NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s announces that it will offer Property from a Distinguished East Coast Collection in a series of sales in New York through 2011. Assembled over several decades, the Collection offers both diversity and depth, holding import…
Researchers Say Slaves Hid African Charms on Colonial Greenhouse in Maryland
BALTIMORE (AP).- The greenhouse on the Maryland plantation where famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass spent part of his childhood was not as uniquely European as once thought: Its furnace was built by slaves, who hid distinctly African touches within …
Rijksmuseum Anounces Two Acquisitions that Highlight the Birth of Christ
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum will celebrate Christmas 2010 with two exceptional acquisitions that highlight the birth of Christ. It recently acquired an extremely rare silver ‘prayer nut’, containing miniature carvings only millimetres in size…
Celebrate Christmas at the Rijksmuseum with Two Acquisitions that Highlight the Birth of Christ
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum will celebrate Christmas 2010 with two exceptional acquisitions that highlight the birth of Christ. It recently acquired an extremely rare silver ‘prayer nut’, containing miniature carvings only millimetres in size…
Freer Gallery’s "Chinamania" Reveals Whistler’s Love Affair with Blue and White
WASHINGTON, DC.- “Chinamania: Whistler and the Victorian Craze for Blue and White,” a small thematic exhibition on view at the Freer Gallery from Aug. 7 until Aug. 2011, explores the significance of Chinese export porcelain in Victorian England, where …