Giotto to Durer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery (National Gallery London Publications)
The Cottage Smallholder (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Print Gallery I’ve always been interested in art. Our summers as teenagers were not spent on the beach – but in Paris. Where we spent most of our holiday in galleries. Trips to London would include time spent in The Academy and the National Gallery. When I lived in London I’d regularly visit galleries – The Tate [...]
Blog HomeForHome - Home Exchange (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are some cities that just seem to have it all: cultural attractions, historic sites, a diverse set of options when it comes to entertainment: nightlife, restaurants, parks, children attractions, sport events, and the list goes on and on. London is one of those cities. Being the capital and largest city in the United Kingdom, London [...]
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE Candy brothers, property developers for the super-rich, want to call the Prince of Wales as a witness in an £81m case in which they are suing the Qatari royal family over the collapse of their plans to build Britain’s most expensive residential block.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
LONDON.- The National Gallery announced that Michael Landy has agreed to become the next Rootstein Hopkins Foundation Associate Artist. Michael Landy will be the eighth Associate Artist to work at the National Gallery. Born in London in 1963, Landy studied at Goldsmiths College alongside Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Tracey Emin. He is best known for his monumental Artangel commission, 'Break Down'...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
If you love dance, Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary film “La Danse” isn’t the place to see why; the Metropolitan Museum’s exhibition “Watteau, Music and Theater” is.
Want to be a Free Thinker (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
I was sorry that I wasn't in America for Thanksgiving, but once I decided to just let it go and not try to do an imitation day, I really enjoyed myself. I took the day off and went to visit my daughter Katie at her med school in London. It's such a pretty place. I liked this statue of a man sitting down in the students' resting area but Katie said it's really scary to walk past him at night: Borough...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
A BOLD new look is officially unveiled at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art today, with 200 works rehung in a facelift reviewers say is long overdue.
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
LONDON (REUTERS).- A major work by French painter Paul Delaroche thought to have been virtually destroyed during a World War Two German air raid on London in 1941 has been unrolled and found to be in good condition. The canvas, hanging in the dining room at the time, was taken down, rolled up and moved to a country house in Scotland where it has remained unseen for nearly 70 years. Representatives...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Proving once again that nothing sells like a controversy, Christie's said today that a print of a photo showing a nude Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate is heading for the auction block. The portrait was taken in 1969 in London...
Studiopjj (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
A painting by Paul Delaroche is going back on display after being damaged in a World war II air raid and hidden away for decades. The painting will be shown in London's National Gallery from 24 February, 2010. Mark your calendar. Useful link: www.nationalgallery.org.uk
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The stunning news that an infamous Paul Delaroche painting, thought to be destroyed during World War II, has resurfaced is circulating quickly in Europe and elsewhere as it is prepared to be put on display. Many believed that Delaroche's artwork "Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers" was lost forever after a German bombing raid in 1941. The Independent reports it was rediscovered on...
Coxsoft Art News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
This painting by Paul Delaroche, depicting Charles I Insulted (1836) by Oliver Cromwell's soldiers, was damaged in a bomb attack on London during the blitz. It was then sent back to Scotland. After 70 years, restorers unfurled the damaged painting this summer and found about 200 tears in the canvas and fragments of plaster from the bomb blast. It will be on display in the National Gallery in London...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers (1837) found rolled up in duke's Scottish home, to where it was taken for safety in 1941 When the Duke of Sutherland's London residence, Bridgewater House, was bombed in 1941, a vast canvas by the French artist Paul Delaroche was rolled up and taken away to safety at Mertoun, the duke's seat in the Scottish Borders. There it was forgotten, and the masterpiece...
NO2ID Birmingham (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
This blog has already posted on the ID card scheme of World War 2, 1939-1945 and the undesirable outcomes that stemmed from it, see HERE. One of the features of any war is the natural desire of the government to protect valuable items. So, during WW2 many of the London museums dispersed their treasures around the country to places unlikely to be enemy targets. The National Gallery even put some works...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Listing the likenesses between modern art and prostitution would take more space than we have here and be just too easy. Not so for Ed and Nancy Kienholz, though, which is why the National Gallery is currently home to a chunk of Amsterdam's red-light district, in the form of the Kienholzes' Hoerengracht.
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