“Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael,” a new exhibition hosted by London’s Royal Academy of Arts, touches on the competition between Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael – the most famous artists of the 15th-16th-century Italian Renaissance. Visitors have a chance to admire some of the most extraordinary examples of their work, including da Vinci’s “Burlington House Cartoon.”
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20th-century European modernist art has many branches and movements. These include Fauvism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, and the list can go on endlessly. One of the not-so-popular movements is Orphism, which is often looked down upon as an unfashionable modernist style. Yet, interested audiences can get acquainted with Orphism at “Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930,” an ongoing exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, dedicated to reconsidering the value of Orphism in modern art.
Fra Angelico’s “The Crucifixion” will stay in the UK and will soon be available for public viewing. The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has closed the record-setting deal for over €5 million to ensure the world-famous painting by the notable Italian Renaissance painter won’t be sold abroad. The event has ended a long-term story of the artwork’s planned sale to a private collector, which started in 2023.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pompeii Archaeological Park has announced its plans to restrict the number of visitors. Starting from November, 20,000 people per day will be allowed to visit the territory. To compare, in October 2024, 36,000 people were admitted to the site. However, open-air museum representatives say that daily attendance in off-peak months is much lower.
For quite a while, Rembrandt’s “Night Watch” had not been looking its best. During the four centuries since its creation, the colors have become too dark to discern the intricate details. Since this large oil painting depicting a group of lavishly dressed civic militia guards is one of the Rijksmuseum’s most impressive and valuable art objects, the Dutch museum has set on a mission to restore its glow and brightness.
In the world of stringent control over artworks’ provenance and ethical acquisition, there is still room for art forgery. Criminals create fake works of art and manage to sell them at record-hitting prices to unsuspecting customers. This is what a supra-European art forgery network spanning Italy, France, Belgium, and Spain has been doing for years.
With London being one of the oldest European capitals with a rich history and culture, its artistic legacy is also immense. The National Gallery in London is a cornerstone establishment responsible for the promotion of art in the country’s capital. It remains one of the top-attended highlights both for locals and for visitors from all corners of the globe. So, what are the roots of this famous museum, and what does it offer to attendees at present? Here is a brief overview of its historical timeline and present-day jewels on display.
Oleg Kushnirskiy’s private collection of Russian icons has finally seen the world and been presented to broad audiences at a new icon exhibition at TMORA. The exhibition, titled “Masterpieces of Sacred Art from the Oleg Kushnirskiy Collection,” opened at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis, MN, on October 26, 2024, and is on view until the end of January 2025.