PARIS, FRANCE – Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first comprehensive exhibition in the Netherlands on Claude Lorrain, master of the golden light. This autumn, Teylers Museum and Musée du Louvre present the first comprehens…
Mexican Government Says $4 Million Maya Sculpture Sold in Paris is Not Pre-Hispanic
MEXICO CITY.- In relation to the auction of archaeological pieces held in Paris, France on Monday, March 21, by the Binoche–Giquello auction house, the National Institute of Anthropology and History and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría…
Mexican Funerary Masks Travel to France for Exhibition at the Pinacothèque de Paris
MEXICO CITY.- After its successful presentation at the National Anthropology Museum, the exhibition “Rostros de la divinidad. Los mosaicos mayas de piedra verde” (Faces of Divinity. Greenstone Maya Mosaics) will travel to Paris, France, where…
Administrators of France’s Versailles to Lease Nearby Building for Use as a Hotel
PARIS (AP).- Administrators of France’s Versailles Palace said Friday that they have agreed to lease an adjacent building to King Louis XIV’s 17th-century chateau for use as a hotel. The Hotel du Grand Controle, which was the home for financial adviser…
Paris Louvre Asks Public for Help to Buy Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Painting "The Three Graces"
PARIS (REUTERS).- France’s Louvre museum is making an unprecedented appeal to the general public to help it raise the cash to buy a 16th century painting deemed a national treasure by art experts. The Louvre has already scraped together 3 million euro…
Paris Louvre Asks Public for Help to Buy Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Painting "The Three Graces"
PARIS (REUTERS).- France’s Louvre museum is making an unprecedented appeal to the general public to help it raise the cash to buy a 16th century painting deemed a national treasure by art experts. The Louvre has already scraped together 3 million euro…
Renaissance Seattle Hotel and Seattle Art Museum Celebrate Legacy of Pablo Picasso
SEATTLE, WA.- Almost everyone knows the name Pablo Picasso. Hailed by art historians as one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century, Pablo Picasso changed the way people understood art. Now the Seattle Art Museum offers the public a rare op…
International Participation Doubles for 3rd Edition of India Art Summit
NEW DELHI.- The 3rd Edition of India Art Summit™ –India’s Modern and Contemporary Art Fair– is set to take place from 21-23 January 2011 in Pragati Maidan (ITPO), New Delhi. With 84 exhibiting galleries at this edition, and the incl…
Espace Dali Lends Mae West Sofa to the Pompidou Centre in Paris
PARIS.- Espace Dali in Paris, France’s only museum
dedicated to Dali, has loaned the iconic Mae West Divano, created by the Catalan
genius during the 1940’s, to be part of the ‘Dreamlands’ exhibition organised by
the Pompidou Centre,…
Espace Dali Lends Mae West Sofa to the Pompidou Centre, Paris
PARIS.- Espace Dali in Paris, France’s only museum dedicated to Dali, has loaned the iconic Mae West Divano, created by the Catalan genius during the 1940’s, to be part of the ‘Dreamlands’ exhibition organised by the Pompidou Centr…