Old Masters/Renaissance
Perched atop the Janiculum Hill of Rome, with a staggering view of the Eternal City spread out before it, stands the American Academy in Rome. Its campus spreads across several buildings, remodeled palazzi, including one by the venerable architectural firm,...
What is the most frequently stolen artwork in history? The answer is The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, stolen six times (seven, depending on who you ask). The most frequently given incorrect answer (even the Guinness Book of World Records got this...
No, there aren’t any Kangaroos in the background, and good old Mona isn’t flanked by gum trees. In fact, the Australian copy of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, which is about to go on display at the National Library of Australia in Canberra, is...
Granted, Frieze Week feels bigger every year. Exhibitions, talks, and performances are mushrooming in London's every nook and cranny. But the 2012 edition is set to be a very special vintage. Not only is Frieze Art Fair (now known as Frieze London)...
Police in Lower Merion, Pennsylvania have made meager progress in the search for a portrait bust of Benjamin Franklin that was stolen from a home in nearby Bryn Mawr. Also missing is an autographed picture of the German-American composer Victor Herbert,...
Last April, legendary fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy approached Christie’s with a drawing in hand. The pen-and-ink sketch depicted an 18th-century drawing room filled with antique furniture, tapestries, and iron busts. Givenchy's vision will come to life...
Ever wondered what Luc Tuymans thinks of the Louvre? At Frieze Masters, you’ll find out. The highly-anticipated Frieze London spinoff gave ARTINFO an exclusive peek at its talks program, and the roster is power-packed. Artist Cecily Brown will talk with...
British museums are fighting tooth and nail to secure important acquisitions for their collections. Last week, Oxford's Ashmolean Museum announced it had raised enough funds to purchase Edouard Manet's "Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus" at the reduced price of...
WHAT: “Dürer and Beyond: Central European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1400-1700”WHEN: Through September 3WHERE: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Avenue, New YorkWHY THIS SHOW MATTERS: Albrecht Dürer is regarded...
HUDSON, New York — On Saturday, several dozen of the hundreds of contemporary art acolytes who had traveled from New York City to visit the NADA Hudson art fair also received a special treat, taking a free shuttle about ten minutes further...
