Pittsburgh, PA.- The Carnegie Museum of Art is pleased to present “Architectural Explorations” a selection of drawings, models, photographs, rare books, games, and other material made between the 1780s and the present. taken from the Heinz Architectu…
Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art Shows Andrea Palladio and His Legacy
NOTRE DAME, IN.- For the first time in the Midwest, a collection of thirty-one rarely seen drawings as well as books and models by Italian 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio, from the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, will…
One of the Last ‘Beautiful Boys" Painted by Henry Scott Tuke to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- Two beautiful pictures by the British maritime and figurative painter, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) are to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of the 19th Century Paintings auction on 13th July 2011. Both depict a young man seen from…
Sotheby’s Sale of Important Watches this May Presents Five Centuries of Watch History
GENEVA.- Sotheby’s spring sale of Important Watches, to be staged at the Hôtel Beau-Rivage in Geneva on Sunday 15 May 2011, will embark world collectors on a journey through five centuries of watch history, from 1580 to the present day. The sale …
Gagosian Gallery in New York Presents Picasso and Marie-Therese: L’amour fou
NEW YORK, NY.- Following the critical and popular success of Picasso: Mosqueteros in New York in 2009 and Picasso: The Mediterranean Years in London in 2010, Gagosian Gallery presents the next chapter in an ongoing exploration of Picasso’s princip…
Jewellery Owned by Last Link to World of Proust and Monet for Sale at Bonhams, Edinburgh
EDINBURGH.- Jewellery and silver belonging to the daughter of the famous French society painter Paul Cesar Helleu, one of the models for a central character in Marcel Proust’s monumental novel ‘In Search of Lost Time’ (sometimes known as…
Major New Hepworth Wakefield Gallery Designed by David Chipperfield to Open on May 21
LONDON.- The Hepworth Wakefield designed by David Chipperfield Architects, will open to the public on Saturday 21 May 2011, putting the spotlight on Yorkshire as a world centre for sculpture, together with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Henry Moore Institu…
Jewellery Owned by Last Link to World of Proust and Monet for Sale at Bonhams, Edinburgh
EDINBURGH.- Jewellery and silver belonging to the daughter of the famous French society painter Paul Cesar Helleu, one of the models for a central character in Marcel Proust’s monumental novel ‘In Search of Lost Time’ (sometimes known as…
Major New Hepworth Wakefield Gallery Designed by David Chipperfield Architects to Open on May 21
LONDON.- The Hepworth Wakefield designed by David Chipperfield Architects, will open to the public on Saturday 21 May 2011, putting the spotlight on Yorkshire as a world centre for sculpture, together with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Henry Moore Institu…
Designing Media, a New Book by Bill Moggridge, Explores New and Traditional Media
NEW YORK, NY.- Designing Media, written by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge and published by MIT Press Nov. 29, examines connections between old and new media. In his book, Moggridge describes the changing media landscape an…