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Article date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Mauritshuis Acquires Painting by Rembrandt’s Most Influential Teacher

The Mauritshuis has for many years had an engaging and high-quality painting by Pieter Lastman (1583-1633), Rembrandt’s most influential teacher, on its wish list. This dream has now been fulfilled with the acquisition of St John the Baptist Preaching of 1627. The painting was purchased from an American owner by the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation with the support of a private donor.

Article date: Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Lucio Fontana: Spatial Environment (1968) at El Museo del Barrio

El Museo del Barrio is pleased to present artist Lucio Fontana’s 1968 Ambiente Spaziale [Spatial Environment]. First created in the late 1940s in relation to the artist’s innovative Spatialism movement, Fontana’s Spatial Environments are labyrinthine, total environments that viewers enter and navigate.

Article date: Sunday, January 13, 2019

Uffizi Galleries to Host Cai Guo-Qing's Flora Commedia

The Uffizi Galleries present contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s latest solo exhibition, Flora Commedia. The exhibition is co-curated by Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi, and Laura Donati, curator of the Department of Prints and Drawings of the Uffizi.

Article date: Sunday, January 13, 2019

The Gardens of Agra, India, Back in Bloom

The scent of jasmine. Oleander blooms in various shades of pink. Butterflies hovering over flowering hibiscus. These are the sights and smells you encounter today at the Mughal Gardens in Agra, India–just as they were experienced in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. But it wasn’t always the case.

Article date: Saturday, January 12, 2019

Ansel Adams Through a Contemporary Lens at The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

“Ansel Adams in Our Time” traces the iconic visual legacy of Ansel Adams (1902–1984). The exhibition looks both backward and forward in time: his black-and-white photographs are displayed alongside prints by several of the 19th-century government survey photographers who greatly influenced Adams, as well as work by contemporary artists whose modern-day concerns centered on the environment, land rights, and the use and misuse of natural resources point directly to Adams’ legacy.

Article date: Saturday, January 12, 2019

Possible Painting by Michelangelo, or one of his Pupils, Stolen in Belgium

On Friday morning between 5.00 and 6.00 in the morning, a burglar stole a painting from the St. Ludgerus Church in Zele. It concerns the work 'Holy Family' - 145 by 99 centimeters - from the sixteenth century that might be a painting by Michelangelo or one of his pupils.

Article date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Sale of Rubens by Dutch Royal Family ‘Not Right Royal Way’, Says Museum Director

The auction of a drawing of the flamenco painter Rubens (1577-1640) belonging to the private collection of the Dutch Royal Family, has revived the debate on the disappearance of artistic heritage behind the backs of museums. With an estimated price between 2.5 and 3.5 million dollars (from 2 to 3 million euros), will go on sale next January 30 at the Sotheby's house in New York, along with 12 sketches and Studies of Ancient Masters.

Article date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Beatrix Ruf Will Not Return to the Museum in the Role of Adviser or Director of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

After close consultation, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and its former director, Beatrix Ruf, have agreed to leave the past behind. As previously reported, Ruf will not return to the Museum in the role of adviser or director.

Article date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Shredded Banksy to Be Seen in Museum in German Baden-Baden

Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden in Germany exhibits the artwork Girl with a balloon by Brit Banksy next month, which he had shredded at Sotheby's in London immediately after the auction.

Article date: Monday, January 7, 2019

Banksy: Genius or Vandal? in Madrid

A unique journey through more than 70 original works of one of the most influential creators at the moment. On loan by international private collectors, the exhibition includes original paintings by the mysterious author, his sculptures, installations, videos and photographs. The pieces are on display, for the first time in Spain, at Espacio 5.1 of IFEMA.

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