at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
High-intensity x-ray technology, developed by technicia...
Jersey News
Jersey Hertiage has brighter future
Radical changes adopted by Jersey Heritage have given it optimism about its future.
After facing severe financial difficulty in recent years, Jersey Heritage had to take drastic action to save mon...
Dublin News
Ambitious plans for Dublin’s College Green
Plans by the Irish government to acquire the Bank of Ireland headquarters on Dublin's College Green and develop it into a world literature centre have become more ambitious.
The government has sta...
Dublin News
World literature centre for Dublin?
The Irish government has revealed ambitious plans to acquire the Bank of Ireland headquarters on College Green and convert it into a world literature centre in light of Dublin's designation as a City...
Amsterdam News
Rembrandt honoured in Amsterdam
Visitors to Amsterdam will now be able to follow a tourist trail unveiled in honour of 17th-century artist Rembrandt van Rijn, reports Dutch News. The trail will follow the path the artist, who died i...
Dublin News
Dublin’s Lighthouse cinema closes
Ireland's high court has ordered the closure of the Lighthouse cinema in the Smithfield area of north inner city Dublin due to the inability of the company to pay outstanding rent of some
