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Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The central guideline of museum going has long been "do not touch." Soon, the Ufizzi will flip that rule on its head by allowing visitors to flick and pinch their way through the museum's works of art. The Ufizzi Galley, a museum in Florence boasting one of the world's most famous collections of Renaissance art, is readying touch screen stations where visitors will be able to browse the...
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IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Gillian Ayres RA OBE , one of Britain’s most respected painters, will unveil new paintings in an exhibition that marks her 80th birthday at Alan Cristea Gallery. Entitled New paintings and works on paper , it will be on display from February 3 to March 13, 2010. Broadcaster Andrew Marr described Gillian Ayres as ‘probably the finest abstract painter alive in Britain’. He continued:...
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don't say cheese......please (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
After 3 years and 61 million pounds spent britains oldest museum, the ashmolean , has re-opened its doors following an impressive re-build and expansion under the watchful eye of architect rick mather. where else in the world can you see lawrence of arabia's robes next to a titian masterpiece, wonderful.
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Washington Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Forgive me, readers, for I have sinned. Whenever I've gone by Titian's great "Venus With a Mirror," sitting topless in the Renaissance rooms at the National Gallery of Art, or Canova's marble "Naiad," lounging a floor below in the no-kini of a classical goddess, carnal thoughts have come to me.
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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Paris - Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese – rivalry emerges Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), born in Pieve di Cadore, in the Dolomites, came under the Venetian spell through his apprenticeship with the Bellini clan and Giorgione. He swiftly rose to fame in Venice from 1520, then throughout Italy and Europe. Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) was born in Venice around 1518. Thirty years stood between him and Titian,...
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Financial Times (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
A suggestion. Stop whatever you are doing and go to Leeds and see this show. However familiar you may be with Titian's "Portrait of a Lady" in the National Gallery,...
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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY - The most comprehensive exhibition to date dedicated to the Italian Renaissance will run in the Museum of Fine Arts from 28 October through 14 February, 2010. The large-scale exhibition entitled "From Botticelli to Titian: Masterpieces of Two Centuries of Italian Painting" will display paintings on loan to the Museum of Fine Arts from over fifty museums , including the...
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daily imprint (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
I had a weekend of gallery hopping - it was fantastic to see so many new up-and-coming artists and so many busy galleries! One of the exhibitions was the work of Leonardo Cremonese at the Iain Dawson Gallery in Paddington . I went on the recommendation of real living style director Jason Grant, who went to the opening night and said the artist was definitely one to watch. I agree. Leonardo, who was...
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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
MUNICH.- The paintings by Peter Paul Rubens in the Alte Pinakothek – one of the largest and most important collections of his works anywhere – are undoubtedly one of the museum’s highlights. Over the next few months, these will be supplemented by an exhibition that focuses on a fascinating and yet unusual aspect of his pictorial oeuvre. Ruben as a copyist? What may seem to us today...
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ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Perhaps bored with encasing cows in formaldehyde or covering a platinum skull in real diamonds (that one sold for 50 million pounds sterling), British artist Damien Hirst has really shocked art critics by his latest activity: he's actually painting real paintings. Now he has an exhibition of paintings at London's Wallace Collection, a museum that includes works by Poussin, Titian and Velazquez in...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
SEVILLE.- The exhibition “House of Alba Collection”, which can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville until January 10, was inaugurated by Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, Duchess of Alba. The Duchess was accompanied by her children, the Mayor of Seville, Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín, as well as other representatives of the local government. The Duchess of Alba has loaned...
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
CONTROVERSIAL artist Damien Hirst has explained his decision to place his new collection of human skull paintings among works by Titian, Rembrandt and Gainsborough, saying “you get a bit bored” of modern art galleries.
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Spaghetti Gazetti (Free subscription) | 29/09/2009
B irmingham Museum and Art Gallery will work closely with partners to identify fundraising opportunities to permanently acquire the now world famous Staffordshire Hoard. And Cllr Martin Mullaney, Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet Member for Leisure, Sport and Culture, will shortly announce a fundraising campaign to keep the largest ever find of Anglo-Saxon treasure in the Midlands. Over 10,500...
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Artdaily (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
LONDON.- Turner and the Masters will present a selection of magnificent paintings by JMW Turner (1775-1851) alongside related works by the old masters and contemporaries he strove to imitate, rival and surpass. Bringing together over one hundred pictures of supreme historical significance from collections around the world, this will be the first exhibition to look at Turner's work in the company of...
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Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 20/09/2009
ATLANTA, GA.- The closing of the exhibition “The Louvre and the Masterpiece” last weekend marked the culmination of “Louvre Atlanta,” the High Museum ’s unprecedented three-year partnership with the Musée du Louvre in Paris. During the course of the partnership, the High welcomed over 1.3 million visitors to the museum for seven exhibitions that brought a combined...
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