Shelley's Art History Blog

If you're a fan of 19th-century European Orientalism, Napoleon on the Nile: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt (June 8-December 31, 2006 at New York City's Dahesh Museum ... Read More

Though it greatly pains me to say so, sculptor Daniel Edwards of "Nude Britney" and "Ted's Severed Head" fame has been hard at work with his next project, a bust ... Read More

by Stan Parchin July 26, 2006 New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will be loaning 135 nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French paintings to Houston, Texas and Berlin, Germany next year. Called The ... Read More

Some months ago, Stan Parchin devoured and reviewed the exhibition catalogue published to accompany Forgotten Empire: The World of Ancient Persia. As I recall, it was a recommended reference - ... Read More

Do you like this abstract tempera painting? If you saw it in a gallery, would it entice you to haul out your checkbook and take it home? Perhaps you've responded ... Read More

Five-part Series Traces the Uses of Art Throughout History By Stan Parchin July 16, 2006 About Art History subscriber and photographer Robert Espino discovered that the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is telecasting an ... Read More

We've all been kept busy over the past couple of years reading ever-increasing news items about (allegedly) stolen and/or looted art and/or antiquities possibly having been acquired through less-than-legitimate channels ... Read More

Exhibition to Feature Exquisite Artworks in Dazzling Material By Stan Parchin July 11, 2007 The American Museum of Natural History will play host to Gold, a special exhibition that will explore the art ... Read More

Dutch Master's 400th Birthday Celebrated at The Met by Stan Parchin The Metropolitan Museum of Art has joined the esteemed cadre of international institutions honoring the 400th birthday of celebrated Dutch Baroque ... Read More

Two New Members Appointed to Collection's Board of Trustees by Stan Parchin Sunday, July 9, 2006 New York's Frick Collection announced on May 17, 2006 that Agnes Gund and Martha Loring have joined ... Read More

Any day that we can speak of non-Western art here is a good day in my book. Include a bit of royalty, deities, jaguars, the star we orbit, a Precolumbian ... Read More

If the weather cooperates, Robert Indiana's three-ton sculpture LOVE (1970) will once again be installed outdoors at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Monday, July 10, 2006. The iconic sculpture ... Read More