New technologies quickly come to the market and we can no more imagine our life without them. The art field is not an exception. ArtLaw.club had the privilege to talk to the art historian and curator, ICRA (International Catalogue Raisonné Association) founding member and the expert in modern and contemporary Italian art, Dr. Sharon Hecker,... Continue Reading →
Explore fantastic examples of storytelling with digital culture
Digital storytelling is the topic in focus this month on Europeana Pro, as we hear from the Europeana Network Association’s Task Force on Europeana as a ‘powerful platform for storytelling’. Today, they share the digital storytelling examples they collected from around the web - and around the world - as a longlist and three detailed case... Continue Reading →
The V&A museum unveils new Raphael gallery
Here’s your first look at the refreshed gallery, home to the iconic #RaphaelCartoons (on loan from Royal Collection Trust), before we reopen on Wednesday 19 May. Together with enhanced interpretation and state-of-the-art lighting, you’ll lose yourself in Raphael’s extraordinary detail. Read more and book your free timed ticket now: https://fal.cn/3fc1h The Raphael Cartoons are a set of seven full-scale designs... Continue Reading →
Sotheby’s to Sell $25 M. Kandinsky Painting Once Owned by Solomon R. Guggenheim
Wassily Kandinsky, Tensions calmées, 1937.COURTESY SOTHEBY'S Ahead of its New York sales this week, Sotheby’s has unveiled an abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky that will be auctioned during its Impressionist and modern art evening sale in London on June 29. Tensions calmées (1937) will be on view to the public at Sotheby’s New York headquarters until May 12,... Continue Reading →
For the First Time Ever, the Rijksmuseum Will Hang Works by Female Dutch Masters in Its Most Prestigious Gallery
Gesina ter Borch, Memorieportret van Moses ter Borch, Gerard ter Borch (II). Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. The museum is launching a research project to uncover forgotten women's histories at the museum. At the heart of the Rijksmuseum Museum is a central corridor on the top floor with elaborately painted vaulted ceilings. In this Gallery of Honor, as it’s... Continue Reading →
Living Cultures: Getting to Know You – Building Caring Relationships and Earning Trust
In 2017, after a visit from Tanzanian Human Right Activist, Samwel Nangiria, the Pitt Rivers Museum received a video from the Maasai Elders to voice their concerns that Maasai objects were held in the UK without consent and with interpretations that excluded Maasai voices. The Elders offered to start a conversation and, with the help... Continue Reading →
The Mysterious History of Lover’s Eye Jewelry
Eye Miniature, early 19th century. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London.In 1785, when Maria Anne Fitzherbert opened a love letter from her admirer, Prince George of Wales, she wasn’t expecting to find an eye, gazing intently back at her.The British prince was lovesick—and desperate. He’d fallen hard for Fitzherbert, but their courtship had been disastrous:... Continue Reading →
Tonight! Journey into “The Starry Night” with a live reading of Van Gogh’s letters
Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night has been a visitor favorite at MoMA since it first appeared in our Van Gogh retrospective in 1935 and then was acquired in 1939. To become acquainted with the heart and mind of its maker, there is no better source than his letters. Those to his brother Theo, in particular, reveal... Continue Reading →
Mastery…
Όταν τα αγάλματα αποκτούν σάρκα και οστά! Η Αρπαγή της Περσεφόνης από τον Πλούτωνα...Bernini 1621-1622..
Μαγικά Παραμύθια από τις Κυκλάδες
«Μαγικά παραμύθιααπό τις Κυκλάδες»Bραδιά αφήγησηςμε συνοδεία μουσικήςστο Μουσείο ΜαρμαροτεχνίαςΠαρασκευή 24 Ιουλιου(ώρα 20:30)Το Πολιτιστικό Ίδρυμα Ομίλου Πειραιώς (ΠΙΟΠ) οργανώνει βραδιά αφήγησης παραμυθιών με συνοδεία μουσικής, την Παρασκευή 24 Ιουλίου (ώρα: 20:30), στο Μουσείο Μαρμαροτεχνίας, στον Πύργο Τήνου.Μέσα από την αφήγηση της Στέβης Φόρτωμα και τη μουσική της Δέσποινας Αρθούνα, μικροί και μεγάλοι θα ταξιδέψουν για λίγο στον μαγικό κόσμο των παραμυθιών.Με αφορμή τα «Λαϊκά παραμύθια των... Continue Reading →