ST. PETERSBURG — A fresh experience awaits visitors at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg. The museum recently completed a privately-funded renovation of the 18 galleries in the original museum, which houses their permanent collection. The complete overhaul of the 12,000 square foot space and a new way of installing the artwork makes it
JOIN NOW Become an AD PRO member today for only $20 $12 to join the Taking Charge of Your Finances workshop with Amy Astley Arrow The 2020 edition of TEFAF New York Fall might be absent from Manhattan’s Park Avenue Armory, but its digital embodiment, TEFAF Online New York, features far more top-flight international dealers
The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF), whose fairs champion museum-quality art from across the ages, is delighted to announce the launch of its new digital platform, TEFAF Online. Accelerated in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, this digital marketplace will host its inaugural fair November 1-4, 2020, with two preview days on October 30 and
The College for Creative Studies (CCS) Fine Arts department has changed its name to Art Practice, effective Fall 2020 semester. The new name better reflects how the role of the artist in society has evolved and the many ways artistic practice has expanded beyond studio art and Western European fine art tradition. From the methods and
The president of Germany’s Akademie der Künste(Academy of the Arts, Adk), Jeanine Meerapfel, has been trying to determine how various artists and cultural institutions could rise up against nationalist forces in Europe, an issue she’s been reflecting about ever since she took on the position in 2015. “There is an urgent need for action,” Meerapfel told DW,
The European Fine Art Fair (Tefaf) in Maastricht, The Netherlands will be postponed from mid-March to 31 May to 6 June next year as the disruption reeked by the Covid-19 pandemic extends into 2021. “Amid imperfect circumstances, this move is designed to allow the global art community, including Tefaf’s exhibitors, to more securely and safely
The beautiful art in the Sistine Chapel includes anti-Semitic imagery. Photo: Jean-Luc Petit / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images / Jean-Luc Petit / Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images I love old dead white guy art so much, I got a Ph.D. in the subject. But even though I adore the Sistine Chapel and the sumptuous oils of
Posted on: July 22, 2020; Updated on: July 22, 2020By Anna Swartwood House, houseas@mailbox.sc.edu No one knows exactly what Jesus looked like, and there are no known images of him from his lifetime. Art history professor Anna Swartwood House writes in The Conversation about the complicated history of the images of Christ and how historically they have served
New York is arguably the most important global centre—historically, artistically and commercially—for the field of modern and contemporary art”, says Sofie Scheerlinck, managing director of TEFAF New York. “We are delighted to be part of this dynamic art landscape, offering an unrivalled platform for exhibitors in New York. In turn, the fair offers art lovers,
The Holocaust Records Preservation Project Summer 2002, Vol. 34, No. 2 By Anne Rothfeld Dormant bank accounts, transfers of gold, and unclaimed insurance policies, all taken by the Nazis and hidden primarily in Swiss bank accounts during World War II, are now the subject of economic and financial research. Museums and galleries are researching