BEIJING.- Liu Yandong, State Councillor of Culture of the People’s Republic of China and Guido Westerwelle, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, opened ‘The Art of the Enlightenment’ exhibition at the National Museum of C…
Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast Museum to Reopen its Doors in May After Major Refurbishment
DUSSELDORF.- With the re-opening on 7 May 2011, the Museum Kunstpalast will be able, after being closed for more than two years for a huge renovation project, to unveil its treasures once more, and put some 450 selected artworks from the Middle Ages to…
Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast Museum to Reopen its Doors in May After Major Refurbishment
DUSSELDORF.- With the re-opening on 7 May 2011, the Museum Kunstpalast will be able, after being closed for more than two years for a huge renovation project, to unveil its treasures once more, and put some 450 selected artworks from the Middle Ages to…
Bishopsgate Institute, Designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, to Unveil £7 Million Refurbishment
LONDON.- A remarkable architectural gem that sits between the City of London and Spitalfields will be unveiled in June this year, restored to its former glory. Built in 1895, Bishopsgate Institute was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend who went on t…
Bishopsgate Institute, Designed by Charles Harrison Townsend, to Unveil £7 Million Refurbishment
LONDON.- A remarkable architectural gem that sits between the City of London and Spitalfields will be unveiled in June this year, restored to its former glory. Built in 1895, Bishopsgate Institute was designed by Charles Harrison Townsend who went on t…
The Wallace Collection Announces Plans for Newly-Refurbished Dutch Galleries
LONDON.- In early 2012 the Wallace Collection will unveil the newly-refurbished Dutch galleries in the East wing galleries of Hertford House, the first stage of refurbishment of the more traditional, top-lit galleries to add to the sumptuous twelve dom…
Three Major German Museums Announce an Exhibition on the Art of the Enlightenment in China
BERLIN.- – In spring 2011 three major German museum bodies – the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich – will join forces with the National Museum of China …
National Gallery Receives Major Donation for New Education Centre
LONDON.- The National Gallery announced that a transformational gift of £1 million has been made by American industrialist and philanthropist Mark Pigott OBE towards the refurbishment of the National Gallery’s Education Centre and to improve its …
Striking Show of 42 Works by Damien Hirst as Print Maker Opens at the Bowes Museum
DURHAM.- Following a £12m refurbishment, The Bowes Museum brings a global name to the Barnard Castle treasure house this autumn with the opening of Damien Hirst: Print Maker. This world class exhibition, curated by former Turner Prize judge Greville W…
Treasures of Kazakhstan Take Centre Stage in London
LONDON.- Christie’s presents a special and unique loan exhibition, Treasures of Kazakhstan – Exhibition of Kazakh and Russian Art from the Kasteev Museum and a Distinguished Kazakh Private Collection at its headquarters in London from 1-8 Sep…