They will be coming to a town near you, but in the meantime check out The Mourners Photography Project website, hosted by FRAME (French Regional & American Museum Exchange). The website offers new digital high-resolution, 360° multi-perspective, and stereo 3D (anaglyph glasses required) views of the alabaster sculptures of monks and clerics that surround the…
A painting was discovered in Yale University’s museum storage that may be by Velazquez. Former curator John Marciari has been arguing for the attribution and is supported by museum director Laurence Kanter. The Education of the Virgin is believed to have been painted for an altarpiece c. 1617. The painting was donated to the museum…
One of the summer exhibitions at the National Gallery, London explores scientific examination of paintings and what it can reveal. Close Examination: Fakes, Mistakes and Discoveries showcases works from the museum’s permanent collection that have been scientifically examined and some discoveries meant re-attribution, refutation or reappraisal. The show runs until 12 September but, if you…
We’ve said it before and I guess we’ll say it again: times are lean in the museum world, but that’s not preventing another museum from expanding. This time it’s the Kimbell Art Museum, who chose Renzo Piano to design a separate building for the museum’s site. The new building, slated for completion in 2013, will…
Italy’s first state museum dedicated solely to contemporary art, MAXXI, will open its doors May 30 in Rome. The name is a play on the abbreviation for “Museum of Art” and the Roman numerals for the 21st century. The Iraqi-born and London-based architect Zaha Hadid won the commission and designed what she envisioned as an…
If you’re a fan of prehistoric-looking, nasty-smelling plants (and who isn’t!?), you’ll want to get to the Huntington Gardens in about two weeks. This flower is the latest offspring of the first Corpse Flower that bloomed in 1999. The last to bloom, in June 2009, was a different offspring. Read more about the plant and…