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View Highlights of Norway's Massive, New National Museum Debuting June 11
ArtfixDaily / May 31st, 2022
Norway's long-awaited National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design opens in Oslo on June 11. Designed by Klaus Schuwerk, who partnered with Kleihues + Kleihues of Germany and Dyrvik Arkitekter of Norway, the new 587,000-square-foot building merges the collections of four institutions with some ...
Man Throws Cake at Mona Lisa
ArtfixDaily / May 30th, 2022
A man who disguised himself as an old lady in a wheelchair hurled a piece of frosted cake at the Louvre's iconic Mona Lisa on Sunday. "A visitor simulated a disability in order to use a wheelchair to approach the work, which was installed in a secure display case. The Louvre applied its usual ...
'Fantasy of the Middle Ages' Exhibition Reveals Medieval Influence on Modern Imagination
ArtfixDaily / May 24th, 2022
From fairytales to theme parks and Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, the Middle Ages have been mythologized, dramatized, and re-envisioned time and again, proving an irresistible point of inspiration for creative reinterpretations. The stories and images of vibrant illuminated ...
Italian Police Recover Titian Painting Missing for Almost 20 Years
Smithsonian / May 24th, 2022
A missing 16th-century painting by Renaissance master Titian has been found by a specialized art crimes unit of Italy's Carabinieri. Dating from 1512, the portrait bust has now been returned to the Italian state. Gentiluomo con berretto nero (Portrait of a Man with a Beret) is valued at ...
Italian Women Artists Celebrated in Groundbreaking Exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Travels to Detroit Institute of Arts
ArtfixDaily / November 8th, 2021
A collaboration between the Wadsworth Atheneum and the Detroit Institute of Arts (Dia), By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800, is on view now to January 9, 2022, at the Wadsworth, and travels to the Dia, February 6 – May, 29 2022. An exhibition solely ...
Fine Arts Paris Returns to Carrousel du Louvre and Online
ArtfixDaily / October 26th, 2021
Fine Arts Paris – the Paris-based specialist art fair dedicated to the fine arts from Antiquity to modern times – returns for a fifth edition in its emblematic venue, the Carrousel du Louvre, November 6-11. The premier destination for fine arts in Paris, the fair will once more bring together the ...
Frist Art Museum Organizes First Major Exhibition in the U.S. Devoted to Medieval Art in Bologna
ArtfixDaily / September 8th, 2021
In Nashville, the Frist Art Museum presents Medieval Bologna: Art for a University City, the first major museum exhibition in the United States to focus on medieval art made in the prosperous northern Italian city of Bologna. Conceived and organized by Frist Art Museum senior curator Trinita ...
Dive Right Into the V&A's New Digital Platform of 1.2 Million Collection Objects
ArtfixDaily / February 28th, 2021
The V&A has launched Explore the Collections, a new digital platform that enables everyone from around the world to search, explore and discover over 1.2m objects from the museum’s collections. This new online experience forms a key part of the V&A’s goal to revolutionize access to ...
Botticelli 'Young Man' Portrait Realizes $92.2 Million At Sotheby's Auction
New York Times / January 28th, 2021
A rare portrait by Florentine Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli brought $92.2 million at a livestreamed Sotheby's sale on Thursday morning. The price is the highest at auction for an Old Master work since Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" fetched $450.3 million in 2017. It is also the ...
Stolen 500-Year-Old Copy of 'Salvator Mundi' Is Returned To A Museum That Didn't Miss It
BBC / January 20th, 2021
A copy of Salvator Mundi, the price record-smashing painting said to be a rare work by Leonardo da Vinci, was found in a bedroom cupboard in Naples on Saturday, reports the BBC. The recovered copy, maybe dating from the early 1500s, is thought to be by one of da Vinci's students, ...
From Turmoil to Triumph, Baroque Artist Artemisia Gentileschi's Life Story Inspires TV Series
ArtfixDaily / November 1st, 2020
On the heels of a major monographic exhibition exploring the work of Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1654) will be a new television series from ViacomCBS studios. The series will begin filming next year following the popular exhibition on the Baroque artist at London's National Gallery (on view ...
Take a Deep Dive Into The Enhanced Ghent Altarpiece Website For A View of The Restored Lamb That's Mesmerized Many
ArtfixDaily / August 20th, 2020
The Getty and Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage have greatly enhanced the popular Ghent Altarpiece website. The website Closer to Van Eyck offers a 100 billion-pixel view of the world-famous altarpiece, including the restored The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, to be enjoyed from home. (When ...
The Natural World of Giovanna Garzoni Brings the Pitti Palace Back to Life
ArtfixDaily / May 28th, 2020
100 works of art, in the first major exhibition devoted to this Baroque artist and friend of Artemisia Gentileschi, bring the Florentine grand ducal palace back to life after lockdown. Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt notes, “Garzoni's art marks the rebirth of the Grand Dukes' palace after a long ...
Take a Peek at the Raphael Exhibition Back On In Rome
ArtfixDaily / May 25th, 2020
A much anticipated loan exhibition commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Renaissance artist Raphael will reopen from June 2 to August 30 in Rome after the exhibit abruptly closed in March due to the coronavirus lockdown. A video overview of the exhibition is available ...
Spectacular Discoveries Abound at TEFAF Maastricht 2020
ArtfixDaily / March 5th, 2020
TEFAF Maastricht has launched its largest and most international edition to date, less just 3 exhibitors due to coronavirus concerns, with a Preview on Friday and continuing March 7 to 15 at the MECC, Maastricht. The fair provides collectors with the opportunity to acquire some of the ...
For International Women’s Day, A Call to Artists and Institutions to Get Inspired by Uffizi Exhibition and Capture 'The Greatness of the Universe' in Art
ArtfixDaily / March 2nd, 2020
To usher in the Uffizi Galleries’ upcoming exhibition dedicated to a female Baroque painter, Advancing Women Artists (AWA) – with the support of the Uffizi Galleries and The Medici Archive Project – is launching an appeal to present-day artists and institutions around the world to create original ...
France Blocks Export of $26M Cimabue Painting Discovered in Kitchen
People / January 1st, 2019
A 13th-century masterpiece by Italian painter Cimabue that was found hanging above of a hotplate in an eldery woman's kitchen sold at auction for $26.8 million in October. But will the buyer be allowed to export the piece from France? France seeks to block the export of “Christ Mocked,” ...
An Auction Record Is Set For Artemisia Gentileschi Ahead of Major Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / December 1st, 2019
Ahead of the major monographic exhibition of the work of Artemisia Gentileschi, opening at the National Gallery in London next spring, a recently discovered painting set a new auction record for the artist on November 14 at Parisian house Artcurial. Titled Lucretia, the ...
Welsh Museum's Botticelli 'Copy' Is Authentic, Experts Say
Guardian / November 14th, 2019
What was thought to be a later copy of Botticelli's work is actually genuine, say a team of experts. A new episode of BBC Four series Britain’s Lost Masterpieces will detail the findings of art historian Dr. Bendor Grosvenor and other art detectives who solved this Botticelli mystery. ...
Tales of Two Leonardos Not in the Louvre Blockbuster
Daily Beast / October 29th, 2019
Along with the current Louvre spotlight, Leonardo-mania gets stirred up with a legal snarl over a contested "twin" Mona Lisa and fresh fuel for the Salvator Mundi rumor mill... The Louvre's well-publicized blockbuster celebrating Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci is underway with ...