Spain’s Prado Museum has the rare opportunity of hosting a large Hermitage exhibition

MADRID (AP).- Spain’s Prado museum is hosting a large exhibition of European art lent by Russia’s Hermitage, a rare opportunity to see such work outside the vast St. Petersburg museum. Two large paintings by Rembrandt, an imposing Caravaggio and a historic segment of early 20th-century art, an area in which the Hermitage’s collection excels, are among the close to 180 items. Works by Spanish artists Diego Velazquez, Pablo Picasso and Diego de Rivera temporarily return home, flanked by famous pieces by [...]

Tronies: Dialogue Between Marlene Dumas and the Old Masters at Haus der Kunst in Munich

MUNICH.- The dialogue-exhibition contrasts works by Marlene Dumas with historical examples of the Tronie art form. Tronies are portrait paintings that are characterized by a particularly virtuosic handling of the artistic means, intense expressiveness and individual physiognomy. It was only recently that Tronies were discovered to be an independent form of painting through art historical research.  Marlene Dumas, Naomi, 1995. Öl auf Leinwand, 150 x 110 cm. Private Sammlung © Marlene Dumas Tronies  The word Tronies comes from 16th and 17th [...]