Since 2005 Sir Ian Wrigglesworth has successfully overseen one of the regions most high profile and impressive cultural attractions. He has been a staunch advocate of BALTIC as a major asset within the national and regional business communities. For many years he [Read More]
As part of the celebration of the 2009 Hudson-Champlain Quadricentennial celebration, the New York State Office of Cultural Education (OCE) will present at the New York State Museum the exhibition “1609,” which will re-examine Henry Hudson’s voyage, the myths that surround it, [Read More]
“I paint life as I would like it to be,” said the great illustrator Norman Rockwell. Seeing himself as a storyteller, Rockwell created the images that defined America and Americans, in this country and abroad. His enormous impact was achieved through the [Read More]
While selling at a fine art show in Beverly Hills, CA, renowned pop artist Nelson De La Nuez, who is no stranger to celebrity clientele, had no idea that the ending to this meeting with the iconic pop star Michael Jackson would [Read More]
From July 17 through August 8, Storyopolis Fine Art in association with The 4th Wall Gallery in Dallas presents “The Art of Dr. Seuss – A Retrospective and National Exhibition”. Celebrating the life and art of Theodor Seuss Geisel, this exhibit will [Read More]
The Charles Martignette Collection of Illustration Art will make its public debut on Wednesday, July 15, as the focus of Heritage Auction Galleries’ Signature® Illustration Art Auction; it’s safe to say that the world of illustration art collecting – and Fine Art [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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, [Read More]
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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]