Fine Arts News Archives

Artists Christopher Saliba and Mario Cassar are presenting a collection of paintings in a joint exhibition titled "Selection - D.O.C.", at gallery Art e, in Victoria, Gozo. via MaltaMedia News

“Fore & Aft - Philadelphia Collects Maritime”

"From Russia With Love" was the theme of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestras annual Gala Dinner and Concert , held March 14 at the Union League. via Philly.com

“We have a strong relationship with the Tate and have organised many exhibitions together”

Russia is to exhibit paintings by oil painter William Turner for the first time since 1975 despite a sharp downturn in relations between London and Moscow. via Reuters UK

Submit calendar items and photos by Wednesday for Friday's Weekend section. Please include your phone number. via Muskogee Phoenix

The Appleton Art Center is accepting artwork for a juried show, the 28th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, April 25-27. The entry deadline is April 15. via WisInfo

“We're in one of those places now”

Cindy Marsh has watched art students graduate and go out into the world for a long time. via The Leaf Chronicle

“Painting an art parody was a hoot for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students who participated in the student exhibition titled Hue, You and Babar”

Artworks by Holy Cross Episcopal School students Emmie Chambers, grade six, Beth Peel and Sullivan Tankersley, grade five, and Pamela Swan, grade four, were selected to hang in the ARTWORKS Corridor exhibition ... via Montgomery Advertiser

“He is widely regarded today as an influential figure in America's first-generation avant garde, and we are delighted to add this striking painting to our American collection.”

Max Weber's "Black Chair," 1922, is an oil on canvas measuring 47 by 31 inches. RICHMOND, VA.- A 1922 American Modernist painting by Max Weber, a triple-overlay sandwich glass lamp from the late 19th century, ... via Art Daily

Boston is home to several world class art museums; the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum and the Institute of Contemporary Art, all filled with wonderful works of art. via TravelLady Magazine

To begin with a bold statement, by some estimates 60 per cent of the Western world's treasures are found within Italy's borders. via Associated Content

“I have asked around and there are many who have said that 'if we get together as a group to do this, then it's not impossible,' ”

Sweden's most expensive painting is up for sale at a steep discount but on very special terms. via CBC News

Wendy Cook, curator of Worcester Porcelain Museum, looks through an archive of designs of eleborate china. via Worcester News

You've found me today in the heart of the museum district in Houston. Specifically, you've found me in the Cullen Sculpture Garden at the Museum of Fine Arts on a beautiful Sunday afternoon under a cloudless, ... via The Facts

“Our funds have not been depleted, we have never had any”

" The painting was donated to the academy in 1798 'for eternity' by noblewoman Anna Johanna Grill." Stockholm, March 6 The venerable Swedish Academy of Fine Arts plans to sell a painting by 17th century Dutch ... via Nerve News

“The Frances M. Maguire Gallery in Honor of the PAFA Faculty.”

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts received a gift of $2 million from a former student and her husband, the Philadelphia institution said Friday. via Philadelphia Business Journal

“It's an extraordinary gift that will have a huge impact on the studio arts programs”

The College of Fine Arts is starting a new program to hire nationally acclaimed artists to teach at the U for one to two years at a time. via The Daily Utah Chronicle

“I don't have two lives. This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it.”

By Se n Martinfield Sentinel Fine Arts Critic Photo by Lynn Imanaka From March 1st to May 25th, the Legion of Honor presents ANNIE LEIBOVITZ: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE, 1990 - '2005, a retrospective of Leibovitz's ... via SF Sentinel