Museums & galleries

BTS to launch Arirang pop-up store in Seoul ahead of album release

(Clockwise from top) A hairpin and hair clip, card holder, layered skirt, and keychain released in collaboration with BTS and MU:DS.

Tastemakers

Widow invests $800,000 to start S'pore hawker culture experience centre in honour of late husband

Ms Lena Lee at Jiak 99, a hawker edutainment spot that introduces locals and tourists to Singapore’s hawker culture.

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum says new Rembrandt uncovered

"The Vision of Zechariah in the Temple" by Rembrandt disappeared from public view after a private individual purchased it in 1961.

France appoints new Louvre chief after jewellery heist

FILE PHOTO: Christophe Leribault, head of the Chateau de Versailles, poses at the Chateau de Versailles, near Paris, France, March 29, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Head of France’s Versailles Palace to take over Louvre after jewellery heist

The Louvre, a former royal palace and home to some of the world’s most iconic pieces of art, including Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, receives around nine million visitors a year.

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Feb 25, 2026

A screen showing the voting results approving a UN draft resolution in support of lasting peace in Ukraine on Feb 24.

Louvre president hands in resignation to Macron

Louvre head Laurence des Cars has been under rising pressure since thieves stole US$100 million (S$126 million) of French crown jewels stolen in broad daylight in October.

Britain’s Victoria and Albert Museum displays first-ever YouTube video and watch page

Museum curators worked with YouTube to rebuild the design and experience of the watch page, using internet archives from Dec 8, 2006 - the oldest available.

Field Notes from Chongqing

Gen Zs in China snapping up replicas of museum artefacts. Is this about cultural confidence?

Museums around China are turning some of their most iconic artifacts into exquisite souvenirs to appeal to consumers.

Australian museum recovers Egyptian artefacts after break-in

A prosecutor said the man stole a mummy mask, a collar, a piece of jewellery and the wooden cat while also causing “irreparable damage” to other items.

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