Drawings and Sketches that Reflect Mexico’s Independence Period Published

MEXICO CITY.- The artistic collection of the colonel and draughtsman Theubet de Beauchamp that shows costumbrista scenes of Mexican society between 1810 and 1827, as well as important moments of the Independence, such as the coronation of Iturbide as the first emperor of Mexico, was recovered by historian Sonia Lombardo de Ruiz and published in the book Trajes y vistas de México en la mirada de Theubet de Beauchamp (Garments and Views of Mexico as seen by Theubet de Beauchamp). [...]

Snite Museum of Art to Show Selected Drawings from Weisberg Collection

SOUTH BEND, IN.- The Snite Museum of Art announces the exhibition “Expanding the Boundaries: Selected Drawings from the Yvonne and Gabriel P. Weisberg Collection” on view from January 17 through February 28, 2010. This traveling exhibition features approximately fifty drawings, watercolors, and pastels selected from the superb collection of Minnesota collectors Gabriel and Yvonne Weisberg. The exhibition was organized by Lisa Michaux, Ph.D, Acting Co-curator of Prints and Drawings at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The Weisbergs began collecting drawings [...]