LONDON (AP).- Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, reportedly a big Shakespeare fan, made a pilgrimage to the Bard’s birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon on Sunday. Wen is in Britain as part of a three-day visit intended to reinforce economic links between the two…
Royal Institute of British Architects Award Winners 2011 Announced in London
LONDON.- The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the 2011 RIBA Awards. RIBA Awards for architectural excellence will be presented to 97 buildings in the UK and Europe (89 in the UK and 8 in the rest of the EU). The…
Masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema Achieves $29.2 Million at Sotheby’s New York
NEW YORK, NY.- A masterpiece by Victorian artist Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema set another incredible price at Sotheby’s New York today in the sale of 19th Century European Art. Two determined phone bidders held a steady competition for The Meeting of…
Metropolitan Museum of Art Captures Alexander McQueen’s Vision of Imperfect Beauty
NEW YORK (AP).- Dark vs. light. Past vs. future. Masculine vs. feminine. The extremes straddled by fashion designer Alexander McQueen in his work, inspiration and, seemingly, in his life, fit together like a jigsaw puzzle in a new museum exhibit calle…
Harris Museum Buys 19th Century "Puck" Painting
LONDON.- An important 19th century painting featuring Puck, the mischievous character from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, has been bought for the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in Preston. Puck by Victorian artist Richard Dadd is a mys…
Sotheby’s To Offer Another Masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Following the record-shattering price of $35,922,500 achieved at Sotheby’s New York in November 2010 by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s The Finding of Moses (est. $3/5 million), Sotheby’s announces that the 5 May 2011 sale of …
Sotheby’s To Offer Another Masterpiece by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Following the record-shattering price of $35,922,500 achieved at Sotheby’s New York in November 2010 by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s The Finding of Moses (est. $3/5 million), Sotheby’s announces that the 5 May 2011 sale of …
Ophelia: An Exhibition of New Paintings by Antonio Murado at Von Lintel Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Von Lintel Gallery presents Ophelia, an exhibition of new paintings by Antonio Murado. This is the artist’s second solo show with Von Lintel Gallery and his seventh in New York. Murado is an extraordinarily versatile painter with a vorac…
Morgan Library Presents Exhibition on Controversial Shakespeare Portrait Question
NEW YORK, NY.- In 2009, when the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon unveiled a previously unidentified portrait with strong claims to be the only surviving contemporary likeness of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), it created an interna…
Morgan Library Presents Exhibition Focusing on the Controversial Shakespeare Portrait Question
NEW YORK, NY.- In 2009, when the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon unveiled a previously unidentified portrait with strong claims to be the only surviving contemporary likeness of William Shakespeare (1564-1616), it created an interna…