LONDON.- Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum has acquired an important topographical drawing by celebrated artist Dora Carrington (1893 – 1932), who attended Bedford High School as a child. Bedford Market (1911) was acquired at auction for …
Grace Kelly’s Classic Style Comes Alive at London’s V&A Museum
LONDON (REUTERS).- You’d better hurry if you want to see the hats, shoes, dresses and immaculate gloves that were an essential element of the style which made Grace Kelly a fashion beacon for millions of women around the world. The “Grace Kelly: Style …
What Lies Beneath? Archaeology in Action @ Museum of London
LONDON.- Ever wonder what lies beneath your feet? On 16 July the Museum of London opened Archaeology in Action. The exhibition offers visitors a flavour of the varied day to day work of archaeologists in London, today and in the past. From the ground t…
Important British Treasure Saved for the Jewish Museum London
LONDON.- The Jewish Museum has successfully raised the funds to secure the ‘Lindo lamp’, the earliest known English Hanukah lamp and one of the treasures of British Jewish heritage, ensuring its continued place in the museum’s collection…
Art Activists Spill Oil at Iconic British Museum in Protest at BP Sponsorship
LONDON.- Five members of the art activist group
‘Culture Beyond Oil’ today poured non-toxic black oil around the British
Museum’s world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP’s
sponsorship of
the museum. The group, inspired b…
The Great Kings of India to Hold Court at the Art Gallery of Ontario
TORONTO.-
This fall the Art Gallery of Ontario opens
its doors to the magnificent world of India’s great kings. Maharaja: The
Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, organized in collaboration with the
Victoria
& Albert Museum, London, …
Museum of London Digs Up Shakespeare’s First Theatre… Take Two
LONDON.- Museum of London Archaeology has resumed excavations on the site of Shakespeare’s first purpose-built theatre. The Tower Theatre Company is set to build a new theatre where the famous Elizabethan playhouse stood in the late 16th century. …
The Great Kings of India to Hold Court at the Art Gallery of Ontario
TORONTO.- This fall the Art Gallery of Ontario opens its doors to the magnificent world of India’s great kings. Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts, organized in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, will make …
Saatchi Says He’ll Give Britain His Gallery and Over $37 Million in Art
LONDON.- Art collector Charles Saatchi has a gift for
Britain. It
includes Tracy Emin’s messy bed, Grayson Perry’s explicit pottery and a
room
full of engine oil. The advertising tycoon, whose patronage made
household names
of artists …
Ray Harryhausen Pledges Collection of Life’s Work to National Media Museum
LONDON.- On the day of Ray Harryhausen’s
90th
birthday, at the official opening of the exhibition “Ray Harryhausen –
Myths and
Legends” at the London Film Museum, the Ray and Diana Harryhausen
Foundation has
announced its intention t…