RICHMOND, VA.- The Virginia Museum of Fine Art’s Collectors’ Circle named Richmond-raised Frank Raysor “Collector of the Year” at a gala last weekend. During the evening’s celebration, VMFA Director Alex Nyerges announced Rayso…
El Greco Masterpiece is a Vision at Dulwich Picture Gallery
LONDON.- Every month during the Gallery’s Bicentenary celebration year a spectacular masterpiece will hang on the end wall of the Gallery’s enfilade. It is difficult to decipher this great, enigmatic masterpiece for not only is it unfinished,…
Scottish National Portrait Gallery to Receive £2M Funding Boost
LONDON.- Portrait of the Nation, the project to renovate and revitalise the Scottish National Portrait Gallery has received a £2 million funding boost from Scottish Government. Thanks to this additional grant, the initial target for the first phase of…
Historic Celebration of British Artist Henry Moore Begins at Leeds Art Gallery
LEEDS.- The display covers both the pre-war and post-war era concentrating on British loans as it challenges the familiar image of Henry Moore (1898-1986) as an artist. It features works loaned from Tate Britain, the Henry Moore Foundation, private col…
David Hockney’s Bigger Trees Near Warter Shown Outside of London for the First Time
LONDON.- The largest painting David Hockney has ever created is shown in the York Art Gallery through June 12 2011 , for the first time outside London. Bigger Trees Near Warter or/ou Peinture Sur Le Motif Pour Le Nouvel Age Post-Photograpique 2007, mea…
Spanish King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia Open "The Prado in the Hermitage" Exhibition
SAINT PETERSBURG.- Spanish King Juan Carlos and his wife Queen Sofia on Friday presided over the opening of an exhibition of works from Madrid’s Prado museum in Russia’s imperial capital Saint Petersburg. The State Hermitage Museum, the Museo del Prado…
Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin at the New Orleans Museum of Art
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Until April 17, 2011, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents a new exhibition of paintings and calligraphy by the most significant Japanese Zen master of the past 500 years, Hakuin Ekaku. Organized by NOMA, The Sound of One Han…
Masterpieces to Appear in the Upcoming Art Revolution Taipei 2011
TAIPEI.- Have you ever seen the one-and-only “red print” by Rembrandt The first annual Art Revolution Taipei 2011 fair (A.R.T. 2011), to be held this coming May, will invite over 187 artists from 22 nations to participate. In addition, A.R.T….
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Awards 43 Fellowships to Virginia Students and Artists
RICHMOND, VA.- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts awarded 43 fellowships to Virginia art students and professional artists in 2011-12 for a total of $258,000. During the VMFA Fellowship Program’s 71 years, the museum has awarded more than $4.4 million a…
Historic, Three-Year Preservation Project Restores The Landmark Façade of the Library
NEW YORK, NY.- The New York Public Library has just completed a three-year, $50 million restoration and preservation of the landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street, which has stood as an impressive symbol of opportunity and access for th…