As a farewell to Ronald de Leeuw as general director of the Rijksmuseum in 2008, the Van Gogh Museum has inaugurated the ‘Ronald de Leeuw Research Grant’. This year the research grant worth €5000, will be awarded for the first time to [Read More]
Daily Archives: July 17, 2009
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This is the first solo exhibition of Luc Tuymans in Brussels. The artist will present, in world premiere, twenty new paintings. The works are the third and last part of a triptych that began with the series Les Revenants about the power [Read More]
The Charterhouse auction on Friday 31st July has a broad selection of pictures from the 18th century through to more modern and contemporary artists. “Pictures are very personal, and beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder.” Commented Richard Bromell. “That [Read More]
Cézanne to Picasso: Paintings from the David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection is an intimate installation that highlights a group of nine exceptional early modern European paintings that have been promised over the years to The Museum of Modern Art by David and [Read More]
Neue Galerie New York has opened two exhibitions: “Focus: Oskar Kokoschka” and “Selections from the Permanent Collection.” The “Focus” exhibition presents Kokoschka paintings and drawings from the Neue Galerie collection. The permanent collection show highlights several works that portray the social upheaval [Read More]
Reynolda House Museum of American Art will host a new exhibition titled “Heroes of Horticulture” July 31 through September 27, 2009 in the museum’s Babcock Wing gallery. The exhibition, organized by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in collaboration [Read More]
The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, a collaborative of 24 arts, science and cultural institutions in Balboa Park, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paige Simpson as the director of the Partnership’s new Balboa Park Learning Institute. The Learning Institute is a [Read More]
A spectacular celebration of Spanish culture will bring some Mediterranean colour to Edinburgh this summer, as the National Gallery of Scotland unveils the highlight of its festival programme for 2009. The Discovery of Spain will explore the fascination for Spanish art and [Read More]