Salvador Dalí Sculpture Valued at 100,000 Euros Stolen from Belfortmuseum in Belgium
BRUGES.- The sculpture "Woman with Drawers" by Salvador Dali, valued at 100,000 euros, was stolen from an exhibition hall in Bruges (NW Belgium), the Belgian press said today. A security camera filmed how the thieves hid the statue in a bag and left the show shortly after noon Wednesday, images that are being analyzed by police, according to several newspapers. The theft has not been confirmed yet by the company hosting the exhibition, Interart. The work, a bronze of about 50 centimeters wide and 30...
Continue reading...18. August 2010
AKN Editor at The Hong Kong Museum of Art Today
ANNOUCEMENT: Our Editor has been invited to speak at The Hong Kong Museum of...
Continue reading...18. August 2010
Metropolitan Museum Announces Pablo Picasso Exhibition Drew 700,000 Visitors in 17 Weeks
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that the landmark exhibition Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art drew 703,256 visitors during its 17-week presentation at the Museum ending Sunday—making it the most highly attended show since 2001. On view from April 19 through August 15, 2010, Picasso became the seventh most highly attended exhibition at the Metropolitan since the Museum first began tracking exhibition attendance nearly 50 years ago. It was the first exhibition to focus exclusively on...
Continue reading...17. August 2010
Metropolitan Museum Announces Pablo Picasso Exhibition Drew 700,000 Visitors in 17 Weeks
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that the landmark exhibition Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art drew 703,256 visitors during its 17-week presentation at the Museum ending Sunday—making it the most highly attended show since 2001. On view from April 19 through August 15, 2010, Picasso became the seventh most highly attended exhibition at the Metropolitan since the Museum first began tracking exhibition attendance nearly 50 years ago. It was the first exhibition to focus exclusively on...
Continue reading...15. August 2010
Arkansas Arts Center to Feature Mexican Art Since 1910
LITTLE ROCK, AR.- In conjunction with a city-wide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, the Arkansas Arts Center will present the exhibition A Century of...
Continue reading...13. August 2010
Romantics Display Opens at Tate Britain Following Re-Hang of the Clore Galleries
LONDON.- This week Tate Britain’s Clore Galleries have re-opened to the public following a major re-hang. Romantics, part of the BP British Art Displays, features over 170 key...
Continue reading...13. August 2010
Extremely Rare 2,200-Year Old Gold Coin Uncovered by Excavations at Tell Kedesh
JERUSALEM.- The coin, which apparently served ritual purposes, depicts a queen — apparently Arsinoë II — wife of her brother Ptolemy II An extremely rare 2200-year old gold coin was uncovered recently in the excavations of the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota at Tell Kedesh in Israel near its Lebanese border. The coin was minted in Alexandria by Ptolemy V in 191 BCE and bears the name of the wife of Ptolemy II, Arsinoë Philadephus (II). According to Dr. Donald T. Ariel,...
Continue reading...12. August 2010
Multi-Million Dollar Cars Lead RM’s Silver Anniversary Monterey Sale
MONTEREY, CA.- Fresh on the heels of a highly-successful sale, RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, has announced a magnificent roster for its highly-anticipated Sports &...
Continue reading...11. August 2010
Museum Wiesbaden Restitutes Painting by Dutch Baroque Painter Pieter de Grebber
WIESBADEN.- On Tuesday, the 10th August 2010, the Museum Wiesbaden restituted the painting attributed to Dutch Baroque painter Pieter de Grebber (1600-1653) titled "Double Portrait of a young couple" to the heirs of Jacob and Rosa Oppenheimer. The Museum Wiesbaden follows this restitution to the principles of the Washington Declaration of 3 December 1998 and to the declaration of the Federal Government, state and community associations to locate and return of Nazi confiscated art, especially from Jewish property, in December 1999. The...
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20. August 2010
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