NEW HAVEN, CT.- The Yale University Art
Gallery
announced the installation of a recent and important acquisition that
showcases
portraiture traditions of the late Hellenistic and early Roman era and
21st
century conservation methods. Acqui…
Exhibition of Photographs by Johnnie Shand Kydd Opens at the Estorick Collection
LONDON.- Johnnie Shand Kydd is an acclaimed documentary photographer perhaps best known for his portraits of artist friends such as Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst. In 2000 he embarked on a longterm project to capture the dramatic and chaotic world of Napl…
Famous Chinese Modernist Painter Wu Guanzhong Dies at 90
BEIJING,
CHINA – Wu Guanzhong, known as one of the fathers of modern Chinese art
for combining western and Chinese elements in black and white oil
paintings, has
died. He was 90. He died in Beijing on Friday. Wu’s works have become…
The British Museum opens " Statuephilia ~ Contemporary Sculptors"
LONDON – The British Museum houses one of the greatest sculpture collections in the world. This autumn, it will showcase a group of major works by leading contemporary British artists in a series of installations paying tribute to the cultural si…