ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art hosted its second annual Collectors Evening on Friday, January 28. Participants voted to secure four new acquisitions for the Museum: Vik Muniz’s “Leda and the Swan, after Leonardo da Vinci” (2009); a…
Second Annual Collectors Evening Secures Six New Acquisitions for the High
ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art hosted its second annual Collectors Evening on Friday, January 28. Participants voted to secure four new acquisitions for the Museum: Vik Muniz’s “Leda and the Swan, after Leonardo da Vinci” (2009); a…
Indianapolis Museum of Art to Reconfigure Third Floor Galleries
INDIANAPOLIS, IL.- The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced it is remodeling its third floor galleries consisting of the Asian, African, design arts, and textiles and fashion arts collections throughout the next two years. The new configuration will al…
Taxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late 19th-Century American Art Opens at the Huntington
SAN MARINO, CA.- Taxes, rent, economic depression, and financial inequity are the subject matter of the 27 visually provocative paintings and seven works on paper assembled for “Taxing Visions: Financial Episodes in Late Nineteenth-Century America…
Works by Michelangelo Part of Florida Vatican Exhibit at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL.- A small marble relief of Jesus Christ flanked by two angels and being held up by Mary was one of the last pieces that Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo ever created. This marble work is displayed next to a cast of one of hi…
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,…
Norton Museum of Art Celebrates 70th with Free Birthday Bash
WEST PALM BEACH, FL.- The Norton Museum of Art will celebrate seven decades of bringing its quality permanent collections, traveling special exhibitions and innovative educational programming to the community with a grand celebration on Tuesday, Februa…
Thomas Gainsborough and the Modern Woman in Exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art
SAN DIEGO, CA.- The portraits of notorious society women painted by Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) are considered among the greatest portraits of the Western tradition. Thomas Gainsborough and the Modern Woman is the first exhibition devoted to Gainsb…
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art Presents Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism Christianity and Islam
RICHMOND, VA.- Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, on view in the Harnett Museum of Art, from January 28 to May 20, 2011, highlights the shared pilgrimage traditions of three world religions—Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. …
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art Presents Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism Christianity and Islam
RICHMOND, VA.- Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam, on view in the Harnett Museum of Art, from January 28 to May 20, 2011, highlights the shared pilgrimage traditions of three world religions—Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. …