Yearly Archives: 2009

Sotheby’s London sale of Western Manuscripts on Tuesday 7th July 2009 has a combined total sale estimate of £3 million and will include the sale of Medieval Illuminated Miniatures from the Collection of the Late Eric Korner. The highlight of the various-owner [Read More]

Encyclopaedia Iranica is proud to announce that in keeping with its tradition of preservation and promotion of Iranian culture, it will showcase a unique artistic program entitled “Danses Mythologiques,” conceived in collaboration with the Paris-based Iranian artist Shahrokh Moshkin Galam, a member [Read More]

Leading independent charity The Art Fund has launched a new Art Saved section on its website. This exciting tool offers art lovers new ways to discover more about great works of art saved for the nation over the last century. Charles Napier [Read More]

The Royal Academy of Arts will present a major retrospective exhibition of the Pre-Raphaelite artist, John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917). The exhibition, which will feature over 40 paintings from both public and private collections, will include such highlights as The Lady of [Read More]

A memoir by Brian H. Peterson, The Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator at the Michener Art Museum has just been released. A Meet-the-Author event will be held Tuesday, July 7 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Ann and Herman Silverman Pavilion. The Smile at the Heart of Things: Essays and Life Stories is […]

Wayne Sumner, a University Professor Emeritus in philosophy at the University of Toronto, and visual artist Ian Wallace, of Vancouver, are the winners of this year’s Molson Prizes, presented by the Canada Council for the Arts. Two Molson Prizes, worth $50,000 each, [Read More]

Around 80 masterpieces from Munich displayed at Baden-Baden’s major summer exhibition BDer Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) is coming to Baden-Baden. At its major summer exhibition that is running from June 27 to October 11, 2009, the Museum Frieder Burda is presenting [Read More]

Have you ever found yourself viewing a world-renowned painting and thought to yourself, “What is all the fuss about?” Or perhaps you appreciate works of art but can’t help but wonder “What does this have to do with my life?” In Why We Look at Art, What Happens When We Do, author and art historian […]

India Art Summit™ will take place for the 2nd year running this August in New Delhi. Following the landmark success of India Art Summit™ 2008, which attracted over 10,000 art enthusiasts from India and overseas and saw about 50% of the artworks [Read More]

On Wednesday, July 1, at 6:30 p.m., the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), will kick off the exhibition Contemporary Outlook: Seeing Songs with a free outdoor karaoke party. The event celebrates the exhibition’s opening and the Boston premiere of Queen (A [Read More]

Museum-goers embarked on a global journey this morning as the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) opened its doors to the North American premiere of Treasures: The World’s Cultures from the British Museum. The exhibition, at the RBCM until Sept. 30, 2009, brings together [Read More]

The Art Institute of Chicago and the Saint Louis Art Museum have collaborated on a major exhibition that showcases the rarely seen masterpieces of Japanese screens from both museums’ permanent collections. Beyond Golden Clouds: Japanese Screens from the Art Institute of Chicago [Read More]

The most important retrospective exhibition ever devoted to New York artist Thomas Nozkowski recently opened at the National Gallery of Canada. Until September 20, some 60 works painted since 1980 by the internationally renowned artist will be on view in the Gallery’s [Read More]

Imaginary Geometries a Visual Art Event – Chelsea Gallery – from 29th of June to 11th of July 2009 “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and [Read More]