Category: Exhibitions
Colección Delgado at the Museo de la Ciudad de Antequera
June 13 2024
Video: ElSoldeAntequera
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A new display has just opened at the Museo de la Ciudad de Antequera in southern Spain. The exhibition space comprises of 38 paintings borrowed from the Colección Delgado, which includes works by Velázquez and Murillo. The display will be on view in the museum until 2029.
Ramsay & Edinburgh Fashion
June 13 2024
Picture: The National Trust for Scotland
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The National Trust for Scotland have recently opened an exhibition dedicated to the fashion found in Allan Ramsay's female portraits. Entitled Ramsay & Edinburgh Fashion, the show brings together a significant group of portraits in the Trust's care which have only recently be conserved and redisplayed.
According to the website:
The display explores how vital it was for a painter in the 1700s to be familiar with dress styles, materials and accessories because fashion was a key signifier of good taste. New research lays out the trades involved in fashion – from the milliners to the mantua-makers – along Edinburgh’s High Street, and sets this against the fashion for portraiture in the mid-18th century.
The display at The Georgian House in Ediburgh will run until 24th November 2024.
The Battle of Pavia Tapestries at the Kimbell Art Museum
June 12 2024
Video: Kimbell Art Museum
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth have been lent the magnificent Battle of Pavia tapestry series from the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte in Naples. This special show, focusing on the history of these early-sixteenth century works of art, will open on 16th June and run until 15th September 2024.
The Splendour of Painting in Valencia
June 11 2024
Picture: The Guardian
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Guardian have reported on the recent opening of an exhibition in Alba de Tormes in Western Spain. The show entitled The Splendour of Painting in Valencia contains 120 works by artists including Juan de Juanes, Fernando Llanos and Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina. Moreover, the display is also intended to divert more attention to this part of Spain, and away from the cultural capitals of Madrid and Barcelona.
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Update - Most grateful to a reader who has supplied this link to the exhibition!
Van Dyck Prints in Georgia
June 11 2024
Picture: georgiamuseum.org
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Georgia Museum of Art have just opened their latest exhibition entitled A Perfect Model: Prints after Anthony van Dyck’s Portraits.
According to the museum's website:
Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599 – 1641) was one of the most successful artists of his generation, especially admired for his evocative portraits. He undertook the ambitious project of creating a series of prints depicting famous scholars, military men, nobles and artists. Van Dyck’s prints were widely copied by his contemporaries and were often altered and reprinted over the centuries. This exhibition presents prints that attest to Van Dyck’s lasting impact as printmaker and portraitist.
The show will run until 1st December 2024.
FORMA VIVA at Dickinson
June 10 2024
Picture: Dickinson
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The London dealers Simon C. Dickinson Ltd. are opening a new exhibition in a few days' time. FORMA VIVA is the first in the company's history dedicated to Old Master Sculpture.
According to their press release:
Simon Dickinson, Chairman, says ‘At a time when there are fewer galleries dealing in this field than ever before and the auction houses seem to be taking a step back, we have decided to take a step forward.’
The exhibition will include several re-discovered masterpieces including Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s bronze Matilda of Canossa (c. 1633), one of the last remaining casts of this bronze left in private hands, which is being offered with an asking price of $2 million.
Among the other highlights is Luca della Robbia’s Portrait of a Youth (c. 1435-40). Defined as one of the fathers of Renaissance art, Luca della Robbia was among the protagonists of the rebirth of terracotta sculpture. Portrait of a Youth is an extraordinary surviving example, and offers international collectors a chance to acquire one of the last works by the artist outside museum ownership.
The show will run from 17th June - 18th July 2024 and their catalogue has been published for free online.
Have you seen this man?
June 7 2024
Picture: CODART
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
CODART have shared news that the curators of the Serlachius Museums in Mänttä and Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden are looking for works by the elusive Monogrammist I.S. This in aid of an upcoming exhibition on the unknown master, which is scheduled to open in Finland in August 2025, and moving to Leiden the following year.
According to the website:
The two museums are collaborating on an exhibition about the work of this enigmatic artist, who was active between 1632 and 1658. Little is known about his or her identity, except that they seem to have worked in Leiden and traveled through Scandinavia and/or Eastern Europe.
Click on the link to see images of the works the curators are searching for.
Beale & Son Acquired by Tate Britain
June 6 2024
Video: Philip Mould & Co
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
I made a trip to Tate's recently opened Now You See Us exhibition yesterday afternoon, and what a visual feast it was. One of the first great surprises was the fact that Tate have just acquired Mary Beale's Portrait of Anne Sotheby, a picture which was only recently uncovered by Philip Mould & Co. in their exhibition as a collaboration between Mary and her son Charles (watch Lawrence Hendra above explaining its significance). A very fine acquisition indeed, which complimented the nice array of her works on display there.
