Watchdogs, a Buddha head to touch and a samurai with a katana: the Museum of Oriental Art reopens in a new and definitive location

Two Fo dogs – that’s what they’re called – welcome us at the entrance of the new National Museum of Oriental Art (MNAO) in hall 3 of the Borges Cultural Center. One is male and rests one of its legs on a round object, clearly a planet – and not a ball as one would … Read more

The new Museum of Oriental Art reopens with a proposal to disarm stereotypes

The new Museum of Oriental Art seeks to disarm the stereotypes and myths around that culture (TELAM) With much more space and a new curatorial script intended to reflect on what we understand by the Orient, the National Museum of Oriental Art -which operated in the Errázuriz Palace- finally finds its permanent headquarters and is … Read more

The new Museum of Oriental Art seeks to disarm the stereotypes and myths around that culture

(By Mercedes Ezquiaga) With much more space and a new curatorial script aimed at reflecting on what we understand by the Orient, the National Museum of Oriental Art -which operated in the Errázuriz Palace- finally finds its permanent headquarters and is preparing to open its doors to the public on December 8, on the second … Read more

The National Museum of Oriental Art reopens its doors

Next Wednesday, December 7 at 6:30 p.m., the National Museum of Oriental Art reopens its doors at its new headquarters: the Borges Cultural Center (Viamonte 525, 2nd floor). The Museum has a heritage made up of more than 4000 original parts from China, Japan, Korea, India, Egypt, Turkey, Armenia, the former Persian Empire, Tibet, Indonesia, … Read more

Santa Teresa Viceroyalty Museum of Art, an unmissable site in Peru

It reopened its doors on November 16 after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. «The Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites of San José (known as Santa Teresa), in Arequipa, was founded in 1710, and since then it has been alive, housing a Community of contemplative Nuns dedicated to praying for the worries of the … Read more

Erection of the International Vodun Museum in Porto

Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. Register (Minister Abimbola gave the top of the work last Friday) By 2024, a unique jewel in the world will see the light of day in Porto-Novo. The International Vodun Museum, a flagship project of the Government’s Action Program (PAG) for the tourism, culture and … Read more

The Museum of Sacred Art of Teruel exhibits the pieces of the I National Spiritu Contest

The Sacred Museum of Teruel hosts from this Friday the exhibition of the winning and selected pieces of the I Spiritu 2022 National Prize for Young Contemporary Art, awarded just over a month ago. The prize of this call for students of Fine Arts and graduates of four years of maximum seniority, endowed by Fundación … Read more

Borgo delle saline, museum of spirituality (Castel Sant’Elia), parking in Caprarola: 5.6 million for the design in Tuscia

A few days ago the Viminale (internal and territorial affairs department) allocated the 2023 funds for the planning costs of the Municipalities. In the Tuscia will arrive 5.6 million euros out of a total of 350. To benefit 16 administrations. Thirty-five interventions admitted to financing, divided into three areas: securing the territory at hydrogeological risk; … Read more