Exhibition of new work by Dublin-born artist Richard Gorman at Kerlin Gallery in Ireland

DUBLIN.- Kerlin Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by Richard Gorman. Kozo is an exhibition of works on handmade Japanese echizen kozo washi paper using techniques including dyed paper pulp poured into moulds and gouache paint on paper made by the artist. Richard Gorman made the paperworks at Iwano Heyzabouro paper mill in Imadate Fukui in West Japan over a period of ten years, 1999 – 2009. The gouaches, 63 x 49 cm, have grown out of a personal research to [...]

Antico’s rare Renaissance sculpture goes on view at National Gallery of Art, Washington

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, known as Antico (c. 1455–1528), transformed the art of bronze sculpture. His contributions are celebrated in Antico: The Golden Age of Renaissance Bronzes, the first monographic exhibition in the United States devoted to the Italian sculptor and goldsmith. On view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from November 6, 2011, through April 8, 2012, the exhibition includes some 40 rare works—medals, reliefs, busts, and Antico’s renowned statuettes—more than three-quarters of the sculptor’s known works. In [...]

Devotion by Design: Italian Altarpieces Before 1500 at the National Gallery in London

LONDON.- Altarpiece: An image-bearing structure placed upon or behind an altar in a Christian church. Usually forms the focus of devotion for worshippers and is normally decorated by painters and/or sculptors. Altarpieces can vary considerably in size and in complexity of construction, ranging from simple dossals (a horizontal panel or cloth either fronting or set at the back of an altar) to huge polyptychs (a painting divided into multiple sections or panels). They are decorated with a range of imagery which [...]

Städel Museum Opens “In Chronological Order: Städel Works of the 14th to 21st Centuries”

FRANKFURT.- The holdings of the Städel Museum comprise masterpieces of European art from the late Middle Ages to the present. The temporary closure of its galleries in the course of the redevelopment measures carried out in the old building as part of the Städel’s extension and of making the new building accessible via the old building offers the unique opportunity to show the museum’s familiar treasures in an entirely new context. The temporary presentation of the Städel’s collection under the title “In Chronological [...]

Exhibition of Italian Prints from Mantegna to Piranesi to Open in Adelaide

ADELAIDE.- Some of the masterpieces of Italian printmaking go on rare display in the Art Gallery of South Australia’s new exhibition, A beautiful line. The exhibition, which is the most comprehensive study of Italian printmaking undertaken at the Gallery in over 25 years, includes 135 prints dating from the mid-fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries, by masters such as Andrea Mantegna, Titian, Tiepolo, Canaletto, and Piranesi. There are around 2000 Italian prints in the Art Gallery of South Australia’s collection but [...]

Carnegie Museum of Art to Show Tapestries and Prints from the Collection

PITTSBURGH, PA.- Carnegie Museum of Art presents the dynamic new exhibition Gods, Love, and War: Tapestries and Prints from the Collection, opening December 19, 2009. Highlighting a selection of six large-scale tapestries dating from the 16th and 17th centuries and 40 prints from Carnegie Museum of Art’s collection, the exhibition explores the historical popularity of tapestries as well as the patrons, artists, and studios that created the taste for tapestries. Charles Le Brun, designer (French, 1619-1690), Workshop of Jan Frans [...]