BBC Partners with the Victoria & Albert Museum for Modern Masters Exhibition

LONDON.- BC One and the V&A are collaborating to offer a free exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum. The exhibition will enable the public to learn more about Warhol, Matisse, Picasso and Dali, who feature in a major new BBC One multi-platform television series – Modern Masters. The programme will broadcast in May, fronted by new presenter and arts writer Alastair Sooke. The four-part series traces the lives of Warhol, Matisse, Picasso and Dali on television and online through [...]

First Exhibition Ever to Focus on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s Enthusiasm for Art

LONDON.- This exhibition is the first ever to focus on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s shared enthusiasm for art. Bringing together more than 400 items from the Royal Collection, it celebrates the royal couple’s mutual delight in collecting and displaying works of art, from the time of their engagement in 1839 to the Prince’s untimely death in 1861. The exhibition also challenges the popular image of Victoria – the melancholy widow of 40 years – and reveals her as a [...]

Chen Man, China’s Celebrated Avant-Garde Photographer, in Her First Hong Kong Show

HONG KONG.- Ooi Botos Gallery will present the 8irst solo show ever in Hong Kong of one of China’s most celebrated, avant‐garde photographers, Chen Man. The artist’s solo exhibition “Unbearable Beauty” opens March 13, 2010 and runs through May 22, 2010 and will be the internationally recognized artist’s 8irst exhibition in Hong Kong. It will also mark the premiere of three new works, represented exclusively by Ooi Botos Gallery. Chen Man’s unique, revolutionary vision was 8irst showcased in groundbreaking covers [...]