HAARLEM.- The official handover of the largest gift in the museum’s recent history took place today in the Frans Hals Museum. The Elisabeth van Thüringen Fund is donating eleven works of art from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries to the City of H…
Art Contest Draws Google into Another Privacy Flap
SAN FRANCISCO (AP).- Google thought it was doing a good deed last month when it opened an annual art contest to more kids across the United States. The gesture instead has turned into another opportunity for Google Inc.’s critics to question whether …
$1 Million Gift Announced by School of the Art Institute of Chicago
CHICAGO, IL.- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago announced a $1 million gift to the school from the Margot and Tom Pritzker Family Foundation intended to enhance the school’s ability to recruit students from China. The gift has been designated …
"A Serpentine Gesture and Other Prophecies" on View at Le Frac Lorraine
METZ.- 49 NORD 6 EST Frac Lorraine presents the exhibition “A Serpentine Gesture and Other Prophecies” on view until the 1st of May 2011. Global warming, reversal of the poles, decrease in solar activity, tsunamis, or earthquakes… Natural disaster…
"A Serpentine Gesture and Other Prophecies" on View at Le Frac Lorraine
METZ.- 49 NORD 6 EST Frac Lorraine presents the exhibition “A Serpentine Gesture and Other Prophecies” on view until the 1st of May 2011. Global warming, reversal of the poles, decrease in solar activity, tsunamis, or earthquakes… Natural disaster…
The Udo and Anette Brandhorst Foundation Acquires Three Works by Francesco Clemente
MUNICH.- Francesco Clemente’s works “Sound and Shadow, I–III”, the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Foundation’s most recent acquisitions, were painted in 2002 in New Mexico and depict a desert landscape in vastly changing moods –…
Symbolic Burial of Patrick Ireland Documentary Launched by Loopline Film
DUBLIN.- A film documenting the symbolic burial of Patrick Ireland, the alter ego of the distinguished Irish artist Brian O’Doherty, was launched by Loopline Film and is directed by Sé Merry Doyle. The film is produced by Vanessa Gildea and finan…
Exhibition at Museum of Modern Art in New York Challenges Definition of Drawing
NEW YORK, NY.- On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, on view at MoMA from November 21, 2010, through February 7, 2011, aims to challenge the conventional definition of drawing as a work on paper by exploring the radical transformation of the …
Guercino’s "King David" and "The Cumaean Sibyl with Putto" Displayed Together at the National Gallery
LONDON.- Guercino’s King David (1651) has come to the National Gallery to join Guercino’’s The Cumaean Sibyl with a Putto (1651) on display from November 5 2010 until November 21 2010. This is the first time the pair have been seen together since …
Public Takes a Shine to Naked New York Statue by Colombian Artist Fernando Botero
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Colombian artist Fernando Botero is happy with the intimate attention New Yorkers and tourists pay to his giant bronze statue of a naked Adam at an upscale shopping mall. The statue along with a nearby Eve — both in the unmistakab…