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In the bowels of an imposing modernist tower in Paris, Laurent Duplouy carefully handles a pristine copy of "Tomb Raider" before slotting it back on the shelf alongside thousands of other classic video games. Duplouy oversees a huge archive of games at France's National Library (BNF), one of the longest-running efforts to preserve a part of global heritage that is often overlooked by cultural institutions. "The video game can be regarded as total art, because it combines graphic art, narrative art and a narrative structure," Duplouy told AFP. The 1990s glass and steel structure, a short hop fr...
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Visiting an art museum can have a multitude of health benefits. But what about virtual exhibitions? A team of European researchers recently studied their therapeutic virtues and found that they could be on par with those of real-world art experiences. The idea of going to a museum for health benefitsmay sound surprising, but it is a concept that's gaining ground -- and for good reason. Numerous scientific publications have highlighted the multiple benefits of art on our physical and mental wellbeing. Contact with works of art can help relieve chronic pain and alleviate stress and anxiety. Howe...
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A new museum opening in a former metalworking factory in Warsaw brings together 1,600 exhibits linked to Apple -- the result of years of painstaking efforts by a determined Polish collector. "It is the biggest and most complete Apple collection in the world," boasted Jacek Lupina, a 56-year-old architect, who amassed the collection spanning the entire history of the US tech giant. The museum is housed in Fabryka Norblina, a red-brick factory from the early 19th century in central Warsaw which has been turned into a retail and entertainment space. At the entrance is a replica of the Apple 1, re...
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Queer Britain, the UK's first LGBTQ+ museum, opened its doors in London this week, promising to bring the history and culture of the community to a wider audience. Housed in a 19th-century building in a redeveloped area behind King's Cross railway station, the museum has been four years in the making and is entirely financed by private donations. A major exhibition is slated for the coming months combining photos, artworks and costumes. Visitors can already discover the history of the community in the UK, from cross-dressing Victorians to more recent Pride marches. Pioneers honoured include ra...
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Dubai shuttered Expo 2020 with a colourful closing ceremony punctuated by fireworks on Thursday, leaving a multi-billion dollar mini-city in the desert and heightened expectations for future hosts. Six months after the delayed opening of the $7 billion, purpose-built site, Christina Aguilera, Nora Jones and cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed at the LCD-lit Al Wasl Dome, Expo's centrepiece, as pyrotechnics lit up the sprawling site. Millions of people have flocked to Expo's 192 country pavilions in its final days, pushing visit numbers over 23 million -- not far off the 25 million targeted, despite the...
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Dubai opened its Museum of the Future on Tuesday, a spectacular structure it is touting as the world's most beautiful building. The museum, a seven-storey hollow silver ellipse decorated with Arabic calligraphy of quotes from Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, and thousands of metres (yards) of LED lights, takes pride of place on Sheikh Zayed Road, the city's main highway. While its contents are yet to be revealed, it will exhibit design and technology innovations, taking the visitor on a "journey to the year 2071", organisers said. Roadside signboards described the museum -...
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Pomp, pageantry and puddings will form the centrepiece of celebrations to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday. The 95-year-old monarch's Platinum Jubilee begins on February 6 -- the date in 1952 when she became queen after the death of her father, King George VI. Britain's longest-serving monarch will be the only queen or king in the country's long history to have ruled for 70 years. Buckingham Palace officials unveiled a series of events to mark the occasion and reflect the Queen's call for the celebrations to promote a mood of national unit...
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London's renowned waxwork museum Madame Tussauds opened this week its first outpost in the Arab world in Dubai, which hopes to attract millions of tourists to Expo 2020. The brand, which began life in London where it boasts 250 wax sculptures that draw millions of visitors annually, also has smaller branches in the United States, Europe and Asia. "We have opened our doors on the 14th of October this year very close to Expo 2020," Sanaz Kollsrud, general manager of Dubai's Madame Tussauds, told AFP. "We expect many visitors locally and internationally to come in. "We have chosen the talents tha...
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International expos, or world fairs, draw millions of visitors to a chosen city every few years. Over two centuries these mega events have introduced the world to tomato ketchup, colour television and mobile phones and have left us the Eiffel Tower, Seattle's Space Needle and Shanghai's enormous China Pavilion. This year it is the turn of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, which had to postpone the 2020 expo because of the pandemic. We look at the history and the organisation of these major international gatherings. Born in ParisThe first universal exposition took place in Paris in 1798 to sho...
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Expo 2020 opens in Dubai on Friday, hoping to attract millions of visitors with its imaginative pavilions and technological advances. Ahead of the six-month event, here are five innovations that featured at previous world fairs: The Eiffel Tower -The most famous Expo was perhaps the Paris 1889 edition, where the Eiffel Tower by architect Gustave Eiffel was unveiled. The 324-metre (1,063-foot) "Iron Lady" was originally built as a temporary attraction, but became a permanent feature of the French capital's skyline and a world-renowned symbol of the country. It was the world's tallest building u...
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