Johan Thorn Prikker: Beyond Art Nouveau at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

ROTTERDAM.- This autumn Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen is showing more than 200 highlights from the multifaceted oeuvre of Johan Thorn Prikker (1868-1932). This is the first major exhibition devoted to one of the most prominent designers from the heyday of Dutch art at the beginning of the twentieth century. Beyond Art Nouveau illustrates Thorn Prikker’s enormous creativity and love of experimentation. Johan Thorn Prikker gained recognition early in his career for his paintings and drawings, which are among the finest examples [...]

First U.S. Exhibition of Medieval Glass Objects for Daily Use Opens in May

CORNING, NY.- The unexpected variety of medieval glass vessels will be explored in an exhibition of objects for daily use and display at The Corning Museum of Glass beginning on May 15, 2010 and running through January 3, 2011. The exhibition “Medieval Glass for Popes, Princes, and Peasants” will follow the evolution of glass production over 1,000 years, from its height in the Roman Empire, through the radical social and political change of the Middle Ages when all but the [...]