SYDNEY.- Edmund Capon, Director Art Gallery of New South Wales announced that Mollie Gowing, a great supporter of the gallery and of Indigenous art in particular has left an important collection of 142 works plus a very generous legacy of $5 million to…
Rijksmuseum Anounces Two Acquisitions that Highlight the Birth of Christ
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum will celebrate Christmas 2010 with two exceptional acquisitions that highlight the birth of Christ. It recently acquired an extremely rare silver ‘prayer nut’, containing miniature carvings only millimetres in size…
Celebrate Christmas at the Rijksmuseum with Two Acquisitions that Highlight the Birth of Christ
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum will celebrate Christmas 2010 with two exceptional acquisitions that highlight the birth of Christ. It recently acquired an extremely rare silver ‘prayer nut’, containing miniature carvings only millimetres in size…
Falmouth Art Gallery Celebrates Top Artists at Ten Year Collecting Retrospective
CORNWALL.- Gainsborough, Sargent, Tuke, Romney, Picasso, Moore, Warhol, Nicholson – works by these acclaimed artists and more have been acquired for Falmouth Art Gallery over the past ten years. In celebration of ten years of fantastic acquisition…
Falmouth Art Gallery Celebrates Top Artists at Ten Year Collecting Retrospective
CORNWALL.- Gainsborough, Sargent, Tuke, Romney, Picasso, Moore, Warhol, Nicholson – works by these acclaimed artists and more have been acquired for Falmouth Art Gallery over the past ten years. In celebration of ten years of fantastic acquisition…
RISD Museum Showcases the Human Figure in Show About the Use of the Artist’s Model Through Time
PROVIDENCE, RI.- Since ancient times, models have been an essential tool for all artists depicting the human figure. This November, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art opens a fascinating exhibition on the role of the artist’s model, d…
Exhibition Places New Acquisitions in the Context of MoMA’s History of Collecting
NEW YORK, NY.- Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture, on view November 10, 2010 through May 30, 2011, highlights the great variety of important acquisitions made by the Department of Architecture and Design since 2005, juxtaposing, …
National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Forge a New Partnership
OTTAWA- Thanks to an innovative new partnership between the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto residents and visitors can now view some of the most significant works from the NGC’s contemp…
Exhibition Places New Acquisitions in the Context of MoMA’s History of Collecting Architecture
NEW YORK, NY.- Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture, on view November 10, 2010 through May 30, 2011, highlights the great variety of important acquisitions made by the Department of Architecture and Design since 2005, juxtaposing, …
Exhibition Places New Acquisitions in the Context of MoMA’s History of Collecting Architecture
NEW YORK, NY.- Building Collections: Recent Acquisitions of Architecture, on view November 10, 2010 through May 30, 2011, highlights the great variety of important acquisitions made by the Department of Architecture and Design since 2005, juxtaposing, …