“Earlier this month, Italian literary critic Pietro Citati sparked a storm by writing an open letter in a major Italian newspaper denouncing the behaviour of crowds visiting what is technically a sacred place. Tourists, he said, “resemble drunken herds” as they unwittingly risked damaging the… Read More
As a prelude to its reopening 13 April 2013, one of the world’s leading museums, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, will launch Rijks Studio, a ground-breaking new online presentation of 125,000 works in its collection which will go live today. Rijks Studio invites members of the… Read More
The Royal Spanish Library has put an interactive version of Leonardo da Vinci’s Madrid Codices I & II online. The Madrid Codices I–II (I – Ms. 8937 i II – Ms. 8936), are two manuscripts by Leonardo da Vinci which were discovered in the Biblioteca… Read More
Led by the dealer Maurizio Canesso and Hervé Aaron, Paris Tableau will welcome twenty one international galleries specializing in Old Master paintings. The Fair has come into being in response to the perceived need for a single discipline Old Master paintings fair, allowing collectors to… Read More
“Hungarian new media artist Bence Hajdu has removed the figures from a series of Old Master paintings with such precision that it’s almost hard to believe,” writes Hyperallergic. “While some compositions, like Jacques-Louis David’s “Oath of the Horatii” (1784) seem perfectly suited to such background… Read More
True masterpieces gathered in sufficient numbers mysteriously play each other up. The July auctions in London of Old Masters spectacularly verified the phenomenon, long known to professionals. Art Info: “There is no need for shared stylistic characteristics. A landscape painted by John Constable in the… Read More
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen announced one of the greatest discoveries in early drawing, announced in the Dutch television programme ‘De Wereld Draait Door’. A six centuries old drawing from the studio of Van Eyck has surfaced in the Netherlands and will be on show from… Read More
Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch Golden Age painter and draughtsman, was one of the leading Northern Mannerist artists in The Netherlands, and an important forerunner of Frans Hals as a portraitist. This autumn the Frans Hals Museum is devoting an exhibition to Cornelis van Haarlem (1562-1638)…. Read More
Dennis Severs’ House in London is not exactly a big secret, but still one of the most unique art experiences in London. Dennis Severs (1948-1999) was drawn to London by what he called “English light”, and made his home in the dilapidated property in Folgate… Read More
The Isleworth Mona Lisa has been a mystery for a long time and the question remains whether the painting is a later copy or really from Leonardo da Vinci’s studio. The Isleworth Mona Lisa is a slightly larger version of the Louvre’s original and due… Read More
