LOS ANGELES (AP).- Maria Altmann, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who successfully fought to recover Gustav Klimt paintings looted from her Jewish family, has died. She was 94. Altmann died Monday at her home in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Ange…
Louvre Presents First Exhibition of Austrian Sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
PARIS.- For the first time in France, the Louvre presents a monographic exhibition devoted to the Bavarian-born Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, active in Vienna and Pressburg (now Bratislava) in the late 18th century. As a court sculptor,…
Louvre Hosts a Group of Sculptures by Leading British Contemporary Artist Tony Cragg
PARIS.- As a counterpoint to the presentation at the Louvre of the first retrospective in France devoted to the Bavarian-born Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783), the museum plays host to a group of sculptures by the leading Br…
Louvre Hosts a Group of Sculptures by Leading British Contemporary Artist Tony Cragg
PARIS.- As a counterpoint to the presentation at the Louvre of the first retrospective in France devoted to the Bavarian-born Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783), the museum plays host to a group of sculptures by the leading Br…
Belvedere Pays Tribute to Valie Export, a Pioneer of Media art, with Exhibition
VIENNA.- “A lying truth. Feedback feed. A recording is made of melting ice, and then played back in reverse on the monitor. The end of the recording = the beginning. Chunks of time. Flow of time. Time reversal. Time repetition. Time dissolution. T…
Unseen Egon Schiele Work to be Unveiled at the New Richard Nagy Gallery in UK
LONDON.- More than forty-five extraordinary works by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, previously unseen in the UK, will be unveiled at Richard Nagy’s new gallery on Old Bond Street from 07 February – 04 March 2011. Much of the four thousand work…
Unseen Egon Schiele Work to be Unveiled at the New Richard Nagy Gallery in UK
LONDON.- More than forty-five extraordinary works by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, previously unseen in the UK, will be unveiled at Richard Nagy’s new gallery on Old Bond Street from 07 February – 04 March 2011. Much of the four thousand work…
The Belvedere in Vienna hosts a Major Alfons Mucha Exhibition
Vienna, Austria – The Belvedere is staging the first large exhibition in Vienna dedicated to Alfons Mucha (1860–1939). The oeuvre of Mucha, who became known as a commercial and decorative artist, will be presented with all of its diffe…