MACKINAK ISALND (AP).- The new Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum has opened on Mackinac Island. The museum at the island’s Indian Dormitory opened weeks ahead of schedule Friday in time for the Independence Day weekend. It will showcase h…
Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Belgium Explores the World of Paul Delvaux
BRUSSELS.- Twelve years after the Royal Museums of
Fine Arts of Belgium held a large retrospective, the world of Paul Delvaux
(1897-1994) will once more be explored in an ambitious exhibition that will
tackle a theme which had previously been ne…
New Magritte Museum Houses the Largest Collection of René Magritte Art in the World
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – On June 2 2009, the
new Magritte Museum opens its doors to the public on the Place Royale in
Brussels. The first museum of this scope devoted to one of the best known
artists of the 20th century, presents for the first t…
A Useful Dream: African Photography 1960-2010 at Centre for Fine Arts
BRUSSELS.- Forming part of the Summer of Photography 2010, the exhibition entitled A Useful Dream celebrates fifty years of African photography and the building of collective identities in post-colonial Africa . It gives a general picture of present-da…
25 Centuries of Exchange between Asia and Europe at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels
BRUSSELS.- Together, Asia and Europe form a single gigantic continent, Eurasia , with an endless variety of landscapes, climates, fauna, and flora and an equally great diversity of peoples and cultures. For millennia past, Asia and Europe have had inte…
Local Architect to Design Saint Louis Art Museum Education Center
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Board of Commissioners of the Saint Louis Art Museum announces the selection of St. Louis-based TAO + Lee Associates, Inc. as architect for the Museum’s South Building Education Center. As part of the Art Museum’s expansion, cu…