Hong Kong has long served as East Asia’s arts hub, facilitating cultural exchanges between Mainland China and the rest of the world for centuries. This week, the Art Basel Hong Kong fair returns to the city’s Convention Center, March 27—29, anchoring a week’s worth of events and programs that will draw art aficionados and enthusiasts…
Ever since the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to mainland China in 1997, one word has been high on the Chinese authorities’ list of priorities for the territory: integration. Greater political assimilation with the Chinese mainland was to be expected, but efforts have also been made in finance and culture, infrastructure and travel—for…
In just under 10 minutes, thieves stole “priceless” jewelry from the Apollo Gallery after using a truck-mounted ladder to break into a second-floor window of the Louvre Museum. Sources: Google Earth (basemap); Paris prosecutor The New York Times The Break-In To get to the second floor, two robbers climbed up a monte-meubles, a truck-mounted electric…
Reporter’s Notebook: Museum for the American Dream opens – CBS News Watch CBS News John Dickerson opines on the American Dream as a new museum dedicated to the idea opens in Washington, D.C. Source link
The exterior of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, after the museum removed explicit reference to U.S. President Donald Trump from an exhibit about impeachment according to a spokesperson, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 1, 2025. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters The White House told the Smithsonian Institution it will conduct a comprehensive review of…
In a landmark cultural exchange, the Bayeux Tapestry will be exhibited in Britain for the first time in nearly 1000 years, while iconic medieval artefacts from the British Museum—the Sutton Hoo treasures and the Lewis chess pieces—will go on display in France. The exchange underscores the enduring cultural connections between France and the United Kingdom,…