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Netherlandish Art in the Rijksmuseum: 1400-1600 (Netherlandish art in the Rijksmuseum series)
Art History Newsletter (Free subscription) | 19/03/2010
From Artdaily: “In celebration of the conferral of her doctorate, art historian and publicist Marjan Unger donated to the Rijksmuseum nearly 500 pieces of Dutch jewellery which she had personally collected over the last few decades.”
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 13/03/2010
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum is today launching an ambitious restoration programme at Tefaf Maastricht. Masterpieces specially selected from the Rijksmuseum’s collection will undergo an intensive restoration process to ensure that they shine like never before by the time the museum’s main building re-opens in 2013. The pieces in question include Woman in Blue Reading A Letter by Vermeer,...
PO Ferries' Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2010
Amsterdam isn’t a huge city but it can be bustling and hectic nonetheless, but a great way to get away from the crowds and see it from a different level, literally, is by canal – Tomas Mowlam unhurriedly explores Amsterdam. By touring the city by the canals you get to see Amsterdam from the ground up [...]
The Attic (Free subscription) | 11/03/2010
Some people say it's all in the family. So today on Museum Hotties (or Notties), I submit for your consideration, Peggy Guggenheim.Man Ray, Peggy Guggenheim, 1924, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Peggy was a wealthy heiress, deeply involved with the Parisian avant-garde, who was even briefly married to Max Ernst. Hugely influential as a leader of taste by example, she championed the careers of artists
IEEE Citation Style (Free subscription) | 11/03/2010
You know, we have noticed several interesting things about Amsterdam. First, even those people who have never been there can tell a lot about Amsterdam. At least, everybody knows about famous coffee shops, the Red Light District, gay bars, and even some museums and other attractions. Second, Amsterdam is a city that almost everybody wants [...]
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 08/03/2010
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum is exhibiting its most beautiful prints and drawings of tulips from the 17th and 18th centuries. Individual tulips, tulips in bouquets, in the garden, as the design for a silver ornament, and featured in allegorical scenes. The highlight of the presentation will be the tulip book created by Jacob Marrel between 1637 and 1639. Complete tulip books are extremely rare, and...
Less than the Least (Free subscription) | 07/03/2010
Through a quirk of scheduling, I was in Amsterdam a week ago for a corporate law conference and (after a brief return home) am now in Milan and Rome for nine days with the twelve students in my Globalization of...
Art History Newsletter (Free subscription) | 01/03/2010
From The Independent: There is a new star rising in the Paris art world, still relatively little known to tourists but already a favourite with Parisians. The Pinacothèque, a privately run, wholly unsubsidised exhibition space has come from nowhere to lead the field in just over two years. In the last 12 months, it has outdone [...]
Richmond Transits (Free subscription) | 11/02/2010
No, not that ! Here are a few tips, in random order. eat a herring with onions and buy some aged ( beleggen ) gouda cheese at the Albert Cuyp market Check out Vincent's ear and The Night Watch -the Van Gogh museum and Rijksmuseum are just next to each other and it would be a crime to miss them! Buy a paper at the international bookstore across the street and read it while having a koffie verkeerd at...
TEFL and travels in China (Free subscription) | 09/02/2010
Museums are rarely able to exhibit more than a fraction of the material they own, and even then the best stuff is too often sealed off behind glass or mobbed by school parties. There are no such problems on museum websites, where space is unlimited and objects, scanned in high definition, can be browsed in close-up. Here is the pick of the world’s collections. 1 louvre.fr Frequently named the...
Art (Free subscription) | 01/02/2010
Pieter Aertsen and the world in disarray Rijksmuseum 2 February – 19 April 2010 From 2 February through 19 April 2010, the Rijksmuseum will present a small exhibition on the 16th century artist Pieter Aertsen. This marks the first occasion in a long time that his work, including the famous painting The Egg Dance (1552), will once again be on display in the Rijksmuseum. The exhibition is being...
Art (Free subscription) | 27/01/2010
Sunny Skies Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Schiphol 22 February 2010 Starting on 22 February 2010, the Rijksmuseum at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol will be hosting the ‘Sunny Skies’ exhibition. The exhibition will feature nine works by Dutch 17th century landscape artists taken from the Rijksmuseum’s collection that were inspired by the Italian landscape and the incidence of light in Italy. Dutch...
The Centered Librarian (Free subscription) | 25/01/2010
I just discovered the Museum of Online Museums Museum of Online Museums over at my new favorite site, Coudal Partners . It is a fairly comprehensive list of links to fascinating museum sites across the web - from Duke University's Rare Book Collection to the Rijksmuseum, to the Museum of Fred. On the MoOM main page you, will find the current exhibitions. The main collection is in the center column,...
Tourism of Cardiff (Free subscription) | 12/01/2010
Museums in Amsterdam are important and numerous with a program of each museum exhibits that change at different times. We receive millions of visitors annually. The classical museums are the Rijksmuseum (National Museum), the Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum (Municipal Museum). You could say that more than fifty museums in Amsterdam and can add some [...]
The Globalista Travel Journal (Free subscription) | 08/01/2010
If you're plucky enough to battle the snow and the cold, start your year exploring the numerous delights of Paris. There's Antidote 5, the exhibition currently taking place in Galeries Lafayettes' contemporary art space, a vintage car parade in the city this Sunday, plus your last chance to see The Nutcracker ballett at Opéra Bâstille. Alternatively, for those who want to escape the weather...
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