The Kunsthal in Rotterdam presents a major exhibition of Egyptian mummies in the Netherlands, on view to 29 January 2012. Canopic chest of Amenhotep. Third Intermediate Period; 1070-712 B.C. Thebes. Painted wood. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden [Read More]
Antiquities
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The tens of thousands of objects in the Museum’s decorative arts collection include hundreds of teapots in ceramics and silver. These teapots embrace several hundred years of Western history and demonstrate the endless design possibilities [Read More]
With this gift, the museum reaffirms its position as a leading center for the study of Russian art and enamel making Baltimore —T he Walters Art Museum announces today the gift of enameled Russian silver [Read More]
The National Gallery of Victoria presents In The Steps Of The Buddha on view 17 December 2011–03 June 2012, a remarkable exhibition that showcases the NGV’s outstanding collection of Buddhist art. Japanese Gyōdō mask of [Read More]
The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida presents Ancient Egypt—Art and Magic. Treasures from the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art an exhibition on view December 17, 2011 – April 29, 2012. LID FROM AN ANTHROPOID [Read More]
The Asia Society Museum presents The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection, on occasional view. Bodhisattva. Nepal. Early Malla period, 13th century. Gilt copper with inlays of semiprecious stones. H. 18 3/4 in. [Read More]
The Georgia Museum of Art presents ‘Lycett China’ an exhibition on view Dec. 3, 2011, through March 4, 2012, in the museum’s Martha Thompson Dinos Gallery. William Lycett (b. England, 1855, d. Atlanta, 1909), Painted [Read More]
The vibrant and complex life of the Eastern Mediterranean during a time of reinvention and renewal will be the subject of a major new exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center in Midtown Manhattan. Part of [Read More]
The Getty Museum announced that it made a successful bid at auction for an extraordinary rare sculpture of St. John the Baptist carved in limewood by the accomplished Master of the Harburger Altar in about [Read More]
The Melbourne Museum presentsThe Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia a new exhibition of stunning artefacts from one of the world’s great ancient civilisations on view 4 May – 7 Oct 2012. The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia, [Read More]
The Indianapolis Museum of Art presents “Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection” an exhibition on view through February 12, 2012. The major traveling exhibition developed by the Fenimore Art Museum explores Native North [Read More]
The San Diego Museum of Art presents Pacific Horizons. Melanesian Art from the Valerie Franklin Collection an exhibition on view now through April 20, 2012. Malagan Plaque; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Northern New Ireland; 19th [Read More]
The Musei Capitolini in Rome are lending San Francisco one of their greatest treasures, the Baroque masterpiece The Medusa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, one of history’s finest sculptors and a leading figure in 17th-century Italian [Read More]
The Ashmolean announce the acquisition of a terracotta model, designed by the French sculptor, Clodion (Claude Michel, 1738-1814). The Crucifixion With The Virgin Mary And St John was submitted by Clodion to the Chapter of [Read More]
The Drents Museum presents We call them Vikings! an exhibition open May 1, 2012 till October 28, 2012. “We Call Them Vikings” is the new exhibition about the world of the Vikings; a world which [Read More]
The Drents Museum presents China’s Golden Age.Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) on view November 17, 2011 till April 15, 2012. Since August 2010, the Drents Museum has been closed due to large-scale reconstructions in the existing [Read More]
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts presents Mummy. Secrets of the Tomb the exclusive U.S. presentation of a major international touring exhibition of ancient Egyptian antiquities from the British Museum’s world famous collection opens at [Read More]
The Royal Ontario Museum presents Maya. Secrets of their Ancient World an exhibition on view in the ROM’s Garfield Weston Exhibition Hall until Monday, April 9, 2012, this original exhibition vibrantly brings to life the [Read More]