VANCOUVER.- The Vancouver Art Gallery has passed a major milestone, as its permanent collection now exceeds 10,000 items. As part of its recent annual review, the Gallery announced that 178 artworks were acquired through purchase and donation in the l…
Old Master Drawings: Guercino, Rubens, Tintoretto at the Lady Lever Gallery
LIVERPOOL.- A new exhibition explores why artists have drawn over the centuries – from copying other works to making life studies – and the role of sketching in the creation of artworks. Old Master Drawings: Guercino, Rubens, Tintoretto 22 Oc…
Brooklyn Museum Inaugurates Purchase Fund for Acquisition of pre-1945 African American Art
BROOKLYN, NY.- The Brooklyn Museum is inaugurating a new collecting initiative that will focus on the acquisition of works by African American artists that were created between the mid-nineteenth century and 1945. In the first three years, the Museum i…
New Paintings and Works on Paper by Thomas Nozkowski at Pace Gallery’s Newest Exhibition Space
NEW YORK, NY.- Thomas Nozkowski presents new paintings and works on paper at Pace’s newest gallery, 510 West 25th Street, New York City, from October 22 through December 4, 2010. The exhibition is his second at The Pace Gallery and the seventy-th…
Canadian Artist Rodney Graham’s Through the Forest at Hamburger Kunsthalle
HAMBURG.- Canadian artist Rodney Graham’s (*1949) exhibition entitled Through the Forest provides insight into the development of his complex body of work. The exhibition brings together close to 100 works, dating between 1978 and 2010. They come …
Egypt’s Top Archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, Shows Off New Tomb that Belonged to Rudj-ka
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s top archaeologist showed off the newly discovered tomb of a pharaonic priest on Tuesday, a find he said could point the way to a new necropolis to be excavated near the famed Giza pyramids. Standing inside the 4,300-year-old struc…
Egypt’s Top Archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, Shows Off New Tomb that Belonged to Rudj-ka
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s top archaeologist showed off the newly discovered tomb of a pharaonic priest on Tuesday, a find he said could point the way to a new necropolis to be excavated near the famed Giza pyramids. Standing inside the 4,300-year-old struc…
More than a Century After He Visited Madrid’s Prado Museum, Pierre-Auguste Renoir Returns
MADRID.- The artistic career of Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), one of the leading figures of Impressionism, is characterised by an all-absorbing passion for painting that led him to achieve great renown and popularity among his contemporaries. The …
Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in New York Expected to Exceed $200 Million
NEW YORK, NY.- The Christie’s announced further details of its upcoming Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on November 3. Led by significant works by Henri Matisse, Juan Gris, Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, Gustave Caillebotte, Georges Seura…
Court: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston can Keep Work Sold in Nazi Era
BOSTON (AP).- A federal appeals court has ruled that Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts can retain ownership of a 1913 painting by Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka that was sold during the Nazi occupation of Austria. The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rule…