In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and roamed the Museum’s galleries, stealing thirteen works of art. To revisit this unfortunate anniversary, the Gardner Museum has teamed up with the Google Art Project to create Isabella Stewart Gardner…
To commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, the National Portrait Gallery in London is offering a viewing of The Funeral Procession of Arthur, Duke of Wellington, by Henry Alken and George Augustus Sala, 1853. This magnificent panorama, measuring 20.6 meters (67 feet), will be displayed in its entirety for the first time as…
Mark your calendars for Saturday, January 31, when Southern California museums will band together for their tenth annual “Museums Free-For-All” Free Admission Day. The event will have over twenty museums—presenting art, cultural heritage, natural history, and science—opening their doors to visitors to explore their permanent collections (note that this offer will not apply to specially…
On January 1, 2015 The Freer and Sackler Galleries will offer free digital access to their entire collection of over 40,000 works, most of which have never been on view to the public. More than 90 percent of the images will be in high resolution and without copyright restrictions for noncommercial use and this massive…
Last week the Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland agreed to accept the Cornelius Gurlitt “Collection” of hoarded works of art that German police discovered in Gurlitt’s Munich apartment and house in Salzburg back in late winter 2012 (and made public only in November 2013). In the interest of transparency, the museum has now posted lists of works found…
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles has posted their advanced schedule for 2015-2016 exhibitions at all three MOCA venues (MOCA Grand Avenue, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, and MOCA Pacific Design Center), including: When Fashion Shows The Danger Then Fashion Is The Danger. Bernhard Willhelm and Jutta Kraus. 3000. (February 7 – May 17,…