LONDON.- The Culture Minister has placed a temporary export bar on a painting by the Spanish artist Murillo. This will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep the painting of The Virgin and Child in the United Kingdom. The Minister’s ruling fo…
California Design Biennial: Action/Reaction Opens in Pasadena
PASADENA, CA.- The Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) presents the fourth California Design Biennial, Action/Reaction, an exhibition that highlights the most significant and innovative designs being created in California. Great works of art are o…
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Announces the Naming of Three Curatorships
BOSTON, MA.- Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), recently announced the naming of three endowed curatorships at the MFA, reflecting the scope of the Museum’s encyclopedic collections, which includ…
Portinari Painting Stolen from Brazil Museum
SAO PAULO (AP).- Police say a painting by Candido Portinari, one of Brazil’s best-known painters, has been stolen from a museum. Inspector Manoel Martins says the 1959 painting “O Enterro,” or “The Burial,” is worth about 1.5 million reals ($850,000). …
Sotheby’s Offers Paintings from the Former Collection of Madame Antenor Patiño
PARIS.- On
September 22 & 23, to
mark the opening of the Autumn auction season in Paris, Sotheby’s will
bring to a conclusion the story of
the legendary collection begun by Antenor Patiño (1894-1982) and
continued with
supreme elega…
Mayor of London Joins Tracey Emin and Loyd Grossman in Backing Children’s Art Day
LONDON.- The Mayor of London is backing a national campaign to get children and young people interested and involved in the visual arts. The Mayor joins the likes of artist Tracey Emin, writer and broadcaster Loyd Grossman and Children’s Laureate, illu…
John Baddeley Appointed Managing Director of Bonhams Knigthsbridge
LONDON.- Bonhams announced the appointment and promotion of Jon Baddeley to the position of Managing Director, Knightsbridge – the busiest of the company’s UK and international salerooms. He takes on this new role with immediate effect. “…
Austrian Panel Recommends Restitution of Four Works of Art
VIENNA (AP).- A commission has recommended that four paintings
contained in a vast Vienna art collection should be returned because
they were
either seized by the Nazis or given up against the will of their former
Jewish
owners, Austria’s Cu…
Austrian Panel Recommends Restitution of Four Works of Art
VIENNA (AP).- A commission has recommended that four paintings contained in a vast Vienna art collection should be returned because they were either seized by the Nazis or given up against the will of their former Jewish owners, Austria’s Culture Minis…
Australian Museum Announces Exhibition of Works from Guggenheim
PERTH, AU – This autumn the public will have the unique opportunity of
seeing world-class works of art normally on display in Venice, Italy, when the
Art Gallery of Western Australia hosts Peggy Guggenheim: A Collection in Venice
(October 9, 201…