The show is full of some very interesting pictures, many of which I've only ever seen poor black and white photographs of. One of the most striking features of the show is how many of the paintings on display remain nestled away in private collections, supplemented by loans predominantly it seems from The Royal Collection and other aristocratic sources mixed in with works from the trade. One wonders whether the ever-increasingly high prices for such rare and important works might tempt more pieces out into the open in due course.
Among the highlights was seeing this very refined Self Portrait by Katherine Read, who is well represented in the show with both oils and pastels. I would recommend having a read through Neil Jeffares' entry on the artist for his Pastellists website, which remarkably remains one of the most thorough and scholarly accounts of her life to date!
The show will run until 13th October 2024.
Miguel Cabrera in Madrid
June 5 2024
Picture: cultura.gob.es/museodeamerica
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Museo de America in Madrid have just opened a new exhibition dedicated to Miguel Cabrera (1695–1768), an artist who was born in Oaxaca and later moved to Mexico City. The show features 23 works by the artist, including many painting which appear to have been recently restored especially for the display.
The exhibition will run until 13th October 2024.
Flora Yukhnovich at the Wallace Collection
June 5 2024
Picture: wallacecollection.org
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A new contemporary art installation opens at the Wallace Collection in London today. Following in the footsteps of Damian Hirst, Tom Ellis and shoes extraordinaire Manolo Blahník, the museum's latest contemporary artist collaboration is with Flora Yukhnovich, an artist who has made her fame with deconstructed Rococo canvases. A few snaps of the preview from last night posted on social media show that some of the gallery's large paintings by Boucher etc. have been replaced with Yukhnovich's, which will make for an interesting experiment indeed.
The free displays will run until 3rd November 2024.
Art Exhibition for the G7 Summit in Puglia
June 4 2024
Picture: ansa.it
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A special exhibition has been organised in the Mesagne Castle, Puglia, to coincide with Italy's hosting of the upcoming 2024 G7 summit. Dedicated to Seven Centuries of Italian Art, artists represented include Luca Signorelli, Andrea del Verrocchio, Raphael, Titian, Leonardo, Artemisia Gentileschi, Guido Reni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Antonio Canova and Bernardo Bellotto.
The show will run from 13th June 2024 until 30th November 2024, let's hope the attendees of the summit (or their minions) find time to go and have a look.
Géricault's Horses
June 3 2024
Picture: museevieromantique.paris.fr
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
This remarkably fine poster is promoting an exhibition which recently opened at the Le Musée de la Vie romantique in Paris. Les Chevaux de Géricault [or Géricault's Horses] brings together one hundred works, featuring an impressive list of antique horses, English horses, military horses, horse races, portraits of heads, rumps and equestrian portraits.
The exhibition will run until 15th September 2024.
Fra Angelico at the Palazzo Strozzi
May 31 2024
Picture: palazzostrozzi.org
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Palazzo Strozzi in Florence have released details regarding a major exhibition they are planning in 2025. The show, dedicated to Fra Angelico, promises to be an unmissable event.
According to their website:
The occasion of the exhibition will see the restoration of extraordinary masterpieces and the re-assembly for the first time ever of several of Angelico’s great altarpieces that have been dispersed in museums throughout Europe and North America. This will allow an unparalleled journey, with loans from the most important museums and institutions in the world such as the Louvre in Paris, the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Windsor Castle, the Vatican Museums, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Angelico allows an exploration of the production, development, and influence of Fra Angelico’s art in dialogue with painters like Lorenzo Monaco, Masaccio, Filippo Lippi, Jan van Eyck, and Lorenzo Monaco, as well as sculptors such as Lorenzo Ghiberti, Michelozzo, and Luca della Robbia.
The exhibition will be opening in September 2025!
Conserving Kauffman at Petworth
May 31 2024
Picture: nationaltrust.org.uk
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A new display will be opening at Petworth House on 10th June dedicated to the recent conservation of Angelica Kauffman's Diomed and Cressida (1788).
According to The National Trust's website:
Conserving Kauffman will include a short film that documents the conservation of the painting and its frame, interwoven with fascinating historical details about Kauffman, the Shakespeare Gallery where the painting was originally exhibited, and the history of Petworth House itself.
“It’s so exciting to see this spectacular painting returning to Petworth. Previously hidden details have been painstakingly restored and vibrant colours have been revealed. We can’t wait to unveil it to visitors and shine a light on the fantastic work of our conservators in bringing it back to life”. - Dr Emily Knight, Property Curator.
The display will run until 24th November 2024 and access is included within the Petworth House entry ticket.
