CLEVELAND, OH.- The Cleveland Museum of Art today acquired two noteworthy objects of the ancient Andean Wari people at auction. The unique and celebrated Bag with Human Head is a painted animal hide pouch in superb condition exhibiting a remarkably lif…
Art Institute Announces Major Long-Term Loan of Ancient Near Eastern Statuette
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced a major long-term loan of a work of great significance: a copper statue called Striding Horned Figure (Shaman/Demon) believed to have been made 5,000 years ago, at the dawn of the third millennium B….
Art Institute Announces Major Long-Term Loan of Ancient Near Eastern Statuette
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced a major long-term loan of a work of great significance: a copper statue called Striding Horned Figure (Shaman/Demon) believed to have been made 5,000 years ago, at the dawn of the third millennium B….
Important Roman Sculpture Joins Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
NEW YORK, NY.- An ancient Roman group statue of great importance and beauty—a depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythology—has been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, it was announced today by Thomas P. Campbell, the Museum’s Dir…