Art Museum
This $33 gadget turns your TV into an art museum
You’ve heard of home offices, gyms, and movie theaters, but now there’s at-home art museums. Yeah, that’s a thing. And they’re actually a great way to explore art history and add ambiance to your space without costing a fortune, since this one comes in the form of a USB drive that connects to your TV. It’s called Dreamscreens and you can get yours here for the best price found online, $32.97 (reg. $49.99), until March 17.
No, not the drawings hung on your fridge — an actual art museum
Dreamscreens isn’t just a thumb drive, it’s an immersive art gallery containing over 500 famous paintings. You may recognize some, like Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ and Michelangelo’s ‘The Creation of Adam’, but there are hundreds more to discover in stunning 4K quality. You even have the option to display them one at a time or as a slideshow with music.
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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is set to make the announcement on Thursday, including a 5% budget increase for all national museums and art galleries.
She is expected to use a speech in Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare, to announce a new £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund to help organisations in urgent need of financial support.
Five museums in Yorkshire have been awarded funding as part of a £270m investment in arts and culture in the UK.
The Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, will receive almost £800,000, while the Land of Iron, in Skinningrove, will be given almost £656,000.
Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.
Read More: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9yrey9j9ko.amp
brand-new private museum to its ranks – PoMo, short for Post Office Modern. Its mission is to make art more accessible, challenge gender inequality in collections, and boost the region’s cultural scene.
Set in an Art Nouveau building that used to serve as the city’s post office, PoMo spans five floors and 4,000 square metres. The space is a product of the vision and personal art collection of Monica Reitan and Ole Robert Reitan, who’ve spent over two decades collecting works from artists like Simone Leigh, Louise Bourgeois, Anne Imhof, and Franz West. Ole Robert, who’s also a co-owner of the Norwegian retail and finance giant Reitan AS, believes art should be for everyone
Read More: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/major-modern-contemporary-art-museum-173439427.html
