OTTAWA- Thanks to an innovative new partnership between the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), Toronto residents and visitors can now view some of the most significant works from the NGC’s contemp…
Model of Former Nazi Castle Headed to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
VIENNA (AP).- A model of an Austrian castle where the Nazis murdered about 30,000 people — including many who were mentally ill or disabled — is headed to a U.S. museum. Hartheim Castle was one of several notorious institutions that Adolf Hi…
Model of Former Nazi Castle Headed to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
VIENNA (AP).- A model of an Austrian castle where the Nazis murdered about 30,000 people — including many who were mentally ill or disabled — is headed to a U.S. museum. Hartheim Castle was one of several notorious institutions that Adolf Hi…
The Prado Offers a Clear Appreciation of the Evolution of Rubens’ Style in New Exhibition
MADRID.- The Museum’s Rubens galleries are temporarily closed for re-modelling as part of the Prado’s “Second Extension” plan. As a result, and over the course of more than two months, the Museum is inviting the public to enter into…
Third Successful Year of Artist Rooms: The Art Fund Grants Funding for 2011 Tour
LONDON.- Building on the outstanding successes of the ARTIST ROOMS tours in 2009 and 2010, which have seen over 60% of the ARTIST ROOMS Collection shown at institutions across the UK in the first two years, with 377 works lent in 2010 alone, National G…
The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting from the Stadel Museum at the Guggenheim
BILBAO.- From October 7, 2010 to January 23, 2011, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao will present The Golden Age of Dutch and Flemish Painting from the Städel Museum, a splendid selection of masterpieces from the Städel Museum in Frankfurt, one of Europe&…
Sanaugavut: Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic
OTTAWA.- Today, the National Gallery of Canada presents – as a world exclusive and for the first time in Asia – Sanaugavut: Inuit Art from the Canadian Arctic, an exhibition of masterpieces from the NGC’s Inuit art collection. Organized …
British Museum Gets $38 Million Gift from John Sainsbury
LONDON (AP).- The British Museum says it is getting 25 million pounds ($38 million) from John Sainsbury, the former chairman of Britain’s eponymous supermarket chain. The donation is one of the biggest gifts to the arts in recent decades and will hel…
British Museum Gets $38 Million Gift
LONDON (AP).- The British Museum says it is getting 25 million pounds ($38 million) from John Sainsbury, the former chairman of Britain’s eponymous supermarket chain. The donation is one of the biggest gifts to the arts in recent decades and will hel…
Brazilian Architect Oscar Niemeyer Receives the Order of Arts and Letters Award
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP).- Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has received one of Spain’s top awards for the arts. Niemeyer was given a medal for the Order of Arts and Letters award, created in 2008 to recognize people or institutions that help Spanish cul…