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| The Mind of Leonardo Offers its Visitors a Different Point of View of the Universal Genius |
The Mind of Leonardo is hosted in the prestigious Palazzo Venezia in Rome. The Roman venue is adorned by significant art works. Photo: EFE.
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ROME.- Although Leonardo is commonly known as a “universal genius”, the exhibitions dedicated to him have almost always focused on some specific area of his activity: art, anatomy, technology, studies on water, on flight, and so on. The Mind of Leonardo offers its visitors a different point of view, inviting them to explore the Genius’ very mode of thinking and his unitary conception of knowledge as the effort to assimilate, through bold theoretical syntheses and inventive experiments, the laws that govern all of the wondrous operations of man and nature....More
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| The Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries Short List for UK's Largest Arts Prize Announced |
LONDON.- The short list was announced for The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries 2009, the UK’s largest arts prize, worth £100,000. The four museums and galleries were selected following deliberations by a high profile judging panel including acclaimed film-maker David Puttnam and artist Grayson Perry. They are:
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow ...More
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| Works by Picasso and Giacometti Lead Christie's Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art |
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale achieved a total of $102,767,000/£68,511,333 /€77,268,421 for paintings and sculpture with top lots from Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, and Tamara de Lempicka commanding the highest prices. A new world auction record was set for Tamara de Lempicka’s Portrait de Madame M. from 1932 for $6,130,500....More
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| Richard L. Feigen Returns Ludovico Carracci's Depiction of St. Jerome He Unwittingly Bought |
NEW YORK, NY.- The widely publicized return of a painting by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) two weeks ago led to the recovery of another work of art belonging to the late Jewish art dealer Dr. Max Stern. Today, at the Leo Baeck Institute for the study of the history and culture of German-speaking Jewry, ICE and the U.S. Attorney's Office returned a depiction of St. Jerome back to the ...More
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| Jef Geys Presents an Entirely New Project Entitled "Quadra Medicinale" for La Biennale di Venezia |
VENICE.- For La Biennale di Venezia, Jef Geys presents an entirely new project entitled “Quadra Medicinale”. The project is an interdisciplinary research documented with plans, inventories, descriptions, photos and drawings. A special edition of the Kempens Information Journal complements the research. Geys chooses to apply this international platform, offered to him by La Biennale di Venezia, to realise an ambitious cooperative research project and to show it publicly....More
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| Portland Art Museum Debuts Gauguin Painting Donated by Trustee Melvin "Pete" Mark |
PORTLAND, OR.- The Portland Art Museum announced its latest acquisition, an 1884 canvas, Vue d’un jardin, Rouen (Garden View, Rouen) by Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903). The painting is from Gauguin’s Impressionist period and depicts the corner of a walled garden in early spring.
Longtime Museum patron and trustee Melvin “Pete” Mark gave the...More
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| Extraordinary Bronze Statue Excavated from Pompeii Goes on View at the Getty Villa |
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Statue of an Ephebe as a Lampbearer, a long-term loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, is now on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa. The object, which was excavated from Pompeii in 1925, will remain on view at the Getty until March 2011. The Getty has also begun conservation work on another object from Naples ’ archaeological museum—a statue of the Apollo ...More
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| Two Exceptional Drawings by Georges Seurat Head Sotheby's Impressionist Modern Art Sale |
PARIS.- Two exceptional drawings by Georges Seurat, consigned from a private Parisian collector, will head the Impressionist Modern Art sale at Sotheby's in Paris on May 28. After the record €5 million ($6.3 million) achieved by Seurat's extraordinary drawing Au Divan japonais last December, Sotheby’s Paris will again highlight Seurat's work by offering two exceptional drawings from a prestigious Paris...More
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| Exhibition will Show the Old Masters and Contemporaries Turner Hoped to Rival and Surpass |
LONDON.- Turner and the Masters will present a selection of magnificent paintings by JMW Turner (1775-1851) alongside related works by the old masters and contemporaries he hoped to imitate, rival and surpass. Bringing together around one hundred works of supreme historical significance from collections around the world this will be the first exhibition to look at Turner’s work in the company of the greatest painters in the preceding history of western art. It will ...More
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| "The Bend on Herengracht" on Display at the Rijksmuseum |
