SYDNEY.- The 17th Biennale of Sydney closed on Sunday with record-breaking visitation of over half a million attending the event. More than 517,000 visited the Biennale venues, with an estimated 408,000 additional visitors enjoying the Biennale’s …
Stolen Portinari Painting Recovered in Brazil
SAO PAULO (AP).- Police have recovered a painting by one of Brazil’s most famous painters two weeks after it was stolen from a museum. Authorities say Candido Portinari’s “O Enterro,” or “The Burial,” was found with a suspect in Rio de Janeiro on Satu…
The Heckscher Museum of Art Presents the Long Island Biennial 2010
HUNTINGTON, NY.- As part of its 90th Anniversary Celebration, The Heckscher Museum of Art is pleased to present its inaugural Long Island Biennial featuring artworks by Long Island professional artists. This juried exhibition will run from July 31 to S…
Powerful New Art Funded Works Added to The Herbert’s Collection
COVENTRY.- The Herbert has purchased two artworks for its permanent collection, Bloodlines by Iftikhar Dadi and Nalini Malani and Belsen Head by Raymond Mason. We gave the Herbert £11,500 and £12,500 for the two works respectively. Funding also came …
Italian Capital of Rome Grapples with Endless Vandalism
ROME (AP).- They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain. Vandals are increasingly on the prowl in the Eternal City — and now Italian authorities are fighting …
Lady Lever Art Gallery Announces Old Master Drawings Exhibition
LIVERPOOL.- A new exhibition explores why artists have drawn over the centuries – from copying other works to making life studies – and the role of sketching in the creation of artworks. Old Master Drawings: Guercino, Rubens, Tintoretto 22 Oc…
Lady Lever Art Gallery Announces Old Master Drawings Exhibition
LIVERPOOL.- A new exhibition explores why artists have drawn over the centuries – from copying other works to making life studies – and the role of sketching in the creation of artworks. Old Master Drawings: Guercino, Rubens, Tintoretto 22 Oc…
Italian Capital of Rome Grapples with Endless Vandalism
ROME (AP).- They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Fountain. Vandals are increasingly on the prowl in the Eternal City — and now Italian authorities are fighting …
Lawsuit Says Over $100 Million Art Collection is Largest Holocaust Art Claim
WASHINGTON, DC.- Heirs to the Herzog Collection, the largest private art collection in Hungary prior to World War II, filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia late yesterday to seek the return of artworks illegally he…
Moore Sculpture Returns to Historic New England’s Gropius House
BOSTON, MA.- To further add to its collection of material related to its historic properties, Historic New England is acquiring a bronze reclining figure by sculptor and artist Henry Moore (1898-1986) that was a gift from Moore to Walter and Ise Gropiu…