Museums in Europe and US draw up rescue plans for ravaged sites in Iraq
France takes the lead as calls grow for co-ordinated response after attacks by fanatics on Assyrian royal cities
Islamic State brings in bulldozers and explosives to reduce Nimrud to rubble
Assault on the seat of Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II could be the worst case of deliberate destruction of an archaeological site in living memory
Milan, Italy Leonardo da Vinci and his Florentine friends land in Milan
Venue details: Palazzo Reale, Milan Piazza del Duomo, 12, Milano, Italy www.artpalazzoreale.it Leonardo 1452-1519, Palazzo Reale, Milan, 15 April-19 July Not since 1939 has Leonardo da Vinci been the subject of such an ambitious exhibition in Italy. That year, as Europe stood on the brink of war, the Italian public was treated to a large…
Caravaggio becomes a comic strip antihero
It seems you haven’t really made it as an artist until there’s a comic book about you. Caravaggio is the latest to have joined the ranks of artists, including Egon Schiele, Hokusai and Frieda Kahlo, immortalised in the so-called ninth art with a new comic book by Milo Manara, published by the French house Glénat.…
Nepal’s most important heritage feared destroyed by catastrophic earthquake
Unesco assesses damage to Kathmandu Valley’s World Heritage Sites and Italy offers expert help
Venice Biennale Awards Golden Lions to El Anatsui, Susanne Ghez, Names Jury
The Venice Biennale, which opens to the public in a little more than three weeks, announced today that it has awarded its highest honor, the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, to artist El Anatsui, saying in a statement that the prize “acknowledges not just his recent successes internationally, but also his artistic influence amongst two…
The Whitney Opens With a Winner
Let’s cut to the chase: the Whitney Museum of American Art’s inaugural show in its new home in the Meatpacking District, “America Is Hard to See,” is outstanding. With about 600 works by a little over 400 artists, it offers a history of American art—and America—that is richly textured and that teems with beloved classics…
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[ArtExpo] Future Identities – Bodies . Places . Spaces | Buenos Aires – OPENING April 25, 2015
Future Identities – Bodies . Places . Spaces | Buenos Aires Laura Haber Gallery, Buenos Aires (Argentina) OPENING: April 25, 2015 International ArtExpo, in collaboration with Laura Haber Gallery, is proud to announce the opening of Future Identities – Bodies . Places . Spaces, international exhibition of photography, video-art, painting, installation and performance art, that…
First major exhibition in the UK to present a history of Indigenous Australia opens
LONDON.- The British Museum will open a major exhibition presenting a history of Indigenous Australia, supported by BP. This exhibition will be the first in the UK devoted to the history and culture of Indigenous Australians: both Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders. Drawing on objects from the British Museum’s collection, accompanied by important loans…
Burnishing the Night: Baroque to Contemporary Mezzotints from the Collection
Saturday, February 21, 2015–Sunday, May 31, 2015 Galleries 125–127 Excelling in eerie effects and seductive textures, the late 17th-century medium of mezzotint blossomed from an amateur fascination and hobby of members of the nobility to the 18th century’s most popular reproductive printmaking method. Mezzotint engraving allowed artists to burnish soft highlights and volume into…