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Detroit Institute of Arts Director Reveals Discovery of Velázquez Portrait

07/07/2026

Salvador Salort-Pons, the director of the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), recently revealed the discovery of a portrait by Diego Velázquez made during the artist’s earliest years as a court painter to King Philip IV. Salort-Pons, a specialist on Velázquez, …

Метки : искусствовеласкеспортретоливaресоткрытиемузей

UK Collector and Patron Flavia Nespatti To Open Commercial Art Space

07/02/2026

The Brazilian-born, London-based art collector and patron Flavia Nespatti will open a commercial gallery in London this October, reports the Art Newspaper. Located in a mid-century industrial building in the central London neighborhood of Fitzrovia, Antesala will focus on art …

Метки : галереялондонлатинская америкасовременное искусствооткрытиеколлекционирование

London Museum Announces November Opening of New Smithfield Market Galleries

06/26/2026

London Museum Announces November Opening of New Smithfield Market Galleries After an effort that was first announced11 years ago,LondonMuseum will open its new free, permanent galleries at Smithfield market on November 28th, 2026, the institutionannouncedlast week. The debut of the …

Метки : лондонмузейsmithfieldоткрытие#культураархеология

5,000-Year-Old Solstice-Aligned Structure Discovered Near Stonehenge

06/19/2026

Archaeologists from Wessex Research, a British archeological firm, have found a structure that may have been a prototype for Stonehenge. The company announced the find just days before June 21, when thousands of visitors will converge on the ancient stone …

Метки : археологиястоунхенджнеолитсолнцестояниебританияоткрытие

Barack and Michelle Obama Unveil First Dual Portrait Painted By Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby

06/19/2026

Barack and Michelle Obama Unveil First Dual Portrait Painted By Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby In the lead up to the formal opening of theObama Presidential Centerin Chicago, former US president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama revealed their …

Метки : портретсовременное искусствоnjideka akunyili crosbybarack and michelle obamaobama presidential centerоткрытие

Lee Miller Scrapbook Found—and More Art News

04/06/2026

The Headlines STICKING IT TO HITLER. A previously unseen trove of World War II–era photographs by Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton has surfaced in a carefully preserved, personal scrapbook by their former assistant, Roland Haupt, reports the Times of London. …

Метки : фотографиявторая мировая войнареституцияискусствооткрытиетайна

Hans Baldung Grien Portrait Declared National Treasure, Barred from Leaving France

03/25/2026

Hans Baldung Grien Portrait Declared National Treasure, Barred from Leaving France The auction of a newly-discovered Renaissance portrait, attributed to German master Hans Baldung Grien in January, has been paused following the work being declared a French National Treasure. The …

Метки : искусстворенессанспортретфранцияоткрытиемузей

Hidden Tunnel in New York Museum was Used as 'Safe House' by Slaves

02/12/2026

A historic Manhattan home that’s long been a window into 19th-century New York life has revealed an unexpected secret. It turns out the Merchant’s House Museum, a preserved landmark in the NoHo neighborhood, appears to have once served as a …

Метки : манхэттенмузейистория.рабствооткрытиеаболиционизм

Dealer Paid $116,000 for Artwork Now Linked to Peter Paul Rubens

01/10/2026

Belgian art dealer Klaas Muller has identified a new study of a bearded man’s head by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, according to a lengthy report in the Dutch daily newspaper De Standaard. Muller bought the work, an oil on …

Метки : рубенсискусствовыставкаживописьаукционоткрытие

Studio Museum Sets Opening Date for New Building in November

08/05/2025

The Studio Museum in Harlem will open its long-awaited new building on Saturday, November 15, with a Community Day celebration. The Studio Museum has been closed since 2018, when it tore down its former building to make way for a …

Метки : музейискусствогарлемоткрытиевыставкиколлеция

Calder Gardens in Philadelphia to Open September 21

05/20/2025

Back in January, the long-in-the-planning Calder Gardens, a Philadelphia museum dedicated to the artist Alexander Calder, announced that it would open in September, without naming an exact date. Today, the institution revealed that it will open on September 21. The …

Метки : сады кальдерамузейфиладельфияискусствоалександр калдероткрытие

Harvard's Magna Carta, Listed as 'Unofficial' for 80 Years, is Real

05/16/2025

A Magna Carta classified by Harvard as an unofficial copy for almost 80 years has been declared as an original issued by Edward I from 1300, the university has announced. The discovery means that there are now seven surviving copies …

Метки : великая хартияистория.открытиезакондипломатияаболиционизм

Lost Capital of the Kingdom of Lyncestis May Have Been Found

04/10/2025

The remains of Lyncus, the lost capital city of the ancient Kingdom of Lyncestis, may have been found by archaeologists excavating the Gradishte site in North Macedonia. The Kingdom of Lyncestis (or “land of the lynx”) was an autonomous region …

Метки : археологиялынкестиссеверная македониядревние городаоткрытиеистория.

Unknown Portrait Identified Underneath Another Famed Titian Painting

02/08/2025

Below the surface of an oil painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian, experts have identified a previously unknown work by the artist using scientific analysis, the Andreas Pittas Art Characterization Laboratories at the Cyprus Institute (APAC) announced in a press …

Метки : тицианискусствооткрытиеренессанспортретнаука