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Museum workers are on strike, demanding better wagesPhoto: Hypermarx Museum workers in Britain went on strike on Wednesday demanding better pay, Art Daily reported. Other public sector employees at courts, job centers, driving test centers, and airports also striked. The union of Public and Commercial Services (PCS) announced that its… Read entire story.
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In 1878 Van Gogh was a struggling would-be preacher. At his lowest ebb, he began to draw. Alastair Sooke looks back at this pivotal moment in history.
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Rembrandt painted the surface of his canvas for his famous 1642 oil painting The Night Watch with a substance containing lead before applying the first ground layer of paint, according to new research published today in Science Advances. Though Rembrandt didn’t shy away from experimenting with new techniques, the use of a lead-based layer has […]