EDINBURGH.- The rich and diverse collection of English drawings and watercolours in the National Gallery of Scotland will be the subject of a beautifully designed and generously illustrated catalogue, to be published this summer. Featuring outstanding…
Poland’s Most Precious Painting, "Lady with an Ermine" by Leonardo da Vinci to Hit the Road
WARSAW (AP).- It’s finally been decided: Poland’s most precious painting, “Lady with an Ermine” by Leonardo da Vinci, will be allowed to travel to Spain, Germany and Britain. Wednesday’s decision came after almost a year of discussion by art experts an…
Poland’s Most Precious Painting, "Lady with an Ermine" by Leonardo da Vinci to Hit the Road
WARSAW (AP).- It’s finally been decided: Poland’s most precious painting, “Lady with an Ermine” by Leonardo da Vinci, will be allowed to travel to Spain, Germany and Britain. Wednesday’s decision came after almost a year of discussion by art experts an…
Paintings Newly Illuminated at the National Gallery
LONDON.- As it did 20 years ago with the introduction of a new balanced warm and cool tungsten illumination, the National Gallery, London, is once again proving itself a leader in the area of lighting systems for galleries. Over the next two years, LED…
Exhibition of One of Australia’s Most Renowned and Eminent Landscape Artists Opens in Melobourne
MELBOURNE.- The National Gallery of Victoria opened Eugene von Guérard: Nature Revealed, a superb exhibition which takes an in depth look, for the first time in over 30 years, at one of Australia’s most renowned and eminent landscape artists, Eug…
Unconventional New Display at the National Portrait Gallery in London
LONDON.- Opening this weekend, ‘Only Connect’ is an unconventional new display at the National Portrait Gallery presenting a web of portraits connecting sitters across three centuries. Comprising paintings, sculpture, photographs, engravings, drawin…
Andy Warhol’s Headline Works to Be Presented by the National Gallery of Art
WASHINGTON, DC.- The first exhibition to fully examine the works that Andy Warhol created on the theme of news headlines will premiere at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from September 25, 2011, to January 2, 2012. WARHOL: HEADLINES will defin…
Woodcuts: Collection from Albrecht Dürer to Tal R at the National Gallery of Denmark
COPENHAGEN.- While the world is experiencing an ever-increasing influx of new media, the Royal Collection of Graphic Art directs attention to one of the oldest mediums around. A medium, moreover, which remains very much alive and continues to attract t…
‘Vladimir Tretchikoff: The People’s Painter’ at the The Iziko Museum S.A. National Gallery
Cape Town, SA – The Iziko Museums are presenting ‘Vladimir Tretchikoff: The People’s Painter’ at the S.A. National Gallery in Cape Town from 26 May 2011. While Vladimir Tretchikoff (1913-2006) is undoubtedly one of South Africa’s most controversial …
National Portrait Gallery Announces BP Award Shortlist; Record Number of Entries
LONDON.- After a record number of entries, four artists have been short-listed for the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, one of the world’s most prestigious art prizes. This year the prize received 2, 372 entries, an increase of …