Looking for Leonardo: The Quest for a Renaissance Masterpiece
May 30 2024
Picture: dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Dulwich Picture Gallery will be opening a new display in July entitled Looking for Leonardo: The Quest for a Renaissance Masterpiece.
According to the gallery's website:
When the founders of Dulwich Picture Gallery began assembling the collection at the beginning of the 19th century, they were determined to find a masterpiece by the artist and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci. However, discovering a work by Leonardo proved difficult. Join the quest to find this Renaissance master and follow his trail through the Dulwich Picture Gallery collection — navigating fakes, mistakes and surprises along the way.
This free display will open on 23rd July 2024 and will run until 26th January 2025.
La Bella Principessa in Kazakhstan
May 29 2024
Picture: astanatimes.com
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The artwork known as the Bella Principessa will be the focus of a special exhibition at the National Museum of Kazakhstan in June. This intriguing portrait, which has an interesting backstory which can be read here, has at times been attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. The show will run from 7th June until 4th August 2024 and has been supported by the Embassy of Italy in Astana, Forte Bank, Mastercard, Scripta Maneant and the Italian Cultural Institute, as well as the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Luca Giordano at Robert Simon
May 29 2024
Video: Robert Simon Fine Art
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The New York dealer Robert Simon will be opening an exhibition on the Neapolitan painter Luca Giordano in a few days' time. This selling exhibition, the first ever dedicated to the artist in New York, will draw from the gallery's stock alongside works lent from private collections.
According to the gallery's press release:
Robert Simon commented, “Giordano is beloved by me, and by many others, for his visceral appeal, for his varied style, and the vitality of his compositions. The idiosyncratic personality of the man is evident in every painting.”
The exhibition will be accompanied by an online catalogue with an introduction by Giordano scholar Giuseppe Scavizzi, viewable on the gallery’s website. Additionally, copies of Scavizzi’s English language monograph on the artist will be available for purchase during the exhibition. In addition to the more than a dozen works by Giordano, several works by his contemporaries will be on view.
The exhibition will be on display from 5th June until 28th June 2024.
Rembrandt and Children at The British Museum
May 24 2024
Picture: The British Museum
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The British Museum have recently opened a small exhibition dedicated to the subject of Rembrandt and Children. The display is focused around their recent acquisition of a Rembrandt drawing showing a sleeping baby.
According to the museum's website:
Children appear in many guises in Dutch and Flemish art: studies for formal portraits, with examples by Anthony van Dyck, tender domestic scenes, best represented by Rembrandt and his pupils, and in playful depictions of daily life, such as Adriaen van Ostade's interiors populated by children, who play, sleep, cry and perform domestic duties. In this context, the drawings of children by Rembrandt and his circle appear seemingly timeless – observed from life, not embellished or idealised, they connect with us, almost 400 years later.
The show will run until 6th October 2024.
Uffizi Sends Medici Portraits to the Palazzo dei Vicari
May 24 2024
Video: Uffizi
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Uffizi in Florence has sent a group of Medici Portraits to the Palazzo dei Vicari in Mugello for a special exhibition which opened last week.
According to the gallery's website:
Lands of the Uffizi brings the Medici family portraits to the noble halls of Scarperia’s Palazzo dei Vicari to evoke the lengthy and widespread presence of the Medici in the country and towns of the Mugello, the family’s legendary homeland. From 19 May to 5 November the Museo dei Ferri Taglienti in Scarperia and San Piero will be hosting "The Medici: Mugello Folk. Family portraits from the Gallerie degli Uffizi", an exhibition devised and produced by the Fondazione CR Firenze and the Gallerie degli Uffizi in the context of their respective Piccoli Grandi Musei and Uffizi Diffusi schemes.
The portraits of the Dukes and their consorts in this exhibition are by leading Florentine artists who populated the art scene in the city in the 1530s and ‘40s, following in the footsteps of such great early 16th century masters as Fra Bartolomeo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Andrea del Sarto.
The display will run until 5th November 2024.
Katherine Parr Cleaned
May 23 2024
Picture: Left - Sotheby's / Right - @NPGLondon via 'X'
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The National Portrait Gallery in London have shared a photo on 'X' showing the recently restored portrait of Katherine Parr (right), the last wife of King Henry VIII. The painting, attributed to Master John, had been sold from the collection of the Earls of Jersey at Sotheby's in 2023 (left) and is now in a private collection. The conservation of this portrait has been very successful by the looks of it. Those bold blocks of colour in the background, set against Katherine's face and intricate dress, gives the portrait a remarkably modern feel I think.
It appears that the painting will be included in the NPG's upcoming Six Wives exhibition which opens in June.
