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
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.
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
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
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
by Zdenka Badovinac Edited by J. Myers-Szupinska Foreword by Kate Fowle Published by ICI, 2019 ISBN: 978-0-692-04225-0 $19.95 This is the third book in the PERSPECTIVES IN CURATING series, which offers timely reflections by curators, artists, critics, and art historians on emergent debates in curatorial practice around the world. Comradeship is a collection of essays
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
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
Featuring nineteenth- and early twentieth-century artworks from our collection by artists born in Europe or its colonies, Monet to Morisot: The Real and Imagined in European Art focuses on a period of significant societal transformation, when artistic techniques, subject matter, and patronage underwent profound changes. The “real and imagined” throughline of the exhibition offers an evocative
On February 6, 2022, Museum Folkwang in the German city of Essen will turn 100. Founded at the start of the 20th century by Karl Ernst Osthaus, its website states that it was built with three ideas in mind: “the dialogue of the arts and cultures, the museum as a place of exchange and cultural