MILWAUKEE, WI.- This summer, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents five exhibitions on Chinese art and architecture as part of a year-long celebration honoring the ten-year anniversary of the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion. This ambiti…
The Emperor’s Private Paradise at the Milwaukee Art Museum Celebrates 3,000 Years of Chinese Art
MILWAUKEE, WI.- This summer, the Milwaukee Art Museum presents five exhibitions on Chinese art and architecture as part of a year-long celebration honoring the ten-year anniversary of the Santiago Calatrava–designed Quadracci Pavilion. This ambiti…
AudioCompass and imagineear Create the First Ever Audio Visual Guide to the Taj Mahal
LONDON.- AudioCompass, a division of Ras Maestros Technology of Mumbai, and imagineear of London have worked together to deliver the first ever audio visual guide to one of the wonders of the world: the Taj Mahal, on the mediaPacker™ platform. For…
Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century at the MFA in Houston
HOUSTON, TX.- At the end of the 18th century, fresh archeological finds in Herculaneum and Pompeii inspired artists, intellectuals, and the public all over Europe to be newly fascinated with antiquities. “Neoclassicism” is the term given to t…
Chinese Seal Believed to Be from Imperial Summer Palace Sacked in 1860, for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- A rare jadeite double-square seal believed to have been an Imperial seal of the Jiaqing Emperor, taken from the Summer Palace during Britain’s second Opium War with China in 1860, and brought to Britain by Liverpool born medical missionar…
Sotheby’s New York Announces Sale of Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Sotheby Indian & Southeast Asian Works of Art sale on 24 March in New York will be led by a spectacular 10th century Khmer Koh Ker period Athlete from a European private collection (est. $2/3 million). Acquired by the original owner ove…
The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army on View at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
MONTREAL.- From February 12 to June 26, 2011, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army, a major exhibition of archaeological works that will take visitors on a faraway journey covering 1,000 years o…
The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army on View at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
MONTREAL.- From February 12 to June 26, 2011, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents The Warrior Emperor and China’s Terracotta Army, a major exhibition of archaeological works that will take visitors on a faraway journey covering 1,000 years o…
Entombed for Over 2000 Years, Warriors of China’s First Emperor, Arrive in Sydney
SYDNEY.- The First Emperor: China’s entombed warriors brings to Sydney one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of our time. Australia was the first country outside China to see these figures in the exhibition Qin Shihuang: Terracotta warrio…
Bonhams to Sell Portrait of Napoleon by His Valet and Friend
LONDON.- Bonhams are to sell a near-contemporary portrait of Napoleon painted by his valet and close companion Louis-Joseph-Narcisse Marchand in the British & Continental Pictures auction in Knightsbridge on 30 November 2010. Marchand (1791-1876) was …