April 25, 2024
European Art

For U.S. Collectors at European Art Fairs, the Strong Dollar Means Everything Is on Sale

Artnet News Pro Stateside art-world players are celebrating, but others are feeling the pinch. Eileen Kinsella October 10, 2022 Frieze London 2019. Photo by Linda Nylind. Courtesy of Linda Nylind/Frieze. The dollar is stronger than it has been in 20 years. According to the U.S. Dollar Index, its value was up almost 17 percent compared

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Europe’s Greatest Art Comes To America This Fall

ATLANTA – JULY 28: Auguste Rodin’s ‘The Shade’ statue stands outside the High Museum Of Art in … [+] Atlanta, Georgia on July 28, 2019. MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) Getty Images From Philadelphia to Dallas and the Renaissance to the Roaring Twenties,

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Taubman Museum of Art Presents “Titian to Monet: European Paintings from Joslyn Art Museum”

Editor’s Note: For a preview of this incredible exhibit, including interactive space to immerse yourself in the art, see more in our Instagram reel here. You can also see our exclusive video with Chief Curator Karl Willers here as he shares what guests will enjoy on their visit, while Executive Director Cindy Petersen shares more

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Crafting Worldviews: Art and Science in Europe, 1500–1800

Crafting Worldviews: Art and Science in Europe, 1500–1800 examines the inseparable relationship among art, science, and European colonialism from the 16th through the 18th century—an era of voyage, trade, and Europe’s territorial dominance on a global scale. The objects featured in this multidisciplinary exhibition cross the modern-day boundaries of art and science and range from

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Tápies: The aging body, death, and spirituality in postwar European art

On Sept. 22, I had the opportunity to visit the Pace Gallery of New York for a viewing of one of the gallery’s most recent exhibitions, “Antoni Tàpies: Transmaterial.” Antoni Tàpies is recognized as “one of the leading artistic voices to emerge from postwar Europe,” according to the press release provided by the Pace Gallery.

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Rick Steves’ Art of Europe

This six-part journey tells the story of Europe’s art from prehistoric to the Modern Age.MoreMore Rick Steves Art of Europe weaves Europe’s greatest masterpieces into an entertaining and inspiring story. From prehistoric cave paintings to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome; through a thousand years of Middle Ages to the Renaissance; and from

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Rick Steves to showcase European art history during KCTS 9 show

Rick Steves and crew with Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy. (Photo courtesy Rick Steves) Starting this week on KCTS 9, Edmonds-based European travel expert Rick Steves will premiere Rick Steves Art of Europe — a six-hour sweep through the entire span of European art history. One hour will air

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Rick Steves talks his new series ‘Art of Europe’

Does it feel like everyone you know just took a vacation? As we navigate our way through the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more of us are starting to travel again. Maybe you have a trip to Europe planned? Or, maybe you are still staying home, or closer to home. Either way, Rick Steves’ new travel

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You’ve Been to the Brooklyn Museum. But Have You Seen It Like This?

Museums periodically revamp displays of their permanent collections to freshen up the visitor experience and lure back audiences. With a new show, which opened in February, the Brooklyn Museum has done exactly that — and more. The museum, which has a permanent collection of about 6,000 works of European art, has redisplayed some of its

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This TikToker Is Flipping the Script on European Art

In one video, Clare Brown pretends to be a scholar teaching about Paul Delaroche’s “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey” (1833). (via Wikimedia Commons) TikTok creator Clare Brown is flipping the art historical narrative. In her viral video “If Europeans were the cultural others: Art Edition,” she acts the part of a scholar explaining Paul

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