LOS ANGELES (AP).- After complaints prompted him to cut a 4-minute video from an exhibition about gay contributions to art, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution became the target in a national censorship debate. Wayne Clough didn’t publicly def…
Art Fund and National Trust Campaign to Save Brueghel Reaches £2.7 Million Target
LONDON.- The Art Fund, the National Trust and National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) announce that Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s ‘The Procession to Calvary’ has been saved for the nation after an intensive three month fundraising campaig…
Art Fund and National Trust Campaign to Save Brueghel Reaches £2.7 Million Target
LONDON.- The Art Fund, the National Trust and National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) announce that Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s ‘The Procession to Calvary’ has been saved for the nation after an intensive three month fundraising campaig…
Andrew Skurman Receives Chevalier des Arts Medal for Architecture from France
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Renowned classical architect Andrew Skurman was awarded France’s Médaille des Arts et des Lettres (Medal of Arts and Letters) for his contribution to the promotion of French culture by Corinne Pereira, the Deputy Consul General of …
Donations to Save an Iconic Old Master Painting by Pieter Brueghel Approach £1.4 Million
LONDON.- Donations to the appeal by the Art Fund and the National Trust to save an iconic Old Master painting for the nation are approaching £1.4 million. The appeal still has some way to go, however, to reach its £2.7 million target by Christmas and…
Bibliotheque de l’Arsenal Exhibit Shows Bastille Prison had 5-Star Comforts
PARIS (AP) .- A roaring fireplace, a warm bed, some wine and little pastries welcomed people to La Bastille. This was no charming inn, but the notorious French prison, stormed by an angry Parisian mob on July 14, 1789, in an outburst that helped set of…
Bibliotheque de l’Arsenal Exhibit Shows Bastille Prison had 5-Star Comforts
PARIS (AP) .- A roaring fireplace, a warm bed, some wine and little pastries welcomed people to La Bastille. This was no charming inn, but the notorious French prison, stormed by an angry Parisian mob on July 14, 1789, in an outburst that helped set of…
Art World Acts to Save Energy and Money, Mayor Launches Green Visual Arts Guide at Frieze Art Fair
LONDON.- The Mayor of London Boris Johnson was at the prestigious Frieze Art Fair this morning to launch his Green Visual Arts Guide, aimed at helping artists, galleries and arts fairs to become greener and save cash. The Mayor has set a target for Lon…
Art World Acts to Save Energy and Money, Mayor Launches Green Visual Arts Guide at Frieze Art Fair
LONDON.- The Mayor of London Boris Johnson was at the prestigious Frieze Art Fair this morning to launch his Green Visual Arts Guide, aimed at helping artists, galleries and arts fairs to become greener and save cash. The Mayor has set a target for Lon…
Out of Art into Literacy at NGA London
OUT OF ART INTO LITERACY Learning Gallery 13 September – 5 December 2010 London primary school children are to have their creative writing displayed at the National Gallery this autumn in a unique exhibition. Out of Art into Literacy celebrates the outcomes of two innovative National Gallery education projects: Into the Frame and Out of […]