LONDON.- A rare jade tankard inlaid with gold and studded with rubies and emeralds has been acquired by the V&A. The tankard was originally made for an Ottoman sultan in the late 16th century, in the imperial capital of Istanbul. A limited number of th…
Royal Collection Presents Exhibition of 42 Paintings of Dutch 17th-Century Landscapes
LONDON.- This exhibition of 42 paintings draws on the Royal Collection’s rich holdings of Dutch 17th-century landscapes, including works by Jacob van Ruisdael, Aelbert Cuyp, Jan van der Heyden and Meyndert Hobbema. By the 17th century, landscape …
Victoria & Albert Museum Acquires Spectacular Ottoman Tankard with Help from the Art Fund
LONDON.- A rare jade tankard inlaid with gold and studded with rubies and emeralds has been acquired by the V&A. The tankard was originally made for an Ottoman sultan in the late 16th century, in the imperial capital of Istanbul. A limited number of th…
The International Center of Photography (ICP) Celebrates the Career of Elliott Erwitt
New York.- “Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best” at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York runs from May 20th to August 28th 2011. This major retrospective showcases the career of photographer and filmmaker Elliott Erwitt, the recipient…
Calvert 22 Presents Practice For Everyday Life: Young Artists from Russia
LONDON.- In association with the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) Moscow, and Centre for Contemporary Art – Winzavod, Calvert 22 presents new work from a selection of emerging artists from Russia. This unique presentation aims to convey a vivid sen…
Exhibition of Limited Edition Furniture by Architect Jean Nouvel at Gagosian in Paris
PARIS.- Gagosian Gallery Paris presents an exhibition of limited edition furniture by Jean Nouvel, presented in collaboration with Galerie Patrick Seguin. Like many of his modernist predecessors who worked across related disciplines, Nouvel describes h…
Homage to Miodrag Djuric Dado Around Three Large Triptychs at Galerie Jeanne-Bucher
PARIS.- The homage to Miodrag Djuric Dado has been worked around three major pieces painted in oil on canvas from 1975: the BOWERY TRIPTYQUE, the BOUKOKO TRIPTYQUE and the TRI PTYQUE DE NARVAL, along with the large-scale collages : À LA VILLE DE SAINT…
Exhibition Examines Artists’ Expressions of Intimate Personal Experience
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Museum of Modern Art presents I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing, an exhibition that brings together recently acquired works dating from the 1950s to today that exemplify expressions of a personal e…
Exhibition Examines Artists’ Expressions of Intimate Personal Experience
NEW YORK, N.Y.- The Museum of Modern Art presents I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing, an exhibition that brings together recently acquired works dating from the 1950s to today that exemplify expressions of a personal e…
Filthy New Exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London Explores Importance of Dirt
LONDON (AP).- Dirt has a bad image. Muck, we think: yuck. But getting your hands dirty can also be irresistible, as every child knows. A major new museum exhibition in London asks visitors to think again about the filthy and the fetid, exploring the r…