BRUSSELS.- Lucas Cranach was one of the greatest European painters of the 16th century. This exhibition – the first to be devoted to the artist in a Benelux country – replaces the work of this leading figure of the German Renaissance in the social, cul…
Loans from all Over Europe Form a Comprehensive Picture of Napoleon and His Time
BONN.- During the nearly sixteen years of his reign, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), more than any other historical figure, redrew the very foundations of European history and wrought changes that can be felt to this day – both positively and…
Three Major German Museums Announce an Exhibition on the Art of the Enlightenment in China
BERLIN.- – In spring 2011 three major German museum bodies – the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich – will join forces with the National Museum of China …
Group Exhibition at Wallach Art Gallery to Examine Art and Democracy in Europe
NEW YORK, NY.- Columbia University’s Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery opens its second exhibition of the season with Project Europa: Imagining the (Im)Possible. The past two decades in European history have been marked by the fall of the Ber…
Christie’s Expects to Sell “Ordination” by Nicolas Poussin for £15 to £20 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- On 7 December 2010 in London, Christie’s will offer a masterpiece from one of the most celebrated groups of paintings in European history. Ordination by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) will highlight the Old Masters and 19th Century Art…
Timothy Taylor Gallery Explores Art Practice in the Aftermath of Nazi Occupation
LONDON.-
Borrowing its title from an essay by Jean
Genet, The Tightrope Walker will explore the interface between fine art
practice, design and furniture within the radical framework of Paris in
the
aftermath of Nazi occupation and the Secon…
Timothy Taylor Explores Art Practice in the Aftermath of Nazi Occupation
LONDON.- Borrowing its title from an essay by Jean Genet, The Tightrope Walker will explore the interface between fine art practice, design and furniture within the radical framework of Paris in the aftermath of Nazi occupation and the Second World War…
The Splendor of the Cossack Era in the Historic Context of the Ukrainian-Swedish Alliance on Display for First Time
NEW YORK, NY.- Having traveled to North America for the first time, the unique objects in the exhibition Ukraine–Sweden: At the Crossroads of History (XVII–XVIII Centuries) are now on view at The Ukrainian Museum in New York. Ukraine–Swe…
The Splendor of the Cossack Era in the Historic Context of the Ukrainian-Swedish Alliance on Display for First Time
NEW YORK, NY.- Having traveled to North America for the first time, the unique objects in the exhibition Ukraine–Sweden: At the Crossroads of History (XVII–XVIII Centuries) are now on view at The Ukrainian Museum in New York. Ukraine–Swe…