PHILADELPHIA, PA.- For Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), the greatest painter, draftsman and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age, the portrayal of biblical themes was a central preoccupation and one to which the artist introduced challenging innovati…
Museums Organize Exhibition Devoted to Rembrandt’s Representation of Jesus
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- For Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), the greatest painter, draftsman and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age, the portrayal of biblical themes was a central preoccupation and one to which the artist introduced challenging innovati…
Old Masters Meet Contemporary Artists When Bernheimer-Colnaghi Exhibits at Masterpiece London
LONDON.- Bernheimer-Colnaghi will show the unusual combination of Old Master paintings and contemporary photographs at the second staging of Masterpiece London, the luxury fair that was launched to great acclaim last summer and will take place in the S…
Hyde’s Rembrandt on Loan to Louvre, Detroit Institute of Arts Loans Painting by Rubens
GLEN FALLS, N.Y.- The Hyde Collection announced today that its prized Christ with Folded Arms by Rembrandt van Rijn will be on display in the Louvre in Paris beginning April 18, 2011 as part of a landmark exhibition titled Rembrandt and the Face of Je…
Musée du Louvre and Teylers Museum Present Exhibitions of Claude Lorrain
PARIS, FRANCE – Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first comprehensive exhibition in the Netherlands on Claude Lorrain, master of the golden light. This autumn, Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first comprehens…
Sotheby’s will Offer The Robert Rubin Collection Of African Art at Auction in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- On 13 May 2011 Sotheby’s will offer The Robert Rubin Collection – one of the most important collections of African art to have appeared on the international market in recent years. Mr. Rubin (1934–2009) was a founding trustee o…
Louvre Presents First Exhibition of Austrian Sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
PARIS.- For the first time in France, the Louvre presents a monographic exhibition devoted to the Bavarian-born Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, active in Vienna and Pressburg (now Bratislava) in the late 18th century. As a court sculptor,…
Louvre Hosts a Group of Sculptures by Leading British Contemporary Artist Tony Cragg
PARIS.- As a counterpoint to the presentation at the Louvre of the first retrospective in France devoted to the Bavarian-born Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783), the museum plays host to a group of sculptures by the leading Br…
Louvre Hosts a Group of Sculptures by Leading British Contemporary Artist Tony Cragg
PARIS.- As a counterpoint to the presentation at the Louvre of the first retrospective in France devoted to the Bavarian-born Austrian sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736–1783), the museum plays host to a group of sculptures by the leading Br…
Italian Artist Roberto Cuoghi’s First Solo Show in the U.S. Opens at the Hammer
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Italian artist Roberto Cuoghi makes videos, sculpture, paintings, and drawings, in a variety of unconventional media, which expand on the possibilities for transformation and question our understanding of identity. For his most legend…