Friday, 27th November 2009
2:57pm
1. Rediscovered painting of Charles I by Delaroche to be shown at National Gallery:
After the 1941 bombing of the Duke of Sutherland's London residence, Bridgewater House, Paul Delaroche’s Charles I Insulted by Cromwell’s Soldiers, which had extensive shrapnel damage, was rolled up and taken to safety at Mertoun, the duke’s Scottish home (pictured above). The painting was kept in storage for 68 years and thought by its owner to be ruined, before being rediscovered by National Gallery conservators as part of the research for an upcoming exhibition on Delaroche’s work. Painted in 1837 and described by the director...
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Thursday, 19th November 2009
5:25pm
1. Tate appoints its first photography curator:
Simon Baker has been appointed as the Tate’s first curator of photography and international art. Baker was previously associate professor in art history at the University of Nottingham, specialising in history of photography and Surrealism. He is co-curator of 'Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera', a photographic exhibition which will open in May at Tate Modern.
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2. Eli Broad expands plans for the Broad Art Foundation building:
Art collector Eli Broad has nearly doubled the size of the museum he plans to build in California to house...
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Thursday, 12th November 2009
3:04pm
1. Dr. Penelope Curtis Appointed New Director of Tate Britain:
Dr Penelope Curtis, Curator of the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, has been appointed the new Director of Tate Britain. Dr Curtis has been Curator of the Henry Moore Institute since 1999 where she has been responsible for developing a distinctive programme of exhibitions, presenting sculpture of all periods. Curtis will take up this appointment in April 2010, taking over from the founding Director of Tate Britain, Dr Stephen Deuchar, who will leave Tate in December 2009 to become the Director of The Art Fund.
2. Millet masterpiece left to...
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A recent exhibition in Nottingham showcases contemporary artists' exploration of the Communist-era space race.
Cast aside by Modernists for much of the 20th century, Classicism
has a comeback of sorts, with an excellent new book reappraising
architecture partnerships and a recent exhibition at one of the very
institutions that so derided the style.
