STOCKHOLM.- The collection of portrait miniatures at Nationalmuseum has been enriched with a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The artist behind the portrait was the official court painter and the first grand name in English miniature painting,…
The Miller Gallery Presents Art on the Square ~ Live Art Demonstrations
Cincinnati, OH.- The Miller Gallery invites everyone to enjoy a summer of art demonstrations by many of their leading painters and sculptors. On Friday evenings between 5.30 and 8pm, the inimitable Jonathan Queen will further a remarkable narrative …
Florence Wants Mona Lisa Back for a Visit
FLORENCE (AP).- Florence officials are launching a campaign to bring the “Mona Lisa” back for a visit. Leonardo da Vinci brought the painting of a Renaissance woman with an enigmatic smile to France in 1516, and it has mostly hung in the Louvre Museum…
Research Shows One of Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portraits is in Fact His Brother Theo
AMSTERDAM.- Was Vincent van Gogh first and foremost an impulsive genius? How well have Van Gogh’s colours withstood the ravages of time? And did Van Gogh make a painting of his brother Theo after all? To start with the case of ‘Vincent/Theo&#…
Sotheby’s to Offer an Important Oil Study by Sir Anthony Van Dyck in Its Old Masters Sale
LONDON.- Sotheby’s today announced that it will sell the oil study A Bearded Man with Hands Raised by Sir Anthony Van Dyck (estimated at £200,000-300,000) in its 6th July 2011 sale of Old Master and British Paintings. The work, depicting a bearde…
Pablo Picasso Work Loaned to West Bank Goes on Display at Palestinian Art Academy
RAMALLAH (AP).- A Palestinian art academy on Monday put on display a $7 million Pablo Picasso masterpiece, the first of its kind in the West Bank. Picasso’s 1943 “Buste de Femme” is on loan from the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Holland. Organizers sai…
The David Richard Contemporary Gallery To Show Southern California Paintings From the 1970’s
Santa Fe.- David Richard Contemporary is pleased to present “Southern California Painting, 1970s: Painting Per Se”, the first of four exhibitions the gallery will present over the next two years that will take an in-depth look at various aspects of …
2011 Pittsburgh Biennial Presents Nine Contemporary Artists with Strong Ties to City
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art’s contribution to the multi-venue 2011 Pittsburgh Biennial presents nine contemporary artists with strong ties to Pittsburgh addressing a broad range of subjects that touch on the idea of “work.” T…
National Gallery of Canada Unveils Rare Exhibition Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome
OTTAWA.- On June 17, the National Gallery of Canada unveils its much anticipated, ground-breaking exhibition, Caravaggio and His Followers in Rome. The exhibition brings the genius of Caravaggio to Canada for the first time ever and is presented exclus…
Sotheby’s Three-Part Single-Owner Evill/Frost Sale Closes with Final Total of $69,343,051
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London, on June 16th, 2011, the final session of Sotheby’s three-part Single-Owner Sale of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British ever to come to the market, The Evill/Frost Collection, closed with a final combined…