Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico at LACMA Resnick Pavilion
Olmec sculpture, European high fashion, and Renzo Piano architecture are all on display as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opens its new Resnick Pavilion.
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The Only Manga Museum in the World
Kyoto, famed for its geisha girls and global warming protocol, is also home to the only museum catering to manga, i.e. Japanese comics of wide-eyed heroes and heroines. The Kyoto International Manga Museum opened in November 2006 in a refurbished primary school and houses approximately 200,000 manga books and assorted historical items. On any given [...]
The Museum of Broken Relationships
A large, imposing ax. Furniture smashed to pieces by said ax. A wooden leg. Gall stones. A wedding dress, and a Vespa scooter. This seemingly random collection of objects share one thing in common; they’re all exhibits in the recently-opened Museum of Broken Relationships in Berlin. All the items on display have been kindly donated [...]
