Tag: Fragility

Exhibition on Treatments and Techniques Used to Conserve Rare Works on Paper at the Getty

LOS ANGELES, CA.- Works on paper are inherently more fragile—in terms of sensitivity to light and handling—than mediums such as canvas, panel, bronze, or clay, and often show the passage of time more acutely than their counterparts. Frequent …

National Gallery Acquires Nine Exceptionally Rare Prints by Rembrandt, Durer and Whistler

OTTAWA, ON.- Thanks to a generous gift from the collection of the former medieval historian, writer, lecturer and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Margaret Wade Labarge (1916-2009), the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has acquired four prints by Dutch ar…

National Gallery Acquires Nine Exceptionally Rare Prints by Rembrandt, Durer, Piranesi and Whistler

OTTAWA, ON.- Thanks to a generous gift from the collection of the former medieval historian, writer, lecturer and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Margaret Wade Labarge (1916-2009), the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) has acquired four prints by Dutch ar…

Damien Hirst Fills the Paul Stolper Gallery with 120 Framed, Foilblock Butterfly Prints

LONDON.- Paul Stolper and Other Criteria present the launch of ‘The Souls’ by Damien Hirst. For this landmark project, Hirst has intensified his career‐long fascination with the beauty, fragility and symbolism of butterflies to create a…

Damien Hirst Fills the Paul Stolper Gallery with 120 Framed, Foilblock Butterfly Prints

LONDON.- Paul Stolper and Other Criteria present the launch of ‘The Souls’ by Damien Hirst. For this landmark project, Hirst has intensified his career‐long fascination with the beauty, fragility and symbolism of butterflies to create a…

Virtual Fire by Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz to Rage in the Colosseum for Art

ROME (REUTERS).- Raging fire will appear to consume Rome’s ancient Colosseum in a dramatic art spectacle over the next few nights aimed at igniting debate on the fragility of Europe’s cultural heritage sites. For artists Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz, engu…

Virtual Fire by Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz to Rage in the Colosseum for Art

ROME (REUTERS).- Raging fire will appear to consume Rome’s ancient Colosseum in a dramatic art spectacle over the next few nights aimed at igniting debate on the fragility of Europe’s cultural heritage sites. For artists Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz, engu…

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