| Fundació Antoni Tàpies http://www.fundaciotapies.org The collection of the Fundació Antoni Tàpies consists mostly of the works donated by Antoni and Teresa Tàpies. There are some exceptions, such as Ocre i gris sobre marró (Ochre-grey over brown, 1962), donated by David K. Anderson, or the ceramic panel Trespeus (Trivet, 1985), installed on the terrace of the Fundació, donated by Daniel Lelong. |
| Frederic Marès Museum http://www.museumares.bcn.cat The beginning of the Frederic Marès Museum goes back to 1946. Two years before, the first public presentation of his collection took place at the site where the City History Archives now stands, in the heart of the Roman and Gothic city. Medieval and Baroque sculpture, clocks, reliquaries, incunabula and a whole range of objects had been kept in his studio on the Carrer de Mallorca until that time. By... |
| Joan Miró Foundation http://fundaciomiro-bcn.org The Joan Miró Foundation opened to the public on 10 June 1975. It had its origins in Miró's first large exhibition in Barcelona, in 1968, at the Antic Hospital de la Santa Creu. Several figures from the world of the arts saw the opportunity to have a space in Barcelona dedicated to the artist's work. However, in accordance with his wishes, the new institution was also to promote and publicise the work of contemporary artists... |
| The Russian Museum (The Marble Palace) http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/museum/complex/mram_pa As well as hosting some of the most interesting of the State Russian Museum's temporary exhibitions, the Marble Palace also contains two permanent collections. One contains the works donated to the Russian Museum in the 1990s by the Rzhevskiy brothers, Yakov and Iosef, who managed to build a remarkable collection of late 19th and early 20th century art by painters such as Mikhail Nesterov, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and Kuzma... |
| The Russian Museum (The Mikhailovsky Castle) http://www.rusmuseum.ru/eng/museum/complex/mih_cas The Mikhailovsky Castle - now a branch of the Russian Museum - is one of the most mysterious buildings in St. Petersburg. The history of the castle, built between 1797 and1800 for Russia's most enigmatic monarch, Emperor Paul I, is full of unusual and dramatic events. In the early 1990s the castle became a branch of the Russian Museum and now houses its Portrait Gallery, featuring official portraits of the Russian Emperors and Empresses and various dignitaries and... |
| Art galleries face the future (The Union)
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Bricks and mortar or cyberspace, that is the question. 4 Vote(s) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:30:04 CEST |
| Seacoast art shows (Foster's Daily Democrat)
- Portsmouth's Art 'Round Town galleries, openings on the first Friday of month, ellO Gallery, Nahcotta, Kennedy Studios, N.H. Art Association, Piscataqua Fine Art, and Three Graces Gallery. 2 Vote(s) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:30:04 CEST |
| Ore inspired - who is the subject of this stunning gold sculpture? (BBC News)
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A £1.5m solid gold sculpture is made of supermodel Kate Moss as part of a British Museum exhibition. 4 Vote(s) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:30:03 CEST |
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