The museum, located in Fort Worth, announced on 13 May that it has purchased what is believed to be not only the earliest painting executed by the artist, but also the first to belong to an American collection. via Kimbell Art Museum website.
A six-centimeter ivory figurine of a woman, found in a cave in southwestern Germany and dubbed the Venus of Hohle Fels, is dated to 35,000 BCE and considered “one of the oldest known examples of figurative art” in the world. Article via New York Times. Or, if you want a less dignified headline, try Huffington…
The NY Public Libraries Digital Gallery has expanded and now includes a vast array (more than 30,000 images) of maps, early advertisements and photographs, posters, scientific illustrations, and much more. This link goes to the main NYPL Picture Collection page.
You heard it here first – Paul Gauguin cut off Van Gogh’s ear with a sword during an argument but they kept a “pact of silence”. via The Daily Telegraph
“Richard Neutra, Architect: Sketches and Drawings” just opened and is on until September 6 at the Central Library in LA – it consists of material from UCLA’s Young Library Special Collections. There will also be a series of lectures by architects in conjunction with the exhibit through the ALOUD series at the library.