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| Sleeping Beauty: Victorian Painting from the Museo de Arte, Ponce Opens at Museo del Prado |
Image of the painting "The Dream of King Arthur in Avalon" (18881-1898), by Edward Coley Burne-Jones, which forms part of the exhibition "Sleeping Beauty", of British paintinsg from the XIX Century on view at Museo del Prado. Photo: EFE/J.J. Guillén
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MADRID.- For the first time in Spain the Museo del Prado is presenting a selection of 19th-century English paintings from the Museo de Arte in Ponce. Entitled The Sleeping Beauty. Victorian Painting from the Museo de ...More
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| The Art of Papal Rome Exhibition will be a World Exclusive at the National Gallery of Canada |
ONTARIO.- Italian art takes centre stage this spring and throughout the summer at the National Gallery of Canada (NGC). The major exhibition From Raphael to Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome, is on view exclusively at the NGC from May 29 until September 7, 2009, and examines Renaissance Rome through a careful selection of 150 ...More
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| Record for Matisse and Others at Christie's Sale of Yves Saint Laurent Collection |
PARIS.- At tonight’s inaugural session of the sale of the Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, offered by Christie’s in association with Pierre Bergé & Associates auctioneers, one of the most significant collections of Impressionist and Modern art in private hands today fell under the hammer under the glass domed roof of the...More
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| The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser |
NEW YORK, NY.- Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole $500 million worth of art, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. It is the largest art heist in history; it is the biggest burglary in American memory. But after thousands of leads—and a $5 million reward—not a single painting has been ...More
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| Orientalist Art to Headline Sotheby's First-ever Major International Auction Series in the Middle East |
DOHA.- The Orientalist Genre is an area of the international art market that has returned to the fore in recent years and Sotheby’s has over the last year alone staged sales of Orientalist Art in New York, London and Paris, with worldwide totals bringing more than $36 million. Now, Sotheby’s will offer some 78 particularly appealing...More
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| Spectacular French Bronzes on View at Metropolitan Museum |
NEW YORK, NY.- Beginning in the 16th century, a tradition of bronze sculpture developed in France that was influenced by achievements of the Italian Renaissance, while manifesting its own distinct refinement and force. Even though French bronzes were among the glories of royal châteaux, including Versailles, and were collected eagerly by connoisseurs, they have received relatively little ...More
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| Exhibition Hall in San Benito de Valladolid Opens John Heartfield Exhibition |
VALLADOLID.- This exhibition features a wide selection of the photomontages by German artist John Heartfield (1891-1968) which were published in the periodical AIZ (Die Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung) between 1930 and 1938, along with a rich documentary fund of book covers, periodicals and leaflets, all of which were designed or conceived by the artist for the publishing ...More
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| Getty Exhibition Highlights Manuscripts from One of the Greatest Epochs of Central European Art |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Manuscript illumination flourished during the Middle Ages as one of the great artistic traditions of German and Central European art. On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, February 24 through May 24, 2009, German and Central European Manuscript Illumination features manuscripts and leaves from the Museum’s ...More
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| Kunsthal Rotterdam Presents the Rich History of the Oldest Art Prize in the Netherlands |
ROTTERDAM.- In cooperation with the Rijksakademie, Kunsthal Rotterdam presents the rich history of the oldest art prize for visual art and architecture in the Netherlands in the big daylight hall during the exhibition ‘200 years of Prix de Rome’. Over 150 paintings, drawings, objects, scale models and videos provide us...More
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| Exhibition of Paintings by the Italian Artist Tarshito to Open at The Nehru Centre |
LONDON.- Conceptualised by the Rome-based art curator and journalist Daniela Bezzi in association with EJB Communications, London, this exhibition will document over 20 years of creative collaboration with Indian craftspeople by the noted contemporary Italian artist, architect and art professor Nicola Strippoli, better known by his Sanskrit name: Tarshito.
