LONDON (REUTERS).- London’s British Museum won the 100,000 pound ($160,000) Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year Wednesday for its project “A History of the World.” The project was an exploration of world history using the museum’s collection, at the…
Guercino’s Diana the Huntress is Revealed for the First Time in Italy by Fondazione Sorgente Group
FERRARA, ITALY.- The Pinacoteca di Cento Museum is exhibiting for the first time an important painting by Guercino, who was born in Cento, a very small town of the Emilia Romagna region. The painting known as “Diana the Huntress” portrays the delicate …
Guercino’s Diana the Huntress is Revealed for the First Time in Italy by Fondazione Sorgente Group
FERRARA, ITALY.- The Pinacoteca di Cento Museum is exhibiting for the first time an important painting by Guercino, who was born in Cento, a very small town of the Emilia Romagna region. The painting known as “Diana the Huntress” portrays the delicate …
ARTZUID 2011 an International Sculpture Exhibition in a Unique Cultural Heritage Setting
AMSTERDAM.- In 2008 Cintha van Heeswijck-Veeger established Foundation ArtZuid. She took the initiative to draw greater attention to the urban expansion plan (1917) of architect H.P. Berlage known as the Plan-Zuid in Amsterdam, by organising a high-qua…
Four Museums Short Listed for £100,000 Art Fund Prize
LONDON.- This evening, on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and BBC TWO The Culture Show, news of the four museums and galleries that have been short listed for the Art Fund Prize 2011 will be announced. The single, £100,000 prize for the ‘Museum of t…
Centre Pompidou-Metz Presents Daniel Buren "ECHOS, Work in situ"
METZ.- Daniel Buren is currently one of the most important artists both in France and internationally. For more than 40 years, each of his exhibitions throughout the world has elicited attention. The latest exhibition Échos is on view until September …
The Annual Photomonth in Krakow Showcases Unique Contemporary Photography
Krakow, Poland.- This year’s Photomonth Festival in Krakow, which runs from May 13th until June 12th is full of innovation, the peak of which is the presence of guest curators Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin. At their initiative, the festival inv…
Bank of America Art Conservation Project To Restore Global Cultural Treasures in 2011
LONDON.- Bank of America Merrill Lynch has today announced that its 2011 Art Conservation Project is open for applications from arts and cultural institutions. Following the success of the inaugural 2010 project that was launched in Europe, the Middle …
Bank of America Art Conservation Project To Restore Global Cultural Treasures
LONDON.- Bank of America Merrill Lynch has announced that its 2011 Art Conservation Project is open for applications from arts and cultural institutions. Following the success of the inaugural 2010 project that was launched in Europe, the Middle Eas…
Thirty-Six Winners Receive $2.7 million in Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Thirty-six ideas for the Philadelphia arts will receive $2.7 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of a community-wide contest to inspire and enrich the city. The Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia, a three…