NEW YORK, NY.- More than 50 works of art of diminutive size by 30 American and European artists working in a variety of media and techniques comprise the installation XS at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With a title borrowed from the XS size label (f…
Unprecedented exhibition in Houston reveals painting newly attributed to Van Aelst
HOUSTON, TX.- The first-ever monographic exhibition of Dutch still-life painter Willem van Aelst (1627-1683) premieres at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 11–May 28, 2012. Co-organized by the MFAH, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, a…
Five Irish immigrant laborers murdered in 1832, re-buried in Pennsylvania’s West Laurel Hill Cemetery
BALA CYNWYD (AP).- The remains of five Irish laborers who researchers believe were murdered in 1832 while building a Pennsylvania railroad received a dignified re-interment Friday, more than 3,000 miles from their homeland and nearly two centuries afte…
Sotheby’s London to sell replicas of some of the Crown Jewels in its Jewels Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced its sale of Jewels to take place on Tuesday, 13 March 2012. Comprised of 249 lots, the sale is estimated to fetch in excess of £1.3 million. The sale will be highlighted by a variety of elegant jewels of great provena…
Paris’ Decorative Arts Museum honors two men, Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs
PARIS (AP).- “Fashions fade, style is eternal,” Yves Saint Laurent once said. An immutable fashion list must include the LV Vuitton bag, on display demurely but proudly in Paris’ Decorative Arts Museum like the historical ar…
The Amon Carter Museum exhibits "The Watercolors of Charles M. Russell"
Fort Worth, Texas.- The Amon Carter Museum is proud to present “Romance Maker: The Watercolors of Charles M. Russell” on view at the museum on now through May 13th. More than 100 of the finest and best-preserved watercolors by Charles M. R…
Menil Byzantine frescoes en route to Cyprus
HOUSTON, TX.- Over the past two days, the largest intact Byzantine frescoes in the Western Hemisphere were removed from their home in Houston, Texas. The extraordinary story of the two relics began more than 20 years ago, when they were rescued from …
Raqs Media Collective’s "Reverse Engineering" launches Nature Morte’s new gallery space in Berlin
BERLIN.- Nature Morte announces the inauguration of their new gallery space on Rosa Luxemburg Platz with a solo exhibition by the Raqs Media Collective. For their first solo show at Nature Morte Berlin, Raqs Media Collective is showing their ongoing p…
In the space of the beholder: Exhibition of Contemporary sculpture on view at Pinakothek der Moderne
MUNICH.- A greater appreciation of contemporary sculpture can be gained from 25 selected works by 20 international artists, exhibited in nine rooms in the Pinakothek der Moderne. The spectrum of works ranges from wall reliefs and assemblages to light a…
David Parker’s Myth & Landscape on view at acte2galerie in Paris
PARIS.- When Odysseus instructed his crew to lash him to the mast of their ship, he was preparing himself to hear the sirens song, ‘the song of the universe’. Their sweet singing, claims of omniscience and power to calm the waters infallibly lured sail…