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16.11.2015 VENICE. Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, built in the 16th century and decorated with a large number of wall and ceiling paintings by Tintoretto, is currently available to visitors.
08.11.2015 NEW YORK. Sotheby’s set a new record for Picasso’s blue-period paintings by selling a two-sided erotic portrait for more than $ 67.5 million. In general, the auction of impressionists and contemporary art, which took place on Thursday, brought more than 300 million US dollars.
25.10.2015 WASHINGTON. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, acquired a rare painting by Dutch artist Jacob Ochtervelt, “A Nurse and a Child in the Foyer of an Elegant Townhouse,” 1663).
20.10.2015 NEW YORK. The exhibition complex MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) PS1 on Long Island invited New Yorkers to attend exhibitions in Queens for free for a whole year starting on October 11. The campaign was made possible thanks to a grant from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.
18.10.2015 BOSTON. A small group of Boston residents staged a rally a few days ago near the walls of the Museum of Fine Arts. Their only requirement was to remove from the museum exposition the works of the French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. How did Renoir not please the Bostonians?
17.10.2015 BOSTON. Over the years, employees of the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston have planned and developed an exhibition of paintings by Dutch masters in a somewhat unusual perspective.
12.10.2015 The opening of the Louvre branch in Abu Dhabi was postponed until next year due to a delay in the construction work.
01.10.2015 The Dutch government has pledged to help the National Museum acquire a pair of rare Rembrandt’s paintings from French businessman Eric de Rothschild for 160 million euros, a record price for European museums.
29.09.2015 The Orsay Museum was not able to open the long-awaited exhibition “Shine and Poverty: Images of Prostitutes 1850-1910” last Tuesday (September 22) due to a staff strike.
28.09.2015 NEW JERSEY. A small oil painting was auctioned for $ 870,000, which is a thousand times the nominal value.
26.09.2015 CAMBRIDGE. The mystery surrounding the so-called “Gospel of the wife of Jesus” may begin to dissipate. A new study of the ink with which this highly controversial papyrus was written showed that they are genuine.
