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The British Museum has sent approximately 80 artifacts on long-term loan to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in Mumbai, India. The loan includes an ancient Egyptian wooden riverboat model, Sumerian statues from 2200 BCE, a Roman mosaic from London, and a marble bust of Emperor Augustus. It is the largest loan of ancient material to India and the first such deal between the British Museum and a non-Western museum. The exhibition aims to counter "colonial misinterpretation" by emphasizing India's contributions to civilization.

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Artist couple open north London not-for-profit in former Zabludowicz gallery

Artist couple Philip and Charlotte Colbert have opened a new not-for-profit art space called Camden Arts Projects (CAP) in north London, taking over the former Zabludowicz Collection gallery at 176 Prince of Wales Road. The venue, a former Methodist church, was bought by the Colberts last year and now operates under an umbrella company called Contemporary Culture Collective. The opening exhibition features works by Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed, including an immersive balloon installation and a neon piece, and is free to the public. Curator Hala Matar, formerly of The Little House in Los Angeles, is running the exhibition programme.

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Royal artist returns to Devon with stunning new exhibition

Alan Cotton MBE, a Westcountry artist known for his palette knife technique and royal connections, is returning to Devon with a new exhibition of landscapes from the Otter Valley and North Devon. The show, held at Kennaway House in Sidmouth from April 28 to May 4, marks his first public gallery showing in the region since 2015. Cotton, who once served as tour artist for King Charles when he was Prince of Wales, has works in the King's collection and exhibited at Buckingham Palace in 2025. His early life included homemade paint brushes made from his mother's hair, and he later became a BBC presenter and honorary professor at the University of Bath.

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King Charles Shares Art from His Personal Collection for an Inside Look at Royal Tours

King Charles and Queen Camilla held a reception on July 9, 2025, to celebrate a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace featuring 72 artworks from the monarch's personal collection. The works, created by artists who accompanied Charles on foreign tours over the past 40 years, include paintings, sketches, and even an iPad image. The exhibition, titled "The King’s Tour Artists," opens to the public from July 10 to September 28 and marks the summer opening of the palace. Charles began inviting artists on tours in 1985, and since then, 43 artists have joined him on 70 tours to 95 countries, with the King acquiring at least one piece from each artist.

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Royal exhibition to recount 40 years of Charles on tour in 70 artworks | King Charles III

Buckingham Palace will host a special exhibition titled "The King’s Tour Artists," showcasing 70 artworks created by 42 artists who accompanied King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) on official tours over the past 40 years. The tradition began in 1985 when Charles invited artist John Ward to join a visit to Italy, and has since spanned 95 countries across 69 tours, with many works being displayed to the public for the first time. The exhibition includes pieces by artists such as Susannah Fiennes, Mary Anne Aytoun Ellis, Richard Foster, and Phillip Butah, capturing moments from tours to Hong Kong, Guyana, the Galápagos, and beyond.

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King Charles to Reveal Inside Glimpse of His Life in Unique Exhibition of Art from Overseas Tours

King Charles III will open a unique exhibition at Buckingham Palace from July 10 to September 28, showcasing 70 artworks by 42 artists who accompanied him on overseas royal tours. The tradition began in 1985 when the then Prince of Wales invited British artist John Ward to document a visit to Italy, and has continued unbroken ever since. Featured artists include Fraser Scarfe, who captured Charles's recent Rome visit on an iPad, Richard Foster, who painted the King and Queen Camilla in the Galápagos in 2009, and Susannah Fiennes, who documented the 1997 Hong Kong handover. The exhibition was conceived by the Earl of Rosslyn, who also edited the companion book 'The Art of Royal Travel: Journeys with The King'.

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Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery launches special events to celebrate its 140th anniversary

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery will host a weekend of special events from November 28 to 30 to mark its 140th anniversary. Activities include a birthday cake-cutting, live poetry by Bradley Taylor, a performance by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Trumpet Club, behind-the-scenes 'hidden spaces' tours, a party hat trail, and 'my first museum' tours for young children. The museum originally opened on November 28, 1885, by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII), and has welcomed an estimated 100 million visitors since. After closing in March 2020 for pandemic-related essential maintenance, it reopened in phases starting October 2024, with new galleries, displays, and full access to the Staffordshire Hoard by October 2025.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 11, 2025 visibility 16 link 1 artist

Ancient art on wheels: how Mumbai's leading museum is sending miniature exhibitions by bus into the Indian countryside

Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), formerly the Prince of Wales Museum, has retrofitted three public buses as mobile mini-museums to bring curated exhibitions into the Indian countryside. The buses travel across Maharashtra and beyond, carrying miniature displays that foreground objects and material culture, encouraging viewers to build narratives from artifacts rather than starting with pre-written histories. The initiative grew out of a 2024 exhibition, "Ancient Sculpture of India, Egypt, Assyria, Greece and Rome," co-curated with the J. Paul Getty Museum, Berlin State Museums, and the British Museum.

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