10 of the best new museums
After an alternative to the usual museum trips? This roundup of new and improved exhibition spaces and galleries should be just the ticket
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From baroque to bling: how France became king of high style
In early modern Europe, as political power shifted, one country became a leader in luxury. Now the V&A’s new galleries reveal how, through conflict and colonialism, France gained its artistic supremacy
This is not a bottle! Homage to the bottle, source of intoxication
“This is not a bottle!” at Mudac, Lausanne casts new light on wine containers. Mudac Museum and Valais Museum of the Vine and Wine are bringing together their collections to cast new light on wine containers. There are, and always have been, many possible variations upon the shape of a wine bottle. What stories could … Read more
‘No corner was cut, nothing was too expensive’: the strange story of the most expensive private listing in America
Robert Pereira had a vision to build a ‘spectacular’ home for his family, but never moved in. With $3m dollars in gold leaf on the property, what’s not to like?
Dutch museum achieves the impossible with new Hieronymus Bosch show
To mark the artist’s 500th anniversary, the director of small Dutch museum secures 20 of 25 surviving panels by ‘the devil’s painter’
Britain’s super-rich cash in on low interest rates with £1m mortgages
Number of £1m-plus mortgages granted to lenders has risen by a fifth, with private banks main funders of central London trophy properties