Winter 2005-06 Special Exhibitions
Sunday November 27, 2005
Here we have another splendid list of Those Art Exhibitions We Mustn't Miss, courtesy of Stan Parchin, Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions. Stan, as "Wide World of Sports" ... Read More
The Protest Art that Wasn't
Sunday November 27, 2005
Matija Milkovic Biloslav, a Slovenian artist participating in Singapore's Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts Asian Arts Camp: Urbanonurban exhibition, had his installation (entitled "I am going to send you to ... Read More
Getty Villa Oiled Well for Reopening
Wednesday November 23, 2005
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by Stan Parchin
Wednesday November 23, 2005
Malibu's Getty Villa, one of California's vast repositories of Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, is scheduled to reopen on Saturday, January 28, ... Read More
Piano's Expansion Key to Morgan Library's Grand Reopening
Friday November 18, 2005
By Stan Parchin
Friday November 18, 2005
New York City's Pierpont Morgan Library, with its estimated $102 million, three-year expansion by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano coming to completion, reportedly will reopen ... Read More
FBI Top Ten Art Crimes
Tuesday November 15, 2005
Did you know that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has a unit of eight Special Agents dedicated to tracking down stolen works of art? According to the FBI, art "theft, ... Read More
Special Exhibition Review: Memling's Portraits
Monday November 14, 2005
Stan Parchin, our own Senior Correspondent for Museums and Special Exhibitions, has just had a fine time immersing himself in Memling's Portraits, a hugely popular exhibition currently on view at ... Read More
Christ Enthroned from the Book of Kells
Sunday November 13, 2005
Melissa Snell, About Guide to Medieval and Renaissance History, is putting together an image gallery of illuminated manuscripts that I just had to point you all towards. First, because these ... Read More
Diane Arbus Biopic
Friday November 11, 2005
by Stan Parchin
Friday November 11, 2005
Fur, the cinematic biography of ground-breaker Diane Arbus (1923-1971), the first American photographer whose works were exhibited at the Venice Biennale, is in post-production. Directed ... Read More
Artists You Should Know: Johannes Vermeer
Sunday November 6, 2005
Rummaging through the About Art History mailbag, this in from Trevor P.:
"Can you help me? I am writing a paper about the artist Vermeer. Was his name Jan or Johannes? ... Read More
This Should Definitely Stay in Vegas
Thursday November 3, 2005
Oscar Goodman, the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, proposed today on the television show "Nevada Newsmakers" that "those who deface freeways with graffiti should have their thumbs cut off on ... Read More
2005 Top 10 Art Fairs and Festivals
Wednesday November 2, 2005
An unspecified number of subscribers to AmericanStyle Magazine have voted for their favorite U.S. art fairs and festivals in 2005, and the hot off the hard drive article results are:
1. ... Read More

