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A model museum, at Babbacombe Model Village. Guarded by stormtroopers and with the van from ‘Tutts Egyption Artifacts’ delivering (or perhaps collecting).

The sad, shameful demise of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry apollo-magazine.com/whitechapel-be… Charles Saumarez Smith

Nouvelle acquisition du Musée d'Orsay : Tête de jeune homme d'après l'autoportrait de Filippino Lippi, Édouard Manet, vers 1853.

Pls retweet - two curatorial fellowship posts National Gallery - Italian Renaissance and Post 1800 paintings, closing date 6 June nationalgalleryjobs.ciphr-irecruit.com/templates/CIPH…

One of my favorite scientific figures is this one of the entropy levels of 100 world cities by the orientation of streets. The cities with most ordered streets: Chicago, Miami, & Minneapolis. Most disordered: Charlotte, Sao Paulo, Rome & Singapore. Paper: appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.10…

Fabulous news! In a few years he’s made the Petit Palais one of Paris’s most interesting museums. Can’t wait to see where he’ll take Orsay!

Ça y est, il est enfin paru ❗️ Le catalogue des peintures françaises XVIIe s. du Musée du Louvre disponible dès demain dans toutes les bonnes librairies…#Poussin, #LaTour #LeBrun, #Champaigne #LeNain #Lorrain #Valentin #LaHyre #LeSueur… ils y sont tous

Premières fenêtres ouvertes en vue de la restauration (?) de la chapelle des Morts dites aussi du Sacrément des malades par Merry-Joseph Blondel (1781-1853) en l'église Notre-Dame de Lorette. Les peintures sont recouvertes de suie d'où la couleur noire.

We re-framed Rubens portrait of Thomas Howard- previous frame (here on green background): re- gilded French 18th century frame - the softer elasticity and the original gilding of the 17th century frame (new f. on red) resonates much better with the flowing composition

Today, we framed this Parmigianino Portrait in a newly acquired Italian 16th century frame with unusual pierced gadrooning and beautiful original gilding.

Today we re-framed the Gallery’s best Pieter de Hooch; previously in a 20th century replica of an English 18th century centre corner frame, now in a newly acquired antique Dutch 17th century ebonised pear wood ripple moulding frame.

The Titian poesie are back National Gallery post #TitianLoveDesireDeath - we now have a full on mythology room. Come see it! #rehang #passionesmitologicas #TitianWomenMythPower Museo del Prado Gardner Museum

It’s rewarding to see that almost all the frames that we made to unify the display of the Titian Poesie exhibition have remained on the paintings after they have returned to their collections

This is the most exciting ‘new’ frame this year and will be unveiled in the Raphael Exhibition - National Gallery (9/4 - 31/7)

I was on ⁦BBC⁩’s In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg yesterday to discuss the Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo with historian Catherine Fletcher and my good colleague ⁦British Museum⁩ Sarah Vowles - pick up the extended podcast version via BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Best one so far today 🐟

About to drop a 💎 on you here National Gallery #raphael

An inspiring solution from Factum Foundation regarding the difficult issue of restitution to celebrate the launch of their book on the Bakor monoliths. A must read 👏

There was a historic moment National Gallery this week when Jan Toorop’s painting, on long loan, was installed in Room 43 #PostImpressionism. Toorup is the first mixed-race painter to be presented alongside his peers within the Gallery’s collection. Come and see! 👀 1/3