NEW YORK, NY.- Rising from the ruins and horror of World War I, European art and culture returned to the classical past, seeking tranquility, order, and enduring values. Artists turned away from prewar experimentalism and embraced the heroic human figu…
Guggenheim Announces "Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918-1936"
NEW YORK, NY.- Rising from the ruins and horror of World War I, European art and culture returned to the classical past, seeking tranquility, order, and enduring values. Artists turned away from prewar experimentalism and embraced the heroic human figu…
Exhibition on the Reconstruction of Lost Buildings at Pinakothek der Moderne
MUNICH.- For years »reconstruction« has been the subject of a heated debate. However, reconstructions can be found since Antiquity, as throughout history buildings have been destroyed and rebuilt if required, for a variety of reasons and with alterna…
Archaeologists Say Tiny Shard Bears Oldest Script Found in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP).- Archaeologists say a newly discovered clay fragment from the 14th century B.C. is the oldest example of writing ever found in antiquity-rich Jerusalem. Dig director Eilat Mazar of Hebrew University says the 2-centimeter (0.8-inch) lon…
Important Roman Sculpture Joins Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- An ancient Roman group statue of great importance and beauty—a depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythology—has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, the Museum’s Dir…
Getty Museum Announces Exhibition of Still Life Photography
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The J. Paul Getty Museum presents In Focus: Still Life, a survey of some of the innovative ways photographers have explored and refreshed this traditional genre, on view at the Getty Center in the Center for Photographs from September…
Egyptian Archaeologists Unveil Discovery of 4,300-Year-Old Tombs with Vivid Wall Paintings
SAQQARA (AP).- Egyptian archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a newly-unearthed double tomb with vivid wall paintings in the ancient necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo, saying it could be the start for uncovering a vast cemetery in the area. The tomb inclu…
Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Belgium Explores the World of Paul Delvaux
BRUSSELS.- Twelve years after the Royal Museums of
Fine Arts of Belgium held a large retrospective, the world of Paul Delvaux
(1897-1994) will once more be explored in an ambitious exhibition that will
tackle a theme which had previously been ne…