Rijksmuseum

The Hague, Netherlands: A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said on 30 March. The Singer Laren Museum east of Amsterdam said The Parsonage Garden…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said Monday.The Singer Laren museum east of Amsterdam said that “The Parsonage Garden at…

By Mikelle Leow, 30 Mar 2020 Image via ShutterstockIn another case of life imitating art, people around the world are replicating famous artworks as they stay locked in during the coronavirus pandemic. Los Angeles’ J. Paul Getty Museum, more popularly known as the Getty, is hoping to bring some laughs…

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland’s Basel Art Museum will pay an undisclosed sum to heirs of a German art historian, it said on Friday, concluding it bought works from his personal collection in the 1930s after he was persecuted by the Nazi government. The museum, now closed due to the coronavirus,…

Some of the joys of viewing art are hard to replicate on-screenART BASEL HONG KONG, Asia’s biggest contemporary-art fair, was cancelled because of covid-19, but anyone who had planned to visit last week could enjoy an experimental alternative: the viewing room. At the click of a keyboard, you could enter…

In lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic? Closed museums offer art lovers virtual opportunities to explore works from among the world's leading collections online. Here's a look.Exhibitions online "View of Bozen with a Painter" (1837) by Jules Coignet. National Gallery of Art With the National Gallery of Art in Washington,…

Linda Kenny, soprano, alongside baritone Damian Smith, actor/MC Alf McCarthy, director/writer Cathal McCabe and MD Alan Carney, is part of the hugely successful Great Singalong Songbook team that celebrates in song and story the lives of great movie and musical icons like Doris Day and Dean Martin in theatres nationwide.…

As COVID-19 cases proliferate, fears are growing that hospitals will become overwhelmed by patients seeking tests or care. David Persing, Cepheid’s chief medical and technology officer, said the test will ‘‘help alleviate the pressure’’ on health care facilities by helping doctors find out quickly whether a patient has the disease…

British Museum, London The virtual tour of this iconic museum that's located in the heart of London allows you to tour through various periods of history and discover curiosities like the Egyptian mummies. Also, hundreds of other artifacts can be seen there, so don't miss your chance! Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Home…

With many American institutions weighing how long they can remain open while the coronavirus continues to spread, four major Boston-area museums closed on Thursday. The Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, the Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston have all…