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At this museum exhibition, the security guards are the curators
Shawdesh desk: Museum security officers, the people who probably spend the most time looking at art, will soon be organizing an exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) asReadMore
World’s largest astronomy museum set to open in Shanghai
Shawdesh Desk: The world’s largest astronomy museum is opening in Shanghai, and its complex curvilinear shape has been designed to reflect the geometry of the cosmos. With no straight linesReadMore
Da Vinci bear drawing expected to fetch up to £12m at auction
Shawdesh Desk: A small drawing of a bear’s head by Leonardo da Vinci is expected to sell for up to £12m ($16.7m) at a London auction on Thursday. Measuring 7x7cm,ReadMore
Two artworks chosen for display in London’s Trafalgar Square
Shawdesh desk: A sculpture symbolizing Britain’s complex colonial ties and an artwork featuring the faces of 850 transgender people are set to go on display in Trafalgar Square, one ofReadMore
Significant Edward Lear poems discovered
Shawdesh Desk: Previously unseen poems and letters written by Victorian nonsense poet Edward Lear have been found hidden in a private collection. The discovery was made by University of NottinghamReadMore
Passionate Plath love letters to Hughes up for sale
Shawdesh Desk; Possessions of Sylvia Plath from the happier early days of her doomed marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes, including ardent love letters and their wedding rings, are toReadMore
Mini Statue of Liberty arrives in the US, retracing big sister’s steps
Shawdesh Desk; A scaled-down replica of the Statue of Liberty that has retraced the journey made over a century ago by its big sister was erected on Ellis Island inReadMore
Fragonard painting ‘forgotten’ by its owners sells for $9 million
Shawdesh desk: A”forgotten” painting kept in the same family for generations has sold for 7.68 million euros ($9.1 million) at auction after experts discovered it was the work of FrenchReadMore
