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Contemporary art in China: Chinese checkers

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Here, on a barren island on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, workers have dug the foundations for three colossal museums: an $800 million -designed branch of the Guggenheim 12 times the size of its New York flagship; a half-billion-dollar outpost of the by ; and a showcase for national history by Foster & Partners, the design for which was unveiled on Thursday. And plans are moving ahead for yet another museum, about maritime history, to be designed by . http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/27/arts/design/27museums.html?pagewanted=all

Abu Dhabi and Qatar Build Museums to Recast National Identities

Bâle : parcours dans la ville aux trésors

Bâle : sa foire d'art contemporain (Art Basel), son grand champion (Roger Federer), son fleuve majestueux (le Rhin). http://www.exponaute.com/magazine/2011/12/02/bale-parcours-dans-la-ville-aux-tresors/
1 December 2011 Last updated at 10:34 ET

Free museums: Visits more than double

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15979878

The Spectacular Life and Finds of Max von Oppenheim

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/slave-girls-and-pickled-heads-the-spectacular-life-and-finds-of-max-von-oppenheim-a-741928.html The Irish writer Samuel Beckett and Iraqi King Faisal I had traveled to Berlin to marvel at the latest sensation in the German capital.