Tarshito’s first creative journey to the subcontinent in 1986 resulted in the stunning production of “Carpets of Meditation” in 1987. Then, through a series of working relationships with the most highly skilled craftmasters in India, he held an exhibition at the Crafts Museum of New Delhi entitled “The Gold ...More
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| Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones Opens at the Victoria & Albert Museum |
LONDON.- Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones is a collaboration between the V&A and one of the world’s foremost hat designers, Stephen Jones. The exhibition will display more than 300 hats chosen with the expert eye of a milliner. On display will be hats ranging from an Egyptian Anubis mask dating from 600BC to a 1950s ...More
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| Ito Jachuko - Jade Flowers in Mysterious Gardens Opens at MKG Hamburg |
HAMBURG.- A new presentation in the Graphikkabinett shows woodcuts by Itô Jakuchû (1716 – 1800).
The Museum für Kunst ...More
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| Sotheby's Opens an Office in Jakarta and Appoints Deborah Iskandar as Managing Director |
JAKARTA.- Sotheby’s announced that the Company has opened an office in Jakarta and appointed Deborah Iskandar as Managing Director, Indonesia Representative Office to direct the Company’s operations in the country. The opening coincides with a preview of the highlights from the sale of Modern and ...More
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| Thomas Chambers: American Marine and Landscape Painter on Exhibit at Hyde Collection |
GLEN FALLS, NY.- The Hyde Collection’s newest exhibition, Thomas Chambers (1808 – 1869): American Marine and Landscape Painter, is the first survey seeking to define the artist’s style, sources, and the audience for his mid-nineteenth-century landscape and marine paintings. ...More
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| Claremont Museum of Art Presents James Hueter: A Retrospective |
CLAREMONT, CA.- The Claremont Museum of Art presents James Hueter: A Retrospective through Sunday, May 3, 2009....More
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| $45,000 Burns Manuscript Joins The Homecoming |
EDINBURGH.- The National Library of Scotland has acquired at auction a unique manuscript poem by Robert Burns. 'The Battle of Sherra-moor' or, to give its full title, 'On the Battle of Sheriff-Muir, Between the Duke of Argyle and the Earl of Mar', is an account of a 1715 battle between Hanoverian troops (Argyle) and the Jacobites (Mar). The ...More
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| Design Drawings from High Renaissance Italy on View at Courtauld Gallery |
LONDON.- A special display of rarely seen Italian sixteenth-century design drawings from The Courtauld Gallery’s extensive drawings collection coincides with the exhibition Love and Marriage in Renaissance Florence: The Courtauld Wedding Chests, on view through May 17, 2009. These drawings, some of which have ...More
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| P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Presents Lutz Bacher's First Museum Survey Exhibition |
NEW YORk, NY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents MY SECRET LIFE, Lutz Bacher’s first museum survey exhibition, which spans several decades of the artist’s wide-ranging conceptual practice. Bacher’s career is marked by restrained yet comprehensive interventions into exhibition frameworks, highlighting her ...More
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| Detroit Institute of Arts Announces $6 Million Budget Cut - Layoffs, Cost-cutting and Program Reductions |
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) announced a 20% reduction in its staff, which combined with expense reductions has resulted in an approximate $6 million decrease in its $34 million annual operating budget. In addition to cutting $1.6 million in operating costs and some additional projected savings, the museum will ...More
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| Parrish Prints Debut at the Crocker: Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print |
SACRAMENTO, CA.- Making its debut and only West Coast stop at the Crocker Art Museum from May 8 – July 19, Fantasies and Fairy-Tales: Maxfield Parrish and the Art of the Print offers a rare look at 95 of the popular commercial prints and illustrations for which the artist became known. One of the most important ...More
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| Radical Architecture Firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU Spotlighted in U.S. Debut of Exhibition |
COLUMBUS, OH.- Showcasing the work of Viennese architecture firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU from the past 40 years, the highly designed, internationally touring exhibition COOP HIMMELB(L)AU: Beyond the Blue makes its U.S. debut at the Wexner Center April 2–July 26, 2009. First conceived and presented at the MAK, a leading museum of
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