Special Exhibition Gallery: Great Painters in Brescia
Tuesday June 27, 2006
Interesting concept for an exhibition: pick a region in northern Italy that enjoys a rich artistic history, select a period of time that covers roughly three centuries, assemble 35 paintings ... Read More
Special Exhibition Review: Warriors of the Himalayas
Sunday June 25, 2006
Even in the cases of those who diligently keep abreast of Art, Art often surprisingly, triumphantly announces that It was, is and forever will be present in the day-to-day business ... Read More
Special Exhibition Gallery: Annie Leibovitz American Music
Sunday June 25, 2006
In September of 1974, I paid my first visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts and fell madly in love with the place. From that day to this, and unlike ... Read More
Icons from Mount Sinai Coming to California
Saturday June 24, 2006
J. Paul Getty Museum Is Sole Venue for Exhibition
by Stan Parchin
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Los Angeles' J. Paul Getty Museum announced on June 1, 2006 that the Holy Monastery of Saint ... Read More
Attention Kmart Shoppers
Tuesday June 20, 2006
That which is likely the most massive blue light special in Kmart history is currently taking place at Kmart's former corporate headquarters in Troy, Michigan. All of the contents of ... Read More
Whistler's Mother Quietly Returns to MFA, Boston
Sunday June 18, 2006
Masterpiece Part of Americans in Paris, 1860-1900 Show
by Stan Parchin
Sunday, June 18, 2006
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston successfully convinced Paris' Musée d'Orsay to loan it Arrangement in Grey and ... Read More
Fair, Show, Festival - What Sort of Arts Gig is This?
Sunday June 18, 2006
Now that it is officially Summer, you can't swing a cat in my neck of the woods without smacking into an outdoors Art Something. Not that I am complaining, mind ... Read More
Will Nefertiti Return to Egypt for a Brief Visit?
Saturday June 17, 2006
Egypt Asks Germany for a Majestic Loan
by Stan Parchin
Saturday, June 17, 2006
It's no secret that Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, has been seeking to ... Read More
Special Exhibition Gallery: Graffiti at Brooklyn Museum
Sunday June 11, 2006
When is graffiti art? We can all agree that "Tiff ♥ Kyle" scrawled in black spray paint on a railroad trestle doesn't qualify as "art" except, possibly, to the lovelorn ... Read More
Oversized Arachnid Visits Philadelphia Museum of Art
Friday June 9, 2006
Louise Bourgeois' Works Displayed in Two Nearby Locations
by Stan Parchin
Friday, June 9, 2006
Following last year's purchase and permanent installation of one outside Ottawa's National Gallery of Canada, another oversized spider, ... Read More
A "Mona Lisa" Mystery in Maine Museum
Thursday June 8, 2006
Rare Version of Leonardo's Painting on View
by Stan Parchin
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Maine's Portland Museum of Art has placed on view its rarely seen version of the Mona Lisa (1503-1507) from ... Read More
In Pursuit of the Real Leonardo
Saturday June 3, 2006
In case you've spent the last 500 years on Pluto and have only just now returned, Leonardo da Vinci is Big News in the Summer of 2006 (seems there is ... Read More