WILLIAMSTOWN, MA.- The Government of France awarded Richard Rand a Chevalier in its Ordre des Arts et Lettres during a ceremony yesterday at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Rand is the Robert and Martha Berman Lipp Senior Curator of Pain…
A Floating World: Photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue at CaixaForum Madrid
MADRID.- Lluís Reverter, secretary general of ”la Caixa” Foundation, opened A Floating World. Photographs by Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986), accompanied by the exhibition curators, Florian Rodari, Martine d’Astier de la Vigerie. The exhi…
Administrators of France’s Versailles to Lease Nearby Building for Use as a Hotel
PARIS (AP).- Administrators of France’s Versailles Palace said Friday that they have agreed to lease an adjacent building to King Louis XIV’s 17th-century chateau for use as a hotel. The Hotel du Grand Controle, which was the home for financial adviser…
U.S. Government Returns Degas Painting Stolen 37 Years Ago to French Government
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- An Edgar Degas painting that was stolen 37 years ago and recently rediscovered before an auction in New York will be returned to the French government, U.S. officials said Thursday. U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch and James T. Hayes Jr….
U.S. Government Returns Degas Painting Stolen 37 Years Ago to French Government
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- An Edgar Degas painting that was stolen 37 years ago and recently rediscovered before an auction in New York will be returned to the French government, U.S. officials said Thursday. U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch and James T. Hayes Jr….
Valentino Retrospective Showing Exclusively in Brisbane
BRISBANE.- A major retrospective exhibition of the House of Valentino is being shown exclusively at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA), Brisbane from August 7 until November 14, 2010. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said ‘Valentino, Ret…