Uffizi Restores and Redisplays Bronze
February 28 2024
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
News from Italy that the Uffizi Gallery in Florence have restored and redisplayed Jacopo Del Duca's bronze of Silenus and the Infant Bacchus. The work took six months to complete and included a readressing of bronze's surfance and base.
The Invention of the Renaissance
February 28 2024
Picture: bnf.fr
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Bibliothèque nationale de France have recently opened an exhibition on The Invention of the Renaissance: The Humanist, the Prince and the Artist. The show brings together 240 works exploring this theme, which includes manuscripts, printed books, prints, drawings, sculptures, objets d'art and coins. It will run until 16th June 2024.
Modern Sales in London
February 27 2024
Picture: Christie's
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The sales of Modern to Contemporary Art are opening in London this week. Christie's sales (branded 20th / 21st Century) open today, and Sotheby's The London Sales open tomorrow for viewing.
As ever, there are some very beautiful and valuable pictures coming up on the block. Christie's sales are led by an 'Estimate upon request' Hockney and a £30m - £50m Magritte. My personal favourite is this hauntingly quiet Monet (pictured), estimated at a mere £12m - £18m. Sotheby's sales are headlined by a £5m - £7m Signac, a £8m - £12m Picasso, and a £5m - £7m Joan Miro. More news in due course!
Portraiture in 18th Century Europe - Symposium
February 27 2024
Picture: dfk-paris.org
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Some readers might be interested in the upcoming Symposium in March on the subject of Portraiture in 18th Century Europe: Artwork – social practice – circulation. Organised by the German Center for Art History in Paris, the conference will be bringing together vast amounts of scholars who will share new research and perspectives on the topic.
According to the blurb on the website:
Whether a manifestation of political power, expression of intimate feelings, an embellishing masquerade or a faithful likeness, the art of portraiture in the Age of Enlightenment was marked by exceptional diversity throughout Europe. Between the apogee of absolutism and the political, social and intellectual upheavals of the revolutionary era, it became a mirror of a society in full mutation. The aim of the symposium is to study portraiture from a multifaceted perspective, tracing its social, theoretical, artistic and material conditions. Focusing on its development during the Enlightenment in the French context, we also wish to open the discussions up to a European perspective.
Hairstyles, Women and Power in the Renaissance
February 27 2024
Video: 7GoldTelePadova
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
I failed to spot the opening of this rather interesting sounding exhibition which opened at the Gallerie d'Italia in Vicenza at the end of last year. Faustina's Braids: Hairstyles, women and power in the Renaissance promises to examine the complex history of the world of hair in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Of course, the displays rely heavily on works of art from the period, including vast amounts of paintings and sculpture.
The show will run until 7th April 2024.
Conservation at Woburn Abbey
February 27 2024
Picture: Woburn Abbey via. Instagram
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Woburn Abbey, the ancestral home of the Dukes of Bedford, have started populating their Instagram account with interesting details regarding the conservation of the building and historic collection. The historic site is currently undergoing a large-scale restoration project which is expected to last until 2026. Their most recent post details the cleaning and retouching of a portrait of Queen Victoria which usually hangs in the State Bedroom there (pictured).
Jacob Rothschild 1936 - 2024
February 27 2024
Video: Bloomberg Television
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Many tributes have been published honouring the life of Jacob Rothschild who died at the age of 87 yesterday. Rothschild was a considerable supporter of the arts, alongside many other philanthropic projects, and will be remembered (amongst many other roles) as the chairman of the trustees of London’s National Gallery from 1985 to 1991. The video above details Jacob's family history, alongside his work at Waddesdon Manor and the Rothchild estates.
Louvre Recreated in Grimsby Public Toilet
February 26 2024
Picture: BBC
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Despite the fact that we are a few weeks away from 1st April, the BBC have reported on news that a public toilet in Grimsby has been recreated into the Louvre museum. Toilets at the The Great Escape at the Port of Grimsby were redesigned by the Creative Start project and include reproductions of famous masterpieces.
According to the piece:
Sam Delaney, director of Creative Start in Grimsby, said: "It's the whole point of the building. We give a lot of creative freedom to people and when you're allowed to do that, good things can happen." [...]
"I've had to do a bit of research. That's the bit I enjoy doing," Mr Delaney said about shopping for replicas and prints that can be found at the real Louvre in Paris.
Mr Delaney said that when visitors use the Louvre for the first, they "can't believe it, they don't expect it".
He added: "We call it Grimsby's best kept secret."
Chicago Acquire Jean Baptiste Debret Drawing
February 26 2024
Picture: Art Institute of Chicago
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Art Institute of Chicago's curator Emerson Bowyer has announced on his Instagram account of the acquisition of Jean Baptiste Debret drawing after Jacques Louis David's Hands of Horatius from The Oath of the Horatii. The work, acquired in 2023, was purchased with assistance from the Margaret Day Blake Endowment Fund.
The British Museum conserve Michelangelo's Epifania
February 26 2024
Picture: The Telegraph
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Telegraph have published news that The British Museum have finished a six-year conservation project on Michelangelo's Epifania. The two-metre-tall cartoon consists of no less than 26 sheets that are glued together.
