NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Experts at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art have determined that a 1624 portrait previously attributed to a follower of the Spanish painter Velazquez was done by the master himself. The museum said the portrait of King Philip …
Staffordshire Hoard Scoops ‘Acquisition of the Year’ at Apollo Magazine Awards
LONDON.- On 25 November, Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar accepted the prestigious Apollo Magazine Award for ‘Acquisition of the Year’ for the Staffordshire Hoard. He accepted the award on behalf of all partners involved in the £3.3 million…
3rd Eye: New York University Artist Gets Camera Implanted in Head as Part of Project
NEW YORk (AP).- A New York University arts professor might not have eyes on the back of his head, but he’s coming pretty close. Wafaa Bilal, a visual artist widely recognized for his interactive and performance pieces, had a small digital camera impla…
3rd Eye: New York University Artist Gets Camera Implanted in Head as Part of Project
NEW YORk (AP).- A New York University arts professor might not have eyes on the back of his head, but he’s coming pretty close. Wafaa Bilal, a visual artist widely recognized for his interactive and performance pieces, had a small digital camera impla…
Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami Presents Bruce Weber: Haiti/Little Haiti
NORTH MIAMI, FL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), North Miami presents Bruce Weber: Haiti/ Little Haiti from November 19, 2010 through February 13, 2011. This extraordinary exhibition of photographs of Miami’s Haitian community by celebrate…
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 …
Previously Unseen Work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Be Shown in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM.- A previously unseen work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti is to go on show for the first time Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, The Poetry of Drawing, opening 29 January 2011. Rossetti’s brooding Mnemosyne (1876, private collection) is a str…
Previously Unseen Work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Be Shown in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM.- A previously unseen work by Dante Gabriel Rossetti is to go on show for the first time Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, The Poetry of Drawing, opening 29 January 2011. Rossetti’s brooding Mnemosyne (1876, private collection) is a str…
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art Announces Details of Its Three Opening Exhibitions
DOHA.- Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art revealed the details of the three exhibitions it will present when it opens to the public on December 30, 2010. Historic works of Arab modernism and a multitude of new works commissioned by Mathaf will be on vie…
Städel Museum Opens “In Chronological Order: Städel Works of the 14th to 21st Centuries”
FRANKFURT.- The holdings of the Städel Museum comprise masterpieces of European art from the late Middle Ages to the present. The temporary closure of its galleries in the course of the redevelopment measures carried out in the old building as part of…