LONDON.- RM Auctions announced the consignment of the world-famous Ferrari-engined Hydroplane racing boat, ARNO XI, to its highly anticipated Monaco auction, 11th – 12th May, 2012. A unique piece of history, ARNO XI joins an elite roster of blue-c…
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston to launch its first online catalogue, Paintings of the Americas
BOSTON.- Just in time for Presidents’ Day, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will debut on February 20 its first online catalogue, Paintings of the Americas. The free digital publication, available here, will feature a selection of more than 400 pa…
First mid-career retrospective in U.S. of the work of Rineke Dijkstra opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From February 18 to May 28, 2012, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presents the exhibition Rineke Dijkstra: A Retrospective, the artist’s first midcareer retrospective in the United States. The exhibition is co-organized by SF…
A new app from the Vatican "brings to life" Giordano Bruno’s execution on Campo de’ Fiori
ROME.- On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Giordano Bruno, burned alive at the stake on piazza Campo de’ Fiori, in Rome, on February 17, 1600, for his convictions, which were judged heretical by the Tribunal of the Roman Inquisition…
Largest collection of authentic Rembrandt paintings opens at Cleveland Museum of Art
CLEVELAND, OH.- Beginning Sunday, February 19, the Cleveland Museum of Art presents Rembrandt in America, the largest collection of authentic Rembrandt paintings assembled in the United States in a century and the first major exhibition to explore how …
Mardi Gras Museum puts contents on auction block
By: Mary Foster, Associated Press
KENNER (AP).- Designed as a celebration of Mardi Gras when it opened in 1992, a museum in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner has closed and its stock of memorabilia will go on the auction block. The Mardi Gras Museum suf…
Dayton Art Institute reviews 2011 and previews 2012 at annual meeting
DAYTON, OH.- The Dayton Art Institute announced results for 2011 and previewed 2012 at its annual meeting, held Wednesday, February 15, in the museum’s Shaw Gothic Cloister. In a year that saw many changes at The Dayton Art Institute, it was repor…
First exhibition in the U.S. of Japanese master Sugimoto Sadamitsu ceramics opens at Frank Lloyd Gallery
SANTA MONICA, CA.- The ceramic work of Japanese master Sugimoto Sadamitsu (b. 1935) is the subject of an exhibition at the Frank Lloyd Gallery, opening February 18. The first comprehensive exhibition in the United States of this renowned artist’s work…
Vibrant exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston explores intersection of color and the body
BOSTON, MA.- Color is a daily experience; it can communicate our mood, profession, cultural status, nationality and team affiliations—all of which form the basis of our identities and express our emotions. This February, the Institute of Contempor…
Judge: Spain can take treasure from Florida company
By: Mitch Stacy, Associated Press
TAMPA (AP).- A federal judge on Friday signed off on a Spanish government plan to begin moving a vast shipwreck treasure from Florida to Spain next week, culminating a five-year legal battle with the treasure hunters w…