The project was undertaken in anticipation of the museum's Michelangelo: The Last Decades exhibition which will run from 2nd May 2024 until 28th July 2024.
Maestras at the Arp Museum
February 26 2024
Picture: arpmuseum.org
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The aforementioned Women Masters exhibition has reopened in the Arp Museum in Remagen, German, yesterday. 51 female artists are represented in the show, including important works by Sofonisba Anguissola, Artemisia Gentileschi, Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun and Mary Cassatt. It will run there until 16th June 2024.
Rare Hercules Segers at Koller
February 26 2024
Picture: Koller
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Several accounts on 'X' (formerly Twitter) have pointed out this rare landscape by Hercules Seghers that it coming up at Koller in Switzerland. The painting, which was rediscovered and first published in the major Rijksmuseum exhibition in 2016-17, will be offered on 22nd March 2024 carrying an estimate of 350,000 - 500,000 CHF.
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe are Hiring!
February 23 2024
Picture: Flickr
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
CODART (international network for curators of art from the Low Countries) have shared news that the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe are hiring a Curator of Old Master Paintings. The job description, which is in German, explains that the curator will be involved in temporary displays in interim locations whilst the museum's galleries undergoing a prolonged renovation project set to conclude in 2029 (!)
No salary is indicated and applications must be in by 2nd March 2024.
Good luck if you're applying!
China's First Caravaggio Exhibition
February 23 2024
Video: Yit
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Interesting news from China that the Museum of Art Pudong in Shanghai opened the country's first-ever Caravaggio exhibition at the end of last year. The exhibition is a collaboration between the museum and the Galleria Borghese in Rome and contains no fewer than six works by the artist (although the video above says 16) on show supplemented by sixty works by other contemporaries. The show runs until 12th April 2024.
Moore Curatorial Fellowship at the Morgan Library & Museum
February 23 2024
Picture: themorgan.org
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Morgan Library & Museum in New York are calling for applicants for the 2024 - 2026 Moore Curatorial Fellowship in Drawings and Prints.
According to the Historians of Netherlandish Art website:
The Morgan Library & Museum seeks applications for the Moore Curatorial Fellowship in the Department of Drawings and Prints. This one-year appointment, eligible for a one-year renewal, provides the opportunity to gain firsthand experience and professional training in curatorial work and in the study and connoisseurship of old master and nineteenth-century drawings. The Moore Curatorial Fellow will be a fully integrated member of the department, with duties and responsibilities comparable to those of a curatorial assistant or assistant curator. The Fellow will have the opportunity to conduct research on the Morgan’s collection of European drawings before 1900—one of the finest in the country—and to contribute significantly to all phases of exhibition planning, organization, and installation; museum education; publications; and other departmental activities.
The fellowship comes with an annual salary of $54,000 and applications must be in by 24th March 2024.
Good luck if you're applying!
Matisse and the Sea in St. Louis
February 23 2024
Video: Krannert Art Museum
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Saint Louis Art Museum opened a new exhibition last week entitled Matisse and the Sea. The inspiration for the show came from the museum's own Matisse known as Bathers with a Turtle, the subject matter and history of which has inspired the themes examined within. In case readers can't make it, the curator Simon Kelly was recorded giving a lecture on the themes of the exhibition (see above).
Muncaster Castle's War Time History
February 23 2024
Picture: BBC
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The BBC have published a short article detailing the war time history of Muncaster Castle, the northern historic site which housed hundreds of artworks from Tate Britain during WWII.
Horace Vernet at Versailles
February 23 2024
Video: Château de Versailles
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
Apologies, I failed to notice that the Château de Versailles has a big Horace Vernet exhibition on at the moment. The show, which brings together around 200 works by the artist, will be finished on 17th March 2024.
Pre-Raphaelites in Forlì
February 23 2024
Picture: finestresullarte.info
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
A major Pre-Raphaelite exhibition will be opening in the Italian city of Forlì tomorrow. Entitled Pre-Raphaelites. A New Renaissance, the show will contain no less than 300 works by artists of the period, with a particular interest placed on the Italian models which influenced these artworks. The exhibition will run until 30th June 2024.
Frick Curatorial Fellowships
February 23 2024
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
The Frick Collection in New York are hiring for the Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellowship 2024–26.
According to the job description:
The Frick Collection is pleased to announce the availability of a two-year predoctoral fellowship for an outstanding doctoral candidate who wishes to pursue a curatorial career in an art museum. The fellowship offers invaluable curatorial training and provides the scholarly and financial resources required for completing the doctoral dissertation. Internationally renowned for its exceptional collection of western European art from the early Renaissance through the end of the nineteenth century, The Frick Collection—complemented by the equally significant resources of the Frick Art Reference Library—offers a unique opportunity for object-based research. The fellowship is best suited to a student working on a dissertation that pertains to one of the major strengths of the collection and library.
The two-year role comes with an annual salary of $52,000 and applications must be in by 29th March 2024.
Good luck if you're applying!
