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Home   Room X of the Baths of Diocletian Reopened at National Museum in Rome Once the restoration is finished, Room X constitutes the first part of what today is the National Museum of Rome. Photo: EFE. ROME.- Room X of the Baths of Diocletian, one of the largest rooms in the monumental complex, has reopened after thirty years of renovations. The Baths of Diocletian in Rome were the grandest of the public baths, or thermae...More Exceptional Impressionist Paintings from the Jean Lanvin Collection to be Sold by Christie's PARIS.- Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art department announced the sale of the Exceptional Collection of Jeanne Lanvin and the Polignac Foundations. This Collection pays homage to the eye of a woman who personifies Parisian elegance, Jeanne Lanvin, continuing with her daughter Marie-Blanche de ...More First American Museum Exhibition for Gino De Dominicis at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center LONG ISLAND CITY, NY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center opened the first major American museum exhibition of the Italian artist Gino De Dominicis, presented in P.S.1’s first floor Main Gallery and basement Vault, with additional works concurrently on view in Here is Every. Four Decades of Contemporary Art in the Contemporary Galleries of The Museum of Modern Art....More National Gallery of Victoria Solves Renaissance Portrait Mystery MELBOURNE.- The NGV announced today that it believes the subject of a mysterious Renaissance portrait it has owned since 1965 is Lucrezia Borgia, and that the painter is famed Renaissance artist Dosso Dossi (c1486-1542)....More Strong Sales and Record Crowds at 15th SOFA Chicago 2008 CHICAGO.- Long heralded as the nation's premier fair for outstanding contemporary decorative arts and design, the 15th SOFA CHICAGO staged at historic Navy Pier, November 7-9, 2008, matched the diversity and richness of the work on offer by 100 international dealers, with appreciative crowds of more than 34,000 seasoned and new collectors, scoring brisk sales. As CBS Marketwatch of ...More Contemporary Art Relating to the Subject "Nature" at the Museum Frieder Burda BADEN-BADEN.- Nature is making its appearance at the Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden. The new show, that runs through February 08, 2009, is entitled “Nature. Contemporary art from the Altana Art Collection”. The exhibition displays a selection of ...More A Nativity from Naples: Presepe Sculpture of the Eighteenth Century FORT WORTH, TX.- This Christmas season, the Kimbell Art Museum plays host to an extraordinary loan from Naples, Italy: a magnificent, 18th-century Neapolitan Nativity scene—known in Italian as a presepe after the Latin word for “manger,” praesepe. The Kimbell presepe will feature over 70 ...More World Ceramics: Masterpieces from the V&A Opens at Khan As'ad Pasha DAMASCUS.- The exhibition explores the history of international ceramics from 3000 BC to the present day, highlighting the links between all the world's great ceramic traditions. It features early ceramics of China, looks at cross-currents between Asia, the Middle East and Europe and at the luxury wares made for European Medieval and Renaissance courts. The exhibition concludes...More David McDermott and Peter McGough Present An Experience of Amusing Chemistry PARIS.- Maison Européenne de la Photographie opened an exhibiton featuring photographs made by David McDermott and Peter McGough . McDermott and McGough have become well known for their unique way of blending art and daily life. Their photography involves appropriating images and ...More Viviane Sassen - Flamboya Opens at Foam_Fotgrafiemuseum Amsterdam AMSTERDAM.- Foam presents an extensive survey of recent photos taken by Viviane Sassen while travelling through various parts of Africa. On one level these photos are an attempt by Sassen to recapture her childhood years in Africa, yet they also pose implicit fundamental questions about image, bias and the ...More Sotheby's November Russian Art Evening Sale Totals 14.1 Million Pounds LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Russian Art Evening Sale realised a total of £14,155,600, against a pre-sale estimate of £17,535,000-24,810,000. The sale attracted over 100 registered bidders and saw 59.4% of the sold lots bring above their low estimates....More Documentary Film about China's Exploding Contemporary Art Scene to be Screened at Art Basel MIAMI.- Robert Adanto's The Rising Tide, screening this weekend at Art Basel, captures the complex cultural implications of the global art market's insatiable taste for Chinese Contemporary Art....More De Cordova Museum Announces Tabitha Vevers: Narrative Bodies LINCOLN, MA.- Narrative Bodies is mid-career survey exhibition of the work of painter Tabitha Vevers that highlights the artist’s feminist engagement with tradition and myth. The exhibition will be on view at the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park from January 24 through May 17, 2009....More Sotheby's to Hold its First-ever Major International Auction Series in the Middle East in 2009 DOHA.- Sotheby’s confirmed that its first ever major international auction series in the Middle East will take place on Wednesday, March 18 and Thursday, March 19, 2009 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha, Qatar....More Smithsonian American Art Museum Presents Nationally Touring Retrospective of Acclaimed Photographer Frank Gohlke WASHINGTON, DC.- Frank Gohlke (b. 1942) is one of the most influential and respected landscape photographers of the last three decades. “Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke,” a major mid-career retrospective of the artist’s work, will be on view at the Smithsonian American Art ...More Carnegie Museum of Art Presents Laboratory of Architecture/Fernando Romero PITTSBURGH, PA.- The first monographic exhibition dedicated to the work of Fernando Romero and his Mexico City–based practice, LAR (Laboratory of Architecture), will be on view in the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, February 28–May 31, 2009. Organized by Raymund Ryan, Carnegie Museum of ...More Cultural Marketing 2.0: Taking Advantage of New Media PARIS.- Over one hundred communication and multimedia managers from state and private museum institutions attended the conference/round table organized on Tuesday, November 18, by Influencia, the Canadian press group, in collaboration with COMMUNIC'ART. ...More Art Museum Staffer Named to SC Art Association Board MYRTLE BEACH, SC.- Lori Seckinger, Education Coordinator for the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, has been elected to the board of the South Carolina Art Education Association (SCAEA) for a two-year term beginning in January. Seckinger will hold the post of Museum...More Exclusive Event: Lincoln's 200th Birthday Celebration with Smithsonian Journeys WASHINGTON, DC.- Smithsonian Journeys has designed the exclusive tour “Lincoln in Washington,” Apr. 29, 2009, to May 3, 2009, in commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. This exclusive five-day program follows Lincoln’s life from his single term as a ...More China and Singapore Welcome UK's Cultural Talent LONDON.- Four rising culture professionals from around the UK are leaving for overseas work placements this month as part of the Cultural Leadership Programme, a Government-funded initiative which is promoting leadership excellence and diversity in the cultural and creative sectors....More