Prado Museum Exhibits Tapestry Series by Willem de Pannemaker

MADRID.- The Museo del Prado will be exhibiting the eight mythological tapestries that comprise the only complete surviving example of this series on the loves of Mercury and Herse, one of the 246 tales recounted in the 15 books of Ovid’s great poem known as the Metamorphoses. For the first time since their dispersion in the early 20th century, the exhibition reunites these eight tapestry panels by Willem de Pannemaker, tapestry-maker and supplier to the royal courts of the Flemish [...]

Timothy Taylor Gallery Presents New Work by Sean Scully

LONDON.- Timothy Taylor Gallery presents new work by Sean Scully from 27 May – 3 July 2010. The first time that Scully has exhibited new work in London since 2006, this exhibition comes hot on the heels of a major retrospective, Constantinople or The Sensual Concealed. The Imagery of Sean Scully, at the newly re-opened Ulster Museum in Belfast and the MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany. The significance of Scully’s contribution to the history of abstraction since [...]

Sumptuously Illustrated Medieval Manuscript on View at Metropolitan

NEW YORK, NY.- One of the most beautiful manuscripts in the world is the lavishly illustrated medieval prayer book known as the Belles Heures (Beautiful Hours). It was created by the Limbourg Brothers—three of the greatest illuminators in Europe—for one of the most famous art patrons of all time, Jean de France, duc de Berry (1340–1416). The son, brother, and uncle to three successive kings of France, Jean de France commissioned luxury works in many media—from chalices to castles—without regard [...]