BERLIN (AP).- The ancient gods and fantastical creatures going on show in Berlin this week have made an unlikely comeback from near-destruction. Unearthed in present-day Syria a century ago, the 3,000-year-old basalt statues and stone reliefs in the e…
The Enduring Beauty of Jewelry Across the Ages Dazzles in Newark Museum’s Lore Ross Jewelry Gallery
NEWARK, NJ.- The launch this month of the Lore Ross Jewelry Gallery places the Newark Museum in unique company as only the fourth museum in the United States with dedicated display spaces for the exhibition of their permanent jewelry collections. The N…
Fifty Years of Chair Design on View at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg
HAMBURG.- With ”Ideen sitzen. 50 Years of Chair Design“ the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe present the first large exhibition on recent seat design dating from 1960 to the present day. The exhibition is on view until 13th March 2011. One hundr…
Bonhams to Sell Painting of the Father of All Chocolate Labradors
NEW YORK, NY.- A painting by Maud Earl showing the black Labrador Peter of Faskally, father of 32 field trial champions and the original blood line for all present day Chocolate Labradors, is to be a highlight of the ‘Dogs in Show & Field: The Fin…
Collection Lambert in Avignon Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Exhibition
AVIGNON.- More than a retrospective, the exhibition “I Believe in Miracles” brings together a number of artists invited to take part in thematic exhibitions and have marked the site over the last 10 years, for instance with “Artists Collections” in 200…
Children’s Book Illustrations Conjure Magic from Real Life at Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ.- The sometime chilly realities of modern-day life take on warmth and verve in 35 original children’s book illustrations created between 1960 and the present day, on view at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers throug…
Getty Museum Displays a Selection of Chinese Photographs Produced Since the 1990s
LOS ANGELEs, CA.- On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, at the Getty Center, December 7, 2010 —April 24, 2011, Photography from the New China displays a selection of Chinese photographs produced since the 1990s, when People’s Republic leader Deng X…
Getty Museum Displays a Selection of Chinese Photographs Produced Since the 1990s
LOS ANGELEs, CA.- On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, at the Getty Center, December 7, 2010 —April 24, 2011, Photography from the New China displays a selection of Chinese photographs produced since the 1990s, when People’s Republic leader Deng X…
Haubrok Foundation Hands Over 13 Important Contemporary Artworks to the National Gallery in Berlin
BERLIN.- The Haubrok Foundation has generously presented to the National Gallery over 13 important works as permanent loans by internationally acclaimed artists of the present day. To mark their presentation, the work ‘This is Propaganda’ (2002) b…
"Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt" Headed to Cincinnati Museum Center
CINCINNATI, OH.- The world of Cleopatra VII, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in Cincinnati on February 18, 2011 when “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt” opens its doors. Cincinnati …