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Museum closures are expected to take place across Paris on Saturday, in anticipation of planned protests, reports Le Figaro. The Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, Musée de l’Orangerie, Picasso Museum, and the Grand Palais’s exhibition spaces will all close their doors on Saturday. The news follows the cancelation of Art Basel Paris over the weekend, which is held at the Grand Palais. In a statement on Friday, the French Ministry of Culture said that all establishments must ensure “the safety of visitors, the protection of agents and the preservation of works.” All national and public museums are being urged to shut their doors; meanwhile, many shops have started boarding up their windows in case of a second round of looting, following last weekend’s civil unrest in the wake of mostly peaceful protests held across France, in response to social and economic inequality amid a rising cost of living.

The researchers identified discrepancies between the celestial alignments in June 1889 and Vincent van Gogh’s painted night sky. Visitors taking a photo of Vincent Van Gogh's ''The Starry Night" (1889) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in November 2023 (photo Mairo Cinquetti/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Deborah Cook, costumer designer at stop-motion animation studio Laika, discusses creating tiny costumes for puppets in a fantastical world set in the forests of Portland, Oregon

With their low ceilings, timber beams and roaring fires, many of England’s inns lay claim to being the oldest in the land and to have been visited by Vikings and Saxons. But an archaeologist working for Historic England says not one of the more than two dozen pubs that make this claim is being accurate. While many claim origins dating back 1,000 years, Dr James Wright, a buildings archaeologist, said it was difficult to verify whether any pubs were built and used as inns or ale houses and kept in continuous use prior to the 1400s. After painstaking investigation, including tree-ring dating on the wooden beams of pubs – a process known as dendrochronology – Wright named the George Inn, of Norton St Philip, Somerset, which has been in continuous use as an inn since around 1430-1432, as the oldest pub in England. Inside the George, set up in the 14th century by the monks of Hinton Priory.

space is around us redesigns a 100-sqm apartment in kypseli, using an existing bacchus entryway mosaic to guide the reintroduction of dionysus marble, yellow terrazzo, and curved geometry. elliath edited by christina vergopoulou October 23, 2026 2 min prefer designboom on googleSpace is around us redesigns apartment around archaic mosaicDesigned by local studio Space is around us, Bacchus Apartment is a targeted renovation of a 100-sqm residence on Fokionos Negri street in the Kypseli neighborhood of Athens, Greece. Focusing primarily on the kitchen and bathroom, the redesign draws its material and color palette from an existing entryway floor mosaic depicting Bacchus (Dionysus), utilizing butter-yellow tones, curved geometric forms, and period-specific material selections. Fokionos Negri, a main pedestrian axis in Kypseli neighbourhood getting revived | all images ©Space is around usMARBLE AND YELLOW TERRAZZO draw from 1960S MATERIAL CULTUREIn the kitchen, design practice Space is around us installs a continuous fitted cabinetry unit along the main wall, maximizing preparation surfaces and storage, terminating in triangular open shelving that adapts to the irregular floor plan.

“I often say that my favorite material is the next one, the one I haven’t worked with yet.” Welcome to the 360th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, Gerardo Rosales paints stories late into the night to the sounds of Chaka Khan and a James Baldwin audiobook. Want to take part? Check out our submission guidelines and share a bit about your studio with us through this form! All mediums and workspaces are welcome, including your home studio. Gerardo Rosales, Houston, TexasHow long have you been working in this space? Two years. Describe an average day in your studio. I don't have a set schedule. I would say that I have two studios: my home, where I sometimes draw and sketch, especially on my computer, and my actual studio. In my studio, I produce larger works or ones that involve more use of paint, where I don't feel like I need to be careful about making a mess. Sometimes I work for long hours, including late at night, or I just go to the studio to look at the work I am doing and think about it. I like to listen to music while I am working. I have a very eclectic taste.