The Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired an outstanding American neoclassical work by the renowned 19th century sculptor Edmonia Lewis. Indian Combat, 1868. Edmonia Lewis (American, about 1844-1907). Marble (Carrara); 76.2 x 48.3 x 36.5 [Read More]
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Bonhams announceda highly successful auction of Asian Decorative Arts, held on November 15 in San Francisco, with more than 500 lots of Chinese art on offer, and with sales totaling more than $1.1 million. Leading [Read More]
Delve deeper into the Getty Villa’s new exhibition Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Léger, and Picabia in the Presence of the Antique, with a gallery course that explores the influence of ancient art among avant-garde [Read More]
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will officially debut its largest exhibition of ancient Egyptian mummies and artifacts in “Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt” Nov. 17. The opening follows a preview in the spring [Read More]
An important collection of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors spanning 3,000 years makes its first public appearance in an exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. “Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd [Read More]
Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (c. 1455–1528), transformed the art of bronze sculpture. His contributions are celebrated in Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes, the first monographic exhibition in the United States [Read More]
The The Louvre Presents In the kingdom of Alexander the Great – Ancient Macedonia an exhibition on view through 01-16-2012. © Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism / Archaeological Receipts Fund / Orestis Kourakis Nearly [Read More]
Library of Congress Acquires AIA/AAF Collection of Rare Architectural Drawings, Photographs and Illustrated Publications The Library of Congress announced the acquisition of the American Institute of Architects and American Architectural Foundation Collection, consisting of rare [Read More]
The Powerhouse Museum presents Korean Treasures and the Spirit of Jang-in on view 28 October 2011 – 12 February 2012. This stunning exhibition, supported by the Korean government, celebrates “Year of Friendship’ between Australia and [Read More]
The term “Gothic” evokes visions of soaring spires, graceful flying buttresses, and sparkling stained glass. It also represents an important style of manuscript illumination that dominated the High Middle Ages in Europe. Drawing primarily from [Read More]
Double Head joins three drawings by Primaticcio in the Museum’s collection The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a rare bronze female double head attributed to Francesco Primaticcio (Bologna, 1504–Paris, 1570). Created in France in [Read More]
The Frick’s Board of Trustees announce the acquisition of two objects that will enhance the museum’s holdings in areas that interested founder Henry Clay Frick at the end of his life: eighteenth-century French porcelain and [Read More]
The Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens presents an exhibition of Japanese Snuff Bottles from the Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art on view October 18, 2011 – January 22, 2012. The Morikami Museum [Read More]
Peabody Museum visitors will be able to see conservators at work in a specially prepared gallery space. America’s only known Alutiiq warrior kayak is the centerpiece of a new conservation effort. Peabody Museum curators and [Read More]
The San Antonio Museum of Art presents an exhibition 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade on view through Febuary 19, 2012. Featuring Selections from the National Museum of History, Taiwan and the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, [Read More]
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts again welcomes a spectacular exhibition of Egyptian art and artifacts as To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum opened in the Ingram Gallery Oct. 7, 2011, [Read More]
A Newly Renovated Gallery Showcases the Decorative Arts of a Cosmopolitan Tang China Highways and byways crossing the vast Central Asian desert did more than facilitate the spread of Buddhism in the early Common Era, [Read More]
On August 24, AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying the ancient Roman city of Pompeii under volcanic ash for over 1,700 years. On Sunday, October 2, 2011, visitors to the Museum of Science, Boston will [Read More]