Exhibitions
« Previous EntriesCoeli Specto: RIP Charles I & Upcoming Related Exhibition
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Today is the anniversary of the execution of King Charles I (or Charles Stuart as my Roundhead friends call him!). So it seems a good idea to mention an exhibition opening next month at the National Gallery.
A Masterpiece Recovered: Delaroche’s Charles I Insulted
The National Gallery, London
24 February – 23 May 2010
Free
First shown at the Paris [...]
Painting History: Delaroche and Lady Jane Grey at the National Gallery, London
Tuesday, January 26th, 201024 February – 23 May 2010
Sainsbury Wing Exhibition
Admission charge
From the National Portrait Gallery:
Paul Delaroche was one of the most celebrated artists of his time. His large history paintings received wide acclaim at the Paris annual exhibition, then dominated by the conflicting influences of Neo-classicism and Romanticism.
Such was Delaroche’s success that it often exceeded that [...]
Italian Drawings at the British Museum
Monday, January 25th, 2010The British Museum
22 April–25 July 2010
Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings
From the British Museum website:
Drawn from the two foremost collections in the field, this major exhibition features 100 exquisite drawings by Italian Renaissance artists including Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Verrocchio.
A unique collaboration between the Uffizi in Florence and the British Museum, the display [...]
The Indian Portrait, 1560-1860
Saturday, January 16th, 2010The Indian Portrait 1560 – 1860
11 March – 20 June 2010
National Portrait Gallery, London
Porter Gallery
The NPG says,
This outstanding exhibition, the first of its kind in the UK, tells the story of the Indian portrait over three centuries, exploring the fascinating ways in which Indian artists have approached the depiction of the human form and [...]
Walpole Treasure Hunt
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009As restoration work continues at Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill, the Strawberry Hill Trust is hoping to acquire missing items which were once part of Walpole’s massive collection of art and objects. The Trust has launched an appeal with the hope of restoring Walpole’s collection to its original setting. Strawberry Hill will open to the public [...]
New Medieval and Renaissance Galleries Now Open at the V&A
Saturday, December 5th, 2009The V&A has opened its new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries. As they say on their website:
Beautiful and innovative, the V&A’s new Medieval & Renaissance Galleries are home to one of the world’s most remarkable collections of treasures from the period. These range from delicately carved ivories and intricate metalwork to Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and [...]
Fugger Family Manuscripts at the Bavarian State Library
Friday, December 4th, 2009The Fugger family became one of Europe’s most powerful merchant dynasties. Ennobled at the beginning of the 16th century, the Fuggers started to withdraw step by step from business during the second half of the century. In the decades following 1600 they adopted an aristocratic lifestyle.
The Bavarian State library acquired two manuscripts relating to the [...]
A Woman’s Wit: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy
Friday, November 6th, 2009A Woman’s Wit: Jane Austen’s Life and Legacy
The Morgan Library and Museum
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
New York, NY
6 November 2009 – 14 March 2010
A new exhibition featuring the life and work of Jane Austen opens in New York today.
From the Morgan Library website:
This exhibition explores the life, work, and legacy of Jane Austen (1775–1817), [...]
Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain in Edinburgh and London
Friday, October 30th, 2009Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain: A Bicentenary Exhibition
7th November 2009 – 7th February 2010
Admission free
Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain looks at all aspects of Sandby’s career and includes studies of rural and urban views, street scenes, royal parks and ancient castles. Sandby explored a broader range of subject matter than any previous artist in Britain and was [...]
Grotius and the Freedom of the Seas, 1609
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009In celebration of the anniversary of the publication of Hugo Grotius’s Mare Liberum in 1609 the Yale Law Library Rare Books Department Blog is offering an online exhibition of books related to the debate about the freedom of the seas.
Works by Grotius, Alberico Gentili, Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, John Selden, William Welwood, Juan de Solorzano [...]