LOS ANGELES (AP).- The love goddess Aphrodite is going home to Italy after the new year, stronger and more stable than she has been in 2,500 years. The statue, being returned to Sicily as part of Italy’s decade-old campaign to retrieve antiquities it …
New Works by Grayson Perry to Go on Show in Manchester
LONDON.- Two major new works by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry are to go on show in Manchester in the New Year. They have just been bought for Manchester Art Gallery’s permanent collection. The Art Fund gave £24,025 to help the Gallery…
Hebrew Manuscripts on View during High Holy Days at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Two important medieval Hebrew manuscripts—a Mishneh Torah made between 1300 and 1400 in Germany and an illuminated leaf from a prayer book made in Austria around 1360—are on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Clo…
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to be Open 365 Days a Year
RICHMOND, VA.- In keeping with its goal to be accessible to all visitors, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) announces plans to be open 365 days a year. In addition, VMFA is expanding its evening hours. Starting in July, the museum will be open u…