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25 years on: how Somerset House became a centre for contemporary art
The London institution had a false start as a museum, but is now thriving with its winning combination of hosting temporary ...
Of Notoriety: South Shore Arts selects former Brauer Museum director Jonathan Canning as new director
It was last November, just before the holidays, when I wrote in this column that attorney Bill Neff, who serves as president ...
Goya to Impressionism: 'fall in love' with impressionists again
The result is a show to make you "fall in love" with the impressionists and their precursors all over again. Featuring two ...
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University College London's art museum, home to works by Paula Rego and J.M.W Turner, secures temporary home after academics protest
The news follows fears that the university’s bicentenary plans would force the museum’s collection into storage—though ...
Portrait could shed new light on England’s executed nine-day queen
An intriguing portrait believed by some to be of England’s ill-fated queen, Lady Jane Grey, could be the only one painted ...
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Does This Mysterious Portrait Depict Lady Jane Grey, the Doomed Queen Who Ruled England for Nine Days in 1553?
After conducting a new analysis, some researchers think it may be the only portrait of Grey created during her lifetime—a ...
Goya to Impressionism at the Courtauld Gallery review: fluid, charming, and entirely at home in London
He and Samuel Courtauld were near contemporaries, remarkably similar and indeed met in 1932; both loved art and both took the view that the ultimate purpose of collecting it was to share it with the ...
Portrait may be the only one of England's 9-day queen painted during her lifetime
Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane ...
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What Do Van Gogh’s Rare Hospital Paintings Reveal About His Inner Turmoil?
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889) by Vincent Van Gogh. Collection of Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Photo: Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images. Two paintings by Vincent Van ...
Is this the only known portrait of England’s doomed ‘Nine Days Queen’?
Researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the so-called “Nine Days Queen,” ...