AMSTERDAM.- Starting on Tuesday, 12 May 2009, ‘The Bend on Herengracht’ (1671 72) by Gerrit Berckheyde will makes its debut at the Rijksmuseum. Immediately after its acquisition in September 2008, the painting was featured as one of the highlights of the successful exhibition ‘Pride of Place’ in the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis in The Hague. It was then exhibited at The National Gallery in Washington until 3 May 2009. The painting’s acquisition was made possible ...More
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| The New York Public Library Acquires Robin Bowman and William Meyers Portfolios for Photography Collection |
NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library recently acquired two important portfolios by contemporary photographers for its Photography Collection, one showcasing a extensive sample of American teenagers throughout the country, and the other focusing on the modest charm of New York boroughs often dwarfed in fame and glamour by Manhattan....More
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| Nasher Museum of Art at Duke Presents "Christian Marclay: Video Quartet" |
DURHAM, NC.- “Video Quartet,” a work by artist Christian Marclay involving the simultaneous projection of four huge videos, will open May 7 at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University....More
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| Gems from the Royal Holloway Collection Shine This Summer at the Yale Center for British Art |
NEW HAVEN, CT.- In the last years of his life, Thomas Holloway (1800-1883), a self-made millionaire, dedicated himself to creating a world-class collection of “modern” paintings. This collection formed the crowning gift to his generous endowment of a college for women (now known as Royal Holloway, University of London), which he founded in 1879 and which was opened by Queen...More
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| Michener Art Museum Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Exhibition of Collection Highlights & New Acquisitions |
DOYLETOWN, PA.- In celebration of the James A. Michener Art Museum's 20th anniversary, the Museum hosts a monumental exhibition showcasing over 100 works from its permanent collection, including new and rarely seen acquisitions. An Evolving Legacy: Twenty Years of Collecting at the Michener Art Museum is on view throughout six galleries from June 13, 2009 ...More
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| Monkman's Dance to the Berdashe Exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts |
MONTREAL.- From May 6 to October 4, 2009, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents the latest masterwork of Toronto artist Kent Monkman, Dance to the Berdashe. This video installation, composed of five large projections, offers a contemporary re-interpretation of a traditional Aboriginal ritual featuring the Berdashe, that special male figure whose gender-bending behaviour and very ...More
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| Exhibition Explores the Full Range of Peggy Preheim's Work through 55 Works from the Past Two Decades |
TULSA, OK.- Philbrook Museum of Art will present Peggy Preheim: Little Black Book, an exhibition that explores the wide range of Preheim’s very delicate and intensely private work. The exhibition will open on May 17, and remain on view through July 26. ...More
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| The Boston Athenaeum Presents Treasures from its own Collection in a Special Summer Installation |
BOSTON, MA.- The Boston Athenæum presents a summer installation of works from its prestigious collections. The installation opens May 27 and runs through August 28, 2009. ...More
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| The "Dubai Frame" Wins First Prize at the XI ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award |
DUSSELDORF.- For the XI ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award participants from all over the world were required to propose a new Tall Emblem Structure for Za'abeel Park in Dubai. An emblem designed to add to the new face of Dubai, while promoting tourism, and other recreational, scientific and cultural activities. ...More
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| Glasgow School of Art Design Competition Attracts over 150 Entries from Across the Globe |
GLASGOW.- The Glasgow School of Art 's international search to find a team to design a new 11250 square metre building to sit opposite the iconic Mackintosh Building in Garnethill, Glasgow has drawn 152 entries, with 58 received from outside the UK including the US, Japan, Australia, Spain, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands....More
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| Metro Academic Classical High School Dedicates New Sculpture After Two-Year Collaborative Project with the Contemporary |
SAINT LOUIS, MO.- The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis announced the completion of a two-year collaborative project with Metro Academic Classical High School (Metro) through Contemporary ArtReach made possible by a second $10,000 grant from the Monsanto Fund. The Monsanto Fund also provided a $10,000 grant to support the first year of the project and additional funding was ...More
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| National Postal Museum Celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a New Online Featured Collection |
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian's National Postal Museum has launched another featured collection on the award-winning Web site, Arago, titled "People and Places of the Pacific." This collection honors Asian Pacific Americans featured on U.S. postage stamps at www.arago.si.edu....More
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