Missoni is one of the leading and most distinctive fashion houses in the world. The Missoni style has evolved out of a long-standing collaboration between the husband and wife team of Ottavio and Rosita Missoni. In the late 1940s, Ottavio Missoni established […]
Daily Archives: July 2, 2009
Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869), who lived in Dresden from 1814 until his death, was not only an important artist – he was a Renaissance man in the true sense of the word and an outstanding representative of the intellectual and scientific life […]
In May 2009, the Museum debuted an ambitious reinstallation of several permanent collection galleries on its second-floor. The newly hung galleries present more than 150 photographs from the Museum’s extensive photography collection. The exhibition, CAMERA WORK: Photography from the Permanent Collection, takes […]
The Everson Museum of Art is proud to announce a major gift from the Syracuse China Corp., consisting of examples of china dating back to the mid 19th century, will be joining its permanent collection. This gift consists of 275 pieces of […]
This summer, Chicago artists engage audiences in a dynamic five-week series of multidisciplinary performances that involve the rituals of animal husbandry; family squabbles broadcast via laser beams; and the Web 2.0 version of San Francisco’s 1967 “Summer of Love.” Here/Not There presents […]
The Royal Academy of Arts presents GSK Contemporary 2009, the second annual contemporary art season at 6 Burlington Gardens. Opening in December, Earth: Art of a changing world will present new and recent work from more than 30 leading international contemporary artists, […]
A comprehensive group of over 200 drawings and sketch books, assembled by the artist Tom Phillips, has been acquired by the Ashmolean with a major grant from independent charity The Art Fund, and additional funding from the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, and […]
Eight years after free admission to museums and galleries was introduced, The Art Fund, the UK’s leading independent art charity, releases its new research, Free to see – but what’s next?, exploring what has happened since the national museums freely